CN105407764A - Support cushions including thermoelectric elements and air conduits, and methods for controlling surface temperature of same - Google Patents

Support cushions including thermoelectric elements and air conduits, and methods for controlling surface temperature of same Download PDF

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CN105407764A
CN105407764A CN201480041002.3A CN201480041002A CN105407764A CN 105407764 A CN105407764 A CN 105407764A CN 201480041002 A CN201480041002 A CN 201480041002A CN 105407764 A CN105407764 A CN 105407764A
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霍勒斯·R·埃斯克里奇三世
汤姆·米克尔森
马里奥·A·G·纳瓦
塞缪尔·K·波洛克
塔雷克·马坎西
莱斯利·A·伯顿
诺曼·L·沃恩
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C21/00—Attachments for beds, e.g. sheet holders, bed-cover holders; Ventilating, cooling or heating means in connection with bedsteads or mattresses
    • A47C21/04—Devices for ventilating, cooling or heating
    • A47C21/042—Devices for ventilating, cooling or heating for ventilating or cooling
    • A47C21/044—Devices for ventilating, cooling or heating for ventilating or cooling with active means, e.g. by using air blowers or liquid pumps
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C21/00—Attachments for beds, e.g. sheet holders, bed-cover holders; Ventilating, cooling or heating means in connection with bedsteads or mattresses
    • A47C21/04—Devices for ventilating, cooling or heating
    • A47C21/048—Devices for ventilating, cooling or heating for heating
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C27/00—Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas
    • A47C27/001—Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas with several cushions, mattresses or the like, to be put together in one cover
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C27/00—Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas
    • A47C27/14—Spring, stuffed or fluid mattresses or cushions specially adapted for chairs, beds or sofas with foamed material inlays
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C7/00—Parts, details, or accessories of chairs or stools
    • A47C7/62—Accessories for chairs
    • A47C7/72—Adaptations for incorporating lamps, radio sets, bars, telephones, ventilation, heating or cooling arrangements or the like
    • A47C7/74—Adaptations for incorporating lamps, radio sets, bars, telephones, ventilation, heating or cooling arrangements or the like for ventilation, heating or cooling
    • A47C7/742—Adaptations for incorporating lamps, radio sets, bars, telephones, ventilation, heating or cooling arrangements or the like for ventilation, heating or cooling for ventilating or cooling
    • A47C7/744—Adaptations for incorporating lamps, radio sets, bars, telephones, ventilation, heating or cooling arrangements or the like for ventilation, heating or cooling for ventilating or cooling with active means, e.g. by using air blowers or liquid pumps

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Abstract

The present invention provides a support cushion and a method for controlling the surface temperature of the support cushion. The support cushion is used for providing individualized heating and cooling to a user resting on the support cushion. The support cushion includes a body supporting layer, a plurality of thermoelectric elements positioned and configured to selectively provide heating or cooling of the body supporting layer, a heat transfer layer positioned adjacent to the body supporting portion and operably connected to the thermoelectric elements, a base layer positioned adjacent to the heat transfer layer opposite the body supporting layer and defining one or more inlet and outlet conduits, and one or more fans operably connected to each of the outlet conduits.

Description

Comprise the supporting pad of thermoelectric element and air duct and control the method for its surface temperature
The cross reference of related application
This application claims the U.S. Provisional Patent Application No.61/836 coming from and submit on June 18th, 2013,268 and the U.S. Provisional Patent Application No.61/836 that submits on June 18th, 2014, the priority of 245, its complete open by this with reference to being incorporated to herein.
Technical field
The present invention relates to supporting pad and the method for the surface temperature that controls supporting pad.Especially, the present invention relates to supporting pad, such as mattress component, described supporting pad employs thermoelectric element and inner air pipeline optionally to heat or the surface of cooled supports pad.
Background technology
An aspect of successfully and quietly sleeping is individual's sleep comfortableness.Medical research shows, sleep deprivation (" sleep is in debt ") may have for longevity, production capacity and overall spirit, mood and healthy significant negative effect.Extended sleep is in debt and is associated with body weight increase, and more particularly, extended sleep is in debt and is observed the mode not only affecting health process and storage carbohydrates, and is observed the hormonal readiness changing and affect appetite.In addition, sleep debt may cause irritability, irritability, cannot to focus one's attention on and capricious, this cause some researchers think sleep be in debt and working site Accidents, traffic accident and general in the afternoon divert one's attention between there is contact.In addition, contact is there is between the stress hormone level of sleep-disorder and hypertension, increase and irregular heartbeat, and other research shows recently, the shortage of sleep may affect immunologic function, thus causes the neurological susceptibility of the increase for illness and disease such as cancer.In a word, researcher thinks now, the productivity of the loss of annual 63000000000 dollars of the U.S. that the cost of sleep debt causes due to these various impacts.Therefore, improve sleep comfortableness and reduce individual sleep be in debt supporting pad be expect to heavens with useful.
Summary of the invention
The present invention includes the method for supporting pad and the surface temperature due to control supporting pad.Especially, the present invention includes supporting pad, such as mattress component, described supporting pad utilizes thermoelectric element and inner air pipeline optionally to heat or the surface of cooled supports pad.Therefore, supporting pad of the present invention allows user to be individualized by its comfort level comprising sleep comfortableness by the surface temperature controlling supporting pad.
In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, supporting pad is set to the form of mattress component, and this mattress component comprises the body-support layer with first surface and the second surface relative with first surface.Mattress component comprises multiple thermoelectric element further, and the plurality of thermoelectric element is orientated as and is configured to optionally provide heating or cooling at the first surface place of body-support layer.Mattress component also comprises heat transfer layer and basic unit.Heat transfer layer is orientated as adjacent with the second surface of body-support layer and is operatively coupled to thermoelectric element, and basic unit to orientate the heat transfer layer relative with body-support layer as adjacent.
Except orientate as adjacent with heat transfer layer except, basic unit defines and to be communicated with heat transfer layer fluid with same with the inlet duct that heat transfer layer fluid is communicated with but with preset distance and the isolated outlet conduit of inlet duct.What comprise further in mattress component is fan, be connected to outlet conduit this fan operation, and as described in further detail hereinafter, working for being aspirated from inlet duct by a certain amount of air, by heat transfer layer and entering in outlet conduit, then makes air scatter from mattress component.
For the body-support layer of mattress component, this body-support layer is usually made up of the foam of flexibility, and the pressure from the health of user or the part of its health can be distributed on body-support layer by described flexible foam suitably.In certain embodiments, flexible foam is the viscoelastic foam of the density and hardness with expectation, and allows to absorb equably and dispense pressure fifty-fifty on the body-support layer of mattress component.In this regard, in certain embodiments, body-support layer can be covered by comfort liner further, and this comfort liner is positioned on the first surface top of body-support layer, to provide the other comfort level for the health of the user rested in mattress component or the part of its health.In certain embodiments, this comfort liner is also made up of viscoelastic foam or other foams, but typical case has the density of the density of the body-support layer lower than mattress component, to provide softer surface, lay between user's health and the thermoelectric element of mattress component on said surface and also provide enough soft barrier, the position of described barrier will describe in further detail hereinafter.
For the thermoelectric element of mattress component, this thermoelectric element to be positioned in mattress component and to be configured to allow user to control the temperature on first (or on) surface of the body-support layer of mattress component.Such as, in certain embodiments, thermoelectric element is made up of multiple amber ear note (Peltier) element, and described Peltier's element flows through at that time by cooling described first surface from the first surface of body-support layer and towards the second surface heat absorption of body-support layer in a first direction making a certain amount of electric current.Similarly, in certain embodiments, when making a certain amount of electric current flow upwards through Peltier's element in second (such as contrary) side, described Peltier's element is by carrying out the first surface of heatable body supporting layer from the second surface of body-support layer and towards the first surface heat absorption of body-support portion.
In order to utilize the heating and cooling ability of Peltier's element further, in certain embodiments, Peltier's element is in series arranged, Peltier's element is one after the other arranged and can provide heating or cooling in the part of the expectation on the whole surface of body-support layer or described surface.In other embodiments, Peltier's element with arranged in arrays, on the region making the group of Peltier's element can be positioned at the expectation of body-support portion and for the region being easy to the body-support portion of the specific part contact being heated excessively or cooling (trunk and the foot that are such as respectively user) of the optionally health of heating or cooling and user.In certain embodiments, in order to provide wherein Peltier's element can easily from the mattress component that it removes, this mattress component can comprise one or more removable part, this removable part is made up of the region of body-support layer and the corresponding region of heat transfer layer, and each array containing Peltier's element of this removable portion.In certain embodiments, in order to provide the more substantial control of the first surface for optionally heating and cooling body-support layer, Peltier's element is made up of discrete Peltier's element, can addressing individually, maybe can comprise aforementioned two kinds of situations.
For the ease of the first surface of heating and cooling body-support layer, each Peltier's element typically span is the width of the body-support layer of mattress component, above the first surface making the first side of each Peltier's element be positioned at body-support portion or adjacent with the first surface of body-support portion, and the contrary side of each Peltier's element be positioned at body-support portion second surface below or be adjacent.In these embodiments, body-support layer typically defines multiple slit, and this slit is each comprises part heat being delivered to the Peltier's element on another surface from a surface of body-supporting surface.In other words, in certain embodiments, Peltier's element is orientated as adjacent with body-support layer and is directly made heat be delivered to another surface of body-support layer from a surface of body-support layer by the inside of body-support layer.
Except be configured to optionally to heat or body cooling support section first surface except, thermoelectric element is also operatively coupled to heat transfer layer, and this heat transfer layer is typically made up of the flexible foam of porous.In certain embodiments, the heat transfer layer of mattress component is made up of the viscoelastic foam of porous, described foam-encased or Peltier's element described second surface near adjacent with the second surface of body-support layer at least part of.By Peltier's element is operatively coupled to heat transfer layer, this heat transfer layer is except providing for except Peltier's element and the support structure of body-support layer above covered, also provide open environment, such as by the heat radiation of the flexible foam of the porous from Peltier's element to heat transfer layer, the heat generated by Peltier's element can be delivered in open environment.Time in porous flexible foam heat being delivered to heat transfer layer from Peltier's element, then heat can be spread out of heat transfer layer by the porous flexible foam a certain amount of air being transported through heat transfer layer.
Forward now the basic unit of mattress component to, as noted, basic unit define with the inlet duct that heat transfer layer fluid is communicated with same be communicated with heat transfer layer fluid and be operatively coupled to the outlet conduit of fan.Basic unit is usually also made up of flexible foam.But in certain embodiments, basic unit forms by having the porous flexible foam being less than the flexible foam forming the heat transfer layer be positioned at above basic unit.In this regard, when the fan being operatively coupled to outlet conduit is activated, air is not directly drawn in inlet duct by fan, by basic unit and then to enter in outlet conduit and to leave mattress component.Alternatively, by comprising basic unit in mattress component, this basic unit forms by having the porous flexible foam being less than the flexible foam forming heat transfer layer, fan works to produce inlet air flow path, air enters inlet duct by entrance thus, runs into lower porous basic unit, advances in more highly porous heat transfer layer, obtain any heat of being generated by Peltier's element, and then advance in outlet conduit from heat transfer layer and then scatter from mattress component.
