US 12,342,864 B2
Gels wicks for vaporizer devices
Kristopher P. Diokno, San Jose, CA (US); Namhey Lee, Hayward, CA (US); Anusha Saripalli, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Krishnamohan Sharma, Milpitas, CA (US)
Assigned to JUUL Labs, Inc., Washington, DC (US)
Filed by JUUL Labs, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/841,072.
Application 17/841,072 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/065597, filed on Dec. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/950,817, filed on Dec. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0312841 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); C08L 33/20 (2006.01); C08L 33/26 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 40/44 (2020.01) [A24F 40/46 (2020.01); C08L 33/20 (2013.01); C08L 33/26 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cartridge for a vaporizer device, the cartridge comprising:
a reservoir configured to contain a vaporizable material; and
an atomizer comprising a heating element and a gel wick, wherein the gel wick is in direct contact with the heating element and wherein the atomizer is configured to heat the vaporizable material to generate a vapor.