HEATED OR COOLED PORTABLE DRINKWARE
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Abstract
An actively heated or cooled portable container has a body with a chamber that receives and holds a liquid, and one or more heating or cooling elements in thermal communication with at least a portion of the chamber. An outer surface of the body has one or more electrical contacts. A module is removably coupled to a portion of the body. The module has one or more electrical contacts on an outer surface of the module that contact the one or more electrical contacts on the outer surface of the body, control circuitry, and one or more power storage elements that provide power to the control circuitry and/or the one or more heating or cooling elements. The control circuitry wirelessly communicates with a mobile electronic device to wirelessly transmit information to the mobile electronic device associated with the operation of the module and/or wirelessly receive instructions from a user via the mobile electronic device.
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Citations
21 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. An actively heated or cooled drinkware container system, comprising:
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a body having a chamber configured to receive and hold a liquid, one or more heating or cooling elements disposed in the body and in thermal communication with at least a portion of the chamber, a distal outer surface of the body having one or more electrical contacts; a module removably coupleable to a bottom portion of the body to thereby contact at least a portion of the body and provide an electrical connection with the body when the body is placed on the module, the module comprising one or more electrical contacts on a proximal outer surface of the module configured to provide an electrical connection with the one or more electrical contacts of the body when the body is placed on the module, and one or more power storage elements; one or more magnets in one or both of the module and the body that magnetically couple the module and the body, allowing the module and body to be mobile as one unit; and control circuitry operable to control the operation of the one or more heating or cooling elements to control an amount of energy supplied to the liquid in the chamber to maintain or increase the temperature of the liquid to a user selected temperature setpoint. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An actively heated or cooled drinkware container system, comprising:
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a body having a chamber configured to receive and hold a liquid, one or more heating or cooling elements disposed in the body and in thermal communication with at least a portion of the chamber, and one or more sensors operable to sense one or more parameters of the liquid in the chamber; a module removably coupleable to a bottom portion of the body to thereby contact at least a portion of the body, the module comprising one or more power storage elements and configured to provide power from the one or power storage elements to the one or more heating or cooling elements when the body is placed on the module; one or more magnets in one or both of the module and the body couple the module and the body, allowing the module and body to be mobile as one unit; and control circuitry operable to control the operation of the one or more heating or cooling elements to control an amount of energy supplied to the liquid in the chamber to maintain or increase the temperature of the liquid to a user selected temperature setpoint. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An actively heated or cooled drinkware container system, comprising:
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a body having a chamber configured to receive and hold a liquid, one or more heating or cooling elements disposed in the body and in thermal communication with at least a portion of the chamber, and one or more sensors operable to sense one or more parameters of the liquid in the chamber; a module removably coupleable to a bottom portion of the body to thereby contact at least a portion of the body, the module comprising one or more power storage elements and configured to provide power from the one or power storage elements to the one or more heating or cooling elements when the body is placed on the module; and control circuitry operable to control the operation of the one or more heating or cooling elements to control an amount of energy supplied to the liquid in the chamber to maintain or increase the temperature of the liquid to a user selected temperature setpoint. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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Specification