Mattress with climate control functionalities
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mattresses fail to effectively control temperature and humidity, leading to discomfort and potential health issues during sleep, as they do not provide a healthy sleeping climate.
Innovation Solution
A mattress equipped with climate units comprising fan units and heating units, where fan blades have an inner cavity that can be filled with liquid for cooling and thermally isolated feedthroughs for adjustable performance, along with optional scenting units for enhanced comfort.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If a mattress uses conventional cooling mechanisms (air conditioning units), then cooling function is provided, but air condition sickness and physical discomfort occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the harmful effects of conventional air conditioning by removing the need for room-wide cooling. Instead, it provides localized cooling directly at the contact surface through cooling elements integrated into the mattress, eliminating exposure to cold drafts and dry air that cause air condition sickness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces cooling elements as an intermediary between the user's body and the environment. These elements directly contact or near-contact the user to provide cooling, acting as a mediator that delivers thermal comfort without requiring ambient air conditioning that causes harmful effects.
2Temperature
If a mattress uses conventional heating systems (thermal convection), then heating function is provided, but breathable air becomes dry causing discomfort and illness
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the harmful dry air effect by removing conventional thermal convection heating systems from the room environment. Instead, it provides localized heating through heating elements integrated into the mattress, delivering thermal comfort without drying the breathable air.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces heating elements as an intermediary that directly provides thermal comfort to the user through contact or near-contact. This localized heating approach mediates the thermal interaction without requiring room-wide convection that dries the air and causes discomfort.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If a mattress provides localized climate control, then sleeping climate comfort is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the climate control functionality directly into the mattress structure by integrating cooling and heating elements within the mattress layers. This combination approach provides localized climate control without requiring separate external devices, thereby managing complexity through integration rather than addition of separate systems.
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 mattress provides a comfortable and healthy sleeping climate by regulating temperature and humidity, reducing the risk of air conditioning-related discomfort and promoting better sleep quality, while also effectively eliminating bed bugs through heating.
Implementation Method 1
the inner cavity of the one or more fan blades of the one or more fan units is configured such that the inner cavity is partially or fully fillable with liquid
Implementation Method 2
one or more heating units
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AI summary
The invention provides a mattress (200) with climate control functionalities, the mattress comprising one or more climate units (300), the one or more climate units (300) comprising one or more fan units (310), each fan unit (310) comprising one or more fan blades, wherein the one or more fan blades of the one or more fan units (310) have an inner cavity (320), wherein the inner cavity (320) of the one or more fan blades of the one or more fan units (310) is configured such that the inner cavity (320) is partially of fully fillable with liquid.