Patents Examined by Hae Moon Hyeon
  • Patent number: 11723404
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette vaporizer comprises a housing and a bottom cap, and a vaporizing base, a vaporizing unit and a vaporizing cover part arranged within the housing. The vaporizing base is provided in a center with a rectangular groove. The vaporizing unit comprises a liquid guiding strip and a heating coil wound around a middle portion of the liquid guiding strip. The liquid guiding strip is transversely arranged above the rectangular groove. The vaporizing cover part is arranged on the vaporizing base. A vaporizing chamber is defined between the lower portion of the vaporizing cover part and the vaporizing base. The upper portion of the vaporizing cover part is provided with a conical tube with an inner diameter increasing downwardly. The upper end of the conical tube is sleeved within the inner conical tube. The mouthpiece hole is in communication with the vaporizing chamber by the conical tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: HUIZHOU HAPPY VAPING TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Guangrong Lin, Xianbin Zheng
  • Patent number: 11707585
    Abstract: A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system includes a perforated glass substrate and a heater element. The heater element is provided in the glass substrate, on the glass substrate, or both in and on the glass substrate. The heater element includes a plurality of parallel strips between alternating rows of the perforations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Fabien Duc, Alain Tabasso
  • Patent number: 11700881
    Abstract: An ultrasonic liquid electronic cigarette atomizer and an ultrasonic liquid electronic cigarette are disclosed. The ultrasonic liquid electronic cigarette atomizer comprises an atomization core, a suction nozzle and an air outlet tube. A bottom end of the air outlet tube is communicated with an atomization chamber of the atomization core. A top end of the air outlet tube is communicated with the suction nozzle. The top end of the air outlet tube is communicated with a bottom end of the suction nozzle through a liquid blocking chamber, and the diameter of a top end of the liquid blocking chamber is greater than the diameter of the bottom end of the suction nozzle. The atomizer further comprises a connecting seat between the liquid blocking chamber and the suction nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: CHINA TOBACCO HUNAN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianfu Liu, Kejun Zhong, Xiaoyi Guo, Wei Huang, Hong Yu, Yuangang Dai, Xinqiang Yin, Jianhua Yi, Yongquan Zhou
  • Patent number: 11690407
    Abstract: An aerosol generation system for generation of an aerosol from an aerosol-forming precursor includes an electrically operated heating system to heat the precursor to generate the aerosol; a flow path for transmission of flow, including the aerosol, to a user; the heating system arranged in fluid communication with the flow path; electrical circuitry to measure a change in a property associated with the heating system due to a cooling effect on the heating system from a user inhalation through the flow path, to determine a characteristic of the inhalation based on the measured property associated with the heating system, and to identify the user based on the determined characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventor: Andrew Robert John Rogan
  • Patent number: 11690403
    Abstract: A flavor generating segment includes a first flavor generating member and a second flavor generating member, wherein: at least either of the first and the second flavor generating members includes a plurality of stacked flavor generating sheets and has, between at least a pair of the neighboring flavor generating sheets, a non-contact part in which the flavor generating sheets do not come into contact with each other; and principal surfaces of the flavor generating sheets face the other flavor generating member, as well as a flavor generating article and a flavor inhalation system equipped therewith. The flavor generating segment gives a good smoking flavor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventor: Manabu Yamada
  • Patent number: 11684083
    Abstract: A cartridge is disclosed. The cartridge includes an inner tube extending longitudinally, wherein the inner tube defines a channel with a top end and a bottom end, including a liquid substance. The cartridge includes a heat producing component on the bottom end, configured to disperse heat received from a heating element of an inhalation device, wherein the heating element is configured to heat a pre-vapor formulation of the liquid substance to form a vapor. The cartridge includes an outer casing configured to house the inner tube. The outer casing includes a hexagon shaped mouthpiece, on a first end, configured with six air flow inlets. The outer casing includes a hexagon shaped casing connected to a second end, wherein the hexagon shaped casing is configured with at least six release holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Inventor: Scott Reimann
  • Patent number: 11688980
