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Method for fabricating a silicon valve
Assignee: Ford Motor Co
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Filing: 1985-09-09
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Granted: 1986-12-16
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Expires: 2005-09-09
Abstract
Abstract A silicon valve for controlling the flow of a fluid includes two generally planar silicon members. One has an orifice for passing the fluid and the other has a relatively moveable surface to selectively open and close the orifice thereby controlling the flow of fluid through the orifice. A method is disclosed which method addresses the fabrication of the aforementioned silicon valve, wherein an oxide is grown on the surface of a wafer and the wafer then is etched to define a valve seat pattern. Both a top and a bottom plate are fabricated from wafer material and the profiled wafers are bonded together in a manner which will allow fluid passage therethrough.
Inventors
- 👤 Joseph M. Giachino
- 👤 James W. Kress
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 08:52
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16K; F16K99/00; F16K99/0001; B; B41; B41J; B41J2/00; B41J2/005; B41J2/01; B41J2/17; B41J2/175; B41J2/17596; F02; F02M; F02M61/00; F02M61/04; F02M61/047; F02M61/16; F02M61/166; F02M61/18; F02M61/1853; F15; F15C; F15C5/00; F16K99/0003; F16K99/0005; F16K99/0015; F16K99/0034; F16K99/0042; F16K99/0048; F16K2099/0073; F16K2099/0074; F16K2099/0082; F16K2099/0096; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/494; Y10T29/49401; Y10T29/49405; Y10T29/49412; Y10T29/49416; Y10T29/49419; Y10T29/49826; Y10T29/49995
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
117 words
A method of fabricating a silicon valve for controlling fluid flow including the step of: forming an orifice in a first generally planar silicon member; forming a closed path trough in a second silicon member thereby leaving a raised mesa means within the closed path and a raised wall portion around the closed path trough; and bonding the first and second silicon members together so that the wall portion is coupled to the surface of said first silicon member and the mesa means is relatively moveable with respect to said orifice for sealing the orifice to stop the passage of fluid and for being spaced from the orifice for permitting the passage of fluid through the orifice.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
117 words
A method of fabricating a silicon valve for controlling fluid flow including the step of: forming an orifice in a first generally planar silicon member; forming a closed path trough in a second silicon member thereby leaving a raised mesa means within the closed path and a raised wall portion around the closed path trough; and bonding the first and second silicon members together so that the wall portion is coupled to the surface of said first silicon member and the mesa means is relatively moveable with respect to said orifice for sealing the orifice to stop the passage of fluid and for being spaced from the orifice for permitting the passage of fluid through the orifice.
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