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• This disclosure relates generally to vaporizer cartridges, and more particularly, to vaporizer cartridges having a distributed support feature for insertion into a vaporization device and an internal seal system for directing fluid flows.
• Liquid funnel acts as funneling the liquid held in the vaporizer cartridge towards the heating chamber. Previously constructions have not addressed some liquid not reaching the heating element of a cartridge, creating pools of liquid the user could not access or utilize. Further, the liquid funnel acts as a seal that controls the flow of liquid from the reservoir to the chamber. Instead, constructions have relied on wicks to access liquids to the heating element which often resulted in uncontrolled flows (not enough liquid, too much liquid.
• aspects of the present disclosure are directed to disclose a novel vaporizer cartridge.
• the disclosed vaporizer cartridge includes: 1) a body including a storage compartment configured to hold a vaporizable material, the body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the body having a mouthpiece positioned at the first end and the second end being configured for insertion into a receptacle of the vaporizer device, 2) a heating chamber including a heating element configured to vaporize the vaporizable material, 3) a vapor tube extending between the heating element and the mouthpiece, 4) a seal insertable at the second end within the storage compartment of the body, the seal configured to retain the vaporizable material within the storage compartment and including a well for retaining the heating element and interior surfaces inclined from a distal end of the seal toward the well for funneling the flow of the vaporizable material within the storage compartment towards the well, and 5) a cap insertable at the second end for retaining the seal within the storage compartment.
• the second end of the body has a rectangular cross-section externally bounded by two opposing side surfaces, a front surface and a rear surface
• each of the two opposing side surfaces further comprises a stabilizing extrusion extending outwardly from the surface at a proximal end of the second end of the body
• at least one of the front surface or rear surface has a plurality of stabilizing extrusions extending outwardly from the front or rear surface and 4) the stabilizing extrusions are configured for stably positioning the body in the receptacle of the vaporizer device.
• This SUMMARY is provided to briefly identify some aspects of the present disclosure that are further described below in the DESCRIPTION. This SUMMARY is not intended to identify key or essential features of the present disclosure nor is it intended to limit the scope of any claims.
• the cartridge features a leak resistant construction, insertable into a battery housing. The user of the construction would inhale through the cartridge, triggering a pressure sensor activated process that heats the liquid filled into the aforementioned cartridge, to generate an aerosol.
• the cartridge preferable has extrusions towards the sides of the cartridge aimed to both stabilize and secure a cartridge at the region where the side of the cartridge meets the device receptacle as well as at a region further north of the receptacle. This may be achieved by the extrusions on the cartridge passing by the extrusions on the receptacle region of the battery. In addition or instead of extrusions, locking gaps may be added in the receptacle region of the battery at any place in the receptacle region. Embodiments may introduce further stabilizing features at same or different intervals. The construction will allow the cartridge to be inserted and detached securely. The support received both at the bottom and at the top stabilizers allows the cartridge to be supported at both regions. Bottom and top stabilizers are positioned along sides of the cartridge/pod as illustrated in FIG. 1 .
• FIG. 2B illustrates how the mating region could interact with the cartridge extrusions.
• FIG. 2B present an alternate arrangement of tactical guides as compared to FIG. 1 ,
• One of skill in the art will recognize that the disclosure contemplates any number of configurations including one or more guides, perhaps presumptively disposed in a symmetry that is tactically identifiable and positionally supports the cartridge/pod within the device.
• securely attaching a cartridge to the vaporizer receptacle may include one or magnets.
• the magnet further guides the user in securely attaching the cartridge.
• ring magnets may further be used. Ring magnets would be inserted at the point where the air holes are situated, and can be placed around them. This solution may save space in a small area and avoid added complexity in the molding process (see, e.g., FIG. 2C ).
• a further embodiment may include magnets being place where traditionally air holes would be placed, in case the airflow path is created by side air inlets.
• the magnets would look (for example as shown in FIG. 2D ).
• the liquid funnel acts as funneling the liquid held in the vaporizer cartridge towards the heating chamber. This piece naturally assists the liquid flow of the liquid towards the heating element and thus allows all liquid to be used. This construction eliminates pools of liquid in dead spaces or cannot be funneled to the heating element. (see, e.g., FIG. 3 ).
• the liquid funnel acts as a seal that controls the flow of liquid from the reservoir to the chamber, minimizing the likelihood that liquids overflow the chamber or that liquid seeps into the vapor tube.
• This feature supports the regulation of wicking capabilities.
• the funnel guides the liquid to the heating element, which may be a traditional wick made of cotton, silica, wood-fiber, etc, or ceramic materials, and is housed in the heating chamber.
• the traditional wick made of cotton or silica may be wrapped around a coil such as nichrome, kanthal, stainless steel, etc, or on the inside of the coil, encased by the heating wires, the latter of which is described in FIG. 4A.
