Temperature-controlled cradle
AssigneeComfort Innovations LLC
InventorsWendy Kowalski, Charles Khalil
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Abstract
A temperature-controlled cradle and method of cooling same are provided. The temperature-controlled cradle may include a base having an outer housing and a cooling unit disposed within the outer housing, and a bassinet coupled to the base. The cooling unit may include a cooling plate having a first side configured to chill an interior portion of the bassinet, at least one thermoelectric cooling module coupled to a second side of the cooling plate, and a heat dissipation device configured to dissipate heat from the at least one thermoelectric cooling module.
Claims19
A temperature-controlled cradle comprising:
- a base comprising an outer housing and a cooling unit disposed within the outer housing;
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- a bassinet coupled to the base;
- wherein the cooling unit comprises a cooling plate having a first side configured to chill an interior portion of the bassinet;
- at least one thermoelectric cooling module coupled in contact with a second side of the cooling plate;
- and a heat dissipation device configured to dissipate heat from the at least one thermoelectric cooling module;
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- wherein a bottom portion of the bassinet is open, and the cooling plate is co-planar with the bottom portion of the bassinet.
A method of cooling a temperature-controlled cradle, the method comprising:
- applying a DC voltage to at least one thermoelectric cooling module having a first side coupled in contact with a cooling plate disposed within a bassinet of the temperature- controlled cradle;
- transferring heat from the first side of the at least one thermoelectric cooling module to a second side of the at least one thermoelectric cooling module;
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- dissipating heat from the second side of the at least one thermoelectric cooling module;
- wherein a bottom portion of the bassinet is open, and the cooling plate is co- planar with the bottom portion of the bassinet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.