# US 11,432,583 B2 · Vaporization device and method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,432,583 B2 - Document ID: US11432583B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/591,576 - Filed: 2019-10-02 - Published: 2021-02-04 - Granted: 2022-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2019-07-30 - Assignees: Shenzhen Relx Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Shenzhen Relx Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Zugang Yang; Yao Fu; Shuting Feng; Jin Zhang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11432583B2 ## CPC - A24B 15/167: in liquid or vaporisable form, e.g. liquid compositions for electronic cigarettes - A24F 40/46: Shape or structure of electric heating means - A24F 40/57: Temperature control - A24F 40/10: Devices using liquid inhalable precursors - A24F 40/42: Cartridges or containers for inhalable precursors - A24F 40/44: Wicks - A61M 11/042: {electrical} - A61M 2205/3368: Temperature - A24B: MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF - 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)} ## Abstract The present application relates to a vaporization device and a method thereof. The vaporization device includes a heating component base, a heating component top cap, and a heating component disposed between heating component base and the heating component top cap. The heating component has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and includes a heating circuit. The heating circuit has a first section, a first portion of the first section has a first width, and a second portion of the first section has a second width, where the first width of the in first section is greater than the second width of the first section. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vaporization device, comprising: a heating component base, a heating component top cap, and a heating component disposed between heating component base and the heating component top cap, the heating component having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and comprising a heating circuit; and the heating circuit having a first section, a first portion of the first section having a first width, and a second portion of the first section having a second width, wherein the first width of the first section is greater than the second width of the first section; wherein the first section extends from the second surface of the heating component into the heating component, and is not parallel to the second surface of the heating component. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vaporization device according to claim 1, wherein the heating circuit further comprises a second section, a first portion of the second section has a first width, and a second portion of the second section has a second width, wherein the first width of the second section is equal to the second width of the second section. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The vaporization device according to claim 2, wherein the heating circuit further comprises a third section, a first portion of the third section has a first width, and a second portion of the third section has a second width, wherein the first width of the third section is greater than the second width of the third section. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The vaporization device according to claim 1, wherein the first section has a first surface, and the first surface of the first section is coplanar with the second surface of the heating component. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The vaporization device according to claim 1, wherein the first section has a first surface, and the first surface of the first section protrudes from the second surface of the heating component. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The vaporization device according to claim 3, wherein the second section and the third section are disposed between the first surface and the second surface of the heating component, and a distance between the third section and the second surface is greater than a distance between the second section and the second surface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The vaporization device according to claim 3, wherein the first section extends from the second surface of the heating component into the heating component in a first direction, the third section extends from the second surface of the heating component into the heating component in a second direction, and the first direction is not parallel to the second direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The vaporization device according to claim 3, wherein the first section extends from the second surface of the heating component into the heating component in a first direction, the third section extends from the second surface of the heating component into the heating component in a second direction, and the first direction is not perpendicular to the second direction. ### Claim 9 A heating component, comprising: a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a first conductive component, a second conductive component, and a heating circuit connected between the first conductive component and the second conductive component, the heating circuit having a first section, a first portion of the first section having a first width, and a second portion of the first section having a second width, wherein the first width of the first section is greater than the second width of the first section; wherein the first surface is provided with an opening, the opening extends from the first surface toward the second surface to form a groove, the first section extends from the second surface into the heating component, and the first section is not in contact with the groove. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The heating component according to claim 9, wherein the first portion of the first section is connected to the first conductive component. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The heating component according to claim 9, wherein the second portion of the first section is connected to the first conductive component. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The heating component according to claim 9, wherein the heating circuit further comprises a second section and a third section, the second section is connected between the first section and the third section, a first portion of the third section has a first width, and a second portion of the third section has a second width, wherein the first width of the third section is greater than the second width of the third section. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The heating component according to claim 9, wherein the first section further comprises a third portion having a third width and a fourth portion having a fourth width, wherein the third width is equal to the first width, and the fourth width is equal to the second width. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) A method for operating a vaporization device, wherein the vaporization device comprises the heating component according to claim 9, the method comprising: setting a first threshold according to a vaporization temperature of an e-liquid; setting a high power time parameter; setting a first power according to the first threshold and the high power time parameter; outputting the first power to the heating component in response to an inhalation action of a user; and outputting a second power to the heating component, the second power being less than the first power. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, wherein the outputting of the second power to the heating component is implemented in response to that a temperature of the heating component reaches the first threshold. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, wherein the outputting of the second power to the heating component is implemented in response to that a time for which the first power is provided to the heating component reaches the high power time parameter. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, wherein the first power is within a range of 9 W to 12 W. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, wherein the first threshold is 90% of the vaporization temperature of the e-liquid.