Adaptive smart textiles, method of producing them, and applications thereof
AssigneesThe Regents of the University of California, NanoSD Inc.
InventorsSungho JIN, Calvin GARDNER, Ying ZHONG, Gunwoo KIM, Renkun CHEN, Chulmin CHOI, Yuongjin KIM
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Abstract
Adaptive smart textiles that facilitate reduced energy consumption are described. In one implementation, a dual pane fabric arrangement includes a first pane of fabric and a second pane of fabric separated by an intra-layer gap, and an insert layer disposed in the intra-layer gap, wherein the insert layer causes a thickness of the intra-layer gap to change responsive to changes in ambient temperature.
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An article of manufacture, comprising:
- a dual pane fabric arrangement comprising a first pane of fabric and a second pane of fabric separated by an intra-layer gap;
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- an insert layer disposed in the intra-layer gap, wherein the insert layer causes a thickness of the intra-layer gap to change responsive to changes in ambient temperature.
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A humidity responsive porosity-changeable arrangement, comprising:
- a fabric;
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- a hygroscopic layer attached at a bottom or top of the fabric, the hygroscopic layer having geometrical pores that allow air to flow to and away from the fabric.
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An article of manufacture, comprising:
- a single pane fabric having cut-out portions;
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- an array of bilayer flaps attached onto top or bottom surface of cut-out portions of the single pane in such a way that when the array of bilayer flaps bends upon a temperature change, a corresponding attached fabric portion in contact with each of the flaps also bend upward or downward to alter flow of ambient medium in and out of the fabric plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.