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Granted Patent B2
US 12,239,932 · App. 17/501,663 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Bernoulli air processing system

Inventors: Luciano Castillo (Carmel, IN); Ali Doosttalab (West Lafayette, IN); Carsten Westergaard (Houston, TX); Victor Castano (Queretaro, MX); Ernest Rowland Blatchley, III (West Lafayette, IN); Rita Appiah (West Lafayette, IN); Helber Antonio Esquivel-Puentes (West Lafayette, IN); Abigayle Moser (Ames, IA); Jhon Jairo Quinones Cortes (The Hague, NL); Richard M. Voyles (West Lafayette, IN); Haoguang Yang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
B01D46/0045A61L9/20B01D46/0028B01D46/0049B01D46/24B01D46/46B01D46/58B01D46/62G05D1/0011G05D1/0088A61L2209/14B01D2273/30B01D2279/65
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Patent No.
US 12,239,932
App. No.
17/501,663
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An air processing system is disclosed. The system includes a mobile robot, and the robot includes an intake module, the module includes a manifold, a first airfoil disposed on the manifold and configured to allow air of an area designed to have its air cleaned to enter the manifold, a second airfoil disposed one the manifold opposite the first airfoil configured to allow air from the area to enter the manifold, and a collector provided in between the first airfoil and the second airfoil and disposed on the manifold configured to receive air from the manifold and thus filter the air, and the system further includes a controller configured to provide one of remote control and autonomous control of the mobile robot.

Claims (34)

1. An air intake module, comprising:

a manifold;

a first airfoil disposed on the manifold and configured to allow air of an area designed to have its air cleaned to enter the manifold;

a second airfoil disposed on the manifold opposite the first airfoil configured to allow air from the area to enter the manifold; and

a collector provided in between the first airfoil and the second airfoil and disposed on the manifold configured to receive air from the manifold and thus filter the air.

2. The air intake module of claim 1 , the first airfoil is coupled to a first actuator, configured to be articulated about a first axis.

3. The air intake module of claim 2 , the second airfoil is coupled to a second actuator, configured to be articulated about a second axis.

4. The air intake module of claim 1 , the first airfoil includes a smooth surface.

5. The air intake module of claim 1 , the first airfoil includes a perforated surface configured to improve air flow into the manifold.

6. The air intake module of claim 1 , the second airfoil includes a smooth surface.

7. The air intake module of claim 1 , the second airfoil includes a perforated surface configured to improve air flow into the manifold.

8. The air intake module of claim 1 , wherein the collector has a cylindrical cross section, and wherein the collector includes a perforated surface to improve air movement therein.

9. The air intake module of claim 1 , wherein the collector has an airfoil cross section configured to improve air movement.

10. The air intake module of claim 1 , the first airfoil includes a perforated surface configured to improve air flow into the manifold, and the perforated surface of the first airfoil includes a first filter; the second airfoil includes a perforated surface configured to improve air flow into the manifold and the perforated surface of the second airfoil includes a second filter; and the collector includes a perforated surface to improve air movement therein and the perforated surface of the collector includes a third filter.

11. An air processing system, comprising:

a mobile robot comprising an intake module, the intake module comprising:

a manifold;

a first airfoil disposed on the manifold configured to allow air of an area designed to have its air cleaned to enter the manifold;

a second airfoil disposed on the manifold opposite the first airfoil configured to allow air of the area to enter the manifold; and

a collector provided in between the first airfoil and the second airfoil and disposed on the manifold configured to receive air from the manifold and thus filter the air; and

a controller configured to provide one of remote control and autonomous control of the mobile robot.

12. The air processing system of claim 11 , the first airfoil is coupled to a first actuator controlled by the controller, configured to be articulated about a first axis.

13. The air processing system of claim 12 , the second airfoil is coupled to a second actuator controlled by the controller, configured to be articulated about a second axis.

14. The air processing system of claim 11 , the first airfoil includes a smooth surface.

15. The air processing system of claim 11 , the first airfoil includes a perforated surface configured to improve air flow into the manifold.

16. The air processing system of claim 11 , the second airfoil includes a smooth surface.

17. The air processing system of claim 11 , the second airfoil includes a perforated surface configured to improve air flow from the manifold.

18. The air processing system of claim 11 , wherein the collector has a cylindrical cross section and wherein the collector includes a perforated surface to improve air movement therein.

19. The air processing system of claim 11 , wherein the collector has an airfoil cross section configured to improve air movement.

20. The air processing system of claim 11 , wherein the controller is adapted to control one or more of a sonar system and an optical system configured to transmit and receive signals for steering.

21. The air processing system of claim 11 , wherein the mobile robot further includes a fan module for outputting processed air, where the fan module muffles air being output from the mobile robot.

22. The air processing system of claim 11 , wherein the mobile robot further includes a radial filter disposed in the collector adapted to capture particles of predetermined sizes.

23. The air processing system of claim 22 , wherein the mobile robot further includes a UV source included in the collector, adapted to inactivate particles passing through the collector and particles captured in the radial filter.

24. The air processing system of claim 11 , the first airfoil includes a perforated surface configured to improve air flow into the manifold, and the perforated surface of the first airfoil includes a first filter; the second airfoil includes a perforated surface configured to improve air flow into the manifold and the perforated surface of the second airfoil includes a second filter; and the collector includes a perforated surface to improve air movement therein and the perforated surface of the collector includes a third filter.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2025
From: CASTILLO, LUCIANO; DOOSTTALAB, ALI; WESTERGAARD, CARSTEN; CASTANO, VICTOR; BLATCHLEY, ERNEST ROWLAND; APPIAH, RITA; ESQUIVEL-PUENTES, HELBER ANTONIO; MOSER, ABIGAYLE; YANG, HAOGUANG; VOYLES, RICHARD M.; QUINONES CORTES, JHON JAIRO
To: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63091860 · Oct 14, 2020
Related Publication 20220111323A1 · Apr 14, 2022
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