Patent ID: 9604562
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B60N

Claim:
1. A heating and cooling cup holder, comprising: a holder body having a top opened to receive a beverage container and shaped to at least partially enclose the beverage container, and a blowing hole formed at a side of the holder body through which air flows into the holder body; a heat exchanger including an inner surface mounted at the blowing hole and an inlet formed at one side of the heat exchanger, wherein air flowing into the inlet is heat-exchanged and discharged through the blowing hole into the holder body; a Peltier element including a front surface coupled to an outer surface of the heat exchanger; a heat pipe including a first end portion having a front surface coupled to a rear surface of the Peltier element, and a second end portion extending away from the Peltier element in a side direction of the Peltier element; and a radiating module coupled to a rear surface of the first end portion of the heat pipe; and a radiating fan arranged at a rear of the radiating module away from the heat pipe, wherein the heat exchanger has a front coupled to an outer side of the holder body so as to cover the blowing hole, an inlet formed at one side of the heat exchanger, and a heat transferring pin formed in the heat exchanger to allow air passing through the inlet to be heat-exchanged by the heat transferring pin and then discharged into the holder body through the blowing hole.