Bed Cooling Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cooling devices for beds lack effective and efficient methods to cool users while they sleep, as they primarily rely on blowing air into a mattress without adequate distribution and control mechanisms for optimal cooling.
Innovation Solution
A bed cooling assembly comprising a blower unit with adjustable air output, hoses, restraints, and exhaust vents that direct cooled air under a blanket to ensure even cooling, along with a remote control for speed and duration settings, providing customizable cooling solutions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If air is blown into the mattress for cooling, then the mattress temperature is reduced, but the cooling air is not effectively distributed to the user and energy is wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling system is segmented into multiple exhaust vents distributed across the blanket, with each vent receiving cooled air through separate hoses from the blower unit. This segmentation allows cooling air to be delivered to multiple locations simultaneously, improving both mattress cooling and user cooling efficiency while reducing energy waste.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces hoses as intermediary components that transport cooled air from the blower unit to the exhaust vents positioned between the blanket and mattress. This intermediary delivery system ensures that cooling air reaches both the mattress and the user efficiently, resolving the energy waste problem of direct mattress blowing.
2Device complexity
If a blower unit blows air without directional control, then air flow is simple to implement, but cooling effectiveness is reduced due to poor air distribution
Solution Approach 1:
The exhaust vents are designed with adjustable louvers that can dynamically change the direction of air flow. This dynamic adjustment capability allows the system to adapt cooling air direction to match user position and thermal needs, significantly improving cooling effectiveness while maintaining relatively simple system architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
Each exhaust vent is equipped with independently adjustable louvers that can direct cooling air to specific local areas where users need cooling most. This local quality adjustment ensures that cooling effectiveness is optimized at each delivery point without requiring complex centralized control.
3Ease of manufacture
If exhaust vents are positioned without adjustment capability, then the system is simple to manufacture, but cooling precision is insufficient for optimal user comfort
Solution Approach 1:
The exhaust vents incorporate adjustable louvers that enable dynamic positioning of cooling air flow after manufacturing. This design maintains ease of manufacture while achieving precise cooling air direction control, as the adjustment capability is built into the vent structure itself rather than requiring complex manufacturing processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The louvers are pre-configured in the exhaust vents during manufacturing with preliminary adjustment settings, allowing for fine-tuning of air direction in the field. This preliminary action during manufacturing simplifies production while enabling precise cooling air direction to be achieved during installation and use.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution effectively cools users by directing air directly under the blanket, enhancing comfort and temperature regulation during sleep through adjustable airflow and positioning, thereby improving sleep quality.
Implementation Method 1
a blower unit that is positionable adjacent to a bed for sleeping... A pair of hoses is each fluidly coupled to the blower unit to direct the air blown by the blower unit... Each of the exhaust vents is positionable between the sleeping bed and a blanket on the sleeping bed to direct the air onto a user sleeping on the sleeping bed thereby cooling the user
Data Source
AI summary
A bed cooling assembly includes a blower unit that is positionable adjacent to a bed for sleeping. A pair of hoses is each of the hoses is fluidly coupled to the blower unit to direct the air blown by the blower unit. A pair of restraints is each removably attachable to a respective one of the hoses to mount the respective hose to the sleeping bed. A pair of exhaust vents is each fluidly coupled to a respective one of the hoses to receive the air from the blower unit. Each of the exhaust vents is positionable between the sleeping bed and a blanket on the sleeping bed to direct the air onto a user sleeping on the sleeping bed thereby cooling the user.