With further reference to mattress component of the present invention, this mattress component make use of the porous basic unit had lower than adjacent heat transfer layer, and in some embodiments provide mattress component, this mattress component comprises: basic unit, and this basic unit has head and foot; One or more inlet duct, this one or more inlet duct extends longitudinally through basic unit from head; With one or more outlet conduit, this one or more outlet conduit extends longitudinally through basic unit from foot and is eachly operatively coupled to fan.Such as, mattress component is embodiments provides in some of mattress component of the present invention, this mattress component comprises basic unit, and the described basic unit entrance had from the head end being positioned at basic unit extends longitudinally through two outlet conduits that three inlet ducts of basic unit and the outlet from the foot being positioned at basic unit extend longitudinally through basic unit.More particularly, in these embodiments, the first inlet duct is positioned on the first side of basic unit, and the second inlet duct is positioned in the central portion of basic unit, and the 3rd inlet duct is positioned in the second side of the basic unit relative with the first inlet duct.First outlet conduit is then positioned between the first inlet duct and the second inlet duct, and the second outlet conduit is positioned between the second inlet duct and the 3rd inlet duct.In this regard, when the fan being attached to each outlet conduit is activated, air is in be sucked in inlet duct each, enter in the part of the heat transfer layer be positioned between specific inlet duct and the outlet conduit being the most closely close to this specific inlet duct, and then enter in outlet conduit, then scatter from mattress component.
In some embodiments of mattress component of the present invention, be included in inlet duct in exemplary basic unit and outlet conduit is emptying or the form of the passage of hollow, this passage extends longitudinally through basic unit and allows the air of maximum to flow through passage and the heat transfer layer of each mattress component.In other embodiments of mattress component of the present invention, in each inlet duct of basic unit and each outlet conduit, the porous flexible foam plug-in unit having and be greater than basic unit can be comprised.By comprising flexible foam plug-in unit in each inlet duct and outlet conduit, provide wherein inlet duct and outlet conduit substantially with the basic unit that flexible foam is filled, this flexible foam provides the support of recruitment to heat transfer layer, but also still allow the air of sufficient quantity to flow in inlet duct, enter in heat transfer layer and then enter in outlet conduit, to make heat from thermoelectric element and to scatter from mattress component.
Such as, in the some embodiments of the present invention of mattress component employing the flexible foam plug-in unit in the inlet duct and outlet conduit being positioned at basic unit, provide mattress component, this mattress component has: the first inlet duct, and this first inlet duct extends longitudinally through the first side of basic unit and comprises flexible foam plug-in unit; Second inlet duct, this second inlet duct extends longitudinally through the second side of the basic unit contrary with the first side and comprises flexible foam plug-in unit; And outlet conduit, this outlet conduit extends longitudinally through basic unit and comprises flexible foam plug-in unit between the first inlet duct and the second inlet duct.In this embodiment, when the fan being operatively coupled to outlet conduit is activated, first therefore air be sucked in each interior flexible foam plug-in unit in inlet duct.Then air is advanced through heat transfer layer from the inlet duct in the first side of mattress component and the second side and then enters in the flexible foam plug-in unit in the outlet conduit that is positioned in the central portion of mattress component, and then air scatters from mattress component at this place.
As another example using the mattress component of flexible foam plug-in unit in the inlet duct and outlet conduit of basic unit, in certain embodiments, each rectangular area being substantially head end and the foot place being positioned at exemplary mattress component respectively in one or more inlet duct and outlet conduit, and each inlet duct and outlet conduit comprise the porous flexible foam plug-in unit having and be greater than basic unit.In this regard, in these embodiments, and when the startup of fan being operatively coupled to outlet conduit, air enters the flexible foam plug-in unit be positioned in inlet duct, and then enter heat transfer layer and length along heat transfer layer is advanced, then it is entered the flexible foam plug-in unit in the outlet conduit at the foot place being positioned at mattress component and is left by described flexible foam plug-in unit subsequently.
In yet another embodiment of the present invention, the basic unit of mattress component comprises the inlet duct and outlet conduit that do not extend from first end or second end (such as from head end and the foot of mattress component) of basic unit.Alternatively, in this embodiment, basic unit defines the one or more inlet ducts extending to heat transfer layer from the basal surface of basic unit, and extends to heat transfer layer and with each isolated one or more outlet conduit preset distance and one or more inlet duct from the basal surface of basic unit.Such as, one this embodiments provides mattress component, this mattress component comprises: the first inlet duct, and this first inlet duct extends longitudinally through the first side of basic unit; Second inlet duct, this second inlet duct extends longitudinally through the second side of the basic unit contrary with the first side; And outlet conduit, this outlet conduit is positioned between the first inlet duct and the second inlet duct.In this embodiment, the first inlet duct, the second inlet duct, outlet conduit do not extend or the head end of contact basic unit or foot from the head end of basic unit or foot.Alternatively, because each basal surface from basic unit of the first inlet duct, the second inlet duct and outlet conduit extends to heat transfer layer, so air from basic unit's flowing underneath to inlet duct in and upwards to enter and by heat transfer layer, then to be got back in outlet conduit by suction downwards and scatter from mattress component by means of the fan being operatively coupled to outlet conduit.
Comprising other embodiments extending to the inlet duct of heat transfer layer and the mattress component of the present invention of outlet conduit from the basal surface of basic unit, inlet duct, outlet conduit or inlet duct and outlet conduit neither extend longitudinally through basic unit, but are alternatively the forms of cylindrical void.In some embodiments provide mattress component, this mattress component comprises: at least two cylindrical void are as the inlet duct on the first side of basic unit, at least two cylindrical void are as the inlet duct on the second side of the basic unit contrary with the first side, with the passage extended as outlet conduit, between the inlet duct on the second side of the inlet duct of this outlet conduit on the first side of basic unit and basic unit, extend longitudinally through basic unit.Provide mattress component in another embodiment, this mattress component comprises: at least two cylindrical void are as being positioned at the first side of basic unit, the second side of basic unit or the outlet conduit on both, and the passage extended is as the inlet duct extending longitudinally through basic unit's (such as by the central portion of basic unit).Further embodiments provides mattress component, this mattress component comprises: at least two cylindrical void are as the outlet conduit be positioned on the first side of basic unit, at least two cylindrical void are as the outlet conduit be positioned on the second side of the basic unit contrary with the first side, and at least two cylindrical void are as the inlet duct be positioned in the central portion of basic unit.
With further reference to employing the mattress component of the present invention having and extend to the inlet duct of heat transfer layer and the basic unit of outlet conduit from the basal surface of basic unit, in in these embodiments some, flexible foam plug-in unit is in be positioned in inlet duct and outlet conduit each and have the porous porous being greater than basic unit.In this embodiment, and be similar to above-described embodiment, when being operatively coupled to the startup of each fan in outlet conduit, air is sucked in the flexible foam plug-in unit in be positioned in inlet duct each, enter in heat transfer layer and by heat transfer layer, and enters in the flexible foam plug-in unit in be positioned in outlet conduit each.But, in other embodiments of mattress component, be positioned at the porous of the flexible foam plug-in unit in inlet duct or outlet conduit identical with the porous of basic unit or at least can compare with the porous of basic unit.In these embodiments, in order to air being drawn in each inlet duct, in heat transfer layer and then in each outlet conduit, barrier layer is used for the one or more parts covering basic unit, comprises the continuous print side panel of basic unit and the top surface of basic unit and/or basal surface in certain embodiments.
With the specific layout of the basic unit of mattress component with construct irrelevant, each mattress component of the present invention comprises further: power supply, and this power supply is used for multiple thermoelectric element and the fan supply electric current being attached to each outlet conduit; And controller, this controller is for controlling the electric current being supplied to multiple thermoelectric element and each fan.By comprising controller in mattress component, the amount being supplied to the electric current of each fan can not only be controlled with the amount controlling to be drawn through the air of mattress component, and the amount of the electric current being supplied to thermoelectric element also can be controlled to provide heating or the cooling of desired amount at the first surface place of body-support layer.Such as, in certain embodiments, controller is configured to the electric current automatically controlling to be supplied to Peltier's element, makes electric current can be supplied to Peltier's element in a particular direction with the first surface of heating or body cooling support section when the first surface of body-support portion reaches specific temperature.As another example; controller is configured to allow electric current supply to reach predetermined time section to Peltier's element in certain embodiments; such as reach section 8 hour length of one's sleep, or reach with user in time span corresponding to the time that the moment (such as REM sleeps) of sleep cycle usually spends.
In order to provide the control of the other level for the thermoelectric element be included in mattress component of the present invention, mattress component comprises the body-support layer, heat dissipating layer or both the one or more features that are operatively coupled to mattress component further in certain embodiments, and provides input to controller.In certain embodiments, such feature comprises pressure sensor, and this pressure sensor provides pressure feedback to controller and lies in as user on mattress or when being otherwise applied in mattress component by a certain amount of pressure and allows controller automatically to start heating or cooling mattress assembly.In other embodiments, temperature sensor is included in exemplary mattress component, described temperature sensor provides temperature feedback to controller, optionally to heat in response to the temperature feedback received to allow controller or body cooling support section first surface and maintain the temperature expected.In certain embodiments, this temperature expected or pressure feedback are set in controller from being in directly input or adjustment, or in other embodiments can from remote controller to controller, described remote controller is also operatively coupled to controller and allows user remotely the first surface of body-support layer to be adjusted to the temperature of expectation.
As the other improvement for mattress component of the present invention, in some embodiments provide mattress component, this mattress component comprises other feature to increase comfortableness and the convenience of the user of mattress component further.Such as, as mentioned above, each in mattress component of the present invention usually comprises at least three layers, i.e. body-support layer, heat transfer layer and basic unit.But, in certain embodiments, other layer is incorporated in mattress component to provide the comfortableness of increase level, provide the other support for mattress component or realize two kinds of situations.Such as, in certain embodiments, in mattress component, basis is comprised to provide support to body-support layer, heat transfer layer and/or basic unit.In certain embodiments, basis can as the housing of fan of outlet conduit being operatively coupled to mattress component.
With further reference to supporting pad of the present invention, exemplary supporting pad also can be used as the part of the method for the surface temperature controlling supporting pad.In certain embodiments, the method for surface temperature controlling supporting pad comprise first provide there is body-support layer, heat transfer layer and orientate as the heat transfer layer relative with body-support layer adjacent and there is the supporting pad of the porous basic unit lower than heat transfer layer.Basic unit further define one or more inlet duct of being communicated with heat transfer layer fluid and be communicated with heat transfer layer fluid and with each isolated one or more outlet conduit in preset distance and described one or more inlet duct.In mattress component, also include fan, described fan is used as the part of method and to be operatively coupled in one or more outlet conduit each.In this regard, in some embodiments of the method for the surface temperature of control supporting pad, then by electric current supply to each fan, in making each fan to be drawn into inlet duct each from inlet duct by a certain amount of air and by heat transfer layer and then enter in outlet conduit, therefore to control the surface temperature of supporting pad.In some embodiments of method, supporting pad comprises multiple Peltier's element further, and this Peltier's element is orientated as and is configured to optionally provide heating or cooling at the first surface place of body-support layer.In this embodiment, also can, by electric current supply to multiple Peltier's element, make when electric current supplies in a first direction, the surface temperature of body-support portion reduces, and make when electric current supplies in a second direction, the surface temperature of body-support portion raises.
Other feature and advantage of the present invention become obvious by after the description in this document of research, accompanying drawing and non-limiting example for those skilled in the art.
