Abstract:
The present invention provides an electronic charging cup assembly, including an electronic charging cup and charging cup holder. The electronic charging cup is provided with an embedded cell module and a button set, so that the cell module supplies sufficient power to the linear conducting strip covering the cup core. Since the cell module is a rechargeable cell structure, it is only required to place the electronic charging cup into the charging cup holder in the event of electric exhaustion of cell module, thereby achieving the purpose of additional power supply with improved applicability.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED U.S. APPLICATIONS 
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates generally to a charging cup, and more particularly to an innovative electronic charging cup assembly. 
     2. Description of Related Art 
     Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 37 CFR 1.98. 
     The people may drink hot beverages in the everyday life, but the temperature of exposed beverages may decline gradually, making it difficult to drink in such a case. For this reason, vacuum cups are often applied to maintain the temperature of hot beverages. 
     However, the vacuum cups currently available are just used for postponing the temperature decline of hot liquid, not for reheating. Hence, a longer period of placement in open air will lead to gradual elimination of heat. 
     Thus, to overcome the aforementioned problems of the prior art, it would be an advancement in the art to provide an improved structure that can significantly improve efficacy. 
     Therefore, the inventor has provided the present invention of practicability after deliberate design and evaluation based on years of experience in the production, development and design of related products. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The unique electronic charging cup assembly of the present invention is intended to reheat liquid in the core of the cup. A button is pressed to activate the cell module in the electronic charging cup assembly to transfer and supply a heat source to the linear conducting strip, reheating the liquid in the core of the cup. As the cell module is an embedded structure, the electronic charging cup assembly could be placed anywhere and heated without external devices. 
     Since the cell module of the present invention is a rechargeable cell, it is only required to place the electronic charging cup assembly into the cup container and to supply power to the cell module via a power supply seat in the event of electric exhaustion of the cell module. Moreover, a USB socket on the power supply seat allows a USB connecting line to insert into a host computer or to connect with a power connector so that the power supply end can be inserted for continuous feeding of the power supply seat. 
     Although the invention has been explained in relation to its preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that many other possible modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  shows an exploded perspective view of the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  shows the first partial perspective view of the present invention. 
         FIG. 3  shows the second partial perspective view of the present invention. 
         FIG. 4  shows the third partial perspective view of the present invention. 
         FIG. 5  shows the fourth partial perspective view of the present invention. 
         FIG. 6  shows the first assembled perspective view of the present invention 
         FIG. 7  shows the second assembled perspective view of the present invention. 
         FIG. 8  shows the first assembled sectional view of the present invention. 
         FIG. 9  shows a partially enlarged perspective view of part B of the present invention. 
         FIG. 10  shows the second assembled sectional view of the present invention. 
         FIG. 11  shows a partial assembled schematic view and perspective view of the application of the USB socket element of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     The features and the advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood upon a thoughtful deliberation of the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. 
       FIGS. 1-11  depict preferred embodiments of the electronic charging cup assembly of the present invention. The embodiments are provided only for explanatory purposes with respect to the patent claims. 
     The electronic charging cup assembly A comprises an electronic charging cup  1  and a charging cup holder  2 . 
     The electronic charging cup  1  comprises a cup core  10  with a top provided with a mating portion  11  and a bottom provided with a snapping portion  12 . There is a cup lid  13 , which is assembled onto the mating portion  11  of the cup core  10 . The cup lid  13  is also provided with an outlet  131 , which is adapted with a cup lid buckle  14 . A linear conducting strip  15  externally covers the cup core  10 . A cup body  16  is provided with an inner space  161  for accommodating the cup core  10 . A button mating portion  17  is arranged at preset location on the perimeter of the cup body  16 , and a snap mating portion  162  is placed on top of the cup body  16 . A button set  18  is assembled onto button mating portion  17  on the perimeter of the cup body  16 . A buckle set  19  is assembled onto snap mating portion  162  on top of the cup body  16 . A lower cup body  20  is assembled at lower part of the cup body  16 . A cell mating portion  21  is arranged at bottom of the lower cup body  20 . A conductive mating portion  211  is laterally arranged onto the cell mating portion  21 , while a positioning hole  24  is placed at bottom of the cell mating portion  21  and connected with a locator  25 . Thus, the snapping portion  12  at the bottom of the cup core  10  is assembled with the locator  25  for positioning purposes. Moreover, a snapping portion  22  is arranged around the bottom of the lower cup body  20 . 
