IP Library Granted Patent US 12,207,683
Granted Patent B2
US 12,207,683 · App. 18/591,552 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Container for electronic vaporizer device

Inventors: Jon Bogran (Kenner, LA); Matthew Greenfield (Scotts Valley, CA); Peter Nysen (San Jose, CA); Neeraj S. Bhardwaj (Belmont, CA); Andrew L. Bleloch (Kenmore, WA)
Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
A24F40/42A24F40/10A24F40/44A24F40/465A24F40/485H05B6/108
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Patent No.
US 12,207,683
App. No.
18/591,552
Granted
Jan 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic vaporizer device is provided, including: a cartridge to hold a vaporizable substance and including a base section and a side section coupled to the base section at a first end of the side section, an air outlet being defined at a second end of the side section, the side section including one or more apertures located in the side section, the apertures to allow air to flow into an interior of the cartridge when air flows out of the air outlet defined at the second end, and the base and side sections defining a fluid reservoir; a susceptor element located within the cartridge; and an induction heating element inductively coupled to the susceptor element and not in contact with the susceptor element, the cartridge further including a shielding element, the shielding element being located within the cartridge, and the susceptor element being located within the shielding element.

Claims (58)

1. An electronic vaporizer device, comprising:

a cartridge configured to hold a vaporizable substance, the cartridge comprising:

a base section, and

a side section coupled to the base section at a first end of the side section,

wherein an air outlet is defined at a second end of the side section,

wherein the side section comprises one or more apertures located in the side section, the one or more apertures being configured to allow air to flow into an interior of the cartridge when air flows out of the air outlet defined at the second end, and

wherein the base section and the side section define a fluid reservoir;

a susceptor element located within the cartridge; and

an induction heating element inductively coupled to the susceptor element and not in contact with the susceptor element,

the cartridge further comprising a shielding element, wherein the shielding element is located within the cartridge, and wherein the susceptor element is located within the shielding element.

2. The electronic vaporizer device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the susceptor element comprises a first ferromagnetic material and the shielding element comprises a second ferromagnetic material, and

wherein the first ferromagnetic material has greater ferromagnetic properties than the second ferromagnetic material.

3. The electronic vaporizer device according to claim 1 , wherein the shielding element comprises glass, fiberglass, or plastic.

4. The electronic vaporizer device according to claim 1 , wherein the shielding element is removable from the cartridge.

5. The electronic vaporizer device according to claim 1 , wherein the shielding element is configured to hold a predetermined amount of a vaporizable substance adjacent to or in contact with susceptor element.

6. The electronic vaporizer device according to claim 1 , wherein the cartridge is positioned such that the induction heating element surrounds at least a portion of the cartridge and surrounds at least a portion of the susceptor element.

7. The electronic vaporizer device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a power source electrically connected to the induction heating element,

wherein the susceptor element is configured to heat the vaporizable substance located in the fluid reservoir based on induction heating of the susceptor element by the induction heating element,

wherein the susceptor element is located in the fluid reservoir and is configured to transfer the vaporizable substance from the fluid reservoir based on a capillary action of the susceptor element,

wherein the induction heating element receives an alternating current from the power source and creates an electromagnetic field around the susceptor element, and

wherein the susceptor element generates heat based on the electromagnetic field.

8. The electronic vaporizer device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more apertures are configured to allow a volume of air into an interior chamber of the cartridge, and

wherein the volume of air is based on a volume per unit length of the cartridge.

9. The electronic vaporizer device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the susceptor element comprises a plurality of wire strands that are wound together in a helical formation, and

wherein the wire strands comprise a ferromagnetic material.

10. The electronic vaporizer device according to claim 1 , wherein the shielding element surrounds a portion of the susceptor element.

11. The electronic vaporizer device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more apertures comprises a first aperture and a second aperture,

wherein the first aperture is adjacent the second end of the side section and the second aperture is adjacent the first aperture,

wherein the second aperture is vertically offset and horizontally offset from the first aperture, and

wherein the first aperture is smaller than the second aperture.

12. The electronic vaporizer device according to claim 1 , wherein the cartridge has a cylindrical shape.

13. The electronic vaporizer device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more apertures comprises a plurality of slit apertures located in the side section, and

wherein a size of an opening of the plurality of slit apertures is greater at a location adjacent the base section of the cartridge than a size of the opening of the plurality of slit apertures adjacent the second end of the side section.

14. A cartridge assembly for containment of a vaporizable substance to be used in an electronic vaporizer device comprising:

a cartridge comprising:

a base section,

a side section coupled to the base section at a first end of the side section,

wherein an air outlet is defined at a second end of the side section,

wherein the side section comprises one or more apertures located in the side section, and

wherein the one or more apertures are configured to allow air to flow into an interior chamber of the cartridge when air flows out of the air outlet defined at the second end; and

a susceptor element located within the cartridge,

the cartridge further comprising a shielding element, wherein the shielding element is located within the cartridge, and wherein the susceptor element is located within the shielding element.

15. The cartridge assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the susceptor element is configured to transfer the vaporizable substance from a reservoir of the cartridge based on a capillary action of the susceptor element.

16. The cartridge assembly according to claim 14 ,

wherein the susceptor element comprises a first ferromagnetic material and the shielding element comprises a second ferromagnetic material, and

wherein the first ferromagnetic material has greater ferromagnetic properties than the second ferromagnetic material.

17. The cartridge assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the shielding element is removable from the cartridge.

18. The cartridge assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the shielding element is configured to hold a predetermined amount of a vaporizable substance adjacent to or in contact with susceptor element.

19. The cartridge assembly according to claim 14 ,

wherein the susceptor element comprises a plurality of wire strands that are wound together in a helical formation, and

wherein each strand of the plurality of wire strands comprises a ferromagnetic material.

20. The cartridge assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the shielding element surrounds a portion of the susceptor element.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 16971109
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