Cartridge packaging for vaporizer cartridges

US11511923B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• JUUL Labs, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Rajeev Bhalla · Palo Alto, US
• Jason Curtis · Middletown, US
• Peter C. De Alva · Lake Zurich, US
• PyiPhyo Lwin · Newark, US
• Kevin J. Myers · San Jose, US
• Alexander J. Parker · Berkeley, US
• Vincent C. Phua · Piedmont, US
• Alexandra N. Siano · San Francisco, US
• Srinivasan Sundararajan · Cupertino, US
• Jambunathan Vangal Ramamurthy · San Jose, US
• Thomas White · Hampton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 11, 2019
• Grant date: Nov 29, 2022
• Expiry date: Jul 5, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M11/042
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Cartridge packaging for nicotine delivery systems are provided. Various embodiments of cartridge packaging are described that include or use one or more perforations or perforating patterns separating the cartridges. In one embodiment, for example, a cartridge pack can include a plurality of cartridge pack cavities that are each configured to receive a vaporizer cartridge and separated by a vertical perforation region, and a void cavity separated from the plurality of cartridge pack cavities by a horizontal perforation region. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.