Patent ID: 7607455
Filing Date: 2009-10-27
Classification: F04B,F15C,F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A micro-valve having an inlet and an outlet, said micro-valve comprising: a lower chamber having a bottom wall and sidewalls and an upper chamber having a top wall and sidewalls, a bottom of said upper chamber separated from a top of said lower chamber by a porous, flexible and electrically conductive mat of nano-fibers; an opening in said top wall of said upper chamber, said opening open to said upper chamber; an impervious valve seal on said mat of nano-fibers, said valve seal below and self-aligned to said opening; an electrically conductive plate under and electrically isolated from said bottom wall of said lower chamber; a first electrical contact to said conductive plate; and a second electrical contact to said mat of nano-fibers.