US 11,927,382 B2
Portable cooler with active temperature control
Clayton Alexander, Westlake Village, CA (US); Daren John Leith, Agoura Hills, CA (US); Mikko Juhani Timperi, San Marcos, CA (US); Christopher Thomas Wakeham, Solana Beach, CA (US); Jacob William Emmert, Westchester, CA (US); Joseph Lyle Koch, Anaheim, CA (US); Frank Victor Baumann, San Diego, CA (US); Clifton Texas Lin, San Diego, CA (US); Farzam Roknaldin, Coto De Caza, CA (US); and Mark Channing Stabb, Solana Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to Ember Technologies, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (US)
Filed by Ember Technologies, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/305,551.
Application 17/305,551 is a continuation of application No. 16/889,005, filed on Jun. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,067,327.
Application 16/889,005 is a continuation of application No. 16/389,483, filed on Apr. 19, 2019, granted, now 10,670,323, issued on Jun. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/694,584, filed on Jul. 6, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/673,596, filed on May 18, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/660,013, filed on Apr. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0333035 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F25D 11/00 (2006.01); F25B 21/04 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 11/003 (2013.01) [F25B 21/04 (2013.01); F25B 2321/0212 (2013.01); F25B 2321/0251 (2013.01); F25D 2400/361 (2013.01); F25D 2400/40 (2013.01); F25D 2700/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable cooler container with active temperature control, comprising:
a double-walled insulated container body having a chamber configured to receive and hold one or more temperature sensitive products;
a temperature control system of the container body, electronics of which are at least partially disposed between an outer wall of the container body and an inner wall of the container body that defines at least a portion of the chamber, comprising
one or more thermoelectric elements in thermal communication with the chamber and configured to actively heat or cool said at least a portion of the chamber, and
circuitry configured to control an operation of the one or more thermoelectric elements to heat or cool at least a portion of the chamber to a predetermined temperature or temperature range, the circuitry further configured to wirelessly communicate with a cloud-based data storage system or a remote electronic device; and
an electronic display screen configured to display shipping address information for the portable cooler container.