    Abstract: A modular electrical connector with broad-side coupled signal conductors in a right angle intermediate portion. Broadside coupling provides balanced pairs for very high frequency operation. The connector is assembled with multiple subassemblies, each of which has multiple pairs of signal conductors. The subassemblies are formed from an insulative portion having grooves in opposite sides into which the intermediate portions of signal conductors. Covers, holding the signal conductors in the grooves, establish the position of the signal conductors relative to reference conductors at the exterior of subassembly, so as to provide a controlled impedance. Lossy material is positioned between the pairs in a subassembly and/or contacts the reference conductors of the subassemblies, and the lossy material of the subassemblies is in turn connected with a conductive structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Marc B. Cartier, Jr., John Robert Dunham, Mark W. Gailus, Donald A. Girard, Jr., Brian Kirk, David Levine, Vysakh Sivarajan
  • Patent number: 11666101
    Abstract: The heating engine control circuit includes a rail converter circuit and a gate driver circuit. The rail converter circuit is configured to convert a power supply voltage into a power signal based on a vaping enable signal, the vaping enable signal being a pulse width modulated signal. The gate driver circuit includes an integrated gate driver. The integrated gate driver is configured to control application of power to a heater of the non-nicotine electronic vaping device based on the power signal, a first enable signal and a second enable signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Niall Gallagher, Terrance Bache, Rangaraj S. Sundar, Jarrett Keen, Raymond W. Lau, Eric Hawes
  • Patent number: 11665785
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an atomizer and an electronic cigarette with the atomizer. The atomizer includes a cartridge assembly and a mouthpiece assembly; the cartridge assembly includes a liquid reservoir, an opening communicating the liquid reservoir with an external environment, and an atomization chamber communicating with the liquid reservoir; the mouthpiece assembly is inserted into the opening; the cartridge assembly includes an engaging portion located adjacent to the opening, and the mouthpiece assembly includes an inserting portion inserted into the engaging portion; the inserting portion defines a discharging hole, air discharges through the discharging hole while the inserting portion is being inserted into the engaging portion, and after the inserting portion is inserted into the engaging portion in place, the discharging hole is blocked, thus, e-liquid in the liquid reservoir can be prevented from being pushed to flow into the atomization chamber and liquid leakage can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SMOORE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Zhenyu Wu
  • Patent number: 11659865
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to a portable electronic vaporizing device for use in the vaporization of substances, as well as a container for holding and heating a vaporizable product. Methods of using such a device and a removably attachable vaporization module that is compatible with the device are provided. A method of heating vaporizable substances is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: PUFF CORPROATION
    Inventors: Avinash Bajpai, Siddhant Waghmare
  • Patent number: 11653698
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an electronic cigarette that includes a power supply unit that includes an installation slot and an elastic limit stop, and an atomizing device. A portion of the elastic limit stop is partly protruding the installation slot and the protruded portion of the elastic limit stop is configured to slide relatively along a direction perpendicular to an installation direction of the atomizing device. When the atomizing device is installed in the installation slot, the elastic limit stop is configured to buckle on the atomizing device and the atomizing device can be detachably connected to the power supply unit. When sliding the elastic limit stop, the elastic limit stop is configured to detach from the atomizing device and the atomizing device can be removed from the installation slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Hong Kong IVPS International Limited
    Inventor: Junwei Ouyang
  • Patent number: 11653704
    Abstract: The heating engine control circuit includes a rail converter circuit and a gate driver circuit. The rail converter circuit is configured to convert a power supply voltage into a power signal based on a vaping enable signal, the vaping enable signal being a pulse width modulated signal. The gate driver circuit includes an integrated gate driver. The integrated gate driver is configured to control application of power to a heater to heat nicotine pre-vapor formulation drawn from a nicotine reservoir at the nicotine electronic vaping device based on the power signal, a first enable signal and a second enable signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Niall Gallagher, Terrance Theodore Bache, Rangaraj S. Sundar, Jarrett Keen, Raymond W. Lau, Eric Hawes
  • Patent number: 11653697
    Abstract: There is provided a device for an electronic aerosol provision system, wherein the device includes a housing, the housing being formed of a chassis section and a hatch section. The hatch section is connected to the chassis section and moveable between a first position wherein the chassis section and hatch section together define an enclosed space for an aerosol forming component to be located for aerosol generation, and a second position wherein the chassis section and hatch section are spaced so as to provide access to the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Jeremy Wright, Simon Rucker
