Patent ID: 6530217
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: F15B,F15C,F16K,H01J,H02N,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A micromotor comprising a container filled with an electro-sensitive movable fluid, a lid closing the container by being engaged with an open top of the container, a rotating shaft borne by a shaft hole provided at the center of the lid and a bearing section provided at the center of a bottom of the container, a rotator fixed to the rotating shaft and rotatable together with the rotating shaft, and electrodes arranged on an upper surface of the bottom of the container and/or a lower surface of the lid of the container in such a manner that the electrodes are in contact with the electro-sensitive movable fluid, wherein the electrodes produce a jet flow of the electro-sensitive movable fluid upon application of a voltage, and wherein the diameter of the rotator is larger than the maximum thickness of the rotator.