Patents by Inventor Bradley J. Ingebrethsen
Bradley J. Ingebrethsen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230166055Abstract: Methods and vaporizer apparatuses that estimate, measure and/or predict the amount of vapor and/or material (including active ingredients) released by the vaporizer apparatus. In particular, described herein are electronic vaporizers and methods of using them that determine a dose/amount of vapor and/or a material in the vapor based primarily or exclusively on the electrical and thermal properties, e.g., power or energy applied to the vaporizing element (e.g., heating coil) and the temperature of the material immediately before and as it is vaporized. Dose information may be used to control operation of the device and/or reported to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2023Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Ariel Atkins, Adam Bowen, Bradley J. Ingebrethsen, Esteban Leon Duque, James Monsees
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Publication number: 20230054752Abstract: Various embodiments of a vaporization device are described that include one or more features for generating a combined inhalable aerosol. In some embodiments, the vaporization device can include one or more heating elements that are configured to heat one or more vaporizable materials. Various embodiments of heating elements, as well as heating and airflow systems for use in vaporization devices for generating the combined inhalable aerosol are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: William W. Alston, Adam Bowen, Jacob R. Davis, Ian Garcia-Doty, Eddie G. Gonzalez, Bradley J. Ingebrethsen, Joshua A. Kurzman, James Monsees, Andrew J. Pappas, Bretton M. Swope, Paul R. Vieira, Timothy J. Watson, Joseph S. Wilinski, JR.
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Patent number: 11565057Abstract: Methods and vaporizer apparatuses that estimate, measure and/or predict the amount of vapor and/or material (including active ingredients) released by the vaporizer apparatus. In particular, described herein are electronic vaporizers and methods of using them that determine a dose/amount of vapor and/or a material in the vapor based primarily or exclusively on the electrical and thermal properties, e.g., power or energy applied to the vaporizing element (e.g., heating coil) and the temperature of the material immediately before and as it is vaporized. Dose information may be used to control operation of the device and/or reported to the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: JUUL Labs, Inc.Inventors: Ariel Atkins, Adam Bowen, Bradley J. Ingebrethsen, Esteban Leon Duque, James Monsees
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Publication number: 20220279846Abstract: Various embodiments of a vaporization device are described that include one or more features, such as for generating a combined inhalable aerosol. In some embodiments, the vaporization device can include one or more heaters that are configured to heat one or more vaporizable materials. Various embodiments of heating elements and heating systems for use in vaporization devices are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: William W. Alston, Adam Bowen, Jacob R. Davis, Ian Garcia-Doty, Bradley J. Ingebrethsen, Joshua A. Kurzman, James Monsees, Andrew J. Pappas, Paul R. Vieira, Timothy J. Watson, Joseph S. Wilinski, JR.
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Patent number: 11350664Abstract: Various embodiments of a vaporization device are described that include one or more features, such as for generating a combined inhalable aerosol. In some embodiments, the vaporization device can include one or more heaters that are configured to heat one or more vaporizable materials. Various embodiments of heating elements and heating systems for use in vaporization devices are also described.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: JUUL Labs, Inc.Inventors: William W. Alston, Adam Bowen, Jacob R. Davis, Ian Garcia-Doty, Bradley J. Ingebrethsen, Joshua A. Kurzman, James Monsees, Andrew J. Pappas, Paul R. Vieira, Timothy J. Watson, Joseph S. Wilinski, Jr.
