Patent ID: 11950726
Assignee: EMBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  F | IPC A  F

Claim 15:
16. An actively heated or cooled drinkware container, comprising:
a vessel having a chamber configured to receive a liquid, the vessel including an upper vessel and a lower vessel removably coupleable to the upper vessel to define the chamber;
a heating or cooling module disposed in the lower vessel, comprising:
a first heating or cooling element operable to heat a portion of a bottom of the chamber,
a second heating or cooling element operable to heat a portion of a side of the chamber, the second heating or cooling element spaced from the first heating or cooling element,
one or more sensors operable to sense one or more of: a presence of liquid in the chamber, a level of the liquid in the chamber, a type of liquid in the chamber and a temperature of the liquid in the chamber; and

a plurality of ring shaped electrical contacts on a base of the vessel, wherein power to the first and second heating elements is provided via at least two of the electrical contacts and wherein data collected by one or more sensors in the vessel is transmitted via at least one of the electrical contacts,
wherein operation of the first heating or cooling element and the second heating or cooling element is configured to generate a circulation current in a volume of liquid in the chamber that mixes the liquid in the chamber to thereby inhibit a temperature stratification of the liquid in the volume of liquid in the chamber.