Patent SG-11201811083X-A (SG)
Title: Cooled fan for micro-climate control
Inventor: EDWARDS JESSE W
IPC: F24F12/00
Filed: 2017-06-20
Abstract: WO 17 / 22307 4 Al (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 28 December 2017 (28.12.2017) WIP0 I PCT omit VIII Hot o III VIII mo Immo lII ow (10) International Publication Number WO 2017/223074 Al (51) International Patent Classification: F24F 5/00 (2006.01) F24F 12/00 (2006.01) F24F 1/00 (2011.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2017/038314 (22) International Filing Date: 20 June 2017 (20.06.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/352,283 20 June 2016 (20.06.2016) US (71) Applicant: PHONONIC DEVICES, INC. [US/US]; 800 Capitola Drive, Suite 7, Durham, North Carolina 27713 (US). (72) Inventors: EDWARDS, Jesse W.; 3501 W. Stone Dr., Wake Forest, North Carolina 27587 (US). NEWMAN, De- von; 105 Tortoise Lane, Morrisville, North Carolina 27560 (US). MILLER, Erik P.; 4909 Oakwealth Drive, Fuquay Varina, North Carolina 27526 (US). (74) Agent: MACENKO, Marc; 106 Pinedale Springs Way, Cary, North Carolina 27511 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 2 I (3)) (54) Title: COOLED FAN FOR MICRO-CLIMATE CONTROL (57) : A micro-climate control system includes a thermoelectric system integrated with a fan assembly. The thermoelectric system is operable to actively cool or heat air as the air passes through the fan assembly. The thermoelectric system includes a thermoelec- tric heat pump, a heat reject subsystem, and a heat accept subsystem. The fan assembly is operable to draw air from a space to be conditioned and output conditioned air passed through one of the heat reject subsystem and the heat accept subsystem to the space to be conditioned and output air passed through the other away from the space to be conditioned. In this way, the micro-climate control system may provide localized comfort, while allow- ing a larger climate control system to maintain a more efficient temperature set point. In this way, the overall energy consumption may be reduced while providing the same level of effective comfort.