Beverage holder and beverage container
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing beverage holders in vehicles are unable to rapidly heat or cool beverages beyond the temperature limits of 53°C and 4°C for safety reasons, limiting their effectiveness in quickly changing the temperature of beverages.
Innovation Solution
A beverage holder with recognition equipment that differentiates between standard and specially equipped beverage containers, allowing the temperature influencing equipment to operate in a wider range when a container with a device is detected, enabling rapid heating or cooling by using NFC or RFID technology and temperature influencing elements like Peltier elements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If temperature influencing equipment operates within conventional safety limits (53°C and 4°C), then user safety is ensured, but rapid heating or cooling of beverages is not achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically changes the temperature operating parameters based on container type detection. When a thermally conductive container is detected, the system allows operation above 53°C and below 4°C to achieve rapid temperature changes. When a standard container is detected, the system maintains conventional safety limits. This parameter adaptation resolves the contradiction by adjusting temperature range based on actual conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The recognition equipment acts as an intermediary between the beverage container and the temperature influencing equipment. It detects whether a thermally conductive container is present and transmits this information to the control unit, which then adjusts the operating parameters accordingly. This intermediary enables the system to safely operate in extended temperature ranges when appropriate containers are used.
2Productivity
If temperature influencing equipment operates above 53°C or below 4°C, then rapid heating or cooling is achieved, but user safety is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes its operational parameters based on container type. For thermally conductive containers, it permits high-temperature operation (>53°C) and low-temperature operation (<4°C) to achieve rapid cooling or heating. For standard containers, it maintains safe temperature limits. This conditional parameter adjustment enables high productivity when safe.
Solution Approach 2:
The recognition equipment provides feedback about the container type to the control unit, which then adjusts the temperature operating parameters. This feedback loop ensures that the system only operates in extended temperature ranges when the appropriate thermally conductive container is detected, thereby maintaining safety while enabling rapid temperature changes when conditions permit.
3Adaptability or versatility
If recognition equipment is added to differentiate between container types, then extended temperature range operation is enabled, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex mechanical recognition systems with electromagnetic detection methods. The recognition equipment uses electromagnetic fields to detect the presence of thermally conductive materials in the container, which simplifies the overall system architecture while enabling intelligent differentiation between container types.
Solution Approach 2:
The recognition equipment serves as an intelligent intermediary that automatically identifies container types and communicates this information to the control unit. This intermediary layer enables the system to adapt its behavior based on container properties without requiring complex mechanical switches or manual input, thereby managing complexity through modular design.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables faster and more extensive temperature changes for beverages, ensuring user safety by preventing overheating or overcooling, while maintaining conventional temperature ranges for standard containers.
Implementation Method 1
beverage containers usually have surfaces with good thermal conductivity so as to transfer the thermal output of a heating or cooling element to the beverage container and thus to the beverage
Implementation Method 2
A beverage container with a Peltier element is disclosed in, for example, DE 10 2009 049 188 A1. The Peltier element is arranged at the base surface of the beverage holder and serves for cooling or heating a beverage container
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AI summary
A beverage holder for a beverage container having a device adapted to communicate with a detecting unit. In order to achieve a quick cooling or heating of a beverage in the beverage container, a temperature control unit is operated in an extended temperature range once this has been communicated to a control unit by the detecting unit, wherein the control unit is in contact with the detecting unit and the temperature control unit.