Ultra-stretchable electrical and heat conductive arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11919207-B2
Application number	US-201916519904-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 23, 2019
Priority date	May 31, 2015
Publication date	Mar 5, 2024
Grant date	Mar 5, 2024

Abstract

A wearable accessory capable of communicating data to actuators or from sensors is disclosed. The wearable accessory includes a conductor wire disposed in a moldable medium according to a predetermined pattern, the moldable medium being an electrically insulating material, the conductor wire terminating at an input and an output.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wearable heat transfer accessory, comprising:
a tubular member disposed in a moldable medium according to a predetermined pattern, the moldable medium having a thermal conductivity coefficient suitable for exchanging heating to or from a subject's body, the tubular member terminating at an inlet and an outlet; and
a passive mechanism capable of heating a fluid if the fluid is introduced at the inlet and flows from the inlet to the outlet, where in the passive mechanism is a thermal reaction occurring in the fluid that can heat or cool the fluid.

2. The wearable heat transfer accessory of claim 1 , the predetermined pattern is a zigzag pattern.

3. The wearable heat transfer accessory of claim 1 , the moldable medium is an elastomer embedded with heat transferring filler.

4. The wearable heat transfer accessory of claim 1 , the moldable medium is rubber embedded with heat transferring filler.

5. The wearable heat transfer accessory of claim 1 , the tubular member is configured to deform from the predetermined pattern as the moldable medium stretches and contracts when placed on a subject's body.

Assignees

• Purdue Research Foundation

Inventors

• Ziaie Babak
• Rahimi Rahim

Classifications

• B29C39/10 Primary

  incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. casting around inserts or for coating articles {(coating a surface by casting in general B05D1/30, B29C39/126 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• A41D1/005 Primary

  with embedded cable or connector · CPC title

• B29C45/14065

  Positioning or centering articles in the mould · CPC title

• B29C70/682

  Preformed parts characterised by their structure, e.g. form · CPC title

• B29C70/82

  Forcing wires, nets or the like partially or completely into the surface of an article, e.g. by cutting and pressing · CPC title