US 11,766,527 B2
Leak-resistant vaporizer device
Nicholas Jay Hatton, Oakland, CA (US); Steven Christensen, Burlingame, CA (US); Esteban Leon Duque, Berkeley, CA (US); Ariel Atkins, San Francisco, CA (US); James Monsees, San Francisco, CA (US); and Adam Bowen, San Mateo, CA (US)
Assigned to JUUL Labs, Inc., Washington, DC (US)
Filed by JUUL Labs, Inc., Washington, DC (US)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/173,712.
Application 18/173,712 is a continuation of application No. 15/396,584, filed on Dec. 31, 2016, granted, now 11,660,403.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/398,494, filed on Sep. 22, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0201485 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A61M 11/00 (2006.01); A61M 11/04 (2006.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 7/00 (2006.01); A61M 15/06 (2006.01); A61M 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 11/00 (2013.01) [A24F 7/00 (2013.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A61M 11/042 (2014.02); A61M 11/044 (2014.02); A61M 15/06 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A61M 15/0021 (2014.02); A61M 2205/121 (2013.01); A61M 2205/123 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vaporizer cartridge comprising:
a cartridge body comprising a proximal body end and a distal body end opposite the proximal body end;
a mouthpiece coupled to the proximal body end, wherein the mouthpiece comprises an outlet;
a reservoir comprising an internal volume at least partially defined by the cartridge body, wherein the internal volume is configured to hold a vaporizable material;
a first reservoir seal configured to cover a first reservoir opening exposing the internal volume of the reservoir;
a second reservoir seal configured to cover a second reservoir opening exposing the internal volume of the reservoir, wherein the first reservoir seal and the second reservoir seal are positioned within an interior of the mouthpiece;
a bottom cover comprising a bottom portion positioned distally relative to the cartridge body, wherein the bottom portion comprises at least a first air opening;
a first cartridge electrical contact configured to contact a first body electrical contact on a vaporizer body;
a second cartridge electrical contact configured to contact a second body electrical contact on the vaporizer body; and
a vaporization chamber comprising:
a heating element configured to heat the vaporizable material from the reservoir to generate an aerosol
a wicking material comprising ceramic;
a housing piece configured to house at least a portion of the wicking material, wherein the housing piece comprises a housing opening into which at least the portion of the wicking material passes into the housing piece; and
an air tube configured to deliver the aerosol to the mouthpiece.