# US 12,108,785 B2 · Vaporizer device body > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,108,785 B2 - Document ID: US12108785B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/306,118 - Filed: 2023-04-24 - Published: 2024-03-21 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2018-05-29 - Assignees: Pax Labs, Inc. - Applicants: Pax Labs, Inc. - Inventors: Joshua Fu; Christopher Loental; Marko Markovic; Alexander Weiss; Alexander Ringrose; David Carlberg; Robyn Nariyoshi; Devin Spratt; Nicholas J. Hatton; Yen Jen Chang; Chen Yu Li; Barry Tseng; Prince Wang; Thomas Germann; Andreas Schaefer - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12108785B2 ## CPC - A24D 1/14: Tobacco cartridges for pipes - A24F 7/00: Mouthpieces for pipes; Mouthpieces for cigar or cigarette holders - A24F 40/40: Constructional details, e.g. connection of cartridges and battery parts - A61M 11/042: {electrical} - A61M 15/0028: {using prepacked dosages, one for each application, e.g. capsules to be perforated or broken-up} - G01N 35/00732: {Identification of carriers, materials or components in automatic analysers} - G08B 6/00: Tactile signalling systems, e.g. tactile personal calling systems - H01R 13/521: {Sealing between contact members and housing, e.g. sealing insert} - H02J 7/00: Circuit arrangements for charging or discharging batteries or for supplying loads from batteries - H05B 1/0244: {Heating of fluids (H05B1/0247 takes precedence)} - H05B 3/0014: {Devices wherein the heating current flows through particular resistances} - H05B 3/0019: {Circuit arrangements} - H05K 1/147: {at least one of the printed circuits being bent or folded, e.g. by using a flexible printed circuit (H05K1/148 takes precedence)} - H05K 1/189: characterised by the use of flexible or folded printed circuits - A24F 15/015: with means for refilling of liquid inhalable precursors - A24F 40/10: Devices using liquid inhalable precursors - A61M 2205/8206: battery-operated - F16J 15/02: between relatively-stationary surfaces (F16J15/46, F16J15/48 take precedence) - F17C 9/02: with change of state, e.g. vaporisation - G01K 1/00: Details of thermometers not specially adapted for particular types of thermometer (circuits for reducing thermal inertia G01K7/42) - G01L 13/00: Devices or apparatus for measuring differences of two or more fluid pressure values - G01P 15/00: Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration - H01Q 1/2283: {mounted in or on the surface of a semiconductor substrate as a chip-type antenna or integrated with other components into an IC package} - H05K 2201/10106: Light emitting diode [LED] - H05K 2201/10121: Optical component, e.g. opto-electronic component - H05K 2201/10151: Sensor - H05K 2201/10189: Non-printed connector - H05K 2201/10318: Surface mounted metallic pins - A24D: CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES OF CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES - 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)} - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - F16J: PISTONS {(specially adapted for dampers F16F9/32)}; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS - F17C: VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES (storing fluids in natural or artificial cavities or chambers in the earth B65G5/00; construction or assembling of bulk storage containers employing civil-engineering techniques E04H7/00; variable-capacity gas-holders F17B; liquefaction or refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25) - G01K: MEASURING TEMPERATURE; MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT; THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (radiation pyrometry G01J5/00) - G01L: MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE (weighing G01G) - G01P: MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT (measuring or recording blood flow A61B5/02, A61B8/06; monitoring speed or deceleration of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L3/00; vehicle lighting systems adapted to indicate speed B60Q1/54; determining position or course in navigation, measuring ground distance in geodesy or surveying G01C; combined measuring devices for measuring two or more variables of movement G01C23/00; measuring velocity of sound G01H; measuring velocity of light G01J7/00; measuring direction or velocity of solid objects by reception or emission of radiowaves or other waves and based on propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effect, propagation time, direction of propagation, G01S; measuring speed of nuclear radiation G01T; measuring acceleration of gravity G01V; {measuring or recording the speed of trains B61L23/00; speed indicators incorporated in motor vehicles B60K35/00; measuring frequency or phase G01R; traffic control G08G}) - H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72) ## Abstract Features relating to a vaporizer body are provided. The vaporizer body may include an outer shell that includes an inner region defined by an outer shell sidewall. A support structure is configured to fit within the inner region of the outer shell. The support structure includes a storage region defined by a top support structure, a bottom support structure, a bottom cap, and a gasket. An integrated board assembly is configured to fit within the storage region of the support structure. The integrated board assembly may include a printed circuit board assembly formed of multiple layers that form a rigid structure and that include an inner, flexible layer. A first antenna is integrated at a proximal end of the flexible layer, and a second antenna is integrated at a distal end of the flexible layer. