Pressure-Activated Cooling Platform With Air-Mixing Channels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pet beds with cooling mechanisms are often non-portable due to reliance on electrical power sources and require heavy, complex equipment, while non-electric alternatives using ice packs are inconvenient as they need frequent replacement.
Innovation Solution
A multilayered cooling platform with a temperature regulation layer, support layer, and channeled covering layer, utilizing a composition that can be activated by pressure to provide cooling without electricity, featuring channels for air mixing and a rechargeable endothermic process, and adjustable firmness through interconnected pressure portions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If electrical cooling mechanisms are used in pet beds, then cooling effectiveness is improved, but portability deteriorates due to heavy equipment and power source requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces electrical cooling mechanisms with a mechanical/chemical system using endothermic reactions. The cooling composition undergoes phase change or chemical reaction when activated by a trigger mechanism, providing cooling without electricity or heavy equipment, thus resolving the contradiction between cooling effectiveness and portability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes phase transitions of a cooling composition (such as ice formation or material phase change) to provide cooling. This natural physical process eliminates the need for electrical power sources and heavy mechanical cooling equipment, achieving both effective cooling and portability.
2Weight of moving object
If ice packs are used for cooling, then portability is improved, but reliability deteriorates as they melt and need frequent replacement
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a cooling composition with specific physical or chemical parameters that allow it to maintain cooling效果 for extended periods. By carefully selecting and formulating the composition's properties (such as phase change temperature, reaction rate, or thermal capacity), the system provides reliable, long-duration cooling without melting like traditional ice packs, thus improving reliability while maintaining portability.
3Temperature
If centralized cooling plates are used, then cooling performance is improved, but device complexity increases requiring heavy equipment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the cooling function into multiple distributed cooling zones or compartments within the pet bed. Instead of one large centralized cooling plate, several smaller cooling compositions are placed throughout the bed, each providing localized cooling. This segmentation reduces the complexity and weight of individual cooling components while maintaining overall cooling performance.
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 provides effective, portable, and eco-friendly temperature regulation, maintaining a temperature 3-4 degrees Fahrenheit lower than body temperature, with reusable and non-toxic components, enhancing cooling performance and accommodating varying object weights.
Implementation Method 1
The composition is capable of being activated by pressure to provide cooling without electricity, featuring channels for air mixing and a rechargeable endothermic process
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AI summary
A pressure activated recharging cooling platform for cooling an object is provided. The cooling platform comprises a temperature regulation layer, a support layer, and a channeled covering layer. The temperature regulation layer is adapted to hold a composition. The temperature regulation layer has a plurality of angled segments, wherein angled segments within a sealed perimeter of the temperature regulation layer are formed by a top side and a bottom side at a predefined distance, and channels, wherein the channels substantially form sides by contacting the top side with the bottom side at a distance lesser than the predefined distance. The support layer is substantially bonded to the bottom side of the temperature regulation layer and is comprised of material sufficiently pliable to deform and sufficiently rigid to withstand collapse in response to the weight of the object. The channeled covering layer encompasses the support and temperature regulation layers.