Electrical generator or motor structure – Non-dynamoelectric – Piezoelectric elements and devices
Patent
1990-04-26
1991-04-16
Budd, Mark O.
Electrical generator or motor structure
Non-dynamoelectric
Piezoelectric elements and devices
310800, 310330, 310324, 416 83, 417322, 417436, H01L 4108
Patent
active
050085824
ABSTRACT:
In an electric device having a package included an electric circuit element therein, a cooling fan is fixed on the package directly. The fan is formed of piezoelectric elements and a flexible cooling fin. The fan generates the cooling air flow due to vibration of the piezoelectric elements.
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Itsumi Kazuhiro
Iwase Nobuo
Kondo Yuu
Ono Tomio
Saito Kazutaka
Budd Mark O.
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
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