Back to results
US 9,936,763 B2Granted
Methods and apparatus for human motion controlled wearable refrigeration
AssigneeUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac
InventorsFabio Semperlotti, Mihir Sen
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A wearable, portable, self-contained refrigeration/cooling garment may effectively convert the energy of human movement into heat flux. The heat flux can then used to actively control the temperature of the human body or of part of it. In one example of the present disclosure, the garment is a type of footwear powered by the wearer's ambulation.
Claims13
A refrigeration generating footwear comprising:
- a midsole;
- and
- a refrigeration device coupled to the midsole, the refrigeration device comprising:
- a compressible first chamber;
- a compressible second chamber, separate from the first chamber;
- and
- a porous sponge fluidly coupled between the first chamber and the second chamber,
- wherein the first chamber, the second chamber, and the porous sponge form a closed system configured to maintain a fluid,
- wherein ambulatory movement of a wearer of the refrigeration generating footwear causes the fluid to traverse between the first chamber and the second chamber to create a heat flux between the first chamber and the second chamber, and
- wherein the heat flux is configured to be utilized by the wearer to at least one of cool or heat at least a portion of the wearer.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.