Electronic vapor device with film assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10085486-B2
Application number	US-201615276289-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 26, 2016
Priority date	Sep 24, 2015
Publication date	Oct 2, 2018
Grant date	Oct 2, 2018

Abstract

Disclosed are methods, systems, and apparatuses for fabricating a film based processor and using the processor in an electronic vaping device. An example apparatus can comprise an air intake, a vapor output, a container for storing a vaporizable material, a mixing chamber coupled to the air intake for receiving air, the container for receiving the vaporizable material, and a heating element configured for heating the vaporizable material and the received air to generate a heated vapor. The apparatus can comprise a processor comprising a plurality of circuit elements supported on a flexible film substrate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic vapor device comprising:
a housing configured to at least partially surround the electronic vapor device;
a device processor operable for controlling operation of the electronic vapor device;
at least one container for storing a vaporizable material;
a vaporizing component operatively coupled to the device processor and controlled in part by the device processor, wherein the vaporizing component is in fluid communication with the at least one container for receiving at least a portion of the vaporizable material therefrom, wherein the vaporizer component is operable to vaporize the vaporizable material received therein;
at least one vapor outlet coupled to the vaporizing component and configured to receive vapor generated by the vaporizing component, wherein the at least one vapor outlet is operable to expel the generated vapor from the electronic vapor device; and
at least one power source operatively coupled to the vaporizing component, wherein the at least one power source is operable to generate a supply of power for operation of at least the vaporizing component;
wherein the device processor comprises a plurality of interconnected processing components affixed to a flexible thin-film substrate, wherein the flexible thin-film substrate is configured to conform to a shape of the housing.

2. The electronic vapor device of claim 1 , wherein the housing is configured to at least partially surround the device processor, the at least one container, and the vaporizing component.

3. The electronic vapor device of claim 2 , wherein the flexible film substrate comprises at least one of a plastic foil substrate, paper, resin, coated paper, glossy photo paper, a polyamide film, a polyethylene terephthalate film, a biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate film, a polyether ether ketone film, a transparent conductive polyester film, and combinations thereof.

4. The electronic vapor device of claim 1 , wherein the flexible film substrate comprises a plastic foil substrate.

5. The electronic vapor device of claim 1 , wherein the flexible film substrate comprises a polyamide film.

6. The electronic vapor device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of interconnected processing components is affixed to a plurality of corresponding conductive pathways deposited onto the flexible film substrate.

7. The electronic vapor device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of interconnected processing components comprises a plurality of thin-film transistors.

8. The electronic vapor device of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of thin-film transistors comprises organic thin-film transistors.

9. The electronic vapor device of claim 8 , wherein the organic thin-film transistors are p-type transistors.

10. The electronic vapor device of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of thin-film transistors comprises metal-oxide transistors.

11. The electronic vapor device of claim 10 , wherein the metal-oxide transistors comprise at least one of indium gallium zinc-oxide, a mix of amorphous metal oxide materials, and combinations thereof.

12. The electronic vapor device of claim 10 , wherein the metal-oxide transistors are n-type transistors.

13. The electronic vapor device of claim 1 , further comprising a mixing component operatively coupled to the device processor and controlled in part by the device processor, wherein the mixing component is in fluid communication with the at least one container for receiving at least a portion of the vaporizable material therefrom, wherein the mixing component is operable to withdraw a selected amount of vaporizable material from the at least one container and deliver the selected amount to the vaporizing component.

14. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising an input/output device operatively coupled to the device processor and controlled in part by the device processor, wherein the input/output device is configured to receive a plurality of commands for controlling at least one operational parameter of the electronic vapor device and to transmit the plurality of commands to the device processor for processing thereof.

15. The electronic vapor device of claim 1 , wherein the electronic vapor device is selected from the group of electronic vapor devices consisting of: an electronic cigarette, an electronic cigar, an electronic vapor device integrated with an electronic communication device, a robotic vapor device, and a micro-size electronic vapor device.

Assignees

• Lunatech Llc

Inventors

• Cameron John

Classifications

• H01L51/0097

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L29/78693

  Electricity · mapped topic

• A24F47/008 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• H01L51/0508

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/286

  Electricity · mapped topic