Mobile Climate Control Assembly With Stationary Housing Air Steering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile fan assemblies are inefficient and impractical for controlling ambient air temperature and airflow in mobile or remote environments, as they often require rotation of fan housings, which leads to mechanical failures, high costs, and limited directional control.
Innovation Solution
A mobile climate control assembly with two fan blower-wheel assemblies, each with a wheel member and motor, configured to rotate 360°, and an air deflector wall, allowing for electronic control of airflow direction without rotating the housing, enabling selective generation of air flow across a wide angular range and at various velocities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If fan housing is rotated to control airflow direction, then directional control is achieved, but mechanical complexity and failure risk increase
Solution Approach 1:
The fan assembly is segmented into a stationary housing and a rotatable wheel member. Only the wheel member rotates to change airflow direction, while the housing remains fixed. This segmentation eliminates the need for complex housing rotation mechanisms and reduces mechanical failure points.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of rotating the entire fan housing to control airflow direction, the invention inverts the approach by keeping the housing stationary and rotating only the internal wheel member. This inversion simplifies the mechanical structure while achieving the same directional control function.
2Adaptability or versatility
If single fan assembly is used, then device simplicity is maintained, but airflow coverage and control versatility are limited
Solution Approach 1:
Two fan wheel assemblies are merged into a single housing structure, sharing common support elements and mounting infrastructure. This combining approach increases airflow coverage and control versatility while minimizing the increase in overall device complexity through shared components.
Solution Approach 2:
The housing structure is designed to universally support multiple fan wheel assemblies, allowing each wheel to independently control different airflow directions. This multi-functionality approach enables comprehensive environmental control without proportionally increasing structural complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If wheel members rotate 360 degrees, then airflow direction control is maximized, but mechanical stress on components increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wheel members are designed with dynamic rotation capability allowing 360-degree movement for maximum airflow direction control. The bearing systems and mounting structures are specifically engineered to handle the mechanical stress of continuous rotation while maintaining reliability through proper lubrication and structural design.
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
This solution provides efficient and practical climate control with minimal moving parts, allowing for computer-controlled airflow patterns up to 160°, reducing mechanical stress and costs, and enhancing user comfort by effectively managing ambient air flow.
Implementation Method 1
a first fan blower-wheel assembly retained in at least one housing, having a wheel member operably coupled to at least one motor and with a plurality of wheel blades disposed circumferentially around the wheel member and operably configured to rotate 360° around an axis of rotation
Implementation Method 2
having an air deflector wall surrounding a partial circumference of the wheel member of the first fan blower-wheel assembly and with a front end portion configured to direct air generated from the wheel member of the first fan blower-wheel assembly outwardly from the at least one housing
Data Source
AI summary
A method of utilizing a mobile climate control assembly to selectively generate air flow across an angular range and at various velocities that includes providing first and second fan blower wheel assemblies each retained in a housing, having a wheel blade member operably coupled to a motor and operably configured to rotate 360° around an axis of rotation, and having an air deflector wall surrounding a partial circumference of the wheel member to direct generated air outwardly from the housing and electronically controlling the motor(s) to independently rotate the wheel members to generate an ambient air velocity gradient along at least an approximate 90° angular traverse path outwardly from the at least one housing without rotating the housing or the air deflector wall of each of the first and second fan blower-wheel assemblies.