Inflatable Structure, Inflatable Product, and Method for Manufacturing Inflatable Product
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Solution Overview
Problem
Inflatable products face issues with underutilized insulation performance and noise generation from reflective layers, affecting user experience.
Innovation Solution
An inflatable structure with a composite material comprising filling materials and a reflective layer, where the composite material is stretched between layers to dampen vibrations and maintain the reflective layer's central position, enhancing insulation and reducing noise.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If hollow fiber cotton is added to the air cushion to enhance thermal insulance, then the insulation performance is improved, but the filling material cannot be fully expanded due to compression during manufacturing and usage, preventing full utilization of its insulation performance
Solution Approach 1:
The air cushion is divided into multiple independent air chambers through baffles, allowing each chamber to be inflated to a controlled pressure that fully expands the hollow fiber cotton filling material without excessive compression, thereby maximizing the insulation performance of the filling material
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the pressure parameter within the air cushion by creating multiple chambers with controlled inflation, enabling the filling material to transition from a compressed state to a fully expanded state, thereby optimizing its thermal insulation properties
2Temperature
If a reflective layer is arranged inside the inflatable product to enhance insulation, then the thermal insulance is improved, but pressure applied during use causes the reflective layer to contort and generate noise, affecting user experience
Solution Approach 1:
The reflective layer is segmented and positioned within multiple separate air chambers, where it is stabilized by the controlled pressure in each chamber, preventing contortion and noise generation while maintaining its insulation function
Solution Approach 2:
The hollow fiber cotton filling material acts as an intermediary between the reflective layer and the air chamber walls, providing support and stabilization to the reflective layer, preventing it from contorting under pressure, thereby eliminating noise while preserving its insulation 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 ensures optimal utilization of insulation performance and eliminates noise from reflective layer contortion, providing a stable and quiet user experience.
Implementation Method 1
When external vibrations are transmitted to the reflective layer, the vibrations are dampened
Implementation Method 2
These gas chambers can retain the heat emitted by the body
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AI summary
Provided are an inflatable structure, an inflatable product, and a method for manufacturing for an inflatable product. The inflatable structure comprises a first layer and a second layer; a composite material comprises a plurality of filling materials which are sequentially stacked from top to bottom; a reflective layer is arranged between a pair of adjacent filling materials; an upper end of the composite material is connected to the first layer, and a lower end of the composite material is connected to the second layer. The composite material is arranged between the first layer and the second layer of the inflatable structure, and said composite material is respectively stretched by the first layer and the second layer; the stretched filling materials are attached to upper and lower surfaces of the reflective layer like two spring structures; when external vibrations are transmitted to the reflective layer, said vibrations are dampened.