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Publication number: 20220023556Abstract: Deformable valves and atomizer designs for a vaporizer (e.g., electronic cigarette). The vaporizer may be used for vaporization of liquid and/or organic material. The vaporizer may enable enhanced flow control of fluid and may generate high quality and quantity of vapor efficiently. In some instances, flow path of the vaporizer may allow bulk fluid flow, e.g., in contrast to capillary flow, to deliver fluid to a vicinity of the vaporizer. In some instances, the vaporizer may utilize improved atomizer designs for vaporizing devices, where said designs can be configured optionally, with various embodiments of a breath-modulating deformable valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Adam Bowen, Ariel Atkins, Alexander J. Gould, Carlos Schuler, Bradley J. Ingebrethsen
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Patent number: 11154669Abstract: Deformable valves and atomizer designs for a vaporizer (e.g., electronic cigarette). The vaporizer may be used for vaporization of liquid and/or organic material. The vaporizer may enable enhanced flow control of fluid and may generate high quality and quantity of vapor efficiently. In some instances, flow path of the vaporizer may allow bulk fluid flow, e.g., in contrast to capillary flow, to deliver fluid to a vicinity of the vaporizer. In some instances, the vaporizer may utilize improved atomizer designs for vaporizing devices, where said designs can be configured optionally, with various embodiments of a breath-modulating deformable valve.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2016Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: JUUL Labs, Inc.Inventors: Adam Bowen, Ariel Atkins, Alexander J. Gould, Carlos Schuler, Bradley J. Ingebrethsen
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Publication number: 20200146352Abstract: Various embodiments of a vaporization device are described that include one or more features, such as for generating a combined inhalable aerosol. In some embodiments, the vaporization device can include one or more heaters that are configured to heat one or more vaporizable materials. Various embodiments of heating elements and heating systems for use in vaporization devices are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: William W. Alston, Adam Bowen, Jacob R. Davis, Ian Garcia-Doty, Bradley J. Ingebrethsen, Joshua A. Kurzman, James Monsees, Paul R. Vieira
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Publication number: 20200120987Abstract: Methods and vaporizer apparatuses that estimate, measure and/or predict the amount of vapor and/or material (including active ingredients) released by the vaporizer apparatus. In particular, described herein are electronic vaporizers and methods of using them that determine a dose/amount of vapor and/or a material in the vapor based primarily or exclusively on the electrical and thermal properties, e.g., power or energy applied to the vaporizing element (e.g., heating coil) and the temperature of the material immediately before and as it is vaporized. Dose information may be used to control operation of the device and/or reported to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Ariel Atkins, Adam Bowen, Bradley J. Ingebrethsen, Esteban Leon Duque, James Monsees
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Patent number: 9486013Abstract: A cigarette includes lighting and mouth ends. It may include a smokable segment disposed at the lighting end. It also includes a mouth-end segment; an aerosol-generation system disposed between the lighting and mouth ends, which includes (i) a heat-generation segment adjacent the smokable segment, including a heat source configured to be activated by combustion of a smokable material and an insulation layer of a non-glass material that is woven, knit, or both, and (ii) an aerosol-generating segment with aerosol-forming material disposed between, but physically separate from, each of the heat generation segment and the mouth end; a piece of outer wrapping material that provides an overwrap around at least a portion of the aerosol-generating segment, the heat-generation segment, and at least a portion of the smokable segment; those segments being connected together by the overwrap to provide a cigarette rod; that is connected to the cigarette rod using tipping material.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2013Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Billy Tyrone Conner, Chandra K. Banerjee, Steven L. Alderman, Paul E. Braxton, Carolyn R. Carpenter, Alvaro Gonzalez-Parra, Bradley J. Ingebrethsen, Kristen L. Murray, Timothy B. Nestor, Evon Llewellyn Crooks
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Publication number: 20130233329Abstract: A cigarette includes lighting and mouth ends. It may include a smokable segment disposed at the lighting end. It also includes a mouth-end segment; an aerosol-generation system disposed between the lighting and mouth ends, which includes (i) a heat-generation segment adjacent the smokable segment, including a heat source configured to be activated by combustion of a smokable material and an insulation layer of a non-glass material that is woven, knit, or both, and (ii) an aerosol-generating segment with aerosol-forming material disposed between, but physically separate from, each of the heat generation segment and the mouth end; a piece of outer wrapping material that provides an overwrap around at least a portion of the aerosol-generating segment, the heat-generation segment, and at least a portion of the smokable segment; those segments being connected together by the overwrap to provide a cigarette rod; that is connected to the cigarette rod using tipping material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2013Publication date: September 12, 2013Inventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Billy Tyrone Conner, Chandra K. Banerjee, Steven L. Alderman, Paul E. Braxton, Carolyn R. Carpenter, Alvaro Gonzalez-Parra, Bradley J. Ingebrethsen, Kristen L. Murray, Timothy B. Nestor, Evon Llewellyn Crooks