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Fig. 1 is the perspective view of the exemplary supporting pad of the form of mattress component manufactured according to the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the viewgraph of cross-section of the exemplary mattress component of the Fig. 1 intercepted along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is the partial cross-sectional view of the exemplary mattress component of the Fig. 1 also intercepted along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;
Fig. 4 is but another viewgraph of cross-section of the exemplary mattress component of the Fig. 1 intercepted along the line 4-4 of Fig. 1;
Fig. 5 is the decomposition diagram of the exemplary mattress component of Fig. 1;
Fig. 6 is the decomposition diagram of another exemplary mattress component manufactured according to the present invention;
Fig. 7 is the decomposition diagram of another exemplary mattress component manufactured according to the present invention;
Fig. 8 is the decomposition diagram of another exemplary mattress component manufactured according to the present invention;
Fig. 9 is the viewgraph of cross-section of the exemplary mattress component of the Fig. 8 intercepted along the line 9-9 of Fig. 8;
Figure 10 is the decomposition diagram of another exemplary mattress component manufactured according to the present invention;
Figure 11 is the viewgraph of cross-section of the exemplary mattress component of the Figure 10 intercepted along the line 11-11 of Figure 10;
Figure 12 is the decomposition diagram of another exemplary mattress component manufactured according to the present invention;
Figure 13 is the viewgraph of cross-section of the exemplary mattress component of the Figure 12 intercepted along the line 13-13 of Figure 12;
Figure 14 is the decomposition diagram of another exemplary mattress component manufactured according to the present invention;
Figure 15 is the viewgraph of cross-section of the exemplary mattress component of the Figure 14 intercepted along the line 15-15 of Figure 14;
Figure 16 is the decomposition diagram of another exemplary mattress component manufactured according to the present invention;
Figure 17 is the viewgraph of cross-section of the exemplary mattress component of the Figure 16 intercepted along the line 17-17 of Figure 16;
Figure 18 is the decomposition diagram of another exemplary mattress component manufactured according to the present invention;
Figure 19 is the viewgraph of cross-section of the exemplary mattress component of the Figure 18 intercepted along the line 19-19 of Figure 18;
Figure 20 is the decomposition diagram of another exemplary mattress component manufactured according to the present invention;
Figure 21 is the perspective view of the covering assemblies for covering exemplary mattress component of the present invention;
Figure 22 is the viewgraph of cross-section being used in exemplary supporting pad in chair and manufactured according to the present invention;
Figure 23 shows the schematic diagram to the input of exemplary controller used according to the invention and the output from described controller; And
Figure 24 is the perspective view of the exemplary remote controller of surface temperature for controlling supporting pad manufactured according to the present invention.
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The present invention includes supporting pad and the method for the surface temperature that controls supporting pad.Especially, the present invention includes supporting pad such as mattress component, this supporting pad make use of thermoelectric element and inner air pipeline selectively to heat or the surface of cooled supports pad.Therefore, supporting pad of the present invention allows user to comprise its comfortable comfort level of sleep by the surface temperature of control supporting pad is next personalized.
First referring to figs. 1 to Fig. 5, provide with the supporting pad of mattress component 10 form in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, this mattress component 10 comprises body-support layer 20, and this body-support layer 20 has first surface 22 and the second surface 24 relative with first surface 22.Mattress component 10 comprises with multiple thermoelectric elements of Peltier's element 30 form further, and this Peltier's element 30 is located and is configured to selectively provide heating or cooling at first surface 22 place of body-support layer 20.Mattress component also comprises heat transfer layer 40 and basic unit 50.Heat transfer layer 40 is orientated as adjacent with the second surface 24 of body-support layer 20 and is operatively coupled to thermoelectric element 30, and basic unit 50 to orientate the heat transfer layer 40 relative with body-support layer 20 as adjacent and 70 to be supported by basis.
Except orientate as adjacent with heat transfer layer 40 except, basic unit 50 also defines three inlet ducts 52a, 52b, 52c, and each respective entrance 53a, 53b, the 53c from the head end 56 being positioned at basic unit 50 in described inlet duct is extending longitudinally.Each and heat transfer layer 40 fluid in inlet duct 52a, 52b, 52c is communicated with.Basic unit 50 further defines the first outlet conduit 54a and the second outlet conduit 54b, and each respective outlet 55a, the 55b from the foot 58 being positioned at basic unit 50 in described outlet conduit is extending longitudinally.Each in outlet conduit 54a, 54b is also communicated with heat transfer layer 40 fluid, but each spaced apart with in preset distance and inlet duct 52a, 52b, 52c.Be included in further in mattress component 10 is be operatively coupled to the first fan 60a of the first outlet conduit 54a and be operatively coupled to the second fan 60b of the second outlet conduit 54b.As described in further detail hereinafter, each in fan 60a, 60b work with by a certain amount of air from inlet duct 52a, 52b, 52c suction, by heat transfer layer 40 and advancing in respective outlet conduit 54a, 54b of making air scatter from mattress component 10.
The body-support layer 20 of mattress component 10 is usually made up of the flexible foam of pantostrat and is used for being assigned as from the health of user or the pressure of its body part across at body-support layer 20 suitably.Such flexible foam includes, but are not limited to latex foam, the viscoelastic foam (being sometimes referred to as memory foam or low-resilience foam) of netted or non-mesh, the non-viscoelastic foam, polyurethane high resilience foam, expanded polymeric foam (ethylene-vinyl acetate such as expanded, polypropylene, polystyrene or polyethylene) etc. of netted or non-mesh.In embodiment shown in Fig. 1 to Fig. 5, body-support layer 20 is made up of viscoelastic foam, this viscoelastic foam has low-repulsion and enough density and hardnesses, and this allows to absorb equably across the body-support layer 20 of mattress component 10 and dispense pressure fifty-fifty.Usually, this viscoelastic foam have measured by the compression as applied pressure at least 40% of the original thickness of material from the plate of the sample abutting against material by under approximate room temperature (namely 21 DEG C to 23 DEG C) at least about 10N to the hardness being not more than about 80N, wherein as by International Organization for standardization (ISO) 2439 hardness measurement standard established, 40% compression be kept the time period reaching setting.In certain embodiments, viscoelastic foam has the hardness of about 10N, about 20N, about 30N, about 40N, about 50N, about 60N, about 70N or about 80N, to provide comfort level and the body adaptation quality of expectation.
The density also can for the viscoelastic foam in mattress component 10 with the comfort level and body adaptation quality that help to provide expectation and the materials ' durability degree improved described herein.In certain embodiments, the density being used in the viscoelastic foam in body-support layer 20 has and is no less than about 30kg/m 3to being not more than about 150kg/m 3density.In certain embodiments, the density being used in the viscoelastic foam in the body-support layer 20 of mattress component 10 is about 30kg/m 3, about 40kg/m 3, about 50kg/m 3, about 60kg/m 3, about 70kg/m 3, about 80kg/m 3, about 90kg/m 3, about 100kg/m 3, about 110kg/m 3, about 120kg/m 3, about 130kg/m 3, about 140kg/m 3or about 150kg/m 3.Certainly, impact is comprised the hardness of foam by the selection with the viscoelastic foam of specific density, foam response in other characteristics of the foam of the common sensation of the mode of pressure and foam, but is understood that the viscoelastic foam of the density and hardness with expectation easily optionally can be selected for specific application or mattress component.In addition, be understood that, when not departing from the spirit and scope of purport described herein, the body-support layer of mattress component does not need to be made up of the flexible foam of pantostrat, but can take the form of more traditional mattress of the mattress comprised based on spring yet.
Still referring to figs. 1 to Fig. 5, the body-support layer 20 of mattress component 10 is positioned in body-support layer 20 top further and provides the comfortable part of comfortableness to a certain degree to the health of the user rested in mattress component 10 or its body part or comfort liner 72 covered.Comfort liner 72 also can be made up of viscoelastic foam.But, comfort liner 72 usually have the density of the body-support layer 20 being less than mattress component 10, hardness or both density, hardness or both, comfort liner 72 is made to provide to make the part of the health of user or its health to lean on superincumbent softer surface, simultaneously as being described in further detail hereinafter, also provide the enough soft barrier between the health of user and the Peltier's element 30 of mattress component 10.Such as, in certain embodiments, mattress component 10 comprises and to be had an appointment 80kg/m by band 3density and the body-support layer 20 of viscoelastic foam composition of hardness of about 13N, and comfort liner 72 to be had an appointment 35kg/m by band 3density and about 10N hardness viscoelastic foam composition.
With further reference to the body-support layer 20 shown in Fig. 1 to Fig. 5, as being described in further detail hereinafter, flexible foam for body-support layer 20 generally has compositions different compared with the composition of the heat transfer layer 40 of mattress component 10, but additionally consider, exemplary body-support layer can further by having the one or more different of various density and hardness or other layer forms.Such as, it is contemplated that the layer of high resilience polyurethane foam can be fixed to the second surface of the layer of the low resilience viscoelastic foam be used in body-support portion.Such as in U.S. Patent No. 7,469,437, No.7,507,468, No.8,025,964 and No.8,034, describe such multilayer body-support portion in 445 and in U.S. Patent Application Publication No.2011/0252562, its each being quoted by this is incorporated to herein.
Forward now the thermoelectric element be included in supporting pad of the present invention to, various thermoelectric element can be incorporated in supporting pad and surface for heating or cool exemplary supporting pad, and it is resistance heater and other thermoelectric elements of heat that described thermoelectric element comprises electric energy conversion.In shown in Fig. 1 to Fig. 5 and exemplary as above mattress component 10, thermoelectric element is positioned in mattress component 10 and is configured to allow user to control the Peltier's element 30 of the temperature of the first surface 22 of the body-support layer 20 of mattress component 10, and described Peltier's element 30 can change the temperature of the comfort liner 72 of mattress component 10 by means of the first surface 22 of body-support layer 20 and the next-door neighbour of comfort liner 72.Also can be described as amber ear note device, the Peltier's element 30 of amber ear note heater or heat pump, solid-state refrigerator or thermoelectric heatpump is Solid State Active heat pump, this Solid State Active heat pump flows through Peltier's element 30 to produce the existence of peltier effect or the heat in other words at the joint portion place of the electrification of two different metals and heat to be delivered to the opposite side of body-support layer 20 from the side of the body-support layer 20 of mattress component 10 by making a certain amount of electric current.
In Peltier's element 30 shown in Fig. 1 to Fig. 5, the joint portion of two different metals is the form of n-type semiconductor or element 32 or the form of p-type semiconductor or element 34.In these Peltier's elements 30, when a certain amount of electric current flow through N-shaped element 32 in a first direction, through metal interconnect 33 and enter in p-type element 34 time, create peltier effect, electronics thus in N-shaped element 32 moves up in the contrary side of electric current and hole in p-type element 34 is moved in sense of current, makes both to remove heat from the first surface 22 of the body-support layer 20 of mattress component 10 towards the second surface 24 of body-support layer 20.Similarly, for Peltier's element 30, when a certain amount of electric current flows upwards through Peltier's element 30 and N-shaped element 32 and p-type element 34 in second (contrary) side, peltier effect can be reverse, and Peltier's element 30 can be used in the second surface 24 by making to leave body-support layer 20 and the first surface 22 towards body-support layer 20 draws the first surface 22 that heat carrys out heatable body supporting layer 20.Can be included in supporting pad for about comprising to produce other information and the guidance of the peltier effect of the type of the Peltier's element of this effect, see such as U.S. Patent application No.2012/0198616 and No.2012/0060885, its each being quoted by this is incorporated to herein with its entirety.
As shown in Figure 3, for the ease of the heating and cooling of the first surface 22 of body-support layer 20, Peltier's element 30 substantially span is the width of the body-support layer 20 of mattress component 10, adjacent with first surface 22 above the first surface 22 making each upper part 31 of Peltier's element 30 be positioned at body-support layer 20, and the metal interconnect 33 of Peltier's element 30 be positioned at body-support layer 20 second surface 24 below and adjacent with second surface 24.Although not shown in figure 3, but in order to allow Peltier's element 30 by body-support layer 20, described body-support layer 20 typically comprises slit and to be positioned in body-support layer 20 with the part of the Peltier's element 30 allowing to comprise N-shaped element 32 and p-type element 34 and by body-support layer 20, and allows heat to be passed to another surface from a surface of body-support layer 20.In other words, and as Fig. 2 best shown in, Peltier's element 30 is orientated as adjacent with body-support layer 20 and directly heat is delivered to another surface of body-support layer 20 by body-support layer 20 from a surface of body-support layer 20 and enters in heat transfer layer 40.
