Non-sealed vacuum pump with supersonically rotatable bladeless gas impingement surface

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11519419
APP PUB NO 20210324863A1
SERIAL NO

16849467

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A vacuum pump generally comprises a low pressure portion and a high pressure portion separated by a gas impermeable partition. Gas molecules exit the low pressure portion through an opening in the partition and passively impinge on a featureless rotatable surface in the high pressure portion. A drive rotates the rotatable surface with tangential velocity in the supersonic range at multiple times the most probable velocity of the impinging gas molecules. Impinging gas molecules are ejected outwardly from the periphery of the rotatable surface generating a substantial net outward flow of gas and reducing the pressure in the low pressure portion. The vacuum pump is effective to reduce the pressure in the low pressure portion to a target minimum pressure without using seals to prevent gas molecules from leaking back to the low pressure portion and without using blades or vanes to actively impact the gas molecules.

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CHIU KIN CHUNG RAYNot Provided

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chiu, Kin-Chung Ray Sunnyvale, US 6 16

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