Patents by Inventor Zara Elizabeth JONES

Zara Elizabeth JONES has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240328692
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for a method for controlling the temperature of a surface. In some embodiments, the method includes applying a variable input to a heat pump (e.g., a Peltier) in thermal communication with the surface. The variable input may vary about a voltage and may include a powered period and an unpowered period. In some embodiments, the method includes measuring a temperature of an element in thermal communication with the surface, determining, based on the temperature of the element, whether a temperature of the surface is within a safe temperature range for a user in thermal communication with the surface, in response to determining the surface is not within the safe temperature range, adjusting the voltage of the variable input to the heat pump, and in response to determining the surface is within the safe temperature range, continuing operation of the variable input at the voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Tylan A. TSCHOPP, Lauren Lynch CLAYTON, Ashok Samuel BASKAR, Christopher Lee GARBUTT, Zara Elizabeth JONES, Yen Lim LEE, Jianquan LI, Liangxiong HUANG, Yunfei ZHONG, Yamin JIANG
  • Publication number: 20240328693
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for a method for controlling the temperature of a surface. In some embodiments, the method includes applying a variable input to a heat pump (e.g., a Peltier) in thermal communication with the surface. The variable input may vary about a voltage and may include a powered period and an unpowered period. In some embodiments, the method includes measuring a temperature of an element in thermal communication with the surface, determining, based on the temperature of the element, whether a temperature of the surface is within a safe temperature range for a user in thermal communication with the surface, in response to determining the surface is not within the safe temperature range, adjusting the voltage of the variable input to the heat pump, and in response to determining the surface is within the safe temperature range, continuing operation of the variable input at the voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Tylan A. TSCHOPP, Lauren Lynch CLAYTON, Ashok Samuel BASKAR, Christopher Lee GARBUTT, Zara Elizabeth JONES, Yen Lim LEE, Jianquan LI, Liangxiong HUANG, Yunfei ZHONG, Yamin JIANG
  • Publication number: 20240093927
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for a method for controlling the temperature of a surface. In some embodiments, the method includes applying a variable input to a heat pump (e.g., a Peltier) in thermal communication with the surface. The variable input may vary about a voltage and may include a powered period and an unpowered period. In some embodiments, the method includes measuring a temperature of an element in thermal communication with the surface, determining, based on the temperature of the element, whether a temperature of the surface is within a safe temperature range for a user in thermal communication with the surface, in response to determining the surface is not within the safe temperature range, adjusting the voltage of the variable input to the heat pump, and in response to determining the surface is within the safe temperature range, continuing operation of the variable input at the voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Tylan A. TSCHOPP, Lauren Lynch CLAYTON, Ashok Samuel BASKAR, Christopher Lee GARBUTT, Zara Elizabeth JONES, Yen Lim Lee, Jianquan Li, Liangxiong Huang, Yunfei Zhong, Yamin Jiang