With reference now to Fig. 2 to Fig. 5, in order to utilize the heating and cooling ability of Peltier's element 30 further, Peltier's element 30 arranged in series, wherein Peltier's element 30 one after the other arrange to provide across the whole first surface 22 of body-support layer 20 or the substantial uniform of its part with continuous print heating or cooling.In this regard, and as Fig. 4 to Fig. 5 best shown in, Peltier's element 30 is arranged as array 35a, 35b, 35c, 35d further, and the group of Peltier's element 30 is positioned on some region of body-support layer 20, and for optionally heating or the region of body cooling supporting layer 20.In mattress component 10, each in array 35a, 35b, 35c, 35d is included in removable portion 12a, 12b, 16a, 16b of mattress component 10, described removable portion is each to be made up of the part of body-support layer 20 and the corresponding part of heat transfer layer 40, and it allows user easily optionally to remove Peltier's element 30 (such as with maintenance or replacement Peltier's element 30) from mattress component 10.In addition, each in removable portion 12a, 12b, 16a, 16b is positioned in mattress component 10, and array 35a, 35b, 35c, 35d of making Peltier's element 30 contact with the specific part (trunk of such as user and the pin of user) of the health being easy to the user being subject to superheated or cooling.Such as, and as being described in further detail hereinafter, in certain embodiments, array 35a, 35b, 35c, 35d addressable individually of Peltier's element 30, make it possible to cool with to lie on the back or the trunk of user that prone position couches or array 35a, 35b of head contact, heating next-door neighbour is to lie on the back or array 35c, 35d of user's pin that prone position couches simultaneously.Certainly, in order to provide the more substantial control of the optionally heating and cooling for first surface 22, the independent row or column of the Peltier's element 30 in array 35a, 35b, 35c, 35d also can addressable individually, make the multiple specific part of the first surface 22 of body-support layer 20 can optionally by heating and cooling, to allow the specific part of the health of user to be heated or cooled, or the Peltier's element 30 of the most close contact with the health of user is only allowed to be selectively heated or to cool (such as when user lies on one's side).Similarly, although not shown in Fig. 2 to Fig. 5, also be understood that, the Peltier's element be used in mattress component of the present invention can be arranged to the form of the discrete Peltier's element be not mutually connected in series, to provide more a large amount of control of the heating and cooling of the first surface for body-support layer.
With reference now to Fig. 2 to Fig. 3, except be configured to optionally to heat or body cooling supporting layer 20 first surface 22 except, Peltier's element 30 is also operatively coupled to the heat transfer layer 40 of mattress component 10.More specifically, in the embodiment shown in Fig. 2 to Fig. 3, the heat transfer layer 40 of mattress component 10 is made up of the layer of substantial uniform porous viscoelastic foam, and described layer is fixed to and covers the whole of the second surface 24 of body-support layer 20.The porous viscoelastic foam of heat transfer layer 40 also encapsulates the metal interconnect 33 of the Peltier's element 30 of the second surface 24 near body-support layer 20.In this regard, as being described in further detail hereinafter, by Peltier's element 30 is operatively coupled to heat transfer layer 40, the porous viscoelastic foam of heat transfer layer 40 is except providing for except Peltier's element 30 and the support structure of body-support layer 20 above covered, additionally provide open environment, such as by the air flowing of the environment of opening through Peltier's element 30 and by being provided by the porous viscoelastic foam of heat transfer layer 40, the heat generated by Peltier's element 30 can be passed in open environment.
With further reference to the porous viscoelastic foam be included in the heat transfer layer 40 of mattress component, certainly it is contemplated that.Heat transfer layer does not need to be made up of viscoelastic foam, but any amount of porous flexible foam can be used in producing heat transfer layer, and described heat transfer layer has the thermal diffusion porous being within it enough to allow to be generated by Peltier's element.In this regard, term " porous flexible foam " (viscoplasticity or other character) is used herein to the flexible foam that relate generally to has cellular foam structure, and in described cellular foam structure, at least part of of monomer of foam is skeleton substantially.In other words, each at least partly of the monomer of foam multiplely has the window of hole to limit by what surrounded by individual prop, and wherein the monomer window of porous foam fully can not exist (only leaving individual prop) or disappear substantially.In certain embodiments, if at least 50% of the window of monomer to disappear (namely there is the window of the hole by it, or disappear completely and therefore only leave the window of individual prop), then foam is considered " porous ".Can by remove with other of chemistry or the destruction of mechanical system or monomer window material or by preventing being fully formed of monomer window from producing such structure during the manufacture process of foam.In some embodiments of the invention, when relating to flexible foam, term " porous " is therefore, it is possible to use interchangeably with term " netted ".
Have nothing to do with the manufacture process for generation of porous foam, porous foam has the feature in the heat transfer layer 40 that is well suited for being used in mattress component 10 by means of its open alveolate texture, comprise and allow fluid to move the ability by the enhancing of porous foam and move into, pass through and leave the ability of the heat transfer layer 40 of mattress component 10 because of the air that herein is provided enhancing.In this regard, by being encapsulated in the porous viscoelastic foam of heat transfer layer 40 by the metal interconnect 33 of Peltier's element 30, the heat being delivered to heat transfer layer 40 by the Peltier's element 30 of the part of the cooling of the first surface 22 as body-support layer 20 is allowed to easily spread the porous viscoelastic foam spreading all over heat transfer layer 40.Time in the environment of opening transferring heat to heat transfer layer 40, by a certain amount of air being conducted through the viscoelastic foam of the porous of heat transfer layer 40, then heat can easily spread out of heat transfer layer 40.In mattress component 10, heat transfer layer 40 and particularly the porous viscoelastic foam of heat transfer layer 40 there is the hole dimension of about 10 holes/inch (ppi), move into allow the air of enough amounts, by and leave heat transfer layer 40.But, certainly should be taken into account, when not departing from the spirit and scope of purport described herein, the size being present in the hole in the foam of exemplary heat transfer layer can easily adjust on demand, the air of specified quantitative is conducted through exemplary heat transfer layer and/or by specific mattress component.
Forward now the basic unit 50 of mattress component 10 to, and refer again to Fig. 1 to Fig. 5, as mentioned above, basic unit 50 defines three that separate, hollow inlet duct 52a, 52b, 52c, and described inlet duct is spaced from each other and extending longitudinally from the head end 56 of basic unit 50.Basic unit 50 further defines two that separate, hollow outlet conduit 54a, 54b, described outlet conduit is extending longitudinally from the foot 58 of basic unit 50, first outlet conduit 54a is positioned between the first inlet duct 52a and the second inlet duct 52b, and the second outlet conduit 54b is positioned between the second inlet duct 52b and the 3rd inlet duct 52c.Each width striding across basic unit 50 in each and outlet conduit 54a, 54b in inlet duct 52a, 52b, 52c, and the basal surface 44 of heat transfer layer 40 is extended to from the basal surface 59 of basic unit 50.So, and the character of hollow by means of inlet duct 52a, 52b, 52c and outlet conduit 54a, 54b, each inlet duct 52a, 52b, 52c of basic unit 50 are communicated with heat transfer layer 40 fluid with outlet conduit 54a, 54b.
Basic unit 50 is also usually made up of flexible foam.In embodiment shown in Fig. 1 to Fig. 5, basic unit 50 is made up of standard polyurethane foam.But the polyurethane foam be used in basic unit 50 has the porous porous that contains in the porous viscoelastic foam being less than and being positioned at the basic unit 50 immediately follows heat transfer layer 40 of top.In this regard, when the first fan 60a being operatively coupled to the first outlet conduit 54a is activated and the second fan 60b being operatively coupled to the second outlet conduit 54b is activated, air not directly to be drawn in inlet duct 52a, 52b, 52c, by basic unit 50 and then to enter in outlet conduit 54a, 54b and to leave mattress component 10 by the first fan 60a and the second fan 60b.Alternatively, by comprising the porous basic unit 50 having and be less than heat transfer layer 40 in mattress component 10, fan 60a, 60b works to produce inlet air flow path, thus air is passed through respective entrance 53a, 53b, 53c is drawn into inlet duct 52a, 52b, in 52c, air is made to run into lower porous basic unit 50, and air is drawn in more highly porous heat transfer layer 40, and acquisition is generated by Peltier's element 30 and spreads out into any heat in heat transfer layer 40, and then make air advance to outlet conduit 54a from heat transfer layer 40, in 54b, then scattered from mattress component 10 by the first fan 60a and the second fan 60b.
To be entered in heat transfer layer 40 and the flowing then entered in outlet conduit 54a, 54b by inlet duct 52a, 52b, 52c to be convenient to air further, and also in order to prevent the various layers of mattress component 10 from moving relative to each other during use, basic unit 50 and heat transfer layer 40 and body-support layer 20 and comfort liner 72 are usually fixed to one another.Various devices material layer being fixed to another layer of material can be used in this regard, comprise band, hook and ring fastener, conventional securing member, pin etc.In a specific embodiment, basic unit 50, heat transfer layer 40, body-support layer 20 and comfort liner 72 by adhere to or the bond material of adhesive aggregation combine, to produce continuous print assembly substantially, wherein comfort liner 72 and body-support layer 20 are fully attached to each other, body-support layer 20 and heat transfer layer 40 are fully attached to each other, and heat transfer layer 40 and basic unit 50 are fully attached to each other.This bond material adhered to such as comprises eco-friendly, water-based adhesive, as the SABAAQUABONDRSD of the two-component waterborne adhesive product produced by SABADINXPERLOBV, B-7090AA, Dinxperlo, Belgium.
Have nothing to do with the specific device for various layer is adhering to each other, and with reference now to Fig. 1 to Fig. 5, and the schematic diagram of circuit with reference to the mattress component 10 shown in fig 23, mattress component 10 comprise further power supply 90 for by electric current supply to Peltier's element 30 and fan 60a, 60b and the controller 92 being used for controlling the electric current being supplied to multiple Peltier's element 30 and fan 60a, 60b.By controller 92 is included in mattress component 10, the each a certain amount of electric current be not only supplied in fan 60a, 60b can be controlled, with the amount of control and suck to the air in mattress component 10, and the amount of the electric current being supplied to Peltier's element 30 also can be controlled, to be provided in heating or the cooling of the amount of the expectation at first surface 22 place of the body-support layer 20 of mattress component 10.Such as, controller 92 can be configured to the electric current automatically controlling to be supplied to Peltier's element 30, makes electric current can be supplied to Peltier's element 30 with the first surface 22 of the time period heating or body cooling supporting layer 20 that such as reach prolongation when the first surface 22 of body-support layer 20 reaches specific temperature after user lies in body-support layer 20.As another example, controller 92 also can be configured to allow electric current supply to reach predetermined time section to Peltier's element 30, such as reaches the sleep period of 8 hours.
As Still another example, controller 92 can be configured to electric current supply in the mode corresponding with the sleep rhythm of user further to Peltier's element 30.Such as, it will be appreciated that, between REM (rapid eye movement) sleep period, user usually loses at least some that it controls the ability of the temperature of his or her health.Therefore, in certain embodiments, controller 92 can be constructed to the first surface 22 beginning to cool down body-support layer 20 during nighttime sleep process when user is generally located in REM sleep.Alternatively, controller 92 further operatively can be connected to the device of the monitoring sleep rhythm and pace of moving things, the ZEOSLEEPMANAGER such as manufactured by ZEO, Newton, MA tM, make controller 92 can be configured to, when receiving the user lain in mattress component 10 and having entered the input in the specific stage of sleep cycle (such as REM sleep), electric current is provided to Peltier's element 30.
Except providing the control for the amount of the electric current being supplied to Peltier's element 30, the controller 92 of mattress component 10 allows the sense of current being fed into Peltier's element 30 to be controlled further.In this regard, controller 92 can not only be used for changing the sense of current that is supplied to Peltier's element 30 optionally to heat or the first surface 22 of body-support layer 20 of cooling mattress assembly 10, and the heat transfer layer 40 dispelled the heat from mattress component 10 after can being configured to the period of the prolongation of the first surface 22 at body cooling supporting layer 20 further.Such as, after the stage of spending the night of the first surface 22 of body cooling supporting layer 20, the amount of significant heat will be passed to the heat transfer layer 40 of mattress component 10.So, and except starting fan 60a, 60b with heat radiation and except heat being removed from heat transfer layer 40 or alternatively, the sense of current being supplied to Peltier's element 30 can be reverse, and the heat in heat transfer layer 40 can be delivered to the first surface 22 of body-support layer 20 from heat transfer layer 40 and be discharged into ambient atmosphere.
