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公开(公告)号：US11912546B2
公开(公告)日：2024-02-27
申请号：US17825213
申请日：2022-05-26
发明人： Wonhee Michael Kim , Paul W. Alexander , Yun Ju Kim , Diann Brei , Koray Benli , Jonathan E. Luntz , Laura Alejandra Giner Munoz
摘要： An inflatable structure includes a top end cap, a bottom end cap, a bladder attached to the top and bottom end caps and configured to hold pressurized air, a plurality of tethers disposed within the bladder, the inflatable structure moveable between a stowed profile and a final support profile, wherein the bladder is pressurized and expanded axially and the plurality of tethers are fully extended and restrict further movement of the top end cap and the bottom end cap away from one another and limit axial expansion of the bladder, a pulley assembly mounted within the bottom end cap, wherein in the stowed support profile, the plurality of tethers are wound onto the pulley assembly, the pulley assembly adapted to allow selective extension of the tethers allowing axial expansion of the bladder, wherein, the inflatable structure is adapted to provide multiple intermediary support profiles capable of supporting compressive loading.
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公开(公告)号：US11541795B2
公开(公告)日：2023-01-03
申请号：US17084796
申请日：2020-10-30
发明人： Paul W. Alexander , Louis D. Thole , Conner J. Stormer , Daniel W. Booth , Wonhee M. Kim , David Acosta
摘要： An inflatable system includes a first bladder configured to contain gas and a second bladder configured to contain gas. The first bladder includes a top wall, a bottom wall opposite of the top wall, a sidewall extending between and connected to perimeter edges of the top and bottom walls, and a plurality of tethers extending between and connected to interior surfaces of the top and bottom walls. The second bladder includes a top wall, a bottom wall opposite of its top wall, a sidewall extending between and connected to perimeter edges of its top and bottom walls, and a plurality of tethers extending between and connected to interior surfaces of its top and bottom walls. The bottom wall of the first bladder is secured to the top wall of the second bladder.
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公开(公告)号：US20220031069A1
公开(公告)日：2022-02-03
申请号：US16940541
申请日：2020-07-28
摘要： An inflatable cabinet is provided and includes a first inflatable cabinet stand and a base. The first inflatable cabinet stand is for storing products. The first inflatable cabinet stand includes members and first connectors. The members include side walls, a back wall, and a top member. The base is connected to the first inflatable cabinet stand and includes an air pump, second connectors and air lines. An air pump is configured to pump air into at least one of the members of the first inflatable cabinet stand. The second connectors are configured to connect to the first connectors. The air lines are connected between the air pump and the second connectors.
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公开(公告)号：US20210170837A1
公开(公告)日：2021-06-10
申请号：US16709880
申请日：2019-12-10
发明人： Paul W. Alexander , Jeff E. Nasca , Adam R. Ballard , Koray Benli , Jonathan E. Luntz , Laura Alejandra Giner Munoz , Diann Brei
摘要： A pneumatic shade includes a plurality of slats, a plurality of first fold members, and a plurality of second fold members. Each slat is elongated and includes and spans laterally between opposite longitudinal edges. Each of the first- and second-fold members are elongated and co-extend longitudinally with the slats. Each first fold member is attached to longitudinal edges of the respective adjacent slats. Each second fold member is attached to longitudinal edges of respective adjacent slats and are alternatingly orientated with respect to the first fold members such that each slat spans laterally between a respective first fold member and second fold member. Each of the first fold members and the second fold members are adapted to move between a folded state and an unfolded state upon application of pressurized air.
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公开(公告)号：US11028506B2
公开(公告)日：2021-06-08
申请号：US15854207
申请日：2017-12-26
摘要： Presented herein are active textile structures with selectively variable surface friction characteristics, methods for making/using such structures, and vehicle components fabricated with electronically controlled textile structures with modifiable surface friction characteristics. An active textile system for governing frictional force levels at an interface with a user or object is presented. The system includes a textile structure that is fabricated from interlaced first and second textile filaments. Each textile filament has a respective texture that exhibits a distinct coefficient of friction. The textile structure has an outer and/or upper contact surface at the interface with the user/object. An actuating element, which is connected to the textile structure, is operable to selectively transition the textile structure between first and second states. The first state includes the first textile filament defining the textile structure's outer contact surface, whereas the second state includes the second textile filament defining the outer contact surface.
