Patent ID: 8739788

Claim:
A vaporizer heating assembly comprising: a vapor inhalation device shaped to contain a vapor and deliver the vapor to a user's mouth without expelling the vapor into the atmosphere; an airflow chamber mechanically coupled to the vapor inhalation device; a heating chamber disposed within the airflow chamber; a fan in fluid communication with an air passageway defined by an interior surface of the airflow chamber and an exterior surface of the heating chamber; a temperature probe disposed proximate and external to the airflow chamber, but not in direct physical contact with the airflow chamber, the temperature probe adapted to measure an air temperature surrounding a portion of the exterior of the airflow chamber; a distance between the airflow chamber and the temperature probe, the distance adapted to buffer a thermal coupling between the temperature probe and the heating chamber; and a temperature controller thermally coupled to the temperature probe and communicatively coupled to the heating chamber, the temperature controller operable to control a temperature output of the heating chamber in response to temperature information received from the temperature probe.