US 12,279,646 B2
Cartridge of vaporization device systems having unequal transverse cartridge dimensions
Adam Bowen, San Mateo, CA (US); Steven Christensen, Burlingame, CA (US); James Monsees, San Francisco, CA (US); Joshua Morenstein, San Francisco, CA (US); and Christopher Nicholas HibmaCronan, Oakland, CA (US)
Assigned to JUUL Labs, Inc., Washington, DC (US)
Filed by JUUL Labs, Inc., Washington, DC (US)
Filed on May 27, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/675,082.
Application 18/675,082 is a continuation of application No. 17/197,955, filed on Mar. 10, 2021, granted, now 11,992,044.
Application 17/197,955 is a continuation of application No. 16/114,207, filed on Aug. 27, 2018, granted, now 10,986,867, issued on Apr. 27, 2021.
Application 16/114,207 is a continuation of application No. 15/379,898, filed on Dec. 15, 2016, granted, now 10,058,129, issued on Aug. 28, 2018.
Application 15/379,898 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/053,927, filed on Feb. 25, 2016, granted, now 9,549,573, issued on Jan. 24, 2017.
Application 15/053,927 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/581,666, filed on Dec. 23, 2014, granted, now 10,058,124, issued on Aug. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/294,281, filed on Feb. 11, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/937,755, filed on Feb. 10, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/936,593, filed on Feb. 6, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2024/0306709 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/57 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/40 (2020.01) [A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/57 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a cartridge having a first cartridge end and a second cartridge end opposite the first cartridge end along a longitudinal cartridge axis, the cartridge having unequal transverse cartridge dimensions along two transverse cartridge axes that are perpendicular to the longitudinal cartridge axis, and the cartridge comprising:
at least one aerosol outlet proximate to the first cartridge end;
a fluid storage compartment configured to hold a vaporizable material;
a resistive heating element configured to heat the vaporizable material to generate an aerosol, the resistive heating element positioned closer to the second cartridge end than the first cartridge end;
a first cartridge electrical contact proximate to the second cartridge end; and
a second cartridge electrical contact proximate to the second cartridge end; and
a device body having a first device body end and a second device body end opposite the first device body end along a longitudinal device body axis, the device body having unequal transverse device body dimensions along two transverse device body axes that are perpendicular to the longitudinal device body axis, and the device body comprising:
a power supply;
a receptacle configured to insertably receive at least part of the cartridge, the at least part of the cartridge comprising the second cartridge end, the receptacle defined between a receptacle opening within or proximate to the first device body end and a base end of the receptacle, the receptacle insertably receiving the at least part of the cartridge comprising the second cartridge end moving into the receptacle in a direction parallel to both the longitudinal cartridge axis and the longitudinal device body axis such that the second cartridge end is positioned proximate the base end of the receptacle;
wherein the resistive heating element, the first cartridge electrical contact, and the second cartridge electrical contact are held within the receptacle when the receptacle insertably receives the at least part of the cartridge comprising the second cartridge end;
a first device electrical contact disposed within the receptacle and configured to electrically couple with the first cartridge electrical contact when the receptacle insertably receives the at least part of the cartridge comprising the second cartridge end in a first orientation, the first device electrical contact further configured to electrically couple with the second cartridge electrical contact when the receptacle insertably receives the at least part of the cartridge comprising the second cartridge end in a second orientation, the first orientation and the second orientation resulting from a 1800 rotation of the cartridge about the longitudinal cartridge axis;
a second device electrical contact disposed within the receptacle and configured to electrically couple with the second cartridge electrical contact when the receptacle insertably receives the at least part of the cartridge comprising the second cartridge end in a first orientation, the second device electrical contact further configured to electrically couple with the first cartridge electrical contact when the receptacle insertably receives the at least part of the cartridge comprising the second cartridge end in a second orientation; and
a controller configured to provide power from the power supply to the resistive heating element when the receptacle insertably receives the at least part of the cartridge comprising the second cartridge end in the first orientation, the controller further configured to provide power from the power supply to the resistive heating element when the receptacle insertably receives the at least part of the cartridge comprising the second cartridge end in the second orientation.