Electronic Vaporizing Module Gas Inlet Angle Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic vaporizers struggle to balance compactness for portability with excellent vapor production and inhalation experience.
Innovation Solution
A portable electronic vaporizing device with a vaporizing module featuring a housing with upper and lower interior chamber portions, a removable mouthpiece, a container for vaporizable products, a heating element, and a gas inlet that directs gas flow at specific angles to enhance vapor production without mechanical agitation, allowing for efficient vaporization and inhalation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If the vaporizer is made compact for portability, then portability is improved, but vapor production quality deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent optimizes the gas flow parameters including flow rate, temperature, and angle of incidence (5-60 degrees) to maximize vaporization efficiency within the compact container, achieving high vapor production from limited space through precise parameter control
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses controlled gas flow through optimized inlet design and angle of incidence to agitate and vaporize the product without mechanical components, leveraging fluid dynamics to achieve efficient vapor production in a compact form factor
2Quantity of substance
If gas flow angle is optimized to increase surface area contact, then vapor production is improved, but flow turbulence increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent specifies an angle of incidence range (5-60 degrees) that balances surface area contact for vaporization with acceptable turbulence levels, optimizing the trade-off between vapor production quality and flow stability
3Quantity of substance
If mechanical agitation structures are added to enhance vapor production, then vapor quality is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces mechanical agitation structures with optimized gas flow dynamics, using fluid mechanical forces instead of solid mechanical components to achieve product agitation and vaporization, thereby maintaining compactness and simplicity while ensuring effective vapor production
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The device provides enhanced vapor production and smooth inhalation experience by optimizing gas flow angles to increase surface area contact and reduce turbulence, ensuring efficient vaporization without mechanical structures, thus maintaining portability and usability.
Implementation Method 1
a heating element configured to be electrically connected to a power source to heat the product and form a vapor therefrom
Implementation Method 2
a gas inlet configured to introduce a flow of gas into the container, the gas inlet comprising a first opening, a second opening, and a gas inlet conduit connecting the first opening to the second opening. The gas inlet is configured to direct the flow of gas (i) downwardly with a vertical angle of at least 20° with respect to the horizontal axis, and towards an inner surface region of the container
Implementation Method 3
vaporizable product received in the container is heated by the heating element, becomes entrained in the flow of gas directed by the gas inlet into the container, and the flow of gas having the vaporized product entrained therein flows out of the container and through the upper portion interior chamber portion to flow out of the inhalation outlet of the mouthpiece
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AI summary
An electronic vaporizing device is provided having a housing defining an interior chamber having an upper interior chamber portion and a lower interior chamber portion, a removable mouthpiece having an inhalation outlet in communication with the upper interior chamber portion, a container configured to receive a vaporizable product within the lower portion of the interior chamber, the container having one or more container sidewalls having an inner surface and a bottom wall, a heating element configured to be electrically connected to a power source to heat the product and form a vapor therefrom, and a gas inlet configured to introduce a flow of gas into the container, wherein the gas inlet is configured to direct the flow of gas towards an inner surface region of the container. A vaporizing module for an electronic vaporizing device is also provided.