     The electronic charge cup  1  also includes a cell module  23 , such as a rechargeable cell structure, assembled onto the cell mating portion  21  of the lower cup body  20 . A base  26  is assembled at a lower part of the lower cup body  20  for covering and positioning the cell module  23 . A locking portion  27  is placed on the top of the base  26 , so that the snapping portion  22  of the lower cup body  20  is adapted to mate with the locking portion  27 . Moreover, a coupling portion  261  is arranged at bottom of the perimeter of the base  26 . A conductive module  28  is provided with a locating portion  29  and wire punch hole  30 , while being positioned at a bottom of the base  26  when the locator  31  penetrates through the locating portion  29 . A limiting board  32  is assembled at a lower part of the base  26  and is provided with two punch holes  33  as well as positioning portions  321  around the board, allowing mating with coupling portion  261  of the base  26  via locator  40 . 
     The charging cup holder  2  comprises a cup container  38 , fitted with a limiting flange  381  and locating column  382 . An adapting board  34  is assembled onto the limiting flange  381  of the cup container  38 . The adapting board  34  is provided with two punch holes  35 . A limit component  36  is assembled at lower part of the adapting board  34 , being composed of a lug seat  361  and an elastic part  362  at lower part of the lug seat  361 . The lug seat  361  penetrates through two punch holes  35  on the adapting board  34 , while the elastic part  362  could be sleeved onto the locating column  382  of the cup container  38 . A power supply seat  39  is assembled at a lower part of the cup container  38 . Male, female coupling portions  383 ,  391  are provided between the cup container  38  and power supply seat  39 , and fixed via locator  44 . 
     The power supply seat  39  is composed of an upper cover  392  and a lower cover  393 . An integrated circuit (IC) controller  43  is arranged at an inner surface of the upper cover  392 , and timer  431  and USB socket  42  are arranged at an external surface. 
     Based upon above-specified structures, the present invention is operated as follows: 
     Referring to  FIGS. 2-10 , when it is intended to reheat the liquid in the cup core  10 , the button set  18  on the perimeter of the cup body  16  is pressed by the user to activate the assembly. The button set  18  is electrically connected with the linear conducting strip  15  covered onto the cup core  10 . In such a case, the cell module  23  heats the liquid by transferring heat between electric wires  45 ,  46 , enabling conductive heating of the linear conducting strip  15  and, subsequently, reheating the liquid in the cup core  10 . 
     Furthermore, since the cell module  23  in the lower cup body  20  is a rechargeable cell structure, it is only required to place the electronic charging cup  1  into the charging cup holder  2  in the event of electric exhaustion of cell module  23 . The punch hole  33  of limiting board  32  under the base  26  of electronic charging cup  1  must be adapted to mate with lug seat  361  on the adapting board  34  assembled in the cup container  38 . Thus, the lug seat  361  contacts the conductive module  28 . The wire punch hole  30  at one end of the conductive module  28  penetrates by the electric wire  47  and then connects with the conductive mating portion  211  at one side of the cell mating portion  21 . Thus, the power supply to the cell module  23  through the power supply seat  39  is enabled. Since a USB socket  42  at one side of the power supply seat  39  allows USB connecting line  50  to insert into the host computer or to connect with a power connector  51  (shown in  FIG. 11 ), the power supply end is inserted for continuous feeding of the power supply.