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US 10,119,755 B2Granted
Portable temperature regulation devices using heat transfer devices
AssigneeMagni-Power Company
InventorsWilliam H. Scofield, Bala Venkataraman
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Abstract
A temperature regulator may include a housing extending longitudinally from a first, open end to a second, closed end. The housing may include an outer wall, an inner wall disposed radially inward from the outer wall, and an insulating medium disposed between the outer wall and the inner wall, wherein the insulating medium is a vacuum-sealed chamber having air substantially removed therefrom.
Claims20
A temperature-regulating container, comprising:
- a housing extending from a first, open end to a second, closed end, the housing including:
- an outer wall,
- an inner wall disposed radially inward from the outer wall, and
- an insulating medium disposed between the outer wall and the inner wall;
- a resilient member extending around at least a portion of the inner wall and extending inward from the inner wall, the resilient member coupled to the inner wall at a first end disposed closer to the first end of the housing than the second end of the housing, the resilient member extending from the first end toward a second end disposed closer to the second end of the housing than to the first end of the housing, the resilient member having a configuration that includes one or more peaks and valleys, the one or more peaks being configured to contact an outer surface of at least a first container or a second container disposed within the temperature-regulating container, the one or more valleys contacting the inner wall of the housing, wherein:
- the resilient member compresses by a first distance when the first container having a first diameter is inserted into the temperature-regulating container;
- the resilient member compresses by a second distance when the second container having a second diameter greater than the first diameter is inserted into the temperature-regulating container, wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance;
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- the resilient member applies a spring force radially inward when either the first container or the second container is inserted into the temperature-regulating container to secure the first container or second container within the temperature-regulating container;
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- a heat transfer device configured to direct heat from the inner wall toward the outer wall.
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A temperature-regulating container, comprising:
- a housing having an outer wall forming an outermost and continuous circumference of the container, an inner wall disposed radially inward from the outer wall, an insulating medium disposed between the outer wall and the inner wall, and an opening;
- one or more heat transfer devices configured to direct heat from the inner wall toward the outer wall;
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- one or more heat exchange elements disposed between the one or more heat transfer devices, and the inner wall or the outer wall.
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A temperature-regulating container, comprising:
- a housing having an outer wall, an inner wall disposed radially inward from the outer wall, an insulating medium disposed between the outer wall and the inner wall, and an opening;
- one or more thermoelectric devices configured to transfer heat from the inner wall to the outer wall;
- a controller;
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- one or more temperature sensors coupled to the controller and configured to measure a temperature of the outer wall, wherein the controller receives input from the one or more temperature sensors to determine a temperature of outer wall or a rate of change of the temperature of outer wall, and controls the one or more thermoelectric devices based on the determined temperature or determined rate of change of temperature;
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- a compressible resilient member extending radially inward from the inner wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.