# US 10,117,462 B2 · Personal electronic vaporizer

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- Number: US 10,117,462 B2
- Document ID: US10117462B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/013,500
- Filed: 2016-02-02
- Published: 2016-08-11
- Granted: 2018-11-06
- Earliest claimed: 2015-02-02
- Assignees: Intrepid Brands, LLC.
- Applicants: Intrepid Brands, LLC
- Inventors: David M. Johnson; Charles H. Melander; Michael G. Terry; Curtis R. Berry; Trent Edward Grantz
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10117462B2

## CPC

- A61M 15/06: Inhaling appliances shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes
- A24F 40/46: Shape or structure of electric heating means
- A24F 40/50: Control or monitoring
- A61M 11/042: {electrical}
- A61M 15/002: {with air flow regulating means}
- A61M 15/0021: {Mouthpieces therefor}
- H04R 1/028: {associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics, e.g. electric candles}
- H05B 1/0202: {Switches}
- H05B 3/0014: {Devices wherein the heating current flows through particular resistances}
- A61M 2021/0027: {by the hearing sense}
- A61M 2205/02: characterised by a particular materials
- A61M 2205/127: with provisions for heating or cooling
- A61M 2205/3368: Temperature
- A61M 2205/3569: sublocal, e.g. between console and disposable
- A61M 2205/3592: using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
- A61M 2205/3653: by Joule effect, i.e. electric resistance
- A61M 2205/502: User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
- A61M 2205/581: by audible feedback
- A61M 2205/6018: providing set-up signals for the apparatus configuration
- A61M 2205/6054: Magnetic identification systems
- A61M 2205/75: with filters
- A61M 2205/8206: battery-operated
- A61M 2205/8237: Charging means
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}
- A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06)
- H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K)
- H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL

## Abstract

The disclosure relates to a personal electronic vaporizer configured to receive a selected oven assembly and heat the medium therein in accordance with a heating profile associate with the selected oven assembly. The personal electronic vaporizer may define a pathway entirely surrounded by a material. The material is preferably an inert material such as glass or a material otherwise desirable to channel the vapors emitted by the heated medium to the user. The user may swap or select a different oven assembly associated with a different heating profile. The first oven assembly is thereafter removed from the personal electronic vaporizer and replaced with the newly selected oven assembly. The personal electronic vaporizer may automatically recognize the particular selected oven assembly and heat the substance therein according to a predefined heating profile associate with the oven assembly.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A device comprising:
a mouthpiece assembly defining a mouthpiece channel and including an external portion and an internal portion;
a shell assembly extending between a first end and a second end and defining a shell pocket therein, wherein the shell pocket opens through the first end and is configured to slidably receive the internal portion of the mouthpiece assembly therein;
a first oven assembly including a heating chamber surrounded by a material;
a second oven assembly including a heating chamber surrounded by the material;
a battery compartment assembly removably secured to the second end of the shell assembly; and
an oven mount assembly secured to the battery compartment assembly, wherein the oven mount assembly is configured to selectively receive one of the first oven assembly and the second oven assembly and align the heating chamber of the selected oven assembly with the mouthpiece channel when the battery compartment is secured to the second end of the shell assembly, wherein the oven mount assembly is configured to receive the first oven assembly in a first orientation and thereby electronically couple the first oven assembly to the battery in accordance with a first heating profile, wherein the oven mount assembly is configured to receive the second oven assembly in a second orientation and thereby electronically couple the second oven assembly to the battery in accordance with a second heating profile.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein the material is glass.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein the first oven assembly further includes a heating coil operable to heat the first oven assembly in accordance with the first heating profile, and wherein the second oven assembly further includes a heating coil operable to heat the second oven assembly in accordance with a second heating profile.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The device of claim 3, wherein the oven assembly includes an electrode extending from the heating plate, wherein the oven mount assembly defines a through hole for selectively engaging the electrode when the oven assembly is disposed in the heater receptacle.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein the first oven assembly further includes a first heating plate and wherein the second oven assembly further includes a second heating plate.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The device of claim 5, wherein the first heating plate is operable to heat the first oven assembly in accordance with the first heating profile, and wherein the second heating plate is operable to heat the second oven assembly in accordance with the second heating profile.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1 wherein the first end of the shell assembly includes a first diameter and a second end having a second diameter, and wherein the first diameter is smaller than the second diameter.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein the first oven assembly further includes a first plug and a second plug, and wherein the second oven assembly further includes a third plug and a fourth plug.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The device of claim 8, wherein the oven mount assembly includes a first socket, a second socket, and a third socket, wherein the first socket is configured to receive the first plug and the second socket is configured to receive the second plug when the selected oven is the first oven assembly, and wherein the third socket is configured to receive the third plug and the first socket is configured to receive the fourth plug when the selected oven is the second oven assembly.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, further comprising:
an opening defined by the external portion of the mouthpiece; and
a pathway extending from the opening through the mouthpiece to the heating chamber of the first oven assembly when the first oven assembly is disposed in the oven mount.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The device of claim 10, wherein the pathway is surrounded by glass.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, further comprising a wireless communication module disposed in one of the shell assembly, the oven mount assembly, and the battery compartment assembly, wherein the wireless communication module is configured to receive a set of instructions wirelessly and actuate the battery.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, further comprising:
a speaker disposed in one of the shell assembly, the oven mount assembly, and the battery compartment assembly; and
a wireless communication module disposed in one of the shell assembly, the oven mount assembly, and the battery compartment assembly, wherein the wireless communication module is configured to receive a set of instructions wirelessly and actuate the speaker.

