Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Body position and pressure control apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 车身位置和压力控制装置
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Application No.: US13203788Application Date: 2010-12-20
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Publication No.: US08539627B2Publication Date: 2013-09-24
- Inventor: Masaki Terawaki , Takeaki Yoshikawa , Hiroaki Ito
- Applicant: Masaki Terawaki , Takeaki Yoshikawa , Hiroaki Ito
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi-Ken
- Assignee: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi-Ken
- Agency: Greenblum & Bernstein P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2010-015504 20100127
- International Application: PCT/JP2010/072921 WO 20101220
- International Announcement: WO2011/092970 WO 20110804
- Main IPC: A61G7/10
- IPC: A61G7/10

Abstract:
A body position and pressure control apparatus is provided capable of highly accurately detecting body pressure distribution without causing a sense of discomfort for a sleeper, changing body positions, and distributing body pressure. The body position and pressure control apparatus has a mattress provided with a plurality of divided portions and supporting a sleeper, an elastomer sensor, and a body pressure adjuster controlling each of the divided portions based on an instruction from the elastomer sensor and thereby changing the body pressure distribution of the sleeper. The elastomer sensor has a sheet sensor main body and a calculator, the sensor main body having an elastomer sensor thin film, a plurality of electrodes, and a plurality of detectors corresponding to the divided portions provided between the electrodes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110308019A1 BODY POSITION AND PRESSURE CONTROL APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-12-22
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