US 12,317,924 B1
Vaporizer device with a cigarette adapter and method of using the vaporizer device
Zhiwen Ning, Shenzhen (CN); Huagan Pan, Shenzhen (CN); Jianyong Chu, Shenzhen (CN); and Lipei Tan, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to SHENZHEN YIBO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by SHENZHEN YIBO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/786,109.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN2024/098307 (WO), filed on Jun. 10, 2024.
Int. Cl. A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); H01M 50/247 (2021.01)
CPC A24F 40/30 (2020.01) [A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); H01M 50/247 (2021.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vaporizer device comprising:
a battery module including:
a housing having a side wall and a bottom wall;
wherein the housing defines an opening and the bottom wall includes a tab configured to be received in the opening to connect the side wall and the bottom wall;
a support structure situated in the side wall and engaged with the bottom wall;
wherein the side wall overhangs the support structure to form a pocket;
a rechargeable battery cell situated in the support structure;
a first plurality of electrodes configured to transmit energy from the rechargeable battery cell; and
at least one seal situated between the rechargeable battery cell and the bottom wall and configured for limiting airflow through the battery module;
a cigarette adapter configured to heat a cigarette to produce a nicotine-containing vapor and including a mouthpiece having a top portion and an outlet extending from the top portion and configured for receiving a proximal end of the cigarette;
wherein the cigarette adapter has:
an adapter housing having a bottom piece and a housing side wall;
a cup situated in the adapter housing and configured to receive a distal end of the cigarette;
an adapter heating element situated adjacent the cup and configured to provide heat to the cigarette without burning or combusting the cigarette; and
an adapter battery cell situated within the adapter housing and configured for powering the adapter heating element; and
at least one cartridge comprising a vaporizable material including a flavor, wherein the at least one cartridge is removably coupled to the cigarette adapter such that the cigarette adapter is operable to receive a vapor from the vaporizer device and provide the vapor together with the nicotine-containing vapor to the mouthpiece;
wherein the at least one cartridge includes:
a bottom portion configured to be received into the pocket of the battery module;
a remainder portion separate from the bottom portion;
a cartridge housing having:
a cartridge bottom wall;
a cartridge top wall;
a cartridge side wall overhanging the cartridge top wall to form a second pocket; and
a step between the cartridge bottom wall and the cartridge side wall such that the bottom portion has a smaller diameter than the remainder portion; and
a first set of electrodes configured to interact with the first plurality of electrodes of the battery module to transmit heat energy from the battery module to the vaporizable material.