US 11,930,857 B2
Temperature adjustment of a vaporizer device
Matthew Czapar, San Francisco, CA (US); Christopher Loental, San Francisco, CA (US); Katherine Murphy, San Francisco, CA (US); and Oliver Farshi, Oakland, CA (US)
Assigned to Pax Labs, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by JUUL Labs, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/926,439.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/873,588, filed on Jul. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0007407 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. A24F 40/57 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01); A61M 11/04 (2006.01); A61M 15/06 (2006.01); H05B 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 40/57 (2020.01) [A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01); A61M 11/042 (2014.02); A61M 15/06 (2013.01); H05B 1/0297 (2013.01); A61M 2205/14 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3372 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01); A61M 2205/587 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
detecting insertion of a cartridge in a vaporizer body, the cartridge comprising a heating element configured to deliver heat to a vaporizable material contained in the cartridge, wherein the heat causes vaporization of the vaporizable material;
determining, in response to detecting insertion of the cartridge, a first setpoint temperature for the heating element;
providing, on a display of the vaporizer body, an indication of the first setpoint temperature;
performing a temperature incrementing process, including:
detecting a first removal of the cartridge from the vaporizer body, wherein the temperature incrementing process begins solely based on the first removal of the cartridge from the vaporizer body;
providing, on the display of the vaporizer body and in response to detecting the first removal of the cartridge, an indication of the first removal of the cartridge;
detecting, during a first timeout period and following the first removal of the cartridge, a first reinsertion of the cartridge in the vaporizer body;
incrementing, in response to detecting the first reinsertion of the cartridge during the first timeout period, the first setpoint temperature to a second setpoint temperature in a sequence of setpoint temperatures; and
providing, on the display of the vaporizer body, an indication of the second setpoint temperature; and
activating the heating element to reach the second setpoint temperature for vaporization of the vaporizable material.
 
16. A vaporizer device, comprising:
at least one data processor; and
at least one memory storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one data processor, cause operations comprising:
detecting insertion of a cartridge in a vaporizer body, the cartridge comprising a heating element configured to deliver heat to a vaporizable material contained in the cartridge, wherein the heat causes vaporization of the vaporizable material;
determining, in response to detecting insertion of the cartridge, a setpoint temperature for the heating element;
providing, on a display of the vaporizer body, an indication of the setpoint temperature;
performing a temperature incrementing process, including:
detecting removal of the cartridge from the vaporizer body, wherein the temperature incrementing process begins solely based on the removal of the cartridge from the vaporizer body;
providing, on the display of the vaporizer body and in response to detecting removal of the cartridge, an indication of the removal of the cartridge;
detecting, during a timeout period and following removal of the cartridge, reinsertion of the cartridge in the vaporizer body;
incrementing, in response to detecting reinsertion of the cartridge during the timeout period, the setpoint temperature to a next setpoint temperature in a sequence of setpoint temperatures; and
providing, on the display of the vaporizer body, an indication of the next setpoint temperature; and
activating the heating element to reach the next setpoint temperature for vaporization of the vaporizable material.