In order to provide the control of the other level for the Peltier's element be included in mattress component of the present invention, exemplary mattress component can comprise further be operatively coupled to body-support layer, heat transfer layer or both and one or more features of input are provided to controller.Such as, and with reference now to Fig. 4 and Figure 23, mattress component 10 comprises pressure sensor 94a, 94b, this pressure sensor 94a, 94b provide pressure feedback in response to user rests on the first surface 22 of body-support layer 20 to controller 92, therefore to allow controller 92 once user lies in mattress component 10 or otherwise by a certain amount of pressure is applied in mattress component 10, automatically start to provide electric current and heating or cooling mattress assembly 10.Also as shown in Fig. 4 and Figure 23, temperature sensor 96a, 96b to be included in further in mattress component 10 and to provide temperature feedback to controller 92, optionally to heat in response to the temperature feedback received therefore to allow controller 92 or the first surface of cooling mattress assembly 10, and maintain the temperature of the expectation at first surface 22 place of body-support layer 20 thus.In certain embodiments, the temperature of such expectation or pressure feedback setting are directly inputted to controller 92 or are certainly in adjustment at controller 92, or in other embodiments as shown in figure 24, controller 92 is sent to from remote controller 97, described remote controller 97 comprises temperature and controls button 98 and fan control button 99 and it is also operatively coupled to controller 92, makes the Peltier's element 30 of mattress component 10 and fan 60a, 60b can operated from a distance.
With further reference to fan 60a, 60b of mattress component 10, and again referring to figs. 1 to Fig. 5, the first fan 60a be usually fixed to the first outlet 55a and the second fan 60b be usually fixed to foot 58 place of basic unit second outlet 55b.But, it is contemplated that each in fan 60a, 60b also can be contained in assembly in outlet conduit 54a, 54b or special, fan 60a, 60b be hidden in mattress component 10 self and/or reduce the amount of the noise produced by fan.In addition, in mattress component 10, also it is contemplated that, can any amount of fan type used according to the invention and any amount of for aspirating a certain amount of air other devices (comprising air pump etc.) by exemplary mattress component of the present invention.Such fan such as comprises the DeltaElectronics fan model P/NVFB070B3A1-DC54 being manufactured by DeltaElectronics, Inc. (Taibei city, Taiwan) and issued.
During the first fan 60a in the mattress component 10 be enabled in shown in Fig. 1 to Fig. 5 and the second fan 10b, be found to allow the air of q.s to move by heat transfer layer 40, therefore to dispel the heat from the Peltier's element 30 in the mattress component being included in exemplary " especially big " size in the layout of interior three inlet ducts 52a, 52b, the 52c of mattress component 10 and two outlet conduits 54a, 54b.But, it is contemplated that, can to use in exemplary mattress component of the present invention and can at least in part based on the layout of the size Selection inlet duct of mattress component and the many different of outlet conduit.Such as, and with reference now to Fig. 6, in the inlet duct of hollow that make use of separately and an alternative embodiment of the invention of outlet conduit, provide " double " size mattress assembly 110, this mattress component 110 comprises: comfort liner 172; Body-support layer 120, this body supporting layer 120 has first surface 122 and the second surface 124 relative with first surface 122; Heat transfer layer 140; Basic unit 150, this basic unit 150 forms by having the porous material being greater than heat transfer layer 140; And basis 170.Mattress component 110 comprises multiple Peltier's element 130 further, and this Peltier's element 130 to be arranged in the first array 135a in the first removable insert 112 of being positioned in the middle section 114 of mattress component 110 and to be arranged in the second array 135b in the second removable insert 116 of being positioned in the lower area 118 of mattress component 110.But different from " super large " size mattress assembly 10 shown in Fig. 1 to Fig. 5, the basic unit 150 of " double " size mattress assembly 110 does not comprise a series of three inlet ducts and two outlet conduits.On the contrary, in " double " size mattress assembly 110, basic unit 150 only comprises: single inlet duct 152, and the entrance 153 of this single inlet duct 152 from the head end 156 being positioned at basic unit 150 extends longitudinally through basic unit 150; With single outlet conduit 154, the outlet 155 of this single outlet conduit 154 from the foot 158 being positioned at basic unit 150 extends longitudinally through basic unit 150.In addition, by means of only comprising single outlet conduit 154 in basic unit 150, mattress component 110 only comprises single fan 160, and this single fan 160 is operatively coupled to outlet conduit 154.In this regard, when fan 160 is activated via the power supply 190 and controller 192 that are connected to fan 160 and Peltier's element 130, air is drawn in single inlet duct 152 by fan 160, upwards by heat transfer layer 140, and then enter in single outlet conduit 154, then left by outlet 155.
As other improvement, in mattress component 110, basic unit 150 is entered in order to ensure ozone, and enter inlet duct 153 more precisely, basic unit 150 also comprises filter 195, this filter 195 covers entrance 153, the air that only allows to be filtered to be entered in inlet duct 152 and inlet duct 152 is kept not containing particle such as cigarette, dust, dust, pollen, mould, bacterium, hair or insect by entrance 153, otherwise this particulate matter may accumulate in the inside of mattress 10 and the flowing of restriction air.Certainly, it is contemplated that, when not departing from the spirit and scope of theme as herein described, the various types of filter including, but are not limited to the carbon filter for removing chemicals and/or irritating smell can easily be incorporated in exemplary mattress of the present invention.
As for the inlet duct used in basic unit and outlet conduit to provide the other improvement of the mattress component of the present invention of the air of the q.s flowing through exemplary mattress component, and with reference now to Fig. 7, provide mattress component 210 in another embodiment, this mattress component 210 also comprises: comfort liner 272; Body-support layer 220, this body-support layer 220 has first surface 222 and the second surface 224 relative with first surface 222; Heat transfer layer 240; Basic unit 250, this basic unit 250 is made up of the porous material had lower than heat transfer layer 240; And basis 270.Mattress component 210 comprises multiple Peltier's element 230 further, and the plurality of Peltier's element 230 is arranged in removable part 212a, the array 235a, 235b, 235c, the 235d that separate in 212b, 212c, 212d being included in mattress component 210.In addition, that limited by the basic unit 250 of mattress component 210 is three inlet duct 252a, 252b, 252c separated, and this inlet duct is spaced apart from each other and extending longitudinally from entrance 253a, 253b, 253c of the head end 256 of basic unit 250.Basic unit 250 further defines two outlet conduit 254a, 254b of separating, this outlet conduit 254a, 254b are extending longitudinally from specific outlet 255a, 255b of the foot 258 of basic unit 250, make the first outlet conduit 254a be operatively coupled to the first fan 260a and be positioned between the first inlet duct 252a and the second inlet duct 252b, and make the second outlet conduit 254b be operatively coupled to the second fan 260b and be positioned between the second inlet duct 252b and the 3rd inlet duct 252c.
But, as for comprising substituting of the inlet duct of hollow and outlet conduit in mattress component 210, mattress component 210 comprise porous foam plug-in unit 280a, 280b, the 280c in be positioned in inlet duct 252a, 252b, 252c each and be positioned in outlet conduit 254a, 254b each in porous foam plug-in unit 282a, 282b.What be positioned at each in porous foam plug-in unit 280a, 280b, the 280c in inlet duct 252a, 252b, 252c and be positioned in porous foam plug-in unit 282a, the 282b in outlet conduit 254a, 254b eachly has the porous porous being greater than the flexible foam be made up of basic unit 250.In this regard, by by porous foam plug-in unit 280a, 280b, 280c is positioned at inlet duct 252a, 252b, in 252c and by porous foam plug-in unit 282a, 282b is positioned at outlet conduit 254a, in 254b, porous foam plug-in unit 280a, 280b, 280c, 282a, 282b allows to provide more substantial support to heat transfer layer 240, but still allow the air of q.s to be sucked into inlet duct 252a, 252b, in 252c, enter in heat transfer layer 240 and then enter outlet conduit 254a, in 254b, to dispel the heat from mattress component 210 from the Peltier's element 230 in heat transfer layer 240.Especially, when fan 260a, 260b via be connected to the power supply 290 of fan 260a, 260b and controller 292 and Peltier's element 230 start time, fan 260a, 260b aspirate implication by the porous foam plug-in unit 280a in inlet duct 252a, 252b, 252c, 280b, 280c, by heat transfer layer 240, and then in porous foam plug-in unit 282a, 282b of entering in outlet conduit 254a, 254b, then leave mattress component 210 by outlet 255a, the 255b at foot 258 place of basic unit 250.
As the further improvement of the use for inlet duct according to the present invention and outlet conduit, and more specifically as the further improvement of the use for the porous foam plug-in unit in this inlet duct and outlet conduit, inlet duct and outlet conduit can be positioned in the discrete district of the basic unit of exemplary mattress component in certain embodiments, but not extend longitudinally through the part of the entity of basic unit.With reference now to Fig. 8 to Fig. 9, provide mattress component 310 in another exemplary embodiment, this mattress component 310 comprises: comfort liner 372; Body-support layer 320, this body-support layer 320 has first surface 322 and the second surface 324 relative with described first surface 322, multiple Peltier's element 330; Heat transfer layer 340; Basic unit 350, this basic unit 350 is made up of the porous material had lower than heat transfer layer 340; With basis 370.Mattress component 310 comprises the first inlet duct 352a and the second inlet duct 352b further, and is operatively coupled to the first outlet conduit 354a of the first fan 360a and is operatively coupled to the second outlet conduit 354b of the second fan 360b.First inlet duct 352a and the first outlet conduit 354a is positioned on the first side 362 of basic unit 350, and the second inlet duct 352b and the second outlet conduit 354b is positioned on the second side 364 of the basic unit 350 contrary with the first side 362.But, notably, each part not extending longitudinally through the entity of basic unit 350 in each and outlet conduit 354a, 354b in inlet duct 352a, 352b.On the contrary, each in each and outlet conduit 354a, 354b in inlet duct 352a, 352b is positioned at head end 356 place of mattress component 310 and the rectangular area substantially at foot 358 place respectively, and eachly comprise porous foam plug-in unit 380a, 380b, 382a, 382b, this porous foam plug-in unit 380a, 380b, 382a, 382b have the porous porous being greater than basic unit 350.Therefore, as Fig. 9 arrow illustrates best, be operatively coupled to outlet conduit 354a, the fan 360a of 354b, during the startup of 360b via controller 392 and power supply 390, air enters and is positioned at inlet duct 352a, porous foam plug-in unit 380a in 352b, 380b, upwards advance in heat transfer layer 340 through Peltier's element 330, and then advance to downwards and be positioned at outlet conduit 354a, porous foam plug-in unit 382a in 354b, in 382b, then the foot 358 of basic unit 350 is left, and therefore make any heat generated by Peltier's element 330 scatter from mattress component 310.
