US 12,349,727 B2
Aerosol dispensing device with disposable container
Namhey Lee, Hayward, CA (US); Jia Li, Burlingame, CA (US); and Maurizio Tarsia, San Carlos, CA (US)
Assigned to JUUL Labs, Inc., Washington, DC (US)
Filed by JUUL Labs, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/880,531.
Application 17/880,531 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/016568, filed on Feb. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/970,140, filed on Feb. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0369706 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/40 (2020.01) [A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vaporizer device, comprising:
a vaporizer body including
a receptacle disposed at a proximal end of the body, the receptacle configured to receive a cartridge while the cartridge is coupled with the vaporizer body, the cartridge including a reservoir holding a vaporizable material, and the cartridge further including a channel extending from the reservoir and having an opening at an end of the channel,
a movable block,
a controller configured to actuate the movable block, the actuating moving the movable block towards the channel to compress the channel, and the compression of the channel ejecting, from the opening at the end of the channel, at least a portion of the vaporizable material included in the reservoir,
a heating element configured to vaporize the vaporizable material ejected from the opening of the channel, and
a pair of electrodes positioned between the end of the channel and the heating element, wherein the pair of electrodes are configured to detect at least the portion of the vaporizable material being ejected from the opening of the channel, and wherein the heating element is activated to vaporize the vaporizable material in response to the pair of electrodes detecting at least the portion of the vaporizable material being ejected from the opening of the channel.