The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Funai Electric Company, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Byron V. Bell, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 13/00 (2006.01); A24F 47/00 (2006.01); H05B 3/34 (2006.01); F22B 1/28 (2006.01); H05B 3/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 47/008 (2013.01); F22B 1/284 (2013.01); H05B 3/22 (2013.01); H05B 3/34 (2013.01); H05B 2203/014 (2013.01); H05B 2203/021 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heater for a vaporization device includes a fluid reservoir and a porous and permeable heating element made of an electrically conductive material and located within the reservoir. The reservoir and the heating element located within the reservoir define a fluid volume sufficient to capture and retain a fixed volume of fluid ejected from an ejection head in the vaporization device. Application of electrical energy to the heating element vaporizes the fixed volume of fluid in a fixed amount of time.