US Patent Issued to Actasys on Feb. 17 for "Production technique of synthetic jet actuators" (New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,431, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Actasys Inc. (New York).

"Production technique of synthetic jet actuators" was invented by David Menicovich (Hoboken, N.J.), Daniele Gallardo (New Milford, N.J.), Michael Amitay (Loudonville, N.Y.), Thomas Wideman (Milton, Mass.), Anthony Mickalauskas (Troy, N.Y.) and Brian Cyr (Cortland, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clampless synthetic jet actuator includes a cavity layer having an internal cavity for reception of a fluid volume and an orifice providing a fluid communication between the cavity and an external atmosphere; and an oscillatory membrane having a piezoelectric material adap...