As another improvement of the use for inlet duct according to the present invention and outlet conduit, in certain embodiments, the basic unit of mattress component can comprise inlet duct and outlet conduit, and this inlet duct and outlet conduit do not extend from the head end of basic unit or foot but alternatively only extend from the basal surface of basic unit.With reference now to Figure 10 to Figure 11, provide mattress component 410 in another exemplary embodiment, be similar to other embodiments described herein, this mattress component 410 comprises: comfort liner 472; Body-support layer 420, this body-support layer 420 has first surface 422 and the second surface 424 relative with first surface 422; Multiple Peltier's element 430; Heat transfer layer 440; With basic unit 450, this basic unit 450 is made up of the porous flexible foam had lower than heat transfer layer 440.Mattress component 410 comprises further: the first inlet duct 452a, and this first inlet duct 452a extends longitudinally through the first side 462 of basic unit 450; Second inlet duct 452b, this second inlet duct 452b extends longitudinally through the central portion 466 of basic unit 450; 3rd inlet duct 452c, the 3rd inlet duct 452c also extend longitudinally through the central portion 466 of basic unit and spaced apart with the second inlet duct 452b; With the 4th inlet duct 452d, the 4th inlet duct 452d extends longitudinally through the second side 464 of the basic unit 450 contrary with the first side 462.Also comprise in mattress component 410: the first outlet conduit 454a, this first outlet conduit 454a extends longitudinally through basic unit 450 and is positioned between the first inlet duct 452a and the second inlet duct 452b; With the second outlet conduit 454b, this second outlet conduit 454b extends longitudinally through basic unit 450 and is positioned between the 3rd inlet duct 452c and the 4th inlet duct 452d.Porous foam plug-in unit 480a, 480b, 480c, 480d be in be positioned in inlet duct 452a, 452b, 452c, 452d each, and porous foam plug-in unit 482a, 482b are in be also positioned in outlet conduit 454a, 454b each.But in mattress component 410, inlet duct 452a, 452b, 452c, 452d and outlet conduit 454a, 454b do not extend from the head end 456 of basic unit 450 or foot 458 or contact described head end 456 or foot 458.Alternatively, in mattress component 410, each in each and outlet conduit 454a, 454b in inlet duct 452a, 452b, 452c, 452d has also striden across the thickness of basic unit 450 and has extended to heat transfer layer 440 from the basal surface 459 of basic unit 450 except extending longitudinally through basic unit.
In the embodiment shown in Figure 10 and Figure 11, for the ease of the movement of air from the basal surface 459 of basic unit 450 to heat transfer layer 440, mattress component 410 comprises basis 470 further, and this basis 470 is orientated as adjacent with the basal surface 459 of basic unit 450.Basis 470 comprises multiple grating 471, and the plurality of grating 471 is positioned at inlet duct 452a, 452b, 452c, 452d of basic unit 450 and the below of outlet conduit 454a, 454b and has the shape corresponding with described inlet duct and described outlet conduit.Basis 470 contains further and to be positioned at below the first outlet conduit 454a and to be operatively coupled to the first fan 460a of the first outlet conduit 454a and to be positioned at below the second outlet conduit 454b and to be operatively coupled to the second fan 460b of the second outlet conduit 454b.As shown in the arrow of Figure 11, by the first fan 460a and the second fan 460b is positioned at below the first outlet conduit 454a and the second outlet conduit 454b, when the startup of fan 460a, 460b, air aspirates below basic unit 450, by grating 471, enter in inlet duct 452a, 452b, 452c, 452d, and then upwards to enter and by heat transfer layer 440, then be sucked downwards and get back in the first outlet conduit 454a and the second outlet conduit 454b, and leave mattress component 410.
With reference now to Figure 12 to Figure 13, provide mattress component 510 in another embodiment of the present invention, this mattress component 510 comprises another exemplary layout of inlet duct 552a, 552b, 552c, 552d and outlet conduit 554a, 554b.Be similar to the exemplary mattress component 410 shown in Figure 10 to Figure 11, mattress component 510 comprises: comfort liner 572; Body-support layer 520, this body-support layer 520 has first surface 522 and the second surface 524 relative with first surface 522; Multiple Peltier's element 530; Heat transfer layer 540; Basic unit 550; With basis 570, this basis 570 contains the first fan 560a and the second fan 560b of each below be positioned in outlet conduit 554a, 554b.Basis 570 also comprises many gratings 571 similarly, and position and the shape of described grating 571 and inlet duct 552a, 552b, 552c, 552d and outlet conduit 554a, 554b are corresponding.But in mattress component 510, inlet duct 552a, 552b, 552c, 552d do not extend longitudinally through the length of the entity of basic unit 550.Alternatively, inlet duct 552a, 552b, 552c, 552d of being limited by the basic unit 550 of mattress component 510 are the forms extending to the cylindrical void of heat transfer layer 540 from the basal surface 559 of basic unit 550.
Especially, the first row three inlet duct 552a of the form of spaced cylindrical void in the first side 562 that basic unit 550 is included in basic unit 550, the second row three inlet duct 552b of the form of spaced cylindrical void in the central portion 566 of basic unit 550, be spaced from each other in the central portion 566 of basic unit 550 and the third line three inlet duct 552c of form with the isolated cylindrical void of inlet duct 552b of the second row, and in the second side 564 of basic unit 550 fourth line three inlet duct 552d of the form of spaced cylindrical void.In mattress component 510, first outlet conduit 554a then extends longitudinally through basic unit 550 between the first row inlet duct 552a and the second line entry pipeline 552b, and the second outlet conduit 554b extends longitudinally through basic unit 550 between the third line inlet duct 552c and fourth line inlet duct 552d.Porous foam plug-in unit 580a, 580b, 580c, 580d are in be positioned in inlet duct 552a, 552b, 552c, 552d further respectively each.In addition, porous foam plug-in unit 582a to be positioned in the first outlet conduit 554a and porous foam plug-in unit 582b is positioned in the second outlet conduit 554b.Therefore, as shown in the arrow of Figure 13, when the first fan 560a and the second fan 560b starts via the controller 592 and power supply 590 that are connected to mattress component 510, air aspirates below basic unit 550, enter and be positioned at inlet duct 552a, 552b, 552c, porous foam plug-in unit 580a in 552d, 580b, 580c, in 580d, and then upwards to enter and by heat transfer layer 540, then got back to by suction downwards in the porous foam plug-in unit 582a be positioned in the first outlet conduit 554a and be positioned in the porous foam plug-in unit 582b in the second outlet conduit 554b, and leave mattress component 510.
As the other improvement of the basic unit 550 for mattress component 510, the porous porous that is greater than heat transfer layer 540 be can't help to have a certain amount of air is guided through inlet duct 552a, 552b, 552c, 552d of described row and the flexible foam composition entered in heat transfer layer 540 by the basic unit 550 of mattress component 510.On the contrary, in mattress component 510, basic unit 550 is also made up of porous foam.In this regard, mattress component 510 comprises barrier layer 584 further, this barrier layer 584 be positioned at the exposure of basic unit 550 and heat transfer layer 540 outer surface (i.e. the continuous print sidewall of basic unit 550 and heat transfer layer 540 and the basal surface 559 of basic unit 550) top and between basic unit 550 and heat transfer layer 540.Barrier layer 584 can form by many different materials, such as plastics, fabric etc., but in all situations, this barrier layer 584 plays layer airtight substantially, this airtight layer the air being aspirated through basic unit 550 and heat transfer layer 540 by means of fan 560a, 560b is guided through described row inlet duct 552a, 552b, 552c, 552d, enter in heat transfer layer 540 and then in the first outlet conduit 554a and the second outlet conduit 554b.
With reference now to Figure 14 to Figure 15, in another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, provide mattress component 610, this mattress component 610 comprises another layout of inlet duct 652 and outlet conduit 654a, 654b.And mattress component 610 comprises: comfort liner 672; Body-support layer 620, this body-support layer 620 has first surface 622 and the second surface 624 relative with first surface 622; Multiple Peltier's element 630; Heat transfer layer 640; Basic unit 650, this basic unit 650 is made up of the porous flexible foam had lower than heat transfer layer 640; With basis 670, this basis 670 comprises the many gratings 671 corresponding with the position of inlet duct 652 and outlet conduit 654a, 654b and shape.Basis 670 contains four fans separated (wherein illustrate only the first fan 660a and the second fan 660b in fig .15) further, described fan tilts to guide air to leave mattress component 610, and described fan is connected to controller 692 and power supply 690.
Also include porous foam plug-in unit 680 respectively in each in the inlet duct 652 of mattress component 610 and also include porous foam plug-in unit 682a, 682b respectively in each in outlet conduit 654a, 654b of mattress component 610.But in mattress component 610, inlet duct 652 is included in the central portion 666 of basic unit 650, and the first row outlet conduit 654a be included in basic unit 650 the first side 662 on and the second row outlet conduit 654b be included on the second side 664 of mattress component 610.In this regard, as best shown in fig. 15, when air is sucked in mattress component 610, first air enters the porous foam plug-in unit 680 in the inlet duct 652 that is positioned in the central portion 666 of mattress component 610, then first side 662 of heat transfer layer 640 to basic unit 650 and both second sides 664 of basic unit 650 is flowed through, then by outlet conduit 654a, porous foam plug-in unit 682a, 682b in 654b leave.
As the Still another example of mattress component constructed in accordance, in another embodiment and provide mattress component 710 with reference now to Figure 16 to Figure 17, this mattress component 710 comprises: comfort liner 772; Body-support layer 720, this body-support layer 720 has first surface 722 and the second surface 724 relative with first surface 722; Multiple Peltier's element 730; Heat transfer layer 740; Basic unit 750; With basis 770, this basis 770 comprises the grating 771 of many shapings.Basis 770 also houses four fans separated, and in described fan, only the first fan 760a and the second fan 760b is shown in Figure 17.Mattress component 710 comprises further: the first row outlet conduit 754a, and the first side 762 that this first row outlet conduit 754a is positioned at basic unit 750 comprises porous foam plug-in unit 782a; With the second row outlet conduit 754b, the second side 764 that this second row outlet conduit 754b is positioned at basic unit 750 comprises porous foam plug-in unit 782b.But, different from the mattress component 610 shown in Figure 14 to Figure 15, in mattress component 710, inlet duct 752 be positioned at basic unit 750 central portion 766 in and extend lengthwise into the form in the porous foam district 780 of the foot 758 of basic unit 750 from the head end 756 of basic unit 750.In addition, in mattress component 710, basic unit 750 is made up of porous foam, and barrier layer-784 be also positioned at basic unit 750 and heat transfer layer 740 outer surface above and be positioned between basic unit 750 and heat transfer layer 740.Therefore, as Figure 17 best shown in, when air is sucked in mattress component 710, air enters basic unit 750 along the length in the porous foam district 780 of inlet duct 752, and upwards flow from porous foam district 780, and then spread all over the entirety of heat transfer layer 740, then it is desirable that, in described air porous foam plug-in unit 782a, 782b in outlet conduit 754a, 754b guided downward.
With reference now to Figure 18 to Figure 19, provide another exemplary mattress component 810 as the alternative of the mattress component 710 shown in Figure 16 to Figure 17, this mattress component 810 comprises similarly: comfort liner 872; Body-support layer 820, multiple Peltier's element 830; Heat transfer layer 840; Basic unit 850; With basis 870, this basis 870 comprises many gratings 871 and contains four fans separated, and in described fan, only the first fan 860a and the second fan 860b is shown in Figure 19.Mattress component 810 also comprises: the first row outlet conduit 854a, and the first side 862 that this first row outlet conduit 854a is positioned at basic unit 850 comprises porous foam plug-in unit 882a; With the second row outlet conduit 854b, the second side 864 that this second row outlet conduit 854b is positioned at basic unit 850 comprises porous foam plug-in unit 882b.What comprise further in mattress component 810 is inlet duct 852, and this inlet duct 852 is the forms in porous foam district 880 extending longitudinally in the central portion 866 of basic unit 850.But in mattress component 810, porous foam composition be can't help by basic unit 850, but be alternatively made up of standard flex foam (such as polyurethane foam), this standard flex foam has the porous porous lower than heat transfer layer 840.In addition, in mattress component 810, barrier layer 884 is only for the outer surface around basic unit 850 and heat transfer layer 840, and delocalization is between basic unit 850 and heat transfer layer 840.
