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

Claim 0:
1. An actively heated or cooled drinkware container, comprising:
a vessel having a chamber configured to receive a liquid;
a heating or cooling module, comprising:
a first heating or cooling element operable to heat or cool one portion of the chamber,
a second heating or cooling element operable to heat or cool another portion of the chamber, the second heating element spaced from the first heating element; 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.