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26.发明授权公开(公告)号：US11014619B2
公开(公告)日：2021-05-25
申请号：US16566374
申请日：2019-09-10
摘要： An inflatable active flow control device includes a first surface, a second surface, and a spring including one end connected to the first surface and an opposite end connected to the second surface. A flexible material is connected to both the first surface and the second surface around the spring, defines an inflatable internal volume, and includes a plurality of threads extending between opposing inner surfaces of the flexible material at spaced locations through the inflatable internal volume.
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公开(公告)号：US10978630B1
公开(公告)日：2021-04-13
申请号：US16589657
申请日：2019-10-01
摘要： A thermal control system includes a component having a surface. A plurality of thermal generating devices include a first conductive plate, second and third conductive plates, a first semiconductor device arranged between the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate, and a second semiconductor device arranged between the first conductive plate and the third conductive plate. The first semiconductor device and the second semiconductor device have different types of doping. First ones of the plurality of thermal generating devices are arranged with the first conductive plate located adjacent to the surface of the component. Second ones of the plurality of thermal generating devices are arranged with the second and third conductive plates located adjacent to the surface of the component. The first ones and the second ones of plurality of thermal generating devices perform heating and cooling of the surface, respectively.
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公开(公告)号：US10697588B2
公开(公告)日：2020-06-30
申请号：US15854240
申请日：2017-12-26
IPC分类号： F16L11/00 , F16S3/00 , B32B5/02 , B32B5/26 , B32B5/14 , D03D3/02 , D03D7/00 , D03D11/02 , B32B25/10 , D04B1/22 , D03D1/02 , D03D11/00 , F16L11/10
摘要： A structural member includes an inflatable bladder. The structural member may include a fabric shell disposed about an exterior surface of the bladder, or a spacer element attached to an interior surface of the bladder. The fabric shell or spacer element restrains the shape of the bladder to contour the bladder into a desired shape and increase the load carrying capacity of the bladder.
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公开(公告)号：US10688899B2
公开(公告)日：2020-06-23
申请号：US15727757
申请日：2017-10-09
发明人： Wonhee M. Kim , Amberlee S. Haselhuhn , Richard J. Skurkis , Michael J. Walker , Ian J. Sutherland , Paul W. Alexander , Nilesh D. Mankame
摘要： An occupant support structure and a method of customizing an occupant support structure. The occupant support structure may comprise a base and a reconfigurable cushion carried by the base. The reconfigurable cushion may include an occupant support surface and a bladder. The bladder may include an outer wall that defines an inner cavity underlying the occupant support surface and two or more overlapping material layers disposed within the cavity. The overlapping material layers may be adapted to selectively transition from a compliant state to a rigid state and vice versa by selective control of a pressure condition across the outer wall of the bladder to reconfigure or conform the occupant support surface of the cushion to a contour of a portion of an occupant supported by the cushion.
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30.发明授权公开(公告)号：US10668850B1
公开(公告)日：2020-06-02
申请号：US16275377
申请日：2019-02-14
发明人： Paul W. Alexander , Diann Brei , Jonathan E. Luntz , Jesse Velleu
摘要： Systems, apparatuses and methods are provided for object restraint including a trench; a pneumatic bending actuator (PBA), the PBA and the trench configured on the surface for clamping of the object to the surface; a part of the PBA constrained in the trench and a part of the PBA left unconstrained by the trench; a primary actuation mechanism for constraining in the trench the constrained part of the PBA to remain flat at the surface for resting the object on the surface, and for leaving the unconstrained part of the PBA configured as the curved segment to exert a clamping force to the object on the surface; and a secondary constraint mechanism to retain the constrained part of the PBA in the trench to prevent a portion of the constrained part of the PBA from exerting an upward force counter to the clamping of the unconstrained part of the PBA.
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