Vaporizer with cover sleeve

• US 9,781,953 B2
• Filed: 11/17/2014
• Issued: 10/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: VMR Products LLC (PAX Labs, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: VMR Products LLC (PAX Labs, Inc.)
• Inventors: Verleur, Jan Andries, Recio, Dan
• Primary Examiner(s): Del Sole, Joseph S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ahmed Ali, Mohamed K
• Application Number:
  US14/543,389
• Publication Number:
  US 20150136155A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,058 Days
• Field of Search: 131328
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/10 Devices using liquid inhalable precursors
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/485 Valves; Apertures
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/50 Control or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/60 Devices with integrated user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 11/042 electrical
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 15/06 Inhaling appliances shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2016/0024 with an on-off output signal, e.g. from a switch
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3653 by Joule effect, i.e. electric resistance
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/583 by visual feedback
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/8206 battery-operated
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/8237 Charging means
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 1/0208 actuated by the expansion or evaporation of a gas or liquid
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 1/0244 Heating of fluids H05B1/0247 takes precedence

Abstract

A vaporizer may include a battery portion, a cartomizer connectable with the battery portion, and a sleeve fitable over the cartomizer. The sleeve and an outer shell of the battery portion may have the same or complimentary colors or patterns. The battery portion may further include a plurality of illuminable indicators, which may illuminate to indicate, for instance, remaining voltage of a battery housed within the battery portion.

Claims

1. A vaporizer comprising:

a battery portion including an outer shell having an outer shell diameter, a plurality of holes thereby permitting airflow to be established through at least a section of the battery portion, and internal components housed within the outer shell, the internal components including

a battery,

a printed circuit board, including a microcontroller for operating a program to control the vaporizer,

a pressure switch operable to detect a pressure differential generated when the airflow is established,

at least one illuminable indicator which illuminates in association with charge remaining of the battery,

wherein the at least one illuminable indicator comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes,

wherein the PCB operates to illuminate a predetermined number of light emitting diodes after determining the battery voltage,

wherein the plurality of light emitting diodes includes five light emitting diodes, and

wherein all five diodes illuminate if the battery has at least first predetermined level of volts, four diodes illuminate if the battery has at least a second predetermined level of volts, three diodes illuminate if the battery has at least a third predetermined level of volts, two diodes illuminate if a the battery has at least a fourth predetermined level of volts, one diode illuminates if the battery has at least a fifth predetermined level of volts, and no diode illuminates if the battery has less than the fifth predetermined level of volts, and

electronic circuitry housed within the outer shell, the electronic circuitry electrically connecting the battery, the printed circuit board, the pressure switch, and the at least one illuminable indicator; and

a cartomizer including a cartomizer outer shell having a cartomizer outer shell diameter substantially similar to the outer shell diameter, the cartomizer connectable with the battery portion, the cartomizer including internal cartomizer components housed within the outer cartomizer shell, the internal cartomizer components including

a heating element electrically connected with the electronic circuitry of the battery portion when the cartomizer and the battery portion are connected, the heating element operable to heat to a vaporization temperature when a current is passed along the heating element,

a storage component for holding a vaporizable fluid, and

a tube in fluid communication between the airflow of the battery portion and a mouthpiece provided on the cartomizer outer shell.

2. The vaporizer of claim 1 further comprising a sleeve having dimensions conforming with the cartomizer, the sleeve fitable over the cartomizer.

3. The vaporizer of claim 2, wherein the sleeve includes an air hole alignable with the mouthpiece of the cartomizer when the sleeve is fitted the cartomizer.

4. The vaporizer of claim 2, wherein an outer surface of the sleeve includes a pattern or color which is the same or complimentary as a pattern or color provided on an outer surface of battery portion.

5. The vaporizer of claim 2, wherein the battery portion further comprises a retaining ring provided on external area of the outer shell of the battery portion, the retaining ring contacting an internal surface of the vaporizer sleeve when the vaporizer sleeve is placed over the cartomizer and the cartomizer is connected with battery portion.

6. The vaporizer of claim 5, wherein the retaining ring is provided in a recess of the outer shell of the battery portion.

7. The vaporizer of claim 1, wherein the pressure switch is encapsulated in an elastic material in order to prevent air flow around the pressure switch.

8. A vaporizer comprising:

a battery portion including an outer shell having an outer shell diameter, a plurality of holes thereby permitting airflow to be established through at least a section of the battery portion, a retaining ring provided externally on an area of the outer shell, and internal components housed within the outer shell, the internal components including

a battery,

a printed circuit board, including a microcontroller for operating a program to control the vaporizer,

a pressure switch operable to detect a pressure differential generated when the airflow is established,

a plurality of light emitting diodes which illuminate in association with charge remaining of the battery,

wherein the plurality of light emitting diodes includes five light emitting diodes, and

wherein all five diodes illuminate if the battery has at least first predetermined level of volts, four diodes illuminate if the battery has at least a second predetermined level of volts, three diodes illuminate if the battery has at least a third predetermined level of volts, two diodes illuminate if a the battery has at least a fourth predetermined level of volts, one diode illuminates if the battery has at least a fifth predetermined level of volts, and no diode illuminates if the battery has less than the fifth predetermined level of volts, and

electronic circuitry housed within the outer shell, the electronic circuitry electrically connecting the battery, the printed circuit board, the pressure switch, and the at least one illuminable indicator;

a cartomizer including a cartomizer outer shell having a cartomizer outer shell diameter substantially similar to the outer shell diameter, the cartomizer connectable with the battery portion, the cartomizer including internal cartomizer components housed within the outer cartomizer shell, the internal cartomizer components including

a heating element electrically connected with the electronic circuitry of the battery portion when the cartomizer and the battery portion are connected, the heating element operable to heat to a vaporization temperature when a current is passed along the heating element,

a storage component for holding a vaporizable fluid, and

a tube in fluid communication between the airflow of the battery portion and a mouthpiece provided on the cartomizer outer shell; and

a sleeve having dimensions conforming with the cartomizer, the sleeve fitable over the cartomizer, the sleeve including an air hole alignable with the mouthpiece of the cartomizer when the sleeve is fitted the cartomizer, the retaining ring contacting an internal surface of the vaporizer sleeve when the vaporizer sleeve is placed over the cartomizer and the cartomizer is connected with battery portion.

9. The vaporizer of claim 8, wherein the retaining ring is provided in a recess of the outer shell of the battery portion.

10. The vaporizer of claim 8, wherein the pressure switch is encapsulated in an elastic material in order to prevent air flow around the pressure switch.