A fluid control device includes a pump and an external structure. The pump includes an actuator, a top portion opposed to the actuator such that a gap is disposed therebetween in the thickness direction, and a side wall plate extending from the top portion in the thickness direction and supporting a vibration member. The actuator includes the plate-like vibration member and a piezoelectric element configured to cause the vibration member to vibrate in the thickness direction. The top portion includes a projection portion and a fixation portion projecting beyond the side wall plate in an outward direction perpendicular to the thickness direction. The top portion is fixed to an external structure outside the projection portion.

A fluid control device includes a piezoelectric actuator and a deformable substrate. The piezoelectric actuator includes a piezoelectric element and a vibration plate. The piezoelectric element is attached on a first surface of the vibration plate and is subjected to deformation in response to an applied voltage. The vibration plate is subjected to a curvy vibration in response to the deformation of the piezoelectric element. A bulge is formed on a second surface of the vibration plate. The deformable substrate includes a flexible plate and a communication plate stacked on each other. A synchronously-deformed structure is defined by the flexible plate and the communication plate. The deformable substrate is bent in the direction away from the vibration plate. There is a specified depth maintained between the flexible plate and the bulge of the vibration plate. The flexible plate includes a movable part corresponding to the bulge of vibration plate.

A piezoelectric actuator includes a plurality of piezoelectric elements that generate a driving force to be transmitted to a driven portion; and a power supply portion that supplies power to the plurality of piezoelectric elements. The plurality of piezoelectric elements are electrically connected to the power supply portion in parallel.

A power driver of an unmanned aerial vehicle is disclosed and includes a main body, a fluid actuation system and a controller, wherein the fluid actuation system includes a driving zone, a converging chamber, a plurality of valves and a fluid discharging zone. The driving zone includes a plurality of flow guiding units which arranged in series, parallel or series-parallel, each of the flow guiding unit generates an inside pressure gradient after being actuated, so as to inhale fluid and diverge fluid by guiding channels, and flow into the convergence chamber for storage, wherein the amount of the fluid transported is controlled by the plurality of valves disposed in the connection channels through the controller, and fluid is finally converged to the fluid discharging zone for discharging the specific transportation amount of fluid.

A driving system includes a voltage conversion module, a switching module, a detecting module, a voltage dividing module and a microcontroller. The voltage conversion module converts a first DC voltage into a second DC voltage. The switching module converts the second DC voltage into an AC voltage so as to drive a piezoelectric actuator of a piezoelectric pump. The detecting module includes a feedback circuit and a gas pressure sensor, wherein the feedback circuit detects an electric power reference value of the switching module, and the gas pressure sensor detects the gas pressure value of the piezoelectric pump. The microcontroller acquires a working frequency according to the electric power reference value so as to operate the piezoelectric actuator at the working frequency. The microcontroller controls the voltage conversion module to adjust the output voltage. Consequently, a gas pressure in the piezoelectric pump is correspondingly adjusted.

A fluid transportation device comprises a valve main body, a valve chamber base, a valve membrane, an actuator and a cover body. The valve main body comprises an inlet passage and an outlet passage. The valve chamber base comprises an inlet valve passage, an outlet valve passage and a compressible chamber communicating therewith. The valve membrane is arranged between the valve main body and the valve chamber base, having two valve plates respectively form a valve switch structure which seal the inlet valve passage and the outlet valve passage. The actuator covers the compressible chamber. The cover body covers the actuator and has a plurality of screw holes, which are corresponding to the penetration holes of the valve main body, the valve chamber base and the actuator, and several locking elements are inserting the penetration holes and locked with the screw holes to assemble the fluid transportation device.

A miniature piezoelectric pump module is provided and includes a piezoelectric pump, a microprocessor, a driving component and a feedback circuit. The piezoelectric pump includes two electrodes and a piezoelectric element and has the best efficiency while operating under an ideal operating voltage. The driving component is electrically connected to the microprocessor and the piezoelectric pump and includes a transform element and an inverting element. The transform element outputs an effective operating voltage to the piezoelectric pump. The inverting element controls the two electrodes to receive the effective operating voltage or to be grounded. The piezoelectric element is subjected to deformation for transporting fluid due to piezoelectric effect. The feedback circuit generates a feedback voltage according to the effective operating voltage. The microprocessor adjusts the modulation signal according to the feedback voltage for adjusting the effective operating voltage outputted by the transform element to approach the ideal operating voltage.

A system for removing wellbore liquids from a wellbore, the wellbore traversing a subterranean formation and having a tubular that extends within at least a portion of the wellbore. The system includes a positive-displacement solid state pump comprising a fluid chamber, an inlet and an outlet port, each in fluid communication with the fluid chamber, at least one solid state actuator, a first one-way check valve positioned between the inlet port and the fluid chamber, and/or a second one-way check valve positioned between the outlet port and the fluid chamber, the at least one solid state actuator configured to operate at or near its resonance frequency, the solid state pump positioned within the wellbore; and means for powering the solid state pump. A method for removing fluids from a subterranean well is also provided.

The actuator includes a suspension plate, an outer frame, at least one bracket and a piezoelectric plate. The suspension plate includes a first surface and a second surface and is capable of bending and vibrating. The outer frame surrounds a periphery of the suspension plate. The at least one bracket is connected between the suspension plate and the outer frame for supporting the suspension plate. The piezoelectric plate includes a first electrode and a second electrode made of silver palladium alloy doped with graphene. The first electrode is coated with a conducting layer made of graphene-doped paint, and the second electrode is coated with an adhesive layer made of graphene-doped epoxy glue. The adhesive layer is configured to attach and in adhesion with the first surface of the suspension plate. A voltage is applied to the first electrode and the second electrode to make the suspension plate bend and vibrate.

A piezoelectric driving device includes: a substrate including a fixed portion, and a vibrating body portion which is provided with a piezoelectric element and is supported by the fixed portion; and a contact portion which comes into contact with a driven body, and transmits movement of the vibrating body portion to the driven body, the contact portion is provided at an end portion in the longitudinal direction of the vibrating body portion, and a difference between a distance between the end portion when the contact portion is not pressed against the driven body and a tip end of the contact portion, and a distance between the end portion when the contact portion is pressed against the driven body and the tip end, is smaller than a total amplitude in the longitudinal direction in a case where the vibrating body portion is driven.