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Patent number: 8464726Abstract: A cigarette includes lighting and mouth ends. It may include a smokable segment disposed at the lighting end. It also includes a mouth-end segment; an aerosol-generation system disposed between the lighting and mouth ends, which includes (i) a heat-generation segment adjacent the smokable segment, including a heat source configured to be activated by combustion of a smokable material and an insulation layer of a non-glass material that is woven, knit, or both, and (ii) an aerosol-generating segment with aerosol-forming material disposed between, but physically separate from, each of the heat generation segment and the mouth end; a piece of outer wrapping material that provides an overwrap around at least a portion of the aerosol-generating segment, the heat-generation segment, and at least a portion of the smokable segment; those segments being connected together by the overwrap to provide a cigarette rod; that is connected to the cigarette rod using tipping material.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2009Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Billy Tyrone Conner, Chandra K. Banerjee, Steven L. Alderman, Paul E. Braxton, Carolyn R Carpenter, Alvaro Gonzalez-Parra, Bradley J. Ingebrethsen, Kristen L. Murray, Timothy B. Nestor, Evon Llewellyn Crooks
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Publication number: 20110041861Abstract: A cigarette includes lighting and mouth ends. It may include a smokable segment disposed at the lighting end. It also includes a mouth-end segment; an aerosol-generation system disposed between the lighting and mouth ends, which includes (i) a heat-generation segment adjacent the smokable segment, including a heat source configured to be activated by combustion of a smokable material and an insulation layer of a non-glass material that is woven, knit, or both, and (ii) an aerosol-generating segment with aerosol-forming material disposed between, but physically separate from, each of the heat generation segment and the mouth end; a piece of outer wrapping material that provides an overwrap around at least a portion of the aerosol-generating segment, the heat-generation segment, and at least a portion of the smokable segment; those segments being connected together by the overwrap to provide a cigarette rod; that is connected to the cigarette rod using tipping material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2009Publication date: February 24, 2011Inventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Billy Tyrone Conner, Chandra K. Banerjee, Steven L. Alderman, Paul E. Braxton, Carolyn R. Carpenter, Alvaro Gonzalez-Parra, Bradley J. Ingebrethsen, Kristen L. Murray, Timothy B. Nestor, Evon Llewellyn Crooks
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Patent number: 5388574Abstract: An aerosol delivery article provides delivery of aerosol particles of relatively small size without the necessity of exposing the material which is aerosolized to a significant degree of heat or high temperatures. An aerosol forming material is a multi-component material comprising an active ingredient and another ingredient having a relatively low vaporization temperature, and preferably that aerosol forming material is in the form of an emulsion. The aerosol forming material is nebulized so as to provide first stage multi-component aerosol particles of fairly large size. The first stage aerosol particles then are subjected to heat so as to vaporize the other ingredient of that aerosol and cause further dispersion of that first stage aerosol. As such, a second stage aerosol composed of fine particles of active ingredient is provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 1993Date of Patent: February 14, 1995Inventor: Bradley J. Ingebrethsen
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Patent number: 4819665Abstract: An aerosol delivery article is capable of producing substantial quantities of smoke, both initially and over the useful lifetime of the product, without significant thermal degradation of the aerosol former and without the presence of substantial pyrolysis or incomplete combustion products or sidestream smoke. The article also delivers very low levels of carbon monoxide. The article is able of providing the user with the sensations and benefits of cigarette smoking without burning tobacco. The article includes a carbonaceous fuel element, an aerosol forming substance within a heat conductive container, an outer member surrounding the heat conductive container, and a mouthend piece. Upon draw on the mouthend piece air enters the peripheral region of the outer member and enters the heat conductive container. As the heat conductive container is in a heat exchange relationship with the fuel element, aerosol is thereby formed within the container and passed to the mouth of the user.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1987Date of Patent: April 11, 1989Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Donald L. Roberts, Carl C. Morrison, Johnny L. Brooks, Evon L. Crooks, Bradley J. Ingebrethsen
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Patent number: 4771795Abstract: The present invention preferably relates to a smoking article which is capable of producing substantial quantities of aerosol, both initially and over the useful life of the product, without significant thermal degradation of the aerosol former and without the presence of substantial pyrolysis or incomplete combustion products or sidestream aerosol. The article employes a dual burn rate fuel element, which utilizes a fast burning segment and a slow burning segment.The use of such a dual burn rate fuel element has several advantages over conventional homogeneous fuels. For example, the fast burning component assists in the ease of lighting the fuel element, and provides rapid heat transfer to the aerosol generating means. This in turn, provides early aerosol delivery.The slow burning component provides for even heat distribution throughout the burn period.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 1986Date of Patent: September 20, 1988Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Jackie L. White, Bradley J. Ingebrethsen