  • Patent number: 11641883
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette control method and an electronic cigarette are provided. The method includes: acquiring the characteristic parameter of the atomizer of the electronic cigarette; determining the first output power corresponding to the characteristic parameter of the atomizer; and outputting electric energy to the atomizer with the first output power when a smoking signal is detected. The electronic cigarette can output electric energy of different powers to atomizers with different specifications, so that the battery device of the electronic cigarette can be adapted to atomizers with different specifications, thereby increasing the adaptation range of the electronic cigarette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: JOYETECH EUROPE HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Weihua Qiu, Rufeng You
  • Patent number: 11641696
    Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system includes a storage container containing a supply of an aerosol-forming substrate, a fluid permeable heating element positioned across an opening in the storage container, a protective cover coupled to the storage container and covering the fluid permeable heating element, at least one air inlet, at least one air outlet, and an airflow path from the at least one air inlet to the at least one air outlet. The protective cover is configured such that a portion of the airflow path is between the protective cover and the fluid permeable heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Charles Silvestrini, Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik, Keethan Dasnavis Fernando
  • Patent number: 11627758
    Abstract: An improved cartridge for containing an inhalable substance. The cartridge may comprise a wrapping or exterior material having the same or similar combustion properties as the inhalable substance contained within the cartridge. The cartridge may be placed into a vaporizer or similar device where the inhalable substrate is vaporized to generate a gaseous version of the inhalable substance, such as tobacco vapor, marijuana vapor, or atomized medicine without burning of or contamination by the wrapping or exterior material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Freelander Innovations USA, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Freelander
  • Patent number: 11623053
    Abstract: A component for an aerosol-generating apparatus includes a liquid container for containing liquid, a wick arranged to draw liquid from the liquid container in use; and a heater arranged to volatilize liquid drawn from the liquid container by the wick in use to generate an aerosol in use. The heater defines a channel for receiving a material element for modifying a property of the aerosol generated in use. The component is arranged such that, in use, the material element received in the channel in use modifies a property of the aerosol generated in use thereby to generate a modified aerosol for inhalation by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Ugurhan Yilmaz, Mark Potter
  • Patent number: 11622583
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a personal vaporizer which can detect whether or not a cartridge of the personal vaporizer has been breached. The cartridge includes a conductive shell. The conductive shell can include two or more conductors which are electrically isolated from each-other. Prior to operation, the personal vaporizer can use the two or more conductors to assess whether or not an outer shell of the cartridge has been breached. In some implementations, if it is determined that the cartridge has been breached, the personal vaporizer can shut down, or otherwise fail to operate normally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventor: Kyle D. Newton
  • Patent number: 11621527
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a vertical mating direction, a plurality of contacts secured to the insulative housing, and a metallic shield secured to the insulative housing and surrounding the plurality of contacts, wherein the metallic shield and the plurality of contacts are insert-molded with the insulative housing, and the metallic shield has a pair of substantially vertical side walls, a pair of substantially vertical end walls respectively connected between the pair of side walls, and a pair of bottom walls connected between the pair of side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Ming-Ching Chen
  • Patent number: 11612703
    Abstract: The present invention provides a connector for push-connecting a cartridge containing vaporizable material, such as a 510-cartridge, to a power-supplying device. The connector includes a housing containing electrical contacts, a cartridge-receiving end for receiving a conductive end of the cartridge, and a flexible, preferably silicone, ring connected to the cartridge receiving end of the housing for retaining the conductive end of the cartridge inserted therethrough against the electrical contacts. The ring is preferably part of a silicon boot that houses the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Vapor Dosing Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yisroel Kirsh, Akiva Wagner, Robert Stephen Walter Bates