Patents Assigned to Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.
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Patent number: 10716332Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid reservoir (34) for an electronic smoking device (10), an atomizer/liquid reservoir portion (14) with a liquid reservoir (34) for an electronic smoking device (10) and to an electronic smoking device (10) with a liquid reservoir (34). In order to be able to provide gaseous material that has not been atomized by an atomizer (26) of the electronic smoking device (10), the liquid reservoir (34) comprises first and second storage volumes (40, 42) that are each in communication with a liquid outlet (46) or a fluid outlet (50), wherein the liquid outlet (46) and the fluid outlet (50) are arranged one after the other in a longitudinal direction (L) of the liquid reservoir (34).Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2016Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.Inventors: Stefan Biel, Vaclav Borkovec, Neha Daryani
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Patent number: 10717584Abstract: A mixing bottle for mixing two liquids can include a first and a second storage compartment for storing liquids. The first and the second storage compartments can be separated from each other. The mixing bottle can further include a mixing compartment connected to the first storage compartment by a first dosing device of the mixing bottle, connected to the second storage compartment by a second dosing device of the mixing bottle, and connected to an outlet opening of the mixing bottle.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.Inventors: Vaclav Borkovec, Nicole Tschierske
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Patent number: 10701982Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes a shell and a mouthpiece. The external wall of the shell has an air inlet. An atomizer and a liquid-supply are in contact with each other. The air inlet, atomizer, and an aerosol passage are interconnected.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.Inventor: Lik Hon
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Patent number: 10701972Abstract: An electronic cigarette (10) includes an atomizer (26) having a coil-less heating element (4) with a heating section (6) connected to an electrical power source and two end sections in contact with a liquid supply (34). The heating element (4) is made of one or more woven fiber tubes (2) having a hollow interior such that the liquid can be transported from the liquid supply (34) to the heating section (6) through the hollow interior along the woven fiber tubes (2) or through the fiber materials via capillary action.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2016Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.Inventors: Stefan Biel, Vaclav Borkovec
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Patent number: 10645970Abstract: The invention relates to aerosol generating components (40) for electronic smoking devices, to electronic smoking devices and in particular electronic cigarettes, and to methods for generating inhalants. In order to improve smoking experience by purposefully directing nicotine and flavor products, the invention provides that two aerosols with different particle sized are generated consecutively.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.Inventors: Vaclav Borkovec, Stefan Biel, Diego Gonzalez
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Patent number: 10645971Abstract: An electronic smoking (1) device comprises a housing (2), control electronics (14) and a puff detector (18). The housing (2) accommodates a battery (10) as an electric power source powering an electrically heatable atomizer (20) comprising an electric heater (22) and adapted to atomize a liquid supplied from a reservoir (6) to provide an aerosol exiting from the atomizer (20). The control electronics (14) controls the heater (22) of the atomizer (20) and is adapted to operate the heater (22) in at least two predetermined modes. The puff detector (18) indicates an aerosol inhaling puff to the control electronics (14). The control electronics (14) selects a specific mode for operating the heater (22) via a control signal initiated by the puff detector (18).Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.Inventor: Roland Zitzke
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Patent number: 10602773Abstract: The present invention relates generally to electronic smoking devices and in particular electronic cigarettes. A mouthpiece for an electronic smoking device has an elongated housing having ports at opposite ends; a central passage formed as a hollow channel through the housing in communication with the ports, contact terminals for connecting to a battery of the electronic smoking device and conductive elements connected to the contact terminals, the conductive elements being configured for connecting, to the battery, an tempering element for tempering an aerosol produced by the electronic smoking device. Using the tempering element, aerosol passing through the central passage can be tempered and loss of aerosol due to condensation is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.Inventors: Stefan Biel, Vaclav Borkovec, Emin Yener, Liliana Maria Ferreira Chaves
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Patent number: 10595564Abstract: An electronic smoking device includes a battery portion including an electric power supply, an atomizer/liquid reservoir portion having a mouthpiece opening in an end, and a liquid reservoir adapted for accommodating a liquid. The electronic smoking device further includes an atomizer arranged at a first end face of the liquid reservoir and operable when connected to the power supply to atomize liquid to create an aerosol, wherein the atomizer comprises a plurality of openings adapted for providing the aerosol, and an actuator movable inside the liquid reservoir towards the first end face and adapted for supplying liquid to the plurality of openings.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.Inventors: Stefan Biel, Diego Gonzalez
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Patent number: 10588349Abstract: An electronic smoking device (1) includes a housing (2), a receiving unit (3) for the reception of a solid smoking material (4) and a primary heating element (5). The primary heating element and the receiving unit are arranged adjacent to one another. The electronic smoking device further comprises a positioning element for forcing solid smoking material inserted in the receiving unit towards the primary heating element. Solid smoking material within the receiving unit which is forced towards the primary heating element by the positioning element is liquefied and atomized by the primary heating element. The receiving unit, the primary heating element and the positioning element are arranged within the housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.Inventors: Vaclav Borkovec, Stefan Biel
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Patent number: 10588350Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes an atomizer having a coil-less heating element having a heating section, two leads electrically connected to the heating section, and a liquid guiding structure. The liquid guiding structure includes two pads, a first pad and a second pad sandwiching at least a portion of the heating section. A gasket may be placed between a liquid supply and the first pad such that liquid is conducted from the liquid supply to the first pad.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2015Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.Inventors: Fucheng Yu, Zhuoran Li
