Juul Labs, Inc.

Pax Labs, Inc.

Alexander J Gould

Ariel Atkins

Adam Bowen

Steven E Christensen

Esteban Leon Duque

James Monsees

Kevin Lomeli

Nicholas Jay Hatton

Matthew J Taschner

Bryan White

Bradley J Ingebrethsen

Carlos Schuler

Brandon Cheung

Roxolana Wacyk

Chenyue Xing

Gal A Cohen

Raffi Aghapekian

Nicholas Achtien

Casey S Yost

Chelsea Kania

Jacob Honig

Esteban L Duque

Esteban L Leon Duque

Nicholas Brown

On-demand, hand-held vaporizer that operates primarily by convection. The vaporizer is configured to permit very rapid (e.g., within a few seconds) heating of air drawn through an oven chamber to a predetermined or selectable vaporizing temperature to vaporize a material (e.g., loose leaf plant material, etc.) that is held in the oven chamber. The vaporizer provides efficient transfer of air being heated as well as rapid delivery of vaporizable material to a user.

On-demand, portable convection vaporizer

Vaporizers and vaporizer systems, which can include a device in communication with a vaporizer, can include one or more features related to control of functions and/or features of the vaporizer, identification of a cartridge and/or a vaporizable material in the cartridge, data exchange (either one-way or two-way) between a cartridge and a vaporizer with which the cartridge is engaged, and the like.

User interface and user experience for a vaporizer device

A system for aerosolization of compartmentalized materials is provided. In some implementations, the system performs operations comprising vaporizing, by a heater, at least a portion of a first material to form a first vapor, wherein the first material is stored in a reservoir coupled to the heater. The operations can further comprise providing, through a draw channel comprising the heater, the first vapor to a second material within the draw channel, wherein the second material comprises one or more of nicotine and an acid, wherein the second material is positioned between the resistive heater and an exit point of the draw channel. The operations can also include forming, based on the first vapor passing through and/or around the second material, an inhalable vapor. Related systems, methods, apparatuses, and articles of manufacture are also described.

Aerosol devices having compartmentalized materials

Vaporizer devices and methods for detecting inhalation through a vaporizer using a heating element are provided. A resistive heater of a vaporizer may function as both a heater and as an anemometer to detect inhalation. Alternatively or additionally, a separate resistive heater may be included in an air path through the vaporizer to detect a user inhaling through the vaporizer. A heating control mechanism utilizes the already existing heating element in an anemometric correlation to when the vaporizer is idle and when it is being used (where being used implies the user is taking a puff/inhalation on the vaporizer). Using this information, a controller of the vaporizer accordingly controls heating to the vaporizer as required.

Anemometric-assisted control of a vaporizer

Deformable valves and atomizer designs for a vaporizer (e.g., electronic cigarette). The vaporizer may be used for vaporization of liquid and/or organic material. The vaporizer may enable enhanced flow control of fluid and may generate high quality and quantity of vapor efficiently. In some instances, flow path of the vaporizer may allow bulk fluid flow, e.g., in contrast to capillary flow, to deliver fluid to a vicinity of the vaporizer. In some instances, the vaporizer may utilize improved atomizer designs for vaporizing devices, where said designs can be configured optionally, with various embodiments of a breath-modulating deformable valve.

Wickless vaporizing devices and methods

A vaporizer device includes a cartridge having a reservoir that holds a vaporizable material and an atomizer chamber that includes a heating element. The heating element can heat the vaporizable material. The heating element can include two rigid portions that are spaced apart by a span that defines a capillary gap. The capillary gap can draw the vaporizable material from the reservoir to a heater region to be vaporized.

Heating element

A vaporization device is described that includes a cartridge having a wicking element that can efficiently and effectively draw vaporizable material contained in a reservoir of the cartridge to a heating element for vaporizing the vaporizable material. In some embodiments, the wicking element includes a hollow core or a thermally conductive core surrounded by a porous wicking material. Various embodiments of the wicking element are described, as well as related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture.

Vaporizer wicking elements including a hollow core

An apparatus for vaporizing a concentrate and/or a non-concentrate material is provided. The apparatus can include a housing, a reservoir, a vessel, and a heating element. The reservoir can be coupled to a lid of the apparatus and configured to hold the concentrate. The vessel can be disposed at least partially inside of the housing and can be configured to receive the reservoir when the lid of the apparatus is in a closed position with respect to the housing. The heating element can be configured to generate heat for heating the vessel, thereby vaporizing the concentrate in the reservoir to form an aerosol. Coupling the reservoir to the lid of the apparatus can enable the apparatus to be used for vaporizing the concentrate while decoupling the reservoir from the lid of the apparatus can enable the apparatus to be used for vaporizing the non-concentrate material. Related methods are also provided.

Methods and apparatuses for concentrate vaporization

Cover for a vaporizer device

Vaporizers having a thermal wick are provided. A thermal wick may include a combination of an electrically insulating porous wicking material surrounding, enclosing, covering or embedded within a thermally conductive material. The thermally conductive material has a thermal conductance greater than that of the porous wicking material. The thermal wick reduces the viscosity of vaporizable material by transferring heat throughout the wick and warming the vaporizable material and providing a high void volume. The thermal wick allows for substantially higher total particulate masses of vaporizable material than traditional wicks.

Thermal wick for electronic vaporizers

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Alexander J Gould