US 11,965,679 B2
Beverage container with active temperature control
Clayton Alexander, Westlake Village, CA (US); Rahul Mulinti, 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); and Rob Lawson-Shanks, Westlake Village, CA (US)
Assigned to Ember Technologies, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (US)
Filed by Ember Technologies, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (US)
Filed on May 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/662,914.
Application 17/662,914 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2020/059689, filed on Nov. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/934,151, filed on Nov. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0268495 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. F25B 21/04 (2006.01); F25B 23/00 (2006.01)
CPC F25B 23/006 (2013.01) [F25B 21/04 (2013.01); F25D 2331/803 (2013.01); F25D 2331/805 (2013.01); F25D 2331/808 (2013.01); F25D 2331/809 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container with active temperature control, comprising:
an insulated vessel body having a chamber configured to receive a beverage therein; and
a cooling or heating unit, comprising
a thermoelectric element having a first side in thermal communication with at least a portion of the chamber,
a module of phase change material at least a portion of which is contained in a housing below the chamber, the phase change material in thermal communication with a second side of the thermoelectric element that is opposite the first side,
a power storage device,
circuitry configured to control an operation of the thermoelectric element, and
a heat spreader disposed in the housing and in thermal communication with the thermoelectric element and with the phase change material,
wherein the cooling or heating unit is operable to decrease or maintain a temperature of at least a portion of the beverage in the chamber by operating the thermoelectric element to draw heat from the chamber and transfer it to the module of phase change material.