As for improvement in addition of the present invention, although each in the mattress component 10,110,210,310,410,510,610,710,810 shown in Fig. 1 to Figure 19 comprises multiple Peltier's element 30,130,230,330,430,530,630,730,830, the present invention comprises the mattress component not using multiple Peltier's element to carry out the body-support layer of optionally cooling mattress assembly further.Such as, as shown in figure 20, in another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, provide mattress component 910, this mattress component 910 comprises body-support layer 920; Heat transfer layer 940, this heat transfer layer 940 is made up of porous flexible foam; With basic unit 950, this basic unit 950 is made up of the porous flexible foam had lower than the porous flexible foam of heat transfer layer 940.Mattress component 910 also comprises three inlet ducts 952a, 952b, 952c and two outlet conduits 954a, 954b of being limited by basic unit 950.Being included in further in mattress component is a pair fan 960a, 960b being operatively coupled to power supply 990 and controller 992, and what make in fan 960a, 960b one to be operatively coupled in two outlet conduits 954a, 954b is each.But, in order to the body-support layer 920 of optionally cooling mattress assembly, do not use Peltier's element.On the contrary, in mattress component 910, by start each in fan 960a, 960b a certain amount of air to be drawn in inlet duct 952a, 952b, 952c, obtained by wherein air the heat absorbed by adjacent body-support layer 920 heat transfer layer 940 to enter in outlet conduit 954a, 954b, then to scatter body cooling supporting layer 920 from mattress component 910.
As the further improvement for mattress component of the present invention, also can comprise and use one or more cover to cover mattress component described herein.Such as, in one embodiment, with the cover of fireproof covering form can first for initial around exemplary mattress component.Then, such as by 100% cotton or the outer fabric cover of cover that forms of other softness and ventilative fabric can be used in covering fireproof covering.As another example, and with reference now to Figure 21, the shade assembly 2010 for exemplary mattress component can be utilized in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, this shade assembly 2010 comprises the first cover 2020, and this first cover 2020 has top panel 2022, bottom panel 2024 and continuous print side panel 2030.The feature of continuous print side panel 2030 of the first cover 2020 can be to comprise women's head-ornaments plate 2032, side panel 2036,2038 that instep plate 2034 is relative with two, makes top panel 2022 and bottom panel 2024 jointly be defined for the cavity of closed mattress component of the present invention.First cover 2020 comprises brand label 2062 further, and this brand label 2062 extends along the straightened portion of instep plate 2034.
Shade assembly 2010 comprises the second cover 2040 further, and this second cover 2040 has top surface 2042 and basal surface 2044, makes the second cover 2040 also define perimembranous 2046.Be sized to the top panel 2022 at least covering the first cover 2020 above the top panel 2022 that second cover 2040 of shade assembly 2010 is usually positioned at the first cover 2020, the region of this top panel 2022 with shown in Figure 21 and be that the top panel 2022 of the first cover 2020 specifies blue hacures and represents.Especially, in shade assembly 2010, the second cover 2040 be sized to cover top panel 2022, each relative side panel 2036,2038 the first half 2037,2039, the top edge 2035 of instep plate 2034 and the top edge 2033 of women's head-ornaments plate 2032.By comprising this second cover 2040 in shade assembly 2010; therefore second cover 2040 is constructed to cover and protects the part of the first cover 2020 below and the part of any mattress therefore below the first cover 2020; described part may be exposed to undue wear and under may being in the risk of increase that is dirty or that damage, namely top panel 2022, each relative side panel 2036,2038 the first half 2037,2039, the top edge 2035 of instep plate 2034 and the top edge 2033 of women's head-ornaments plate 2032.In addition, the first half 2037,2039 of each relative side panel 2036,2038 is caused to present more rounded structure when the second cover 2040 is attached to the first cover 2020 via zip 2050 by comprising this second cover 2040, second cover 2040 at shade assembly 2010.Certainly, when not departing from the spirit and scope of purport described herein, can easily be chosen as desired size and structure for other sizes many of the second cover 2040 and structure, and can be incorporated in specific shade assembly to prevent for the damage of mattress or pollution or the outward appearance changing mattress.
Further improve as of the present invention, although the supporting pad shown in Fig. 1 to Figure 21 is the form of mattress component 10,110,210,310,410,510,610,710,810,910 and is sized to support with the user lain on the back or prone position couches, but it is contemplated that feature described herein equally can be applicable to headrest, cushion, backrest, neckpillow, leg every pillow, mattress cover, covering etc.So, phrase " supporting pad " be used herein to represent there is any size or shape and can be used in or be usually used for supporting the health of user or any of its body part and this object whole.Such as, as shown in figure 22, in other exemplary embodiment of the present invention, supporting pad manufactured according to the present invention is incorporated in the seat 1011 of writing chair 1010.Each supporting pad of writing chair 1010 comprises: comfort liner 1072; Body-support layer 1020; Multiple Peltier's element 1030; Heat transfer layer 1040, this heat transfer layer 1040 is made up of porous viscoelastic foam; Basic unit 1050, this basic unit 1050 is made up of the porous flexible foam had lower than the viscoelastic foam be included in heat transfer layer 1040; With fan 1060, this fan 1060 is operatively coupled to power supply 990 and controller 992.The basic unit 1050 of seat 1011 also defines the first inlet duct 1052a and the second inlet duct 1052b, described inlet duct is each comprises porous foam plug-in unit 1080a, 1080b and outlet conduit 1054, and this outlet conduit 1054 comprises porous foam plug-in unit 1082 and is operatively coupled to fan 1060.In the porous foam plug-in unit 1082 that a certain amount of air is aspirated through porous foam plug-in unit 1080a, 1080b in inlet duct 1052a, 1052b by fan 1060, be positioned in outlet conduit 1054 by heat transfer layer 1040 and then enter, with the seat 1011 of therefore assisted selective ground heating and cooling writing chair 1010.
Each part that also can be used as the method for the surface temperature controlling supporting pad in exemplary supporting pad described herein.In some embodiments, first the method controlling the surface temperature of supporting pad comprises provides supporting pad of the present invention.Then by electric current supply to each fan, make each fan to be drawn in each inlet duct by a certain amount of air, entered in each outlet conduit by heat transfer layer.The embodiment of multiple Peltier's element is comprised for wherein supporting pad, electric current also can be supplied to multiple Peltier's element, the surface temperature of the body-support portion when electric current supplies in a first direction is reduced, but the surface temperature of body-support portion raise when electric current supplies in a second direction.In some embodiments, in order to control heating or the amount of cooling water of supporting pad, the amount of the electric current being supplied to Peltier's element can be controlled.In some embodiments, the surface temperature of supporting pad controls in the following way, namely first receive feedback from the temperature sensor in the body-support portion being positioned at supporting pad or pressure sensor, so based on from temperature sensor, pressure sensor or feedback that both receive by electric current supply to fan, multiple Peltier's element or both.
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Person of skill in the art will appreciate that the embodiment other when not departing from the scope of instruction of the present invention or claims is also fine.This describes in detail and the detail especially of exemplary embodiment disclosed herein is mainly the clarity of understanding and provides; and be not interpreted as unnecessary restriction from it; because when reading this and being open, amendment will become apparent for those skilled in the art, and can make amendment when not departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention for required protection.

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1. a supporting pad, comprising:
Body-support layer, described body-support layer has first surface and the second surface relative with described first surface;
Multiple thermoelectric element, described multiple thermoelectric element is located and is configured to optionally provide heating or cooling at the first surface place of described body-support layer;
Heat transfer layer, described heat transfer layer is orientated as adjacent with the second surface of described body-support layer, and described heat transfer layer is operatively coupled to described thermoelectric element;
Basic unit, described basic unit orientates as with described body-support layer relatively adjacent with described heat transfer layer, described basic unit defines the inlet duct be communicated with described heat transfer layer fluid, and described basic unit further define be communicated with described heat transfer layer fluid and with preset distance and the isolated outlet conduit of described inlet duct; And
Fan, is connected to described outlet conduit described fan operation.
2. supporting pad according to claim 1, wherein, described basic unit further defines the entrance be communicated with described inlet duct fluid and the outlet be communicated with described outlet conduit fluid.
3. supporting pad according to claim 2, wherein, described fan is connected to described outlet.
4. supporting pad according to claim 2, wherein, described entrance is positioned on the first outer surface of described basic unit, and described inlet duct extends longitudinally through described basic unit from described entrance, and
Wherein, described outlet is positioned on the second outer surface of described basic unit, and described outlet conduit extends longitudinally through described basic unit from described outlet.
5. supporting pad according to claim 4, wherein, described first outer surface is the head end of described basic unit, and wherein, described second outer surface is the foot of described basic unit.
6. supporting pad according to claim 1, comprises basis further, and described foundation location is below described basic unit.
7. supporting pad according to claim 6, wherein, described fan is contained in described basis.
8. supporting pad according to claim 1, wherein, described body-support layer, described heat transfer layer and described basic unit are made up of flexible foam.
9. supporting pad according to claim 8, wherein, the porous forming the flexible foam of described heat transfer layer is greater than the porous of the flexible foam forming described basic unit.
10. supporting pad according to claim 8, wherein, described body-support layer and described heat transfer layer are made up of viscoelastic foam.
11. supporting pads according to claim 10, wherein, described heat transfer layer is made up of porous viscoelastic foam.
12. supporting pads according to claim 8, comprise the first flexible foam plug-in unit be positioned in described inlet duct and the second flexible foam plug-in unit be positioned in described outlet conduit further, the porous of described first flexible foam plug-in unit and described second flexible foam plug-in unit is all greater than the porous of described basic unit.
13. supporting pads according to claim 1, wherein, described thermoelectric element is discrete Peltier's element.
14. supporting pads according to claim 1, wherein, described thermoelectric element is multiple Peltier's elements of arranged in series.
15. supporting pads according to claim 1, wherein, described thermoelectric element is arranged as array.
16. supporting pads according to claim 15, wherein, in the thermoelectric element of described array at least partially can addressing separately.
17. supporting pads according to claim 15, wherein, described supporting pad comprises one or more removable portion, and each removable portion is made up of the region of described body-support layer and the respective regions of described heat transfer layer, and each removable portion holds the array of thermoelectric element.
18. supporting pads according to claim 17, wherein, described one or more removable portion comprises: the first removable portion, and described first removable portion is positioned in the middle section of described supporting pad; With the second removable portion, described second removable portion is positioned in the lower area of described supporting pad.
19. supporting pads according to claim 1, wherein, described body-support layer is sized to and supports with the user lain on the back or prone position couches.
20. supporting pads according to claim 1, comprise the comfort liner being positioned at described body-support layer top further, described comfort liner is made up of viscoelastic foam.
21. supporting pads according to claim 20, wherein, the density of described comfort liner is less than the density of described body-support layer.
22. supporting pads according to claim 1, comprise further:
Power supply, described power supply is used for electric current supply to described fan and described multiple thermoelectric element; With
Controller, described controller is for controlling the electric current being supplied to described fan and described multiple thermoelectric element from described power supply.
23. supporting pads according to claim 22, wherein, described controller be configured to allow with predetermined amount of time feed electrical power to described fan, described multiple thermoelectric element or both.
24. supporting pads according to claim 22, comprise the one or more temperature sensors for providing Thermal feedback to described controller further, described one or more temperature sensor is operatively coupled to described body-support layer.
25. supporting pads according to claim 22, comprise the one or more pressure sensors for providing pressure feedback to described controller further, described one or more pressure sensor is operatively coupled to described body-support layer.
26. supporting pads according to claim 1, comprise filter further, are connected to described filter operation described inlet duct, described outlet conduit or described inlet duct and described outlet conduit.
27. 1 kinds of supporting pads, comprising:
Body-support layer, described body-support layer has first surface and the second surface relative with described first surface;
Heat transfer layer, described heat transfer layer is orientated as adjacent with the second surface of described body-support layer;
Basic unit, described basic unit orientates as with described body-support layer relatively adjacent with described heat transfer layer, described basic unit defines the one or more inlet ducts be communicated with described heat transfer layer fluid, described basic unit further defines and to be communicated with described heat transfer layer fluid and with the isolated one or more outlet conduit of each inlet duct in preset distance and described one or more inlet duct, and the porous of described basic unit is less than the porous of described heat transfer layer; With
Fan, be connected to each outlet conduit in described one or more outlet conduit described fan operation, described fan is used for a certain amount of air to be aspirated through described heat transfer layer from described one or more inlet duct, and enters in described one or more outlet conduit.
