US 12,213,533 B2
Vaporizer devices
Oliver J. Batley, Cambridge (GB); Joshua A. de Gromoboy Dabrowicki, Cambridge (GB); Alex M. Gee, Cambridge (GB); Zhenqiang Lin, Cambridge (GB); Christopher James Rosser, Cambridge (GB); and James P. Westley, Cambridge (GB)
Assigned to JUUL Labs, Inc., Washington, DC (US)
Filed by JUUL Labs, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/347,980.
Application 17/347,980 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/013758, filed on Jan. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/792,659, filed on Jan. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0307402 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/51 (2020.01) [A24F 40/60 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vaporizer device, comprising:
a vaporizer body including a first airflow path extending at least partially therethrough; and
a sensor assembly residing at least partially within the vaporizer body, the sensor assembly including:
a flexible sensor that is in communication with the first airflow path, the flexible sensor being adapted to reversibly deflect from an initial state to a first state in response to a first user-activated force representing air being drawn through the first airflow path, and the flexible sensor being adapted to reversibly deflect from the initial state to a second state in response to a second user-activated force representing an acceleration of the vaporizer body, wherein the first user-activated force and the second user-activated force are detected by a mechanical response of the flexible sensor.