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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2023
Sleep Number Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);
John Saycocie, Champlin, MN (US);
Reuben Wesley Meline, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Bruce William Gaunt, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Cory Lee Grabinger, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Wade Daniel Palashewski, Andover, MN (US);
Nick Reynolds, Farmington, MN (US);
Abstract
A method and bed system for controlling a mattress climate-control system based on a thermal event. The bed system includes a mattress, a mattress climate-control system, a mechanical thermal detector, and a controller. The mattress climate-control system controls a climate at the mattress. The mechanical thermal detector is positioned at the mattress. A condition of the mechanical thermal detector changes in response to a thermal event at the mattress. The controller is connected to the mattress climate-control system. The controller perform operations including detecting the condition of the mechanical thermal detector and operating the mattress climate-control system based on the condition of the mechanical thermal detector.