28. supporting pads according to claim 27, comprise the flexible foam plug-in unit in each inlet duct be positioned in described one or more inlet duct further and be positioned at the flexible foam plug-in unit in each outlet conduit in described one or more outlet conduit, the porous of each flexible foam plug-in unit in described flexible foam plug-in unit is greater than the porous of described basic unit.
29. 1 kinds of mattress component, comprising:
Body-support layer, described body-support layer has first surface and the second surface relative with described first surface;
Multiple thermoelectric element, described multiple thermoelectric element is located and is configured to optionally provide heating or cooling at the first surface place of described body-support layer;
Heat transfer layer, described heat transfer layer is orientated as adjacent with the second surface of described body-support layer, and described heat transfer layer is operatively coupled to described thermoelectric element;
Basic unit, described basic unit orientates as with described body-support layer relatively adjacent with described heat transfer layer, described basic unit comprises head and foot, described basic unit define be communicated with described heat transfer layer fluid and extend longitudinally through one or more inlet ducts of described basic unit from described head, and described basic unit further define be communicated with described heat transfer layer fluid and extend longitudinally through one or more outlet conduits of described basic unit from described foot; And
Fan, is connected to each outlet conduit in described one or more outlet conduit described fan operation.
30. mattress component according to claim 29, wherein, described one or more inlet duct comprises: the first inlet duct, and described first inlet duct is positioned in the first side of described basic unit; Second inlet duct, described second inlet duct is positioned in the central portion of described basic unit; With the 3rd inlet duct, in the second that described 3rd inlet duct is positioned at described basic unit, contrary with described first side side; And
Wherein, described one or more outlet conduit comprises: the first outlet conduit, and described first outlet conduit is positioned between described first inlet duct and described second inlet duct; With the second outlet conduit, described second outlet conduit is positioned between described second inlet duct and described 3rd inlet duct.
31. mattress component according to claim 29, wherein, described mattress component comprises one or more removable portion, and each removable portion is made up of the region of described body-support layer and the respective regions of described heat transfer layer, and each removable portion holds the array of thermoelectric element.
32. mattress component according to claim 29, wherein, described body-support layer, described heat transfer layer and described basic unit is each is made up of flexible foam, and
Wherein, the porous forming the flexible foam of described heat transfer layer is greater than the porous of the flexible foam forming described basic unit.
33. 1 kinds of mattress component, comprising:
Body-support layer, described body-support layer has first surface and the second surface relative with described first surface;
Multiple thermoelectric element, described multiple thermoelectric element is orientated as and is configured to optionally provide heating or cooling at the first surface place of described body-support layer;
Heat transfer layer, described heat transfer layer is orientated as adjacent with the second surface of described body-support layer, and described heat transfer layer is operatively coupled to described thermoelectric element;
Basic unit, described basic unit orientates as with described body-support layer relatively adjacent with described heat transfer layer, described basic unit defines the one or more inlet ducts be communicated with described heat transfer layer fluid, and described basic unit further define be communicated with described heat transfer layer fluid and with preset distance and the isolated one or more outlet conduit of described one or more inlet duct;
Flexible foam plug-in unit, be positioned in each outlet conduit in described one or more outlet conduit in each inlet duct that described flexible foam plug-in unit is positioned in described one or more inlet duct, the porous of each flexible foam plug-in unit is greater than the porous of described basic unit; And
Fan, is connected to each outlet conduit in described one or more outlet conduit described fan operation.
34. mattress component according to claim 33, wherein, described one or more inlet duct comprises: the first inlet duct, and described first inlet duct extends longitudinally through the first side of described basic unit; With the second inlet duct, described second inlet duct extends longitudinally through the second side of described basic unit; And
Wherein, described one or more outlet conduit comprises central exit pipeline, and described central exit location of pipeline is between described first inlet duct and described second inlet duct and extend longitudinally through the central portion of described basic unit.
35. mattress component according to claim 33, wherein, each inlet duct in described one or more inlet duct is included in the substantially rectangular region at the head end place of described basic unit, and
Wherein, each outlet conduit in described one or more outlet conduit is included in the substantially rectangular region at the foot place of described basic unit.
36. mattress component according to claim 35, wherein, described one or more inlet duct comprises: the first inlet duct, and described first inlet duct is positioned on the first side of described basic unit; With the second inlet duct, on the second that described second inlet duct is positioned at described basic unit, contrary with described first side side; And
Wherein, described one or more outlet conduit comprises: the first outlet conduit, and described first outlet conduit is positioned on the first side of described basic unit; With the second outlet conduit, described second outlet conduit is positioned on the second side of described basic unit.
37. mattress component according to claim 35, wherein, described body-support layer, described heat transfer layer and described basic unit are all made up of flexible foam, and
Wherein, the porous forming the flexible foam of described heat transfer layer is greater than the porous of the flexible foam forming described basic unit.
38. mattress component according to claim 35, wherein, described mattress component comprises one or more removable portion, and each removable portion is made up of the region of described body-support layer and the respective regions of described heat transfer layer, and each removable portion contains the array of thermoelectric element.
39. 1 kinds of mattress component, comprising:
Body-support layer, described body-support layer has first surface and the second surface relative with described first surface;
Multiple thermoelectric element, described multiple thermoelectric element is orientated as and is configured to optionally provide heating or cooling at the first surface place of described body-support layer;
Heat transfer layer, described heat transfer layer is orientated as adjacent with the second surface of described body-support layer, and described heat transfer layer is operatively coupled to described thermoelectric element;
Basic unit, described basic unit has basal surface and orientates as with described body-support layer relatively adjacent with described heat transfer layer, described basic unit defines the one or more inlet ducts extending to described heat transfer layer from the basal surface of described basic unit, and described basic unit further defines and extends to described heat transfer layer and with the isolated one or more outlet conduit of each inlet duct preset distance and described one or more inlet duct from the basal surface of described basic unit; And
Fan, is connected to each outlet conduit in described one or more outlet conduit described fan operation.
40. according to mattress component according to claim 39, and wherein, described one or more inlet duct comprises: the first inlet duct, and described first inlet duct extends longitudinally through the first side of described basic unit; With the second inlet duct, described second inlet duct extends longitudinally through the second side of described basic unit; And
Wherein, described one or more outlet conduit comprises central exit pipeline, and described central exit location of pipeline is between described first inlet duct and described second inlet duct.
41. according to mattress component according to claim 39, and wherein, described one or more inlet duct comprises:
First inlet duct, described first inlet duct extends longitudinally through the first side of described basic unit;
Second inlet duct, described second inlet duct extends longitudinally through the central portion of described basic unit;
3rd inlet duct, described 3rd inlet duct and described second inlet duct spaced apart and extend longitudinally through the central portion of described basic unit; With
4th inlet duct, the second that described 4th inlet duct extends longitudinally through described basic unit, contrary with described first side side; And
Wherein, described one or more outlet conduit comprises:
First outlet conduit, described first outlet conduit is positioned between described first inlet duct and described second inlet duct; With
Second outlet conduit, described second outlet conduit is positioned between described 3rd inlet duct and described 4th inlet duct.
42. according to mattress component according to claim 39, and wherein, each inlet duct in described one or more inlet duct is the form of cylindrical void.
43. mattress component according to claim 42, wherein, described one or more inlet duct comprises: at least two inlet ducts extending through the first side of described basic unit, with at least two inlet ducts of the second that extend through described basic unit, contrary with the first side of described basic unit side, and
Wherein, each outlet conduit in described one or more outlet conduit extends longitudinally through described basic unit, and between described at least two inlet ducts on the second side of described at least two inlet ducts be positioned on the first side of described basic unit and described basic unit.
44. according to mattress component according to claim 39, and wherein, each outlet conduit in each inlet duct in described one or more inlet duct and described one or more outlet conduit is the form of cylindrical void.
45. mattress component according to claim 44, wherein, described one or more outlet conduit comprises: be positioned at least two outlet conduits on the first side of described basic unit, and be positioned at described basic unit, at least two outlet conduits on contrary with described first side the second side, and
Wherein, described one or more inlet duct comprises at least two inlet ducts in the central portion being positioned at described basic unit.
46. according to mattress component according to claim 39, to comprise further in being positioned in described one or more inlet duct each inlet duct and the flexible foam plug-in unit be positioned in each outlet conduit in described one or more outlet conduit, the porous of each flexible foam plug-in unit is greater than the porous of described basic unit.
47. according to mattress component according to claim 39, and wherein, each outlet conduit in described one or more outlet conduit is the form of cylindrical void.
48. mattress component according to claim 47, wherein, described one or more outlet conduit comprises at least two outlet conduits be positioned on the first side of described basic unit, and
Wherein, described one or more inlet duct comprises at least one inlet duct extending longitudinally through described basic unit.
49. mattress component according to claim 47, wherein, described one or more outlet conduit comprises: be positioned at least two outlet conduits on the first side of described basic unit, and be positioned at described basic unit, at least two outlet conduits on contrary with described first side the second side, and
Wherein, described inlet duct extends longitudinally through the central portion of described basic unit.
50. according to mattress component according to claim 39, and wherein, described basic unit and described heat transfer layer include continuous print side panel, and
Wherein, described mattress component comprises barrier further, described barrier cover the continuous print side panel of described basic unit, the continuous print side panel of described heat transfer layer or both.
51. mattress component according to claim 50, wherein, described barrier covers the basal surface of described basic unit further.
52. mattress component according to claim 51, wherein, described basic unit is made up of porous flexible foam, and wherein, the top surface that described barrier covers described basic unit further makes described barrier be positioned between the top surface of described basic unit and described heat transfer layer.
53. mattress component according to claim 50, wherein, the feature of described basic unit is to comprise one or more wall portion, described one or more wall portion defines described one or more inlet duct and described one or more outlet conduit, and wherein, described barrier covers each wall portion in described one or more wall portion further.
54. according to mattress component according to claim 39, and wherein, each fan tilts to guide air to leave described mattress component.
55. 1 kinds of methods controlling the surface temperature of supporting pad, comprise the steps:
Provide support pad, described supporting pad has:
Body-support layer, described body-support layer has first surface and second surface,
Heat transfer layer,
Basic unit, described basic unit orientates and the porous of described basic unit relatively adjacent with described heat transfer layer with the described body-support layer porous lower than described heat transfer layer as, described basic unit defines the one or more inlet ducts be communicated with described heat transfer layer fluid, and described basic unit further define be communicated with described heat transfer layer fluid and with the isolated one or more outlet conduit of each inlet duct in preset distance and described one or more inlet duct, and
Fan, is connected to each outlet conduit in described one or more outlet conduit described fan operation; With
By electric current supply to each fan, each fan is made a certain amount of air to be aspirated through described heat transfer layer from specific inlet duct and to enter specific outlet conduit.
56. methods according to claim 55, wherein, described supporting pad comprises multiple Peltier's element further, and described multiple Peltier's element is orientated as and is configured to optionally provide heating or cooling at the first surface place of described body-support layer.
57. methods according to claim 56, comprise the steps: further
By electric current supply to described multiple Peltier's element, make electric current in a first direction for the surface temperature giving to reduce described body-support layer, and make electric current in a second direction for the surface temperature giving to raise described body-support layer.
58. methods according to claim 56, comprise the steps: further
The magnitude of current controlling to be supplied to described Peltier's element adds heat or amount of cooling water with what control described supporting pad.
59. methods according to claim 57, comprise the steps: further
Electric current is supplied in this second direction with the predetermined time amount cooled after the period.
60. methods according to claim 56, comprise the steps: further
Feedback is received from the temperature sensor be positioned at described body-support layer; With
Based on the feedback received from described temperature sensor by electric current supply to described fan, described multiple Peltier's element or both.
61. methods according to claim 55, wherein, described body-support layer is made up of viscoelastic foam.
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