Magnetic Field Coil Cooling Duct Design

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current magnetic field treatment devices face limitations in cooling efficiency, vibration, and noise due to existing cooling methods, particularly with water-cooling, air-cooling, and oil-cooling methods, which often result in incomplete cooling, leakage risks, and inefficient heat dissipation.

Innovation Solution

A chair-type treatment device with a compact structure featuring a ducted cooling system where the cooling unit is positioned below the magnetic field generating coil, with an inlet and outlet cooling unit, and a duct guiding fluid flow at an angle less than 90 degrees to enhance cooling efficiency and reduce vibrations and noise.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Temperature

If water-cooling method is used to cool the coil, then cooling efficiency is improved, but leakage risk and insulation complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecoil temperatureVSAvoidleakage risk
Core Design Contradiction:
TemperatureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a thermal conductor plate as an intermediary component between the coil and cooling water. The plate conducts heat from the coil to the cooling water, enabling efficient heat transfer while maintaining physical separation and insulation between the high-voltage coil and conductive cooling water, thus eliminating leakage risks

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The cooling system is segmented into distinct functional components: the coil, the thermal conductor plate, and the cooling water chamber. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function optimally while reducing the risk of direct contact and potential leakage between the coil and cooling water

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Reliability

If air-cooling method is used to cool the coil, then leakage risk is reduced, but cooling efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveleakage riskVSAvoidcoil temperature
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSTemperature

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs a water-based cooling system (hydraulic principle) instead of air cooling, utilizing the superior heat capacity and thermal conductivity of water to achieve efficient heat dissipation from the coil through the thermal conductor plate

Inventive Principle:
Principle #29Pneumatics and hydraulics

3Reliability

If oil-cooling method is used to cool the coil, then leakage risk is reduced, but cooling efficiency decreases due to slow heat transfer

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveleakage riskVSAvoidcoil temperature
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSTemperature

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the thermal parameters of the cooling system by using water instead of oil, leveraging water's higher thermal conductivity and heat capacity to achieve rapid and efficient heat transfer from the coil, eliminating the slow heat transfer characteristic of oil-based systems

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

4Temperature

If compressor or radiator method is used as cooling unit, then cooling capability is improved, but vibrations and noises increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecoil temperatureVSAvoidvibrations and noises
Core Design Contradiction:
TemperatureVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and eliminates the compressor and radiator components from the cooling system, replacing them with a simpler water circulation system that passes cooling water directly through or around the coil, thereby removing the sources of vibrations and noises associated with mechanical compression and radiation systems

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

5Temperature

If direct water contact with coil is implemented, then cooling efficiency is improved, but insulation complexity and leakage risk increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecoil temperatureVSAvoidinsulation process
Core Design Contradiction:
TemperatureVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The thermal conductor plate serves as an intermediary that enables efficient heat transfer between the coil and cooling water without requiring direct contact. This intermediate component simplifies the insulation requirements while maintaining high cooling efficiency through effective thermal conduction

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

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 the magnetic field generating coil, improves cooling efficiency, reduces vibrations and noise, and provides a compact, user-friendly design by optimizing fluid flow and duct structure.

Implementation Method 1

a treatment device using a magnetic field induces a magnetic field by applying a pulse-type current and stimulates an affected area by inducing a current caused by the generated magnetic field into a human tissue

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectromagnetic induction: Electromagnetic Induction

Implementation Method 2

The cooling unit uses various methods including a water-cooling method using water... a duct configured to guide the fluid between the cooling unit and the magnetic field generating coil

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectConvection cooling: Convection

Implementation Method 3

Heat is inevitably generated when a current flows through the coil, and the heat increases an internal resistance of the coil and an inductance of the coil

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectJoule heating: Joule Heating

Data Source

PatentEP3944874B1Treatment device using magnetic field
Publication Date: 2023.03.29 CR TECH
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AI summary

The present invention relates to a treatment device using a magnetic field, which includes a coil generating a pulse magnetic field and a cooling unit. The treatment device using a magnetic field in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a magnetic field generating coil disposed below a contact surface that closely contacts a portion of a body; a cooling unit configured to supply a fluid that cools the magnetic field generating coil; and a duct configured to guide the fluid between the cooling unit and the magnetic field generating coil. Here, the cooling unit is disposed below the magnetic field generating coil and disposed so that an angle between a fluid supply direction from the cooling unit and a central axis of the magnetic field generating coil is equal to or less than the right angle.