US 12,213,535 B2
Vaporizer
Jan Andries Verleur, Miami Beach, FL (US); Dan Recio, Miami, FL (US); Yifeng Lu, Miami, FL (US); Yinjun Zhang, Miami, FL (US); Arturo Fajardo, Frisco, TX (US); and Hans Verleur, El Dorado, CA (US)
Assigned to VMR Products LLC, Washington, DC (US)
Filed by VMR Products LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/366,357.
Application 17/366,357 is a continuation of application No. 16/193,943, filed on Nov. 16, 2018, granted, now 11,051,557.
Application 16/193,943 is a continuation of application No. 16/119,359, filed on Aug. 31, 2018, granted, now 11,134,722.
Application 16/119,359 is a continuation of application No. 14/539,801, filed on Nov. 12, 2014, granted, now 10,085,481, issued on Oct. 2, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/015,148, filed on Jun. 20, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/937,851, filed on Feb. 10, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/903,344, filed on Nov. 12, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0401064 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A24F 47/00 (2020.01); A24F 40/00 (2020.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/90 (2020.01); A61M 11/04 (2006.01); A61M 15/06 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A61M 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 40/90 (2020.01) [A24F 40/00 (2020.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A61M 11/042 (2014.02); A61M 15/06 (2013.01); H02J 7/00 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A61M 15/0021 (2014.02); A61M 2205/07 (2013.01); A61M 2205/332 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3368 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3633 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3653 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); A61M 2205/584 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6027 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6081 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8237 (2013.01); A61M 2206/20 (2013.01); A61M 2209/06 (2013.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); H02J 7/0048 (2020.01)] 38 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vaporizer, comprising:
a cartomizer having a cartomizer insertion end and a cartomizer mouthpiece end opposite the cartomizer insertion end, the cartomizer comprising:
a cartomizer body configured to hold a liquid vaporizable substance;
a heating element and a wick within the cartomizer body, the heating element being in at least partial contact with the wick, the wick configured to contact the liquid vaporizable substance held in the cartomizer body and draw the liquid vaporizable substance to the heating element;
an inhalation tube in fluid communication with the heating element and the wick, wherein the inhalation tube is positioned downstream of the heating element and wick and upstream of the cartomizer mouthpiece end; and
a plurality of cartomizer electrical contacts positioned on or proximate to the cartomizer insertion end; and
a battery portion having a cartomizer receiving end and a second battery portion end opposite the cartomizer receiving end, the battery portion comprising:
a battery;
a chamber having a chamber base end distal from the cartomizer receiving end and a chamber insertion end proximal to the cartomizer receiving end, the chamber configured to insertably receive an insertable portion of the cartomizer body, the insertable portion of the cartomizer body comprising the cartomizer insertion end; and
an electrical connector comprising a plurality of pogo pin contacts, the electrical connector positioned at the chamber base end such that the plurality of pogo pin contacts extend into the chamber when the insertable portion of the cartomizer body is not inserted into the chamber and retract at least partially toward the second battery portion end when the plurality of cartomizer electrical contacts press against the plurality of pogo pin contacts when the insertable portion of the cartomizer body is inserted into the chamber;
wherein the heating element is disposed between the chamber insertion end and the chamber base end when the insertable portion of the cartomizer body is inserted into the chamber.