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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2022
Black & Decker, Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Tylan A. Tschopp, Baltimore, MD (US);
Lauren Lynch Clayton, Baltimore, MD (US);
Ashok Samuel Baskar, Glen Arm, MD (US);
Christopher Lee Garbutt, Middlesbrough, GB;
Zara Elizabeth Jones, Marriottsville, MD (US);
Yen Lim Lee, Penang, MY;
Jianquan Li, Foshan, CN;
Liangxiong Huang, Xingning, CN;
Yunfei Zhong, Foshan, CN;
Yamin Jiang, Daye, CN;
BLACK & DECKER, INC., New Britain, CT (US);
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.