• FIG. 4A does not show the cotton wick, just the heating wires for illustrative purposes.
• the ceramic element may be wrapped with cotton to improve wicking functionality, or may be made of porous material that does not require a wrapped wick.
• An embodiment of the ceramic heating element without cotton is shown in FIG. 4B (fit into heating chamber) and 4C (without the heating chamber).
• the ceramic heating element may have a partly hollow interior to allow airflow to travel towards the heating chamber, may provide a sufficiently porpous material for the airflow to flow through it, or may provide for airflow going past any of the sides of it.
• the shape of the ceramic heating element may be elliptical, square, or irregularly shaped.
• the heating chamber may have 1 or more fluid inlets.
• the fluid inlets may be varied in size, number, and placement to a variety of liquid viscosities.
• the funneling function of this construction aids transporting the liquid to fluid inlets of the heating chamber. Further embodiments using the above parts may be used as well.
• a seal between the vapor tube and the heating chamber reduces the likelihood that excess liquid re-emerges from the heating chamber through the vapor tube and out of the cartridge.
• Items highlighted in turquoise can be made from a variety of materials, including but not limited to plastic or silicone. (see, e.g., FIGs. 4D and 5 ).
• our invention includes two air holes and a place where the two pins (not shown in FIG. 6 but FIG. 9 ) are inserted to conduct electricity.
• the two air holes serve as air inlets from the bottom of the cartridge.
• the airflow is such that air travels up the air inlets north.
• FIG. 6 instead of the airflow going straight from the two air inlets to the heating region, the airflow is guided from the air inlets into the pod, and then hits the underside of the funnel seal.
• FIG. 8 The airflow is then guided by the opening created by combining the funnel seal and the bottom part, thereby traveling south and to the center.
• FIG. 9 An embodiment of this is the airflow coming from side air inlets of the pod, either above or below the stabilizer, instead of air inlets from the bottom of the pod. This is further described below.
• side airholes may be used instead of bottom airholes.
• the side airhole would still allow the air to enter the cartridge, with a similar torturous path to the bottom airhole.
• the function of the side airholes are facilitated by the stabilizer design that positions the side walls away from the interior side walls of the device, and creates an air gap between the cartridge and the side walls of the receptacle.
• the side inlet would have the additional benefit to increase space available for the magnetic connection at the bottom, as well allow other information to be placed there to identify the cartridge (e.g. barcode, RMD resistor, etc.) (see, e.g., FIG 11 ).
• the airflow is further illustrated in FIG. 12 .
• FIGs. 10 and 12 further show the three apertures at the top of the cartridge; these can also be provided in any other alternate configuration (e.g. 2 or 4 apertures, or apertures at different intervals, or apertures placed at different locations).
• the function of these apertures includes guidance to the user for the correct insertion of the cartridge into the battery receptacle. Further, it stabilizes the cartridge vis a vis the mating region on the top side. Further, these apertures may also function in creating sufficient space for airholes to be placed on that side instead of or in addition to the side or bottom air inlets. In this configuration, a torturous path can alternatively or in addition be added to the airway in proximity to the mouthpiece at the top of the cartridge. See, for example, FIGs.
• FIGs. 16A-16C which illustrate an exemplary cap inserted at the tip of the mouthpiece to divert the central airway directing aerosols from the heating chamber to two apertures of the mouthpiece.
• the pathways in the mouthpiece just below the cap include chambers for receiving a filter material (for example, cotton).
• the exterior cartridge housing is preferably molded in one piece with a matte black see-through finish. This allows the user to view the liquid fill volume from all angles or during use, while remaining discrete. This gives the user the ability to have visibility into the liquid fill level, being able to determine if the cartridge is full or close to run out without having to take the cartridge out of the battery receptacle or without having to create the need for a viewing window or notch.
• the preferred cartridge material provides a matte black translucent finish that enables a liquid fill level to be visually determined by a user.
• suitable plastic materials including but not limited to PCTG (Poly Cyclohexylenedimethylene Terephthalate, glycol-modified). Other translucent materials, as well as perhaps clear finish materials, may also be suitable.
• the cartridge mouthpiece is configured with novel ergonomic from features including tapering on one side and an elongated tip on the other side (see, e.g., FIG. 11 ). This construction allows the user to more comfortably place the cartridge on the lips.
• the exemplary embodiments herein are directed to a vaporizer cartridge with an insertable portion of the housing having a rectangular cross-section, aspects of the disclosure are not be be interpreted as limited to this exemplary configuration.
• the vaporizer could be constructed with the inserted portion of the housing having a circular, elliptical, hexagonal, pentagonal or octagonal cross-section, as well as any other geometric or non-geometric shape that would effectively mate with the battery receptacle.

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