US 11,867,464 B2
Temperature-controlled portable cooling units
Fong Li Chou, Bellevue, WA (US); Philip A. Eckhoff, Kirkland, WA (US); Lawrence Morgan Fowler, Kirkland, WA (US); Shieng Liu, Bellevue, WA (US); Peter K. Maier-Laxhuber, Pfaffenhofen (DE); Nels R. Peterson, Bellevue, WA (US); Ralf W. Schmidt, Freising (DE); Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, WA (US); Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US); Reiner M. Wörz, Reichertshausen (DE); and David J. Yager, Carnation, WA (US)
Assigned to Tokitae LLC, Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by Tokitae LLC, Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/412,081.
Application 17/412,081 is a continuation of application No. 14/885,043, filed on Oct. 16, 2015, granted, now 11,105,556.
Application 14/885,043 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/853,277, filed on Mar. 29, 2013, granted, now 9,170,053, issued on Oct. 27, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0381772 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. F28C 3/08 (2006.01); B23P 15/26 (2006.01); F25B 17/08 (2006.01); F25B 49/04 (2006.01); F25D 31/00 (2006.01); B65D 81/38 (2006.01)
CPC F28C 3/08 (2013.01) [B23P 15/26 (2013.01); B65D 81/38 (2013.01); F25B 17/08 (2013.01); F25B 49/046 (2013.01); F25D 31/006 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A recharging device for a portable container including an integral controlled evaporative cooling system, comprising:
a frame of a size and shape to removably secure a portable container including an integral controlled evaporative cooling system, wherein the portable container including an integral controlled evaporative cooling system is held in an inverted position;
at least one heating element within the recharging device and positioned adjacent to the exterior of the portable container including an integral controlled evaporative cooling system;
at least one fan affixed to the frame of the recharging device, the fan oriented to direct air against an internal surface of the portable container including an integral controlled evaporative cooling system; and
a controller operably connected to the at least one heating element and the at least one fan, the controller capable of sending control signals to both the least one heating element and the at least one fan.