IP Library Granted Patent US 12,108,806
Granted Patent B2
US 12,108,806 · App. 17/600,454 · Granted Oct 8, 2024

Method for producing a vaporizing device, vaporizing device and inhaler, preferably an electronic cigarette product

Inventors: Sven Bohne (Hamburg, DE); André Born (Neuschoenningstedt, DE); Hoc Khiem Trieu (Westergellersen, DE)
Assignee: KÖRBER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
A24F40/70A24F40/10A24F40/40A24F40/46C09J5/06C09J9/02H05B3/06C09J2479/08H05B2203/016H05B2203/017
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Patent No.
US 12,108,806
App. No.
17/600,454
Granted
Oct 8, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing a vaporizer device for an inhaler, preferably for an electronic cigarette product, comprising at least one electric vaporizer, at least one electrical line for supplying the vaporizer with electric current, and a carrier for supporting the vaporizer, comprising the application of an electrically conductive adhesive between the vaporizer and the carrier to form an electrical connection of the vaporizer to the electrical line, wherein an additional heating step is carried out to form a eutectic connection between the vaporizer and the adhesive.

Claims (53)

1. A method for manufacturing a vaporizer device for an inhaler, comprising:

providing at least one electric vaporizer, at least one electrical line for supplying the vaporizer with electric current, and a carrier for supporting the at least one electric vaporizer,

applying an electrically conductive adhesive between the at least one electric vaporizer and the carrier to form an electrical connection of the at least one electric vaporizer to the at least one electrical line,

wherein an additional heating step is carried out to form a eutectic connection between the at least one vaporizer and the electrically conductive adhesive, and

wherein, prior to the additional heating step, thermal curing of the electrically conductive adhesive is carried out for at least 30 minutes and/or at a temperature in the range between 150° C. and 290° C.

2. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the additional heating step is carried out at a temperature of at least 400° C.

3. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the additional heating step is carried out at a temperature of at least 550° C.

4. The method according to elaim 3 claim 1 .

wherein thermal curing of the electrically conductive adhesive is carried out for at least 30 minutes.

5. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein thermal curing of the electrically conductive adhesive is carried out at a temperature in the range between 150° C. and 290° C.

6. A vaporizer device for an inhaler, comprising:

at least one electric vaporizer for vaporizing liquid fed to the at least one electric vaporizer,

at least one electrical line for supplying the at least one electric vaporizer with electrical current, and

a carrier which holds the at least one electric vaporizer and in or on which the at least one electrical line is arranged,

wherein an electrically conductive adhesive is provided between the at least one electric vaporizer and the carrier, which forms an electrical connection of the at least one electric vaporizer to the at least one electrical line,

wherein a eutectic connection is formed between the at least one electric vaporizer and the electrically conductive adhesive, and

wherein the at least one electrical line is at least partially formed of the electrically conductive adhesive.

7. The vaporizer device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the electrically conductive adhesive comprises metal.

8. The vaporizer device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the eutectic connection comprises more than 50% by weight metal.

9. The vaporizer device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the eutectic connection comprises more than 67% by weight metal.

10. The vaporizer device according to claim 6 ,

wherein an additional metal layer is applied to the at least one electric vaporizer in a contact area between the at least one electric vaporizer and the at least one electrical line.

11. The vaporizer device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the carrier is formed of a ceramic material.

12. The vaporizer device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the vaporizer device is for an inhaler for an electronic cigarette product.

13. An inhaler, comprising:

a vaporizer device according to claim 6 .

14. A vaporizer device for an inhaler, comprising:

at least one electric vaporizer for vaporizing liquid fed to the at least one electric vaporizer,

at least one electrical line for supplying the at least one electric vaporizer with electrical current, and

a carrier which holds the at least one electric vaporizer and in or on which the at least one electrical line is arranged,

wherein an electrically conductive adhesive is provided between the at least one electric vaporizer and the carrier, which forms an electrical connection of the at least one electric vaporizer to the at least one electrical line,

wherein a eutectic connection is formed between the at least one electric vaporizer and the electrically conductive adhesive,

wherein the at least one electrical line is at least partially formed of the electrically conductive adhesive, and

wherein an additional metal layer is applied to the at least one electric vaporizer in a contact area between the at least one electric vaporizer and the at least one electrical line.

15. The vaporizer device according to claim 14 ,

wherein the electrically conductive adhesive comprises metal.

16. The vaporizer device according to claim 14 , wherein the at least one electrical line is at least partially formed of the electrically conductive adhesive.

17. The vaporizer device according to claim 14 ,

wherein the carrier is formed of a ceramic material.

18. The vaporizer device according to claim 14 ,

wherein the vaporizer device is for an inhaler for an electronic cigarette product.

19. An inhaler, comprising:

a vaporizer device according to claim 14 .

20. The inhaler according to claim 19 ,

wherein the inhaler is for an electronic cigarette product.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 19, 2022
From: HAUNI MASCHINENBAU GMBH
To: KÖRBER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 061706/0167 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 4, 2021
From: BOHNE, SVEN; BORN, ANDRÉ; TRIEU, HOC KHIEM
To: HAUNI MASCHINENBAU GMBH
Reel/Frame 057686/0069 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 109 883.1 · Apr 15, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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