Vaporizer apparatus with air vents provided on longitudinal female coupling

Abstract

Systems and techniques are provided for an atomizer assembly comprising a mouthpiece portion, a fluid reservoir portion, and an atomizer. The mouthpiece portion includes a vapor outlet channel and one or more radial vent channels in communication with the vapor outlet channel. The fluid reservoir portion includes a longitudinal vapor channel and a reservoir volume. The longitudinal vapor channel is disposed along a central longitudinal axis of the fluid reservoir portion. The reservoir volume is operable to receive a fluid. The atomizer is configured to receive the fluid stored in the reservoir volume of the fluid reservoir portion. The atomizer includes at least one heating element for vaporizing the fluid received from the reservoir volume.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An atomizer assembly comprising:
 a mouthpiece portion including a vapor outlet channel and one or more radial vent channels in communication with the vapor outlet channel;   a fluid reservoir portion including a longitudinal vapor channel and a reservoir volume, wherein:
 the longitudinal vapor channel is disposed along a central longitudinal axis of the fluid reservoir portion; and 
 the reservoir volume operable to receive a fluid; and 
   an atomizer configured to receive the fluid stored in the reservoir volume of the fluid reservoir portion, wherein the atomizer includes at least one heating element for vaporizing the fluid received from the reservoir volume.   
     
     
         2 . The atomizer assembly of  claim 1 , wherein an inlet port at a second distal end of the mouthpiece portion is configured to couple to the longitudinal vapor channel of the fluid reservoir portion. 
     
     
         3 . The atomizer assembly of  claim 2 , wherein the inlet port of the mouthpiece portion is in communication with a female receptacle configured to receive a corresponding male coupler of the fluid reservoir portion. 
     
     
         4 . The atomizer assembly of  claim 3 , wherein the coupling comprises a press-fit based on longitudinally inserting the male coupler into the female receptacle. 
     
     
         5 . The atomizer assembly of  claim 3 , wherein the female receptacle and the corresponding male coupler are associated with a longitudinal coupling length. 
     
     
         6 . The atomizer assembly of  claim 5 , wherein the one or more radial vent channels connect the vapor outlet channel with external the mouthpiece portion. 
     
     
         7 . The atomizer assembly of  claim 6 , wherein the one or more radial vent channels are disposed along the longitudinal coupling length of the female receptacle of the mouthpiece portion, such that:
 when the male coupler of the fluid reservoir portion is initially inserted into the female receptacle of the mouthpiece portion, the one or more radial vent channels allow air to vent from the reservoir volume and into the vapor outlet channel of the mouthpiece portion; and   when the male coupler of the fluid reservoir portion is subsequently inserted beyond the radial vent channels in communication with the female receptacle, air is prevented from venting from the reservoir volume and into the vapor outlet channel.   
     
     
         8 . The atomizer assembly of  claim 7 , wherein the fluid provided in the reservoir volume is pressurized by further inserting the male coupler while the one or more radial vent channels are blocked. 
     
     
         9 . The atomizer assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more radial vent channels included on the mouthpiece portion include pressure-regulating radial vent channels, configured to provide pressure relief to the reservoir volume while in a first position and configured to provide pressurization of the reservoir volume while in a second position longitudinally different than the first position. 
     
     
         10 . The atomizer assembly of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the mouthpiece portion is coupled to a first distal end of the fluid reservoir portion; and   the atomizer is coupled to a second distal end of the fluid reservoir portion, the second distal end opposite from the first distal end.   
     
     
         11 . The atomizer assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the atomizer is disposed beneath the reservoir volume, along the central longitudinal axis of the fluid reservoir portion. 
     
     
         12 . The atomizer assembly of  claim 11 , wherein the mouthpiece portion is disposed above the reservoir volume and the atomizer assembly, along the central longitudinal axis of the fluid reservoir portion. 
     
     
         13 . The atomizer assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the atomizer comprises an underfeeder design. 
     
     
         14 . The atomizer assembly of  claim 13 , wherein the fluid is conveyed from the reservoir volume disposed longitudinally above the underfeeder atomizer to an upper surface of the underfeeder atomizer. 
     
     
         15 . A mouthpiece for an atomizer assembly, the mouthpiece comprising:
 a mouthpiece housing;   a vapor outlet channel formed through the mouthpiece housing between an outlet port and an inlet port, the inlet port operable to receive vaporized fluid from a longitudinal vapor channel of a fluid reservoir portion of the atomizer assembly;   one or more radial vent channels in communication with the vapor outlet channel; and   a female receptacle in communication with the one or more radial vent channels, the female receptacle operable to receive a male coupler of the fluid reservoir portion.   
     
     
         16 . The mouthpiece of  claim 15 , further comprising the outlet port at a first distal end of the mouthpiece portion and the inlet port in communication with the female receptacle, the inlet port is configured to couple to a longitudinal vapor channel of the fluid reservoir portion. 
     
     
         17 . The mouthpiece of  claim 16 , wherein the inlet port of the mouthpiece portion is in communication with the female receptacle configured to receive the corresponding male coupler of the fluid reservoir portion. 
     
     
         18 . The mouthpiece of  claim 15 , wherein the one or more radial vent channels connect the vapor outlet channel with external the mouthpiece portion. 
     
     
         19 . The mouthpiece of  claim 15 , wherein the one or more radial vent channels are disposed along a longitudinal coupling length of the female receptacle of the mouthpiece portion, such that:
 when the male coupler of the fluid reservoir portion is initially inserted into the female receptacle of the mouthpiece portion, the one or more radial vent channels allow air to vent from a reservoir volume and into the vapor outlet channel of the mouthpiece portion; and   when the male coupler of the fluid reservoir portion is subsequently inserted beyond the radial vent channels in communication with the female receptacle, air is prevented from venting from the reservoir volume and into the vapor outlet channel.   
     
     
         20 . The mouthpiece of  claim 15 , wherein the one or more radial vent channels included on the mouthpiece portion include pressure-regulating radial vent channels, configured to provide pressure relief to a reservoir volume while in a first position and configured to provide pressurization of the reservoir volume while in a second position longitudinally different than the first position.