US 10,111,470 B2Granted

Vaporizer apparatus

AssigneeJUUL Labs, Inc.

InventorsJames Monsees, Adam Bowen, Steven Christensen, Joshua Morenstein, Christopher Nicholas HibmaCronan

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Abstract

Cartridges for use with a vaporizer device are provided. In some implementations, a cartridge comprises a storage compartment, a mouthpiece, a wicking material, and a heating element. The storage compartment is configured to hold a vaporizable material and has a distal end, a proximal end opposite the distal end, and a compartment side extending between the distal end and the proximal end. The mouthpiece encloses the proximal end of the storage compartment and has a side adjacent to the compartment side. The mouthpiece has a notch extending away from the edge of the mouthpiece toward the end of the mouthpiece, exposing a region of the compartment side. The wicking material is proximate to the storage compartment, disposed to contact the vaporizable material. The heating element is proximate to the storage compartment, is in contact with the wicking material, and is configured to generate an aerosol from the vaporizable material.

Claims24

Dependent claims

A cartridge for use with a vaporizer device, the cartridge comprising:

a storage compartment configured to hold a vaporizable material, the storage compartment having a distal end and a proximal end opposite the distal end, the storage compartment having a compartment side extending between the distal end and the proximal end;
a mouthpiece enclosing the proximal end of the storage compartment, the mouthpiece having a mouthpiece side adjacent to the compartment side, a first end of the mouthpiece terminating in an edge disposed adjacent to a location between the distal end and the proximal end of the storage compartment, the mouthpiece having a notch in the mouthpiece side, the notch extending away from the edge of the mouthpiece toward a second end of the mouthpiece that is opposite the first end of the mouthpiece, wherein the notch exposes a region of the compartment side;
a wicking material proximate to the distal end of the storage compartment, the wicking material disposed to contact the vaporizable material;
and
a heating element proximate to the distal end of the storage compartment, the heating element in contact with the wicking material, the heating element configured to generate an aerosol from the vaporizable material.

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An apparatus comprising:

a cartridge comprising:
a storage compartment configured to hold a vaporizable material, the storage compartment having a distal end and a proximal end opposite the distal end, the storage compartment having a compartment side extending between the distal end and the proximal end;
a mouthpiece enclosing the proximal end of the storage compartment, the mouthpiece having a mouthpiece side adjacent to the compartment side, a first end of the mouthpiece terminating in an edge disposed adjacent to a location between the distal end and the proximal end of the storage compartment, the mouthpiece having a notch in the mouthpiece side, the notch extending away from the edge of the mouthpiece toward a second end of the mouthpiece that is opposite the first end of the mouthpiece, wherein the notch exposes a region of the compartment side;
a wicking material proximate to the distal end of the storage compartment, the wicking material disposed to contact the vaporizable material;
and
a heating element proximate to the distal end of the storage compartment, the heating element in contact with the wicking material, the heating element configured to generate an aerosol from the vaporizable material;
and
a vaporizer device body comprising:
a receptacle configured to insertably receive the cartridge;
and
electrical contacts configured to complete an electrical circuit with the heating element when the cartridge is insertably received within the receptacle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/833,873Filed 6 Dec 2017 · continuation
Priority: 23 Dec 2013
Published: US 2018/0116291 A13 May 2018
Granted: 30 Oct 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification18 codes

H05B 3/04
Details: waterproof or air-tight seals for heaters
A24F 40/42
Constructional details, e.g. connection of cartridges and battery parts: cartridges or containers for inhalable precursors
A61M 11/042
Using heaters: electrical
A61M 15/06
Inhalators: inhaling appliances shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes

Family

Application61/920,225Us provisional application · filed 23 Dec 2013
Application61/936,593Us provisional application · filed 6 Feb 2014
Application61/937,755Us provisional application · filed 10 Feb 2014
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Application62/294,285Us provisional application · filed 11 Feb 2016
Application62/294,281Us provisional application · filed 11 Feb 2016
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Application35/001,170Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 28 Jul 2016
Application15/257,768Parent of this continuation · filed 6 Sep 2016
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