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US 11,690,482 B1Granted
Power boost mode for a blender
AssigneeBlendJet Inc.
InventorRyan Michael Pamplin
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Abstract
A blender using different power modes is disclosed. Exemplary implementations may include a base assembly, a container assembly, an electrical motor, a blending component, a control interface, control circuitry, and/or other components. The control circuitry may be configured to make different types of detections related to the availability and/or usage of electrical power, and may control the electrical motor using at least two different power modes of operation, thus providing different amounts of power to the electrical motor in different power modes of operation.
Claims18
A blender configured to blend foodstuffs using different power modes, the blender comprising:
- a base assembly, a container assembly, a blending component, a control interface, and control circuitry,
- wherein the blending component is configured to rotate around a rotational axis and blend the foodstuffs during blending by the blender,
- wherein the base assembly includes:
- an electrical motor configured to drive rotation of the blending component;
- a rechargeable battery configured to power the electrical motor;
- and
- one or more charging interfaces configured to conduct electrical power to one or both of the rechargeable battery and the electrical motor;
- wherein the container assembly is configured to hold the foodstuffs within a container body during blending by the blender;
- wherein the control interface is configured to control operation of the blender upon usage of the control interface by a user;
- wherein the control circuitry is configured to:
- make a first type of detections regarding the usage of the control interface by the user;
- make a second type of detections regarding availability of power from the rechargeable battery;
- make a third type of detections regarding usage of the one or more charging interfaces to conduct the electrical power to one or both of the rechargeable battery and the electrical motor;
- control, based on one or more detections of the first, second, and third type of detections, the electrical motor during the rotation of the blending component using at least two different power modes of operation, including a first power mode of operation and a second power mode of operation, wherein:
- (i) during the first power mode of operation, a first amount of electrical power is provided by the rechargeable battery to the electrical motor such that the blending component is configured to rotate at a first rotational speed, wherein the first rotational speed is limited in the first power mode of operation by a first rotational speed limit,
- (ii) during the second power mode of operation, a second amount of electrical power is provided to the electrical motor, wherein the second amount of electrical power is provided conjointly by the rechargeable battery and through at least one of the one or more charging interfaces such that the blending component is configured to rotate at a second rotational speed, wherein the second rotational speed is limited in the second power mode of operation by a second rotational speed limit, wherein the second amount of electrical power is greater than the first amount of electrical power, and wherein the second rotational speed limit is greater than the first rotational speed limit.
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A method for controlling operation of a blender to blend foodstuffs using different power modes, wherein the blender includes a control interface, a rechargeable battery, one or more charging interfaces, an electrical motor, and a blending component, the method comprising:
- making a first type of detections regarding usage of the control interface by a user;
- making a second type of detections regarding availability of power from the rechargeable battery;
- making a third type of detections regarding usage of the one or more charging interfaces to conduct electrical power to one or both of the rechargeable battery and the electrical motor;
- and
- controlling, based on one or more detections of the first, second, and third type of detections, the electrical motor during rotation of the blending component using at least two different power modes of operation, including a first power mode of operation and a second power mode of operation, wherein:
- (i) during the first power mode of operation, a first amount of electrical power is provided by the rechargeable battery to the electrical motor such that the blending component is configured to rotate at a first rotational speed, wherein the first rotational speed is limited in the first power mode of operation by a first rotational speed limit, wherein, in the first power mode of operation, the electrical motor is powered only by the rechargeable battery, and wherein
- (ii) during the second power mode of operation, a second amount of electrical power is provided to the electrical motor, wherein the second amount of electrical power is provided conjointly by the rechargeable battery and through at least one of the one or more charging interfaces such that the blending component is configured to rotate at a second rotational speed, wherein the second rotational speed is limited in the second power mode of operation by a second rotational speed limit, wherein the second amount of electrical power is greater than the first amount of electrical power, and wherein the second rotational speed limit is greater than the first rotational speed limit.
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