US 12,128,180 B2
Wickless vaporizing devices and methods
Adam Bowen, San Mateo, CA (US); Ariel Atkins, San Francisco, CA (US); Alexander J. Gould, Coeur D Alene, ID (US); Carlos Schuler, San Francisco, CA (US); and Bradley J. Ingebrethsen, Saugerties, NY (US)
Assigned to JUUL Labs, Inc., Washington, DC (US)
Filed by JUUL Labs, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/496,665.
Application 17/496,665 is a continuation of application No. 15/743,274, granted, now 11,154,669, previously published as PCT/US2016/041819, filed on Jul. 11, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/191,307, filed on Jul. 10, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0023556 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 13/00 (2006.01); A24B 15/167 (2020.01); A24D 3/17 (2020.01); A24F 3/02 (2006.01); A24F 7/04 (2006.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/48 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/85 (2020.01); A61M 11/00 (2006.01); A61M 11/04 (2006.01); A61M 11/08 (2006.01); A61M 15/00 (2006.01); A61M 15/06 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01); F16K 15/18 (2006.01); F16K 31/00 (2006.01); H05B 1/02 (2006.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01)
CPC A61M 15/06 (2013.01) [A24B 15/167 (2016.11); A24D 3/17 (2020.01); A24F 3/02 (2013.01); A24F 7/04 (2013.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/48 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/85 (2020.01); A61M 11/003 (2014.02); A61M 11/007 (2014.02); A61M 11/042 (2014.02); A61M 11/08 (2013.01); A61M 15/0093 (2014.02); A61M 16/0003 (2014.02); F16K 15/1825 (2021.08); F16K 31/002 (2013.01); H05B 1/0227 (2013.01); H05B 1/0297 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A61M 2016/0024 (2013.01); A61M 2205/075 (2013.01); A61M 2205/13 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3334 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3368 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3653 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); A61M 2205/7536 (2013.01); A61M 2206/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A self-cleaning hand-held vaporizer, comprising:
an elongate body having a mouthpiece;
a reservoir configured to contain a vaporizable fluid;
an atomizer within the elongate body configured to form a vapor from the vaporizable fluid, the atomizer comprising:
a heating element;
a draw sensor configured to detect a user drawing on the mouthpiece; and
a controller configured to control the heating element and to initiate a self-cleaning cycle during a period when the draw sensor does not detect a user drawing on the mouthpiece, the self-cleaning cycle including controlling the heating element to increase in temperature to a self-cleaning temperature that is greater than approximately 300° Celsius (C) for a self-cleaning period of time that is greater than approximately 30 seconds.