US 11,744,966 B2
Vaporizer device
Andrew L. Bleloch, Kenmore, WA (US); Neeraj S. Bhardwaj, Belmont, CA (US); and Gabriel Brown, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products, S.A., Neuchâtel (CH)
Filed by Philip Morris Products, S.A., Neuchâtel (CH)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/832,387.
Application 16/832,387 is a continuation of application No. 16/053,220, filed on Aug. 2, 2018, granted, now 10,631,574.
Application 16/053,220 is a continuation of application No. 14/710,136, filed on May 12, 2015, granted, now 10,201,185.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/991,757, filed on May 12, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0015157 A1, Jan. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 15/06 (2006.01); F22B 1/28 (2006.01); H05B 6/06 (2006.01); H05B 6/10 (2006.01); A61M 11/04 (2006.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A24F 40/465 (2020.01); A61L 9/03 (2006.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01)
CPC A61M 15/06 (2013.01) [A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A24F 40/465 (2020.01); A61M 11/042 (2014.02); F22B 1/281 (2013.01); H05B 6/06 (2013.01); H05B 6/108 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A61L 9/037 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3368 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3375 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3569 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3592 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2205/505 (2013.01); A61M 2205/584 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vaporizer device, comprising:
a cartridge comprising a reservoir, wherein the reservoir is configured to hold a vaporizable substance;
a wick element comprising a susceptor material coupled to and located within the cartridge, wherein the wick element is configured to
contact the vaporizable substance located in the cartridge, and
transfer the vaporizable substance from the reservoir based on a capillary action of the wick element;
an induction heating element inductively coupled to the wick element, wherein the wick element is at least partially surrounded by the induction heating element and wherein the wick element is configured to heat the vaporizable substance based on induction heating of the wick element by the induction heating element; and
a processor configured to control the induction heating element to cause heating of the vaporizable substance,
wherein the cartridge is positioned such that the induction heating element is around at least a portion of the cartridge.