Patent ID: 11910831
Assignee: BLACKSHIP TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT LLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  H  B | IPC A  B  H

Claim 19:
20. A vaporizer comprising:
a vaporizer housing having a housing interior and an exterior;
a reservoir disposed within the housing interior, the reservoir having a reservoir exit port and being configured for selectively retaining a vaporizable liquid therein;
an air inlet passage in fluid communication with the exterior via an inlet port;
a vaporization chamber within the housing interior in fluid communication with the air inlet passage;
a vaporization products passage in fluid communication with the vaporization chamber and with the exterior via a vaporization products outlet;
electrical circuitry comprising a power source, a control processor, and positive and negative heating element contacts, the control processor being configured for controlling application of power from the power source to the heating element contacts;
a heating element receiving well formed within the housing interior; and
a heating element assembly operably disposed within the receiving well, the heating element assembly comprising:
a case structure defining a case interior and having a reservoir window and a vaporization window formed there-through, the case structure and receiving well being collectively configured so that the reservoir window is in registration with the reservoir exit port and the vaporization window is adjacent the vaporization chamber,
a thin plate heating element formed from an electrically conductive material, the
thin plate heating element being positioned within the case interior so that at least a portion of the heating element is adjacent the vaporization window, and
a liquid transport structure having a liquid intake surface and a liquid outflow surface, the liquid transport structure being disposed within the case interior so that the liquid intake surface is adjacent the reservoir window and the liquid outflow surface is adjacent or in contact with a surface of the thin plate heating element.