IP Library Granted Patent US 11,202,346
Granted Patent B2
US 11,202,346 · App. 16/206,706 · Granted Dec 14, 2021

Electromagnetic wave reducing heaters and devices and saunas

Inventors: Raleigh Duncan (Berkeley, CA); Andrew Kaps (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: SAUNA WORKS INC.
H05B6/44H05B3/26H05B2203/011H05B2203/013H05B2203/014
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Patent No.
US 11,202,346
App. No.
16/206,706
Granted
Dec 14, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems may include a heater including a plurality of heating elements that may include a first heating element configured to generate heat based on a first current, and a second heating element configured to generate heat based on a second current. Systems may further include an electromagnetic (EM) radiation reducing device configured to cancel electromagnetic emissions from the heater. The EM radiation reducing device may include a first EM radiation reduction element positioned adjacent to a first side of the heater, and a second EM radiation reduction element positioned adjacent to a second side of the heater, where the first and second EM radiation reduction elements have geometries configured based, at least in part, on the heater.

Claims (31)

1. A system comprising:

a heater comprising a plurality of heating elements comprising:

a first heating element configured to generate heat based on a first current;

a second heating element configured to generate heat based on a second current; and

an electromagnetic (EM) radiation reducing device configured to cancel electromagnetic emissions from the heater, the EM radiation reducing device comprising:

a first EM radiation reduction element positioned adjacent to a first side of the heater; and

a second EM radiation reduction element positioned adjacent to a second side of the heater,

wherein the first EM radiation reduction element is configured to have a first geometry curved in a first direction, wherein the second EM radiation reduction element is configured to have a second geometry curved in a second direction, and wherein the first and second EM radiation reduction elements are configured to substantially encapsulate the heater.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first and second EM radiation reduction elements have elliptical curvatures configured to surround, at least in part, the heater.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the heater is a planar heater, and wherein the first heating element and the second heating element are planar heating elements.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the first planar heating element and the second planar heating element are arranged such that their poles are opposite to each other.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the first and second currents are alternating currents.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the EM radiation reducing device further comprises:

a first frame coupled to the first EM radiation reduction element;

a second frame coupled to the second EM radiation reduction element; and

a plurality of couplers configured to couple the first frame to the second frame, and further configured to hold the heater in place.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the EM radiation reducing device is coupled to a circuit ground.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the EM radiation is extremely low frequency (ELF) EM radiation.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the heater is included in a plurality of heaters, wherein the EM radiation reducing device is included in a plurality of EM radiation reducing devices, and wherein the plurality of heaters and the plurality of EM radiation reducing devices are included in a sauna.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the heater is removably coupled to the EM radiation reducing device.

11. A device comprising:

a first EM radiation reduction element positioned adjacent to a first side of a heater;

a second EM radiation reduction element positioned adjacent to a second side of the heater, wherein the first EM radiation reduction element is configured to have a first geometry curved in a first direction, wherein the second EM radiation reduction element is configured to have a second geometry curved in a second direction;

a first frame coupled to the first EM radiation reduction element;

a second frame coupled to the second EM radiation reduction element; and

a plurality of couplers configured to couple the first frame to the second frame, and further configured to be removably coupled with the heater.

12. The device of claim 11 , wherein the first and second EM radiation reduction elements have elliptical curvatures configured to surround, at least in part, the heater.

13. The device of claim 12 , wherein the heater is a planar heater, and wherein the heater includes a first heating element and a second heating element that are planar heating elements.

14. The device of claim 11 , the first EM radiation reduction element and the second EM radiation reduction element are made of a conductive mesh.

15. The device of claim 11 , wherein the first EM radiation reduction element and the second EM radiation reduction element are coupled to a circuit ground.

16. The device of claim 11 , wherein the EM radiation is extremely low frequency (ELF) EM radiation.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2023
From: SAUNA WORKS, INC.
To: CELTIC BANK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064056/0676 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2022
From: SAUNA WORKS, INC.
To: CELTIC BANK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060974/0726 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2019
From: DUNCAN, RALEIGH; KAPS, ANDREW
To: SAUNA WORKS INC. (AKA FAR INFRARED SAUNA TECHNOLOGY CO.)
Reel/Frame 051173/0042 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation In Part 15806262 · Nov 7, 2017
Continuation 13427899 · Mar 23, 2012
Provisional Application 62593183 · Nov 30, 2017
Provisional Application 61467884 · Mar 25, 2011
Related Publication 20190110339A1 · Apr 11, 2019
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