VAPORIZATION DEVICE SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20190000148A1
• Filed: 08/27/2018
• Published: 01/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JUUL Labs, Inc. (PAX Labs, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: JUUL Labs, Inc. (PAX Labs, Inc.)
• Inventors: Atkins, Ariel, Christensen, Steven, Hatton, Nicholas Jay, Monsees, James
• Granted Patent: US 11,019,685 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/00 Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/10 Devices using liquid inhalable precursors
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/20 Devices using solid inhalable precursors
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/485 Valves; Apertures
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/50 Control or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 11/042 electrical
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 11/047 by exothermic chemical reaction
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 15/0015 located upstream of the dispenser, i.e. not traversed by the product
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 15/0016 located downstream of the dispenser, i.e. traversed by the product
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 15/0021 Mouthpieces therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 15/0086 Inhalation chambers
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 15/06 Inhaling appliances shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2016/0021 with a proportional output signal, e.g. from a thermistor
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3317 Electromagnetic, inductive or dielectric measuring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3368 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3653 by Joule effect, i.e. electric resistance
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/8206 battery-operated
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/8237 Charging means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/086 Docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 1/0227 Applications
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 1/0244 : Heating of fluids H05B1/0247 takes precedence

Abstract

Provided herein are systems and methods to generate an inhalable vapor in an electronic vaporization device. The vaporization device may generate a vapor with one or more defined characteristics. In some cases, the vapor may have a predetermined aerosol number density and/or a predetermined average aerosol diameter. The vaporization device may generate a vapor from a vaporizable material. In some cases, the vaporizable material may be a liquid material housed in a cartridge. The vaporization device may comprise a rechargeable power storage device.

Claims

1. A device for generating an inhalable aerosol comprising:

an oven comprising an oven chamber and a heater for heating a vapor forming medium in the oven chamber to generate a vapor;

a condenser comprising a condensation chamber in which at least a fraction of the vapor condenses to form the inhalable aerosol;

an air inlet that originates a first airflow path that includes the oven chamber; and

an aeration vent that originates a second airflow path that allows air from the aeration vent to join the first airflow path prior to or within the condensation chamber and downstream from the oven chamber thereby forming a joined path, wherein the joined path is configured to deliver the inhalable aerosol formed in the condensation chamber to a user.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the oven is within a body of the device.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the device further comprises a mouthpiece, wherein the mouthpiece comprises at least one of the air inlet, the aeration vent, and the condenser.

4. The device of claim 1 or claim 3, wherein the mouthpiece is separable from the oven.

5. The device of claim 3, wherein the mouthpiece is integral to a body of the device, wherein the body comprises the oven.

6. The device of claim 1, further comprising a body that comprises the oven, the condenser, the air inlet, and the aeration vent.

7. The device of claim 5, wherein the mouthpiece is separable from the body.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein said oven chamber comprises an oven chamber inlet and an oven chamber outlet, and the oven further comprises a first valve at the oven chamber inlet, and a second valve at the oven chamber outlet.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein said aeration vent comprises a third valve.

10. The device of claim 8, wherein said first valve, or said second valve is chosen from the group of a check valve, a clack valve, a non-return valve, and a one-way valve.

11. The device of claim 9, wherein said third valve is chosen from the group of a check valve, a clack valve, a non-return valve, and a one-way valve.

12. The device of claim 8, wherein said first valve or said second valve is mechanically actuated.

13. The device of claim 8, wherein said first valve or said second valve is electronically actuated.

14. The device of claim 8, wherein said first valve or said second valve is manually actuated.

15. The device of claim 9, wherein said third valve is mechanically actuated.

16. The device of claim 9, wherein said third valve is electronically actuated.

17. The device of claim 9, wherein said third valve is manually actuated.

18. The device of claim 1, further comprising a body that comprises at least one of:

a power source, a printed circuit board, a switch, and a temperature regulator.

19. The device of claim 1, wherein the device further comprises a temperature regulator in communication with a temperature sensor.

20. The device of claim 19, therein the temperature sensor is the heater.

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