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Patent number: 10588353Abstract: An atomizing electronic cigarette has an atomizing core component and a liquid storage component, including an electric heater. The electric heater may have a through hole aligned with a channel passing through the liquid storage component. The cigarette can heat and uniformly vaporize liquid from the liquid storage component, with the user inhaling the vaporized liquid. The vapor generated by the atomizing process may be cooled as it flows through the channel.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.Inventor: Lik Hon
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Patent number: 10543965Abstract: A child-resistant smoking article package 100 is provided which comprises a case 103 with an opening 104 that is adapted to receive a smoking article 102 and a cap 107 movable between a closed state wherein the cap 107 closes the case 103 and an open state wherein the opening 104 of the case 103 is accessible. The child-resistant smoking article package 100 further comprises a first releaseably engageable fixation member 108-1 and a second and third releaseably engageable fixation member 108-2, 108-3, wherein the second and third releaseably engageable fixation members 108-2, 108-3 are arranged on opposing sides of the child-resistant smoking article package 100. The first, second and third releaseably engageable fixation members 108-1, 108-2, 108-3 are adapted to immovably fix the cap 107 to the case 103 in the closed state and to release the cap 107 when they are simultaneously actuated.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2015Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.Inventor: Thorben Rehders
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Patent number: 10517333Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes a battery assembly and an atomizer assembly within a housing with the battery assembly electrically connected to the atomizer assembly. The housing has one or more air inlets. A liquid storage component is in contact with a porous component of the atomizer assembly, with the porous component having a run-through hole. A heating wire is in an air flow path through the run-through hole.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2018Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.Inventor: Lik Hon
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Patent number: 10520089Abstract: An electronic cigarette including a liquid supply, an air inlet, an inhalation port, and an atomizer. The liquid supply has a housing with a spiral container, having an outlet for directing a liquid held within the container out to the atomizer and at least one inlet sealed by a sealing agent to impede movement of the liquid. An air channel leads from the air inlet through the atomizer to the inhalation port for directing an aerosol generated at the atomizer to the inhalation port.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.Inventors: Wei Li, Xinliang Tong
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Patent number: 10499689Abstract: An electronic cigarette has a housing (2) formed by a plurality of thin rolled up layers with one or more grooves (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 6g) on an inside or outer surface of the housing (2). The housing (2) allows an opening to be formed to allow battery (3) gases to escape, avoiding over-pressurizing the housing (2), in the event of a battery (3) failure. The housing (2) may have a thickness of about 0.06 mm to about 2.5 mm. The layers may be bonded together by adhesives. The housing (2) may be formed around components of the electronic cigarette.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2014Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.Inventor: Lik Hon
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Patent number: 10492534Abstract: It is provided an electronic smoking device (1) with a housing (2) including an atomizer (6) and a liquid reservoir (4). The atomizer (6) comprises a heating wire (8) and at least a first contact finger (9) adapted to supply a first electrical potential to the heating wire (8). The first contact finger (9) is adapted to contact the heating wire (8) at a plurality of different contact portions (P1, P2, P3, P4) thereby altering the heating characteristics of the atomizer (6) which vaporizes liquid (5) supplied from the reservoir (4) to generate an aerosol (7).Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2015Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.Inventors: Daniel Suess, Vaclav Borkovec
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Patent number: 10492529Abstract: An electronic smoking device comprises an elongate housing sleeve having a first end a second end and accommodating at least part of the following components: a battery (40) as an electric power source powering an electrically activatable atomizer including an electric heater and adapted to atomize a liquid supplied from a reservoir to provide an aerosol exiting from the atomizer, a puff detector (48) adapted to indicate an aerosol inhaling puff, and control electronics (42, 44) connected to the puff detector (48) and adapted to control the heater of the atomizer. At least part of the battery (40), the puff detector (48), the control electronics (42, 44) and/or the atomizer is mounted on an elongate insert (10) permitting lateral access and fitting into the housing sleeve via one of the ends of the housing sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2014Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.Inventors: Vaclav Borkovec, Thorben Rehders
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Patent number: 10477898Abstract: An atomizing electronic cigarette has an atomizing core component and a liquid storage component. including an electric heater. The electric heater may have a through hole aligned with a channel passing through the liquid storage component. The cigarette can heat and uniformly vaporize liquid from the liquid storage component, with the user inhaling the vaporized liquid. The vapor generated by the atomizing process may be cooled as it flows through the channel.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.Inventor: Lik Hon
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Patent number: 10440997Abstract: A capsule for use with an electronic smoking device includes a shell (105) having a lateral wall (101, 102) and an end wall (103), wherein the lateral wall (101, 102) and the end wall (103) defines a cavity (110) open at one end (111). A puncturable membrane (104) seals the open end (111) of the cavity (110). A liquid is contained within the cavity (110) by the shell (105) and the puncturable membrane (104), wherein a liquid transporting element (120) is arranged within the cavity (110) enclosed by the puncturable membrane (104) and immersed in the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2015Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.VInventors: Vaclav Borkovec, Fiona Collins, Shona Davidson, Andrew Rowbotham
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Patent number: 10433589Abstract: An electronic smoking device comprises a housing accommodating a battery as an electric power source powering an electrically heatable atomizer comprising an electric heater and adapted to atomize a liquid supplied from a reservoir to provide an aerosol exiting from the atomizer. The heater of the atomizer is controlled by means of control electronics. A puff detector indicates an aerosol inhaling puff to the control electronics. The control electronics operates, for a puff, the heater of the atomizer with a predetermined level of electric power. Preferably, the electronic smoking device comprises a voltage sensor measuring the battery voltage, wherein the control electronics distributes the predetermined level of electric power, for a puff, by pulse width modulation, based on the battery voltage measured by the voltage sensor.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.Inventors: Roland Zitzke, Vaclav Borkovec