Devices and methods for operating a diaphragm compressor system provide high output pressure and high throughput. In some embodiments, modular diaphragm compressors are stacked with a clamping mechanism pressing the compressor modules together. In embodiments, multiple stacks are provided as stages of a pressurization process. In embodiments, a main stage valve controls one or more pressure circuits for one or more hydraulic actuators of compressor modules. In embodiments, orifices configured for damping are incorporated to control actuator piston movement within a compressor module.

A system for cooling a mobile phone and method for using the system are described. The system includes an active piezoelectric cooling system, a controller and an interface. The active piezoelectric cooling system is configured to be disposed in a rear portion of the mobile phone distal from a front screen of the mobile phone. The controller is configured to activate the active piezoelectric cooling system in response to heat generated by heat-generating structures of the mobile phone. The interface is configured to receive power from a mobile phone power source when the active piezoelectric cooling system is activated.

A four-cylinder diaphragm pump includes a pump body having four pump chambers, and a drive mechanism that expands and contracts the four pump chambers with a predetermined phase difference, in which the pump body includes a first diaphragm having two diaphragm portions on a same plane, and a second diaphragm having two diaphragm portions on a same plane disposed to be located to be parallel to or coplanar with the plane of the first diaphragm, each of the diaphragm portions of the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm constitute a portion of a different pump chamber, and the drive mechanism is configured to move the diaphragm portions of the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm forward or backward with respect to the corresponding pump chambers with a predetermined phase difference.

A wobble plate for a sequentially activated multi-diaphragm foam pump includes three or more wings, a wobble plate shaft, and an aperture located in each of the three or more wings. A first wing is configured to have a first distance from first contact surface of a first pump diaphragm. A second wing is configured to have a second distance from a first contact surface on a second pump diaphragm, and a third wing is configured to have substantially the second distance from a first contact surface on a third pump diaphragm.

A fluid control device includes: a case that includes a case top plate having a first vent hole, a case side plate, and a case bottom plate having a second vent hole; a pump body; and a holding member that holds the pump body relative to the case. The pump body includes a first main plate, a second main plate that faces one main surface of the first main plate, a side plate, and a driving member that is arranged on the first main plate. The first main plate includes a plurality of first openings arranged in a ring shape. The second main plate is arranged at a side of the first main plate nearer the case top plate and has a second opening at a position that overlaps the first vent hole in a plan view.

Disclosed is a valve-less micro pump configuration that includes plural micro pump elements, each including a pump body having a compartmentalized pump chamber, with plural unobstructed inlet ports and outlet ports and a plurality of membranes disposed in the pump chamber to provide compartments. The membranes are anchored between opposing walls of the pump body and carry electrodes disposed on opposing surfaces of the membranes and walls of the pump body.

A diaphragm pump is revealed. The diaphragm pump includes a pump device, a pump body, a top cover, and an air release valve head. The pump body includes at least two air inlet passages, at least one air outlet passage and at least one leak-proof/sealing passage, all selectively communicating with one cavity. The top cover includes a valve port, an air vent and an air outlet duct. Air pressure in the leak-proof passage acts on the air release valve head so that the valve port is closed by the air release valve head while the pump device is pumping air. The air release valve head and the valve port are separated from each other and then the valve port is communicating with the air outlet duct when the pump device stops pumping air. The pump performance is improved and no air release valve is required.

A diaphragm pump includes a suction valve configured to open and close a suction passage to a pump chamber. The suction valve is made of an elastic material and includes a shaft and a valve element. The upper end portion of the shaft includes a projection. A diaphragm holder includes a shaft hole in which the lower end portion of the shaft is inserted, and a seat surface to which part of the suction passage opens. A diaphragm housing presses the upper end portion of the shaft toward the lower end portion and holds the shaft together with the diaphragm holder. The valve element thus comes into tight contact with the seat surface.

A pneumatic pump having an overpressure protection valve having a gasket and spring that includes a diaphragm carrier, a diaphragm member, a valve base, a valve, a cap, a driving device and an overpressure protection valve is revealed. A pump chamber is formed between the diaphragm member and the valve base. The overpressure protection valve having a spring and a gasket. A discharge channel, an air-flow channel and a backflow channel are formed among the pump chamber, the valve base, the valve and the cap. The discharge channel, the overpressure protection valve and the spring chamber are separated. The gasket is disposed between the air-flow channel and the backflow channel for closing the air-flow channel normally. The driving device drives the diaphragm member for discharging air from the pump chamber through the discharge channel.

The micropump including a pump chamber which can be fluidly filled or emptied both by means of a passage opening and an inlet, the pump chamber being covered with a disk-shaped actuator so that the volume of the pump chamber can be changed by deflecting the actuator, the passage opening being arranged in a side of the pumping chamber opposite the actuator, and the inlet has a smaller or similar flow resistance compared to the through opening. An entrance to the passage opening can be closed by means of the deflected actuator, so that a valve is formed in the basic state, or closed by means of the undeflected actuator, so that a valve is formed in the basic state. The micropump can have a second pump chamber with an actuator and inlet, the passage opening of which is connected to that of the first pump chamber.