### Claim 14

A device comprising:
a mouthpiece assembly defining a mouthpiece channel and including an external portion and an internal portion;
a shell assembly extending between a first end and a second end and defining a shell pocket therein, wherein the shell pocket opens through the first end and configured to slidably receive the internal portion of the mouthpiece assembly therein;
a first oven assembly including a heating chamber surrounded by a material and a first identification prong;
a second oven assembly including a heating chamber surrounded by the material and a second identification prong;
a battery compartment assembly removably secured to the second end of the shell assembly; and
an oven mount assembly secured to the battery compartment assembly, wherein the oven mount assembly is configured to selectively receive one of the first oven assembly and the second oven assembly and align the heating chamber of the selected oven assembly with the mouthpiece channel when the battery compartment is secured to the second end of the shell assembly, wherein the oven mount assembly is configured to receive the first identification prong and thereby electronically couple the first oven assembly to the battery in accordance with a first heating profile, wherein the oven mount assembly is configured to receive the second identification prong and thereby electronically couple the second oven assembly to the battery in accordance with a second heating profile.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The device of claim 14, wherein the first heating profile includes a first goal temperature range, and wherein the second heating profile includes a second goal temperature range.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The device of claim 15, further comprising:
a sensor;
a microprocessor electronically coupled with the battery and the sensor, wherein the microprocessor is configured to heat a first medium disposed in the first oven assembly into the first goal temperature range, and wherein the microprocessor is configured to heat a second medium disposed in the second oven assembly into the second goal temperature range.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The device of claim 16, further comprising a preheating chamber defined by the oven mount assembly, wherein the preheating chamber is oriented and configured to preheat air before the air enters the oven assembly.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The device of claim 17, further comprising:
a shell aperture defined by the shell assembly; and
a ring having a ring aperture defined therein and rotatable about a portion of the shell assembly, wherein the ring is configured to selectively rotate to open and close fluid communication between the ring aperture and the shell aperture.

### Claim 19 (depends on 14)

The device of claim 14, further comprising a third oven assembly including a heating chamber surrounded by the material and a third identification prong, wherein the oven mount assembly is configured to selectively receive the third oven assembly and align the heating chamber of the third oven assembly with the mouthpiece channel, wherein the oven mount assembly is configured to receive the third identification prong and thereby electronically couple the third oven assembly to the battery in accordance with a third heating profile.

### Claim 20 (depends on 14)

The device of claim 14, further comprising at least one infra-red sensor disposed in one or more of the mouthpiece assembly, first oven assembly, second oven assembly, oven mount assembly, and battery compartment assembly, wherein the infra-red sensor is configured to sense a temperature of the device, and wherein the device is configured to use the sensed temperature to optimize temperature control of the device.