SYNTHETIC JET SUSPENSION STRUCTURE

• Main Authors: WHALEN, Bryan Patrick, DE BOCK, Hendrik Pieter Jacobus
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 23.10.2019
• Subjects: APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; ATOMISING APPARATUS; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; BLASTING; CALCULATING; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; HEATING; LIGHTING; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NOZZLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; PUMPS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SPRAYING APPARATUS; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

A system and method for providing vibration dampening between a synthetic jet and stationary mounting bracket is disclosed. A synthetic jet assembly includes a synthetic jet having a first plate, a second plate spaced apart from the first plate, a spacer element positioned between the first and second plates to maintain the first and second plates in a spaced apart relationship, the spacer element including an orifice formed therein, and an actuator element coupled to at least one of the first and second plates to selectively cause deflection thereof such that a fluid flow is generated and projected out from the orifice. The synthetic jet assembly also includes a mounting bracket positioned about the synthetic jet to support the synthetic jet and a plurality of suspension tabs coupling the synthetic jet to the mounting bracket in a suspended arrangement.