US 2022/0188588 A1Published application

Smart Package for Inductive Heating

AssigneeInductive Intelligence, LLC

InventorsDavid W. Baarman, Gregory L. Clark, Benjamin C. Moes, Joseph Van Den Brink, Toussaint Cruise

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Abstract

A smart package and/or a smart tag may be used for inductive heating. The inductive heating may comprise heating a food product, a beverage product, and/or any other substance. The smart package and/or tag may comprise at least one of: an antenna (e.g., for radio frequency communications), a communication module (e.g., for communicating information relating to inductive heating), and/or an inductive receptor (e.g., for transferring heat to a substance). The inductive receptor may be configured to avoid/minimize contact and/or to avoid/minimize interference with the communication module and/or with the antenna, which may provide various advantages as described herein.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A smart package for heating consumable content, wherein the smart package comprises:

a container for a consumable content;
a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag affixed to the container, wherein the RFID tag comprises:
an antenna;
and
a communication module coupled to the antenna, wherein the communication module comprises at least one temperature sensor and at least one controller;
and
a substrate including one or more inductive receptors, the substrate comprising a void portion in which the RFID tag is located, wherein the one or more inductive receptors are configured to transfer heat from an inductive heating element to the consumable content;
wherein the at least one temperature sensor and the substrate are each engaged with a surface of the container, and wherein the at least one temperature sensor is isolated from and not in direct contact with the substrate, whereby the at least one temperature sensor provides a temperature reading associated with a consumable content without interference from the one or more inductive receptors.

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A smart tag for heating a substance, wherein the smart tag comprises:

an antenna coupled to a first substrate;
a communication module coupled to the antenna, wherein the communication module comprises at least one temperature sensor and at least one controller;
and
a second substrate coupled to the first substrate, wherein the second substrate comprises:
a void portion such that the antenna and the communication module do not contact the second substrate;
and
an inductive receptor, wherein the inductive receptor is configured to transfer heat from an inductive heating element;
and
wherein the at least one temperature sensor and the second substrate are configured for engagement with a surface of a container, and wherein the at least one temperature sensor is disposed within the void portion of the second substrate and isolated from and not in direct contact with the second substrate, whereby the at least one temperature sensor provides a temperature reading associated with a consumable content without interference from the inductive receptor.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/122,007Filed 15 Dec 2020
Published: 16 Jun 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

G06K 19/0723
With integrated circuit chips: the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on…
H05B 6/06
Induction heating: control, e.g. of temperature, of power
G06K 19/0717
At least one of the integrated circuit chips comprising a sensor or an interface to a sensor: the sensor being capable of sensing environmental…
G06K 19/07773
The record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card: antenna details