# US 11,304,443 B2 · Vaporizer heating assembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,304,443 B2 - Document ID: US11304443B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/052,413 - Filed: 2018-08-01 - Published: 2019-02-07 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2018-08-01 - Assignees: Sv3, LLC - Applicants: Sv3, LLC - Inventors: Geoff Habicht; Amir Hakak - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11304443B2 ## CPC - A24F 1/24: for burning the tobacco from below - A24F 40/42: Cartridges or containers for inhalable precursors - A24F 40/46: Shape or structure of electric heating means - A61M 15/06: Inhaling appliances shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes - A61M 11/042: {electrical} - A61M 2205/505: Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches - A61M 2205/8206: battery-operated - H05B 2203/021: Heaters specially adapted for heating liquids - A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06) - 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)} - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL ## Abstract A vaporizer heating element is disclosed. In various embodiments, the vaporizer heating element comprises a heat conductor embedded within a cup. The cup defines a chamber configured to receive tobacco and/or other plant-based extracts. The heat conductor is configured to receive an electrical current and increase a temperature of the cup. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vaporizer comprising: a battery in electrical communication with a vaporizer heating assembly; and a mouthpiece in fluid communication with the vaporizer heating assembly, wherein the vaporizer heating assembly comprises: a heat conductor at least partially embedded within a cup, the heat conductor comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the cup comprises an interior surface that defines a chamber, wherein at least one of the first end and the second end is configured to receive an electrical current, and wherein the heat conductor is configured to increase a temperature of the interior surface of the cup. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vaporizer of claim 1, wherein the heat conductor further comprises a coil embedded within a bottom side of the cup, and wherein at least one of the first end and the second end extends outwardly from an exterior surface of the cup. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The vaporizer of claim 2, further comprising an electrical connector coupled to at least one of the first end and the second end. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The vaporizer of claim 3, wherein the electrical connector comprises a 510 thread connector. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The vaporizer of claim 3, further comprising a cover coupled to, and at least partially surrounding, the exterior surface of the cup. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The vaporizer of claim 1, wherein, in response to communication of the electrical current through the heat conductor, the interior surface of the cup comprises the temperature of 250° F. to 650° F. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The vaporizer of claim 1, wherein the cup comprises quartz. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The vaporizer of claim 1, wherein the heat conductor comprises a wire. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The vaporizer of claim 1, wherein the interior surface of the cup comprises at least one of curved, beveled, or chamfered interior edges. ### Claim 10 A vaporizer heating assembly comprising: a heat conductor at least partially embedded within a cup, the heat conductor comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the cup comprises an interior surface that defines a chamber, wherein at least one of the first end and the second end is configured to receive an electrical current, and wherein the heat conductor is configured to increase a temperature of the interior surface of the cup. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The vaporizer heating assembly of claim 10, wherein the heat conductor further comprises a coil embedded within a bottom side of the cup, and wherein at least one of the first end and the second end extends outwardly from an exterior surface of the cup. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The vaporizer heating assembly of claim 11, further comprising an electrical connector coupled to at least one of the first end and the second end. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The vaporizer heating assembly of claim 12, wherein the electrical connector comprises a 510 electrical thread connector. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The vaporizer heating assembly of claim 12, further comprising a cover coupled to, and at least partially surrounding, the exterior surface of the cup. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The vaporizer heating assembly of claim 10, wherein, in response to communication of the electrical current through the heat conductor, the interior surface of the cup comprises the temperature of 250° F. to 650° F. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The vaporizer heating assembly of claim 10, wherein the cup comprises quartz. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The vaporizer heating assembly of claim 10, wherein the heat conductor comprises a wire. ### Claim 18 (depends on 10) The vaporizer heating assembly of claim 10, wherein the interior surface of the cup comprises at least one of curved, beveled, or chamfered interior edges. ### Claim 19 A vaporizer heating assembly, comprising: a quartz cup comprising an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein the interior surface comprises at least one of curved, beveled, or chamfered interior edges and the exterior surface is surrounded by a cover; a heat conductor comprising a wire coil, a first end, and a second end, wherein the wire coil is embedded in a bottom side of the quartz cup and at least one of the first end and the second end extend outward from the exterior surface of the quartz cup; and an electrical connector coupled to, and in electrical communication with, at least one of the first end and the second end, wherein the electrical connector is configured to communicate an electrical current from a battery to the heat conductor. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The vaporizer heating assembly of claim 19, wherein, in response to communication of the electrical current through the heat conductor, the interior surface of the quartz cup comprises a temperature of 250° F. to 650° F.