US 11,684,206 B2
Beverage preparation device for vehicle
Etienne Crozier, La Neuveville (CH); Adrien Hoffet, Prilly (CH); Marco Magatti, Lausanne (CH); Damien Romand, La Neuveville (CH); and Jean-Luc Thuliez, Le Landeron (CH)
Assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A., Vevey (CH)
Appl. No. 16/604,070
Filed by SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A., Vevey (CH)
PCT Filed Apr. 9, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/058967
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 9, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/189071, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 18, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 17165966 (EP), filed on Apr. 11, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0154939 A1, May 21, 2020
Int. Cl. A47J 31/52 (2006.01); A47J 31/00 (2006.01); A47J 31/36 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 31/525 (2018.08) [A47J 31/005 (2013.01); A47J 31/3676 (2013.01); A47J 31/521 (2018.08); A47J 31/5253 (2018.08); A47J 31/5255 (2018.08)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for preparing a beverage for a vehicle, the device comprising:
a brewing unit configured for receiving a dose of beverage ingredients;
a pressure pump configured for supplying pressurized liquid to the brewing unit;
an electronic control unit configured for selectively controlling activation of the pressure pump; and
the electronic control unit is configured to control the activation and de-activation of the pressure pump by providing output to the pressure pump in response to input indicative of a determined inclination angle relative to horizontal and/or a detected spatial displacement or acceleration, the input being received from an inclination angle sensor and/or a displacement sensor which is part of and/or foreign to the device;
wherein the device further comprises a receptacle identification member configured to provide receptacle input to the electronic control unit, the receptacle input including a type of receptacle positioned in proximity or connected to a beverage injector of the device;
wherein the receptacle identification member comprises at least one component selected from the group consisting of a magnetic, inductive, optical, opto-electronic, radio-frequency, mechanical, and electrical reader;
wherein the device further comprises at least one receptacle, and the receptacle identification member comprises at least one Hall sensor for sensing the polarity of the receptacle identification member, the at least one Hall sensor comprising at least one magnet radially positioned in the at least one receptacle, the polarity being different from one receptacle to another.