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Heating element

US10905835B2 · kind B2 · utility

9Cited by

10References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

JUUL Labs, Inc. · US

Inventors

Ariel Atkins · San Francisco, US
Christopher L. Belisle · Somerset, US
Steven Christensen · San Francisco, US
Alexander M. Hoopai · San Francisco, US
Eric Joseph Johnson · San Diego, US
Jason King · San Francisco, US
Esteban Leon Duque · Berkeley, US
Matthew Rios · San Francisco, US
Christopher James Rosser · Cambridge, GB
Andrew J. Stratton · Royston, GB
Alim Thawer · Cambridge, GB
James P. Westley · Cambridge, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 15, 2019
Grant date	Feb 2, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 15, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05B2203/021
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A heating element for a vaporizer cartridge is provided. The vaporizer cartridge may include a reservoir containing vaporizable material and a wicking element in fluid communication with the reservoir. The heating element may include a heating portion, a cartridge contact, and a leg. The heating portion includes at least two tines spaced apart from one another. The cartridge contact may be in electrical communication with a power source. The leg extends between the heating portion and the cartridge contact. The heating portion may be crimped around the wicking element such that the heating portion secures the wicking element to the heating element and contacts at least two surfaces of the wicking element.

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