# US 10,940,083 B2 · Adjustable respirator shell > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,940,083 B2 - Document ID: US10940083B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/856,790 - Filed: 2017-12-28 - Published: 2019-05-30 - Granted: 2021-03-09 - Earliest claimed: 2017-11-28 - Assignees: Industrial Technology Research Institute; Chang Gung Medical Foundation Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital - Applicants: Industrial Technology Research Institute; Chang Gung Medical Foundation Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital - Inventors: Ting-Hsuan Chen; Chun-Hua Wang; Chung-Hsin Su; Jo-Ping Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10940083B2 ## CPC - A61H 31/02: Iron lungs - A61H 1/00: Apparatus for passive exercising (A61H5/00 takes precedence); Vibrating apparatus; Chiropractic devices, e.g. body impacting devices, external devices for briefly extending or aligning unbroken bones - A61H 2031/025: {using the same pump for pressure and vacuum, not being driven at the respiratory rate, e.g. blowers} - A61H 2201/0103: inflatable - A61H 2201/0134: Cushion or similar support - A61H 2201/0192: Specific means for adjusting dimensions - A61H 2201/1409: Hydraulic or pneumatic means - A61H 2201/1621: Holding means therefor - A61H 2201/165: Wearable interfaces - A61H 2201/5071: Pressure sensors - A61H 2201/5087: Flow rate sensors - A61H 2205/08: Trunk - A61H: PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY (electrotherapy, magnetotherapy, radiation therapy or ultrasound therapy A61N) ## Abstract An adjustable respirator shell, suitable for being worn on a human body trunk, includes a body, a belt and a buffer. The body includes a protrusive portion and a contact portion. The protrusive portion has an opening connecting a fluid pressure controller, and the contact portion is to contact the human body trunk. The belt, connecting the body, is to surround the human body trunk so as to fasten the adjustable respirator shell on the human body trunk. The buffer covers a circumference of the contact portion, and the contact portion contacts the human body trunk via the buffer. In addition, the buffer includes at least one cushion. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An adjustable respirator shell, suitable for being worn on a human body trunk, comprising: a body, including a protrusive portion and a contact portion, the protrusive portion having an opening connecting to a fluid pressure controller, the contact portion configured to contact the human body trunk; a belt, attaching to the body, configured to surround and fasten the adjustable respirator shell on the human body trunk; and a buffer, covering a circumference of the contact portion, the contact portion configured to contact the human body trunk via the buffer; wherein the buffer includes at least one cushion, the at least one cushion is connected with one end of a ventilation pipe, another end of the ventilation pipe is connected to a fluid pressure controller, the ventilation pipe includes at least a first part and a second part, the first part is located inside the body, and the second part is located out of the body. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The adjustable respirator shell of claim 1, wherein the at least one cushion has a gas-adjusting valve for adjusting a gas state inside the at least one cushion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The adjustable respirator shell of claim 1, wherein the at least one cushion has a multi-segment gas-communicating chamber. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The adjustable respirator shell of claim 1, wherein the contact portion includes an upper chest rim, a lower belly rim and two lateral belly rims, the upper chest rim is suitable for contacting a sternum area of the human body trunk, the lower belly rim is suitable for contacting a lower belly portion of the human body trunk, and the two lateral belly rims are suitable for contacting two lateral belly portions of the human body trunk. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The adjustable respirator shell of claim 4, wherein the at least one cushion has a two-segment gas-communicating chamber in correspondence with the upper chest rim of the contact portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The adjustable respirator shell of claim 4, wherein the at least one cushion has two three-segment gas-communicating chambers in correspondence individually with the two lateral belly rims of the contact portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The adjustable respirator shell of claim 1, wherein the contact portion includes a left chest rim and a right chest rim, the left chest rim is suitable for contacting a left chest and a left lateral portion of the human body trunk, and the right chest rim is suitable for contacting a right chest and a right lateral portion of the human body trunk. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The adjustable respirator shell of claim 7, wherein the at least one cushion in correspondence with the left chest rim of the contact portion has a five-segment gas-communicating chamber. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The adjustable respirator shell of claim 7, wherein the at least one cushion in correspondence with the right chest rim of the contact portion has a five-segment gas-communicating chamber. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The adjustable respirator shell of claim 1, wherein the at least one cushion has at least one pressure detector for detecting a pressure on a contact surface between the at least one cushion and the human body trunk, and at least one airflow detector for detecting an airflow over the contact surface. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The adjustable respirator shell of claim 1, wherein the first part and the second part are detachably connected by a connection nut. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The adjustable respirator shell of claim 1, wherein the body includes an internal layer disposed inside the body by a distance between the protrusive portion and the internal layer, such that a double-layer structure is formed for accommodating the ventilation pipe between the internal layer and the protrusive portion. ### Claim 13 An adjustable respirator shell, suitable for being worn on a human body trunk, comprising: a body, including a protrusive portion and a contact portion, the protrusive portion having an opening connecting to a fluid pressure controller, the contact portion configured to contact the human body trunk; a belt, attaching to the body, configured to surround and to fasten the adjustable respirator shell on the human body trunk; and a buffer, covering a circumference of the contact portion, the contact portion configured to contact the human body trunk via the buffer, wherein the contact portion includes an upper chest rim, a lower belly rim and two lateral belly rims, the upper chest rim is suitable for contacting a sternum area of the human body trunk, the lower belly rim is suitable for contacting a lower belly portion of the human body trunk, and the two lateral belly rims are suitable for contacting two lateral belly portions of the human body trunk; wherein the buffer includes at least one cushion, and the at least one cushion has four chambers in correspondence individually with the upper chest rim, the lower belly rim and the two lateral belly rims, respectively. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The adjustable respirator shell of claim 13, wherein the at least one cushion in correspondence with the upper chest rim has a two-segment gas-communicating chamber, and the at least one cushion in correspondence with each of the two lateral belly rims has a three-segment gas-communicating chamber. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The adjustable respirator shell of claim 13, wherein the at least one cushion has a two-segment gas-communicating chamber in correspondence with the upper chest rim of the contact portion. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The adjustable respirator shell of claim 13, wherein the at least one cushion has two three-segment gas-communicating chambers in correspondence individually with the two lateral belly rims of the contact portion. ### Claim 17 An adjustable respirator shell, suitable for being worn on a human body trunk, comprising: a body, including a protrusive portion and a contact portion, the protrusive portion having an opening connecting to a fluid pressure controller, the contact portion configured to contact the human body trunk; a belt, attaching to the body, configured to surround and to fasten the adjustable respirator shell on the human body trunk; and a buffer, covering a circumference of the contact portion, the contact portion configured to contact the human body trunk via the buffer, wherein the contact portion includes a left chest rim and a right chest rim, the left chest rim is suitable for contacting a left chest and a left lateral portion of the human body trunk, and the right chest rim is suitable for contacting a right chest and a right lateral portion of the human body trunk; wherein the buffer includes at least one cushion, and the at least one cushion includes two chambers in correspondence individually with the left chest rim and the right chest rim of the contact portion. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The adjustable respirator shell of claim 17, wherein the at least one cushion in correspondence with the left chest rim of the contact portion has a five-segment gas-communicating chamber. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The adjustable respirator shell of claim 17, wherein the at least one cushion in correspondence with the right chest rim of the contact portion has a five-segment gas-communicating chamber. ### Claim 20 An adjustable respirator shell, suitable for being worn on a human body trunk, comprising: a body, including a protrusive portion and a contact portion, the protrusive portion having an opening connecting to a fluid pressure controller, the contact portion configured to contact the human body trunk; a belt, attaching to the body, configured to surround and fasten the adjustable respirator shell on the human body trunk; and a buffer, covering a circumference of the contact portion, the contact portion configured to contact the human body trunk via the buffer; wherein the buffer includes at least one cushion, the at least one cushion is connected with one end of a ventilation pipe, another end of the ventilation pipe is connected to a fluid pressure controller, wherein the body includes an internal layer disposed inside the body by a distance between the protrusive portion and the internal layer, such that a double-layer structure is formed for accommodating the ventilation pipe between the internal layer and the protrusive portion.