Pump and housing configuration for inflating and deflating an air mattress
AssigneeRapid Air LLC
InventorsDavid Delory Driscoll, Jr., John Joseph Riley, Susan Marie Hrobar
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AssigneeRapid Air LLC
InventorsDavid Delory Driscoll, Jr., John Joseph Riley, Susan Marie Hrobar
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Efficient systems and methods for inflating, deflating, or simultaneously inflating and deflating air mattress chambers using various pump and pump housing configurations are provided. Examples of the various pump and pump housing configurations include: boundary-layer pumps having single disk array or multiple disk array layouts, different disk geometries, different pressure recovery chamber geometries, adjustable components for switching between filling and powered dumping operations, and reversible and non-reversible motors; and pump housings having one or more dump channels for manifold-driven powered dumping, multiple sides or stages for pressure and/or flow compounding, various manifold chamber configurations for robust connectivity with air mattresses having multiple chambers, and various valve configurations for flexible control over filling, powered dumping, and simultaneous filling and powered dumping operations. Pump products having pumps and pump housings designed according to the principles described herein are able to satisfy a wide range of different performance and cost requirements.
An air mattress pumping system for inflating and deflating an air mattress, the air mattress having a plurality of chambers, the system comprising:
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