The invention refers to an infrasound generator for enhancing the combustion of solid fuels burning in a combustion chamber. The infrasound is generated by one or more set(-s) of each two vibrating plates, vibrating in the same direction with the same displacement amplitude but in antiphase. The infrasound generator does not cause vibrations and is not sensitive to ash and heat from the combustion.

A method for manufacturing a millimeter scale electromechanical device includes coupling a stainless steel ply to a polymer carrier ply, coating the stainless steel ply in a photo resist material, masking the photoresist material, exposing the photoresist material to cure a portion of the photoresist material, developing the photoresist material to remove uncured photoresist material from the stainless steel ply, chemically etching the stainless steel ply to remove a patterned portion of the stainless steel ply, dissolving the polymer carrier ply to release unwanted chips of the stainless steel ply, and adhering the patterned stainless steel ply to a flexible material ply to form a sub-laminate.

A structure 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a vibration part 110 configured to hold a vibrating member; a housing 120 configured to at least partially house the vibration part 110; and supporting parts 130SR, 130SL configured to support the vibration part 110 by coupling the vibration part 110 and the housing 120, wherein the supporting parts 130SR, 130SL are each configured to have a dynamic stiffness that amplifies or attenuates transmission of a vibration of at least a predetermined frequency in vibrations generated in at least one direction by the vibration part 110 in a state of holding the vibrating member, and a static stiffness required for supporting the vibration part 110 in the state of holding the vibrating member. A system including the structure 100 and the vibrating member has characteristics in which a vibration transmittance gradually decreases, as a vibration frequency of the vibration in the at least one direction increases, after exhibiting an excited vibration mode in which the vibration transmittance is increased. The supporting parts 130SR, 130SL have the dynamic stiffness that exhibits the excited vibration mode such that the vibration transmittance at the predetermined frequency is greater or smaller than 1.

A vibrating apparatus includes two axles, two composite wheels, a timing belt, a multi-ridged belt and four rods. The axles are parallel to each other. Each of the axles includes two eccentric sections. The composite wheels are respectively connected to the axles. Each of the composite wheels includes a timing pulley and a multi-ridged pulley coaxially in one piece with the timing pulley. The timing belt is wound around the timing pulleys. The multi-ridged belt is wound around the multi-ridged pulley. The rods are pivotally connected to the eccentric sections of the axles.

A vibrating apparatus includes two axles, two composite wheels, a timing belt, a multi-ridged belt and four rods. The axles are parallel to each other. Each of the axles includes two eccentric sections. The composite wheels are respectively connected to the axles. Each of the composite wheels includes a timing pulley and a multi-ridged pulley coaxially in one piece with the timing pulley. The timing belt is wound around the timing pulleys. The multi-ridged belt is wound around the multi-ridged pulley. The rods are pivotally connected to the eccentric sections of the axles.

A filtering apparatus formed by a plurality of channel systems. Each of the channel systems include an inlet port formed on an inlet side of the plate; no more than one outlet port formed on an outlet side of the plate; and a channel formed in the plate, the channel coupled to the inlet port and to the outlet port, wherein the ratio of the product of the capture area of the inlet ports of a channel system with the first transmissivity associated with the inlet ports to the product of the capture area of the outlet ports of a channel system with the second transmissivity associated with the outlet ports is greater than one. The channel system is configured to interact with objects of interest on a scale which is smaller than a value several orders of magnitude larger than the mean free path of an object of interest. Some plate embodiments are configured to interact with particles, such as air molecules, water molecules, or aerosols. Other plate embodiments are configured to interact with waves or wavelike particles, such as electrons, photons, phonons or acoustic waves.

A filtering apparatus formed by a plurality of channel systems. Each of the channel systems include an inlet port formed on an inlet side of the plate; no more than one outlet port formed on an outlet side of the plate; and a channel formed in the plate, the channel coupled to the inlet port and to the outlet port, wherein the ratio of the product of the capture area of the inlet ports of a channel system with the first transmissivity associated with the inlet ports to the product of the capture area of the outlet ports of a channel system with the second transmissivity associated with the outlet ports is greater than one. The channel system is configured to interact with objects of interest on a scale which is smaller than a value several orders of magnitude larger than the mean free path of an object of interest. Some plate embodiments are configured to interact with particles, such as air molecules, water molecules, or aerosols. Other plate embodiments are configured to interact with waves or wavelike particles, such as electrons, photons, phonons or acoustic waves.

A vehicle includes a frame, a tractive element coupled to the frame, a prime mover coupled to the frame and configured to drive the tractive element to propel the vehicle, and a silage compactor. The silage compactor includes a wheel rotatably coupled to the frame and positioned to engage silage positioned below the frame, a vibrator coupled to the wheel and configured to cause the wheel to vibrate, and a controller configured to control the vibrator to vibrate the wheel while the wheel is in contact with the silage to compress the silage.

A vehicle includes a frame, a tractive element coupled to the frame, a prime mover coupled to the frame and configured to drive the tractive element to propel the vehicle, and a silage compactor. The silage compactor includes a wheel rotatably coupled to the frame and positioned to engage silage positioned below the frame, a vibrator coupled to the wheel and configured to cause the wheel to vibrate, and a controller configured to control the vibrator to vibrate the wheel while the wheel is in contact with the silage to compress the silage.

A device for repairing a damaged spot in a repair area of a glass pane includes an attachment portion, a repair portion, an excitation device and a control device. The attachment portion is configured to be releasably attached to a main surface of the glass pane. The repair portion is configured to repair the glass pane. The excitation device is configured to produce a periodic mechanical excitation and to couple the periodic mechanical excitation into the glass pane. The control device is configured to control the periodic mechanical excitation.