US 12,471,630 B1
Electronic devices for aerosolizing and inhaling liquid having diaphragm and a pressure sensor
Mario Danek, Austin, TX (US); Kassie Betts, San Diego, CA (US); Ian D. Kovacevich, Carlsbad, CA (US); Nouphone J. Bansansine, Temecula, CA (US); Joseph Gene Walsh, San Diego, CA (US); Christopher Kar-Heng Cheng, Portland, OR (US); Chris Breen, Clinton, MA (US); Josh Rigberg, Worcester, MA (US); Toriono Granger, Chicago, IL (US); Muawea Rawashdeh, St. Petersburg, FL (US); Ryan Hall, Holden, MA (US); Tonya Charles, Appleton, WI (US); and Jacquelyn Coker, Nashua, NH (US)
Assigned to QNOVIA, INC., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by QNOVIA, INC., Richmond, VA (US)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/417,796.
Application 18/417,796 is a continuation of application No. 18/237,396, filed on Aug. 23, 2023, granted, now 11,925,207.
Application 18/237,396 is a continuation of application No. 18/137,564, filed on Apr. 21, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/338,880, filed on May 5, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/334,083, filed on Apr. 22, 2022.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/05 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01); A24F 40/95 (2020.01); A61M 15/06 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 40/42 (2020.01) [A24F 40/05 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01); A24F 40/95 (2020.01); A61M 15/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device for producing an aerosol for inhalation by a person, comprising:
(a) a cartridge assembly comprising
(i) a cartridge body comprising a liquid reservoir and a piezo-actuated aerosolization assembly for producing an aerosol with liquid from the liquid reservoir, and
(ii) a mouthpiece attached to the cartridge body in covering relation to the piezo-actuated aerosolization assembly so as to define an interior space of the mouthpiece in which the aerosol is produced, the mouthpiece including an opening through which air is suctioned by a user; and
(b) a handheld base assembly coupled with the cartridge assembly and comprising a pressure sensor and circuitry for operating the piezo-actuated aerosolization assembly, the handheld base assembly and the cartridge assembly when removably coupled electronically connecting the circuitry and the piezo-actuated aerosolization assembly for controlling actuation of the piezo-actuated aerosolization assembly for aerosolizing liquid from the liquid reservoir within the interior space of the mouthpiece;
(c) wherein the cartridge assembly and the handheld base assembly together define an enclosed air passageway in which airflow therethrough is isolated from the circuitry, the enclosed air passageway extending from the interior space of the mouthpiece to the pressure sensor of the handheld base assembly for trigging the pressure sensor when air is suctioned through the opening in the mouthpiece.