JP-7857391-B2 - Vaporizable material inserts for vaporizer devices

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Inventors

イアンガルシア－ドティ

Assignees

ジュール・ラブズ・インコーポレイテッド

Dates

Publication Date: 20260512
Application Date: 20241226
Priority Date: 20190808

Claims (16)

A vaporizable material insert used with a vaporizer device to form an inhalable aerosol, A housing formed from paper material, The housing comprises a vaporizable material component at least partially disposed within the housing, The aforementioned vaporizable material component is Vaporizable materials and, The system comprises a thermally conductive material that comes into contact with the vaporizable material to enable induction heating of the vaporizable material and form the inhalable aerosol, The vaporizable material includes tobacco material, A vaporizable material insert in which the thermally conductive material is in direct contact with the paper material .
The vaporizable material insert according to claim 1, wherein the vaporizable material insert has a cylindrical shape, an approximately rectangular shape, an approximately elliptical shape, a shape similar to a parallelogram, or another shape having at least a degree of 2 rotational symmetry.
The vaporizable material insert according to claim 1, further comprising a heating element extending along the vaporizable material component.
The vaporizable material insert according to claim 3, wherein the heating element passes through the vaporizable material component and extends along the longitudinal axis of the vaporizable material component.
The vaporizable material insert according to claim 1, wherein the tobacco material includes a portion of tobacco leaves.
The vaporizable material insert according to claim 1, wherein the housing includes a heating element configured to heat the vaporizable material component.
The vaporizable material insert according to claim 1, wherein the thermally conductive material includes thermally conductive particles that are in direct contact with the vaporizable material.
The vaporizable material insert according to claim 1, wherein the thermally conductive material is formed from a metallic material.
A system for generating inhalable aerosols, It comprises a vaporizable material insert and a vaporizer device, The vaporizable material insert is A housing formed from paper material, The housing comprises a vaporizable material component that is at least partially disposed within the housing, The aforementioned vaporizable material component is Vaporizable materials and, The material includes a thermally conductive material that comes into contact with the vaporizable material to enable induction heating of the vaporizable material and form the inhalable aerosol, The vaporizable material includes tobacco material, The vaporizer device includes a vaporizable material insert receptacle configured to receive the vaporizable material insert, The system wherein the thermally conductive material is in direct contact with the paper material .
The system according to claim 9, wherein the vaporizable material insert receptacle provides a slide-fit with the vaporizable material insert.
The system according to claim 9, wherein the tobacco material includes a portion of tobacco leaves.
The system according to claim 9, wherein the vaporizable material insert has a cylindrical shape, approximately rectangular, approximately elliptical, a shape similar to a parallelogram, or another shape having at least degree 2 rotational symmetry.
The system according to claim 9, wherein the vaporizable material insert receptacle has a cylindrical shape, approximately rectangular, approximately elliptical, a shape similar to a parallelogram, or another shape having at least degree 2 rotational symmetry.
The system according to claim 9, wherein the thermally conductive material includes thermally conductive particles in direct contact with the vaporizable material.
The system according to claim 9, wherein the thermally conductive material is formed from a metallic material.
The system according to claim 9, wherein the thermally conductive material includes a heating element.

Description

Cross-reference of related applications This application claims priority under § 119(a) of U.S. Patent Provisional Application No. 62/884668, “VAPORIZABLE MATERIAL INSERT FOR VAPORIZER DEVICE,” filed on 8 August 2019, the disclosure thereof is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. Technical Field The subject matter described herein relates to various embodiments of vaporizable material inserts used in conjunction with vaporizer devices. Background Vaporizers, also known as electronic vaporizer devices or e-vaporizer devices, can be used to supply aerosols containing one or more active ingredients (e.g., gaseous and/or condensed phase materials suspended in a fixed or fluctuating mass of air or some other gaseous carrier) by inhalation of the aerosol by the user of the vaporizer device. For example, electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) include a class of vaporizer devices that are battery-powered and can be used to simulate the smoking experience. Vaporizers are gaining popularity in prescription medicine use, i.e., drug delivery, as well as in the consumption of tobacco, nicotine, and other plant-based substances. Vaporizer devices can be portable, self-contained, and/or convenient to use. In the use of a vaporizer device, the user inhales an aerosol, generally referred to as "vapor," which can be generated by a heating element that vaporizes a vaporizable material, for example, by transferring the vaporizable material to the gas phase at least partially. The vaporizable material may be a liquid, solution, solid, paste, wax, and/or any other form suitable for use in a particular vaporizer device. Furthermore, the vaporizable material used in the vaporizer may be supplied in a vaporizer cartridge, which may be a separable part from the vaporizer device, containing the vaporizable material and having an outlet (e.g., a mouthpiece) for supplying the aerosol generated by the vaporization of the vaporizable material to the user. To receive the inhalable aerosol generated by the vaporizer device, the user can activate the vaporizer device by, in a given example, puffing (suction), pressing a button, and/or by some other approach. As used herein, puffing can refer to inhalation by the user, causing a predetermined amount of air to be drawn into the vaporizer device so that an inhalable aerosol is produced when the vaporized vaporizable material is combined with a predetermined amount of air. An approach in which a vaporizer device generates an inhalable aerosol from a vaporizable material involves heating the vaporizable material within a vaporization chamber (e.g., a heater chamber) to convert the vaporizable material into a gas phase (or vapor phase). The vaporization chamber can refer to a region or volume within the vaporizer device, where a heat source (e.g., a conductive heat source, a convective heat source, and/or a radiant heat source) heats the vaporizable material to produce a mixture of air and the vaporizable material, forming vapor for the user of the vaporizer device to inhale. In some embodiments, vaporizer cartridges configured to heat a solid vaporizable material (e.g., plant material such as tobacco leaves and/or parts of tobacco leaves) require a higher temperature in the inner tobacco region to reach the minimum temperature necessary for vaporization. This high peak temperature during combustion of the solid vaporizable material can result in the formation of undesirable by-products (e.g., chemical elements or compounds). Vaporizer devices can be classified into two classes: those heated by conduction and those heated by convection. For example, conduction-based vaporizer devices can be configured to vaporize a liquid vaporizable material using a heating element that comes into contact with the liquid vaporizable material. Therefore, with liquid vaporizable materials, the heating element can become contaminated, potentially impairing the performance of the vaporizer device. In some vaporizers, the heating element can be integrated into the disposable part of the vaporizer device (e.g., a cartridge), which reduces contamination of the heating element by replacing it with each new cartridge, although this does not eliminate contamination entirely. Furthermore, this can increase the manufacturing effort and cost associated with disposable products. Additionally, uniform heating of vaporizable materials in current-conduction-based vaporizers can be difficult to achieve due to the low thermal conductivity of certain vaporizable materials (e.g., plant materials such as tobacco). Some vaporizable materials, including plant materials such as tobacco, have low thermal conductivity and can therefore be difficult to heat uniformly. Furthermore, such vaporizable materials may contain numerous voids that limit the complete penetration of heat through them. Therefore, current vaporizer devices attempt to overcome these heating difficulties, which result from overheating of the vaporizable