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vaporizer body comprising: an outer shell including an inner region defined by an outer shell sidewall, wherein one or more respective air inlets are formed in the outer shell sidewall and are configured to align with one or more air flow openings in a cartridge when coupled to the vaporizer body; a support structure configured to fit within the inner region of the outer shell, the support structure comprising a storage region defined by a top support structure, a bottom support structure, a bottom cap, and a gasket; an integrated board assembly configured to fit within the storage region of the support structure, wherein the integrated board assembly comprises a printed circuit board assembly comprising multiple layers; and a pressure sensor coupled to the printed circuit board assembly; wherein the gasket comprises a gasket sealing ring configured to form a seal with the pressure sensor to create a sealed chamber; and wherein the pressure sensor is configured to detect a change in pressure in the sealed chamber. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vaporizer body of claim 1, wherein the multiple layers form at least a rigid structure and include an inner, flexible layer. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vaporizer body of claim 1, wherein the integrated board assembly further comprises: a controller mounted to an outer surface of the printed circuit board assembly. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The vaporizer body of claim 2, wherein the integrated board assembly further comprises: power pins coupled at a proximal end of the inner, flexible layer, the power pins configured to connect to and provide power to a cartridge. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The vaporizer body of claim 2, wherein the integrated board assembly further comprises: a connector printed circuit board assembly comprising second multiple layers and including the inner, flexible layer, the second multiple layers forming a second rigid structure, wherein the connector printed circuit board assembly is proximate a distal end of the inner, flexible layer. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The vaporizer body of claim 5, further comprising: a connector component coupled to the connector printed circuit board assembly and configured to couple the vaporizer body with one or more external devices. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The vaporizer body of claim 2, further comprising: a battery configured to fit along a portion of the inner, flexible layer proximate a distal end and coupled to the printed circuit board assembly via a board-to-board connection. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The vaporizer body of claim 1, wherein the top support structure includes a first coupling feature; wherein the bottom support structure includes a second coupling feature that releasably couples to the first coupling feature to thereby releasably couple the bottom support structure to the top support structure. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The vaporizer body of claim 1, wherein the bottom cap includes an inner cap region defined by a cap sidewall extending from a cap plate, and wherein the bottom cap is connected at a distal end of the top support structure and the bottom support structure when coupled. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The vaporizer body of claim 1, wherein the gasket is installed at a proximal end of the top support structure and the bottom support structure when coupled. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The vaporizer body of claim 1, wherein the storage region is defined by the top support structure, the bottom support structure, the bottom cap, and the gasket all being coupled. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The vaporizer body of claim 1, wherein a proximal end of the inner region defines a cartridge receptacle configured to mate and electrically connect with a cartridge. ### Claim 13 (depends on 2) The vaporizer body of claim 2, wherein the gasket is further configured to provide a seal surrounding at least one power pin, wherein the at least one power pin is coupled at a proximal end of the inner, flexible layer, the at least one power pin configured to connect to and provide power to a cartridge. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The vaporizer body of claim 1, wherein a portion of the bottom cap comprises an antenna window configured to be aligned with a second antenna. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The vaporizer body of claim 1, wherein the printed circuit board assembly is snap-fitted within the bottom support structure.