JP2018538203A5

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Publication number: JP2018538203A5
Application number: JP2018517814A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2016-10-04
Publication date: 2019-10-10

Description

この特許出願は、２０１５年１０月８日に出願された、「種々の流体タイプに用いられる、誘導的に加熱可能な流体貯蔵器」と題する米国特許出願第１４／８７９，０１４号の優先権を主張する。この内容は、参照により本明細書に組み込まれる。
This patent application is a priority of US patent application Ser. No. 14 / 879,014, filed Oct. 8, 2015, entitled “Inductively Heatable Fluid Reservoir for Use with Various Fluid Types”. Insist. This content is incorporated herein by reference.

Claims

A first surface;
A second surface opposite the first surface;
A reservoir body intermediate the first surface and the second surface and configured to contain a fluid;
An outlet for fluid to and from the reservoir;
A heat generating structure in the reservoir body;
A valve assembly,
The heat generating structure is electrically conductive to wirelessly receive inductive energy from an energy source external to the fluid reservoir for heating at least a portion of the fluid in the reservoir body;
The valve assembly is operative to discharge at least a portion of the heated fluid through the outlet in response to applying a compressive force to the opposing first surface and the second surface. ,
The heat generating structure is a conductive tube
A fluid carrying pod , wherein the conductive tube has a length and arrangement that is variably selected based on the fluid type of fluid contained in the reservoir, corresponding to the valve assembly .

The fluid carrying pod of claim 1 , wherein the selected arrangement is along the valve assembly .

Other fluid carrying pods contain fluids of other fluid types, have other heat generating structures,
Wherein physical dimensions of the other heat-generating structure, fluid carrying pod of claim 1 based on the other fluid types.

The fluid carrying pod of claim 1, wherein the thickness of the conductive tube is variably selected based on the fluid type.

The fluid carrying pod of claim 1, wherein the valve assembly includes a lower chamber, and the heating structure is disposed surrounding at least a portion of the lower chamber of the valve assembly.

6. The fluid carrying pod of claim 5 , wherein the lower chamber of the valve assembly and the heat generating structure are coaxial along an axis extending between the first surface and the second surface.

The conductive tube, fluid carrying pod of claim 1 to obtain Bei the inner diameter and outer diameter.

The fluid carrying pod of claim 1 , wherein the length of the heat generating structure is between 13 millimeters and 17 millimeters.

The fluid carrying pod of claim 1 , wherein the length of the heat generating structure is between 3 millimeters and 7 millimeters.

The fluid carrying pod of claim 1, wherein a lower chamber of the valve assembly slidably receives the heat generating structure.

The conductive tube, e Bei openings and the outer diameter of the inner diameter, the opening, the lower chamber of the valve assembly - claim 1, of the features that are configured and arranged to receive at least a portion Reservoir as described in.

11. A reservoir according to claim 10, wherein the conductive coil is arranged to extend shorter than the entire length of the lower chamber of the valve assembly .

Wherein in the heat generating structure, the outer diameter or at least one of said inner diameter reservoir of claim 1 1 based on the fluid type of fluid contained within the volume of the reservoir body.

The outer diameter of the heating structure, reservoir of claim 1 1 is between 6mm of 10 mm.

The tube overlap region, the reservoir according to claim 1 1 comprising at least one bonding region or void regions.

Further comprising a piston housed within the volume of the reservoir body;
The piston is configured and arranged to translate along a translation axis when a compression force is applied;
The compressive force is applied by an actuator,
The reservoir according to claim 1, wherein the actuator meshes with the piston and applies a discharge force to the piston.