POD ASSEMBLY, DISPENSING BODY, AND E-VAPOR APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME

• Main Authors: POPA, Cristian, ERIC HAWES, RAYMOND LAU, NEWCOMB, Ryan, TERRY BACHE, YORKSHADES, James
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.03.2024
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CIGARETTES; CIGARS; CURRENT COLLECTORS; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; ELECTRICITY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; LINE CONNECTORS; MATCH BOXES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; SMOKERS' REQUISITES; TOBACCO

AN E-VAPOR APPARATUS MAY INCLUDE A POD ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A PRE-VAPOR FORMULATION COMPARTMENT, A FIRST ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR, A VAPOR CHANNEL TRAVERSING THE PRE-VAPOR FORMULATION COMPARTMENT, AND A VAPORIZER, THE PRE-VAPOR FORMULATION COMPARTMENT CONFIGURED TO HOLD A PRE-VAPOR FORMULATION THEREIN AND IN FLUIDIC COMMUNICATION WITH THE VAPORIZER DURING AN OPERATION OF THE E-VAPOR APPARATUS, THE FIRST ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND POWER ELECTRODES, THE FIRST POWER ELECTRODE INCLUDING A FIRST CONTACT PORTION ON AN EXTERIOR OF THE FIRST ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND A FIRST EXTENDED PORTION CONFIGURED TO CONTACT AN ANODE PORTION OF THE VAPORIZER, THE SECOND POWER ELECTRODE INCLUDING A SECOND CONTACT PORTION ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE FIRST ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND A SECOND EXTENDED PORTION CONFIGURED TO CONTACT A CATHODE PORTION OF THE VAPORIZER. THE E-VAPOR APPARATUS MAY FURTHER INCLUDE A DISPENSING BODY INCLUDING A SECOND ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR CONFIGURED TO CONNECT TO THE FIRST ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR. (FIG. 1)