Patents Examined by James Harvey
  • Patent number: 11969020
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating system may include a liquid storage portion, a vaporizer, and a pump. The liquid storage portion may be configured to store a liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The vaporizer may be configured to volatilize the liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The pump may be configured to pump air into the liquid storage portion so as to push out a volume of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the liquid storage portion and to supply the volume of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to the vaporizer. A method for generating an aerosol may be performed with the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Ben Mazur, Eva Saade Latorre, Alain Tabasso
  • Patent number: 11969009
    Abstract: A cover assembly includes a mouthpiece including one end, that is configured to come into contact with a mouth of a user, and another end opposite to the one end, the mouthpiece configured to move to an open position and a closed position by rotation of the mouthpiece around the other end; and an accommodation unit for accommodating the one end of the mouthpiece in the closed position. The accommodation unit includes a button unit including a body, the button unit configured to contact the one end of the mouthpiece and to be displaced in a longitudinal direction based on the one end being pressed; and a locking unit including a body, the body of the locking unit including a first portion that is configured to contact the one end of the mouthpiece and a second portion that is configured to contact the button unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Sung Kim, Heon Jun Jeong, Won Kyeong Lee, Jae Sung Choi
  • Patent number: 11950633
    Abstract: An atomizer and an aerosol delivery device are described, where the atomizer has a fluid transport element formed from a rigid monolith having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The atomizer also has a heater. The heater provides a substantially planar heating surface. The heating surface is positioned to face the first side of the rigid monolith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Vahid Hejazi
  • Patent number: 11942749
    Abstract: A plug connection device for connecting an electrical cable and establishing a ground connection to an external component may have at least one plug connector and fastening means electrically and mechanically connectable therewith. The plug connector may have a housing and a plug body which is connectable to a conductor of the electrical cable and receivable in an axial direction in a receptacle of the housing. The contact element may plug into the housing to make electrical contact with the plug body received in the receptacle. The contact element and connection element are electrically connected to one another. The connection element may be connected to a ground cable that is connectable with the external component to establish, independently of the electrical cable, the ground connection with the external component via the plug body, contact element, connection part and the ground cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik Gmbh & Co KG
    Inventor: Till Bredbeck
  • Patent number: 11937632
    Abstract: There is provided a cartridge (100) for use in an aerosol-generating system (10) for the generation of an aerosol comprising nicotine salt particles. The cartridge (100) comprises a first compartment (110) containing a nicotine source (210) comprising a first carrier material (211) impregnated with nicotine, the first compartment (110) having a first air inlet (132) and a first air outlet (133). The first compartment (110) defines a first airflow path (217) extending across a first surface (213) of the first carrier material (211) between the first air inlet (132) and the first air outlet (133). The cartridge (100) also comprises a second compartment (120) containing an acid source (220) comprising a second carrier material (221) impregnated with an acid, the second compartment (220) having a second air inlet (134) and a second air outlet (135).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Irene Taurino, Igor Zinovik
  • Patent number: 11925216
    Abstract: A portable vaporizing device and/or cartridge comprises a product chamber capable of holding a vaporizable product therein, and a porous valve element configured to be heated to flow the vaporizable product therethrough and generate vapor from the vaporizable product, and optionally including a heat transfer element to heat the vaporizable product as it flows through the product chamber towards the porous valve element. Also provided are methods and automated systems for filling the cartridge used in the portable vaporizing device with a vaporizable product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Puff Corporation
    Inventors: Avinash Bajpai, Roger Sayre, Charlton Huang, John Biondo, Ori Russo, Cyrus Legg
  • Patent number: 11925205
    Abstract: There is provided a hatch section for an electronic aerosol provision device, wherein the hatch section includes a sleeve for receipt of an aerosol forming component, the sleeve defining a longitudinal axis and including first and second sections spaced along the longitudinal axis which exert different rotational biases on the aerosol forming component when inserted into the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventor: Jeremy Wright
  • Patent number: 11896056
    Abstract: A method of generating an aerosol in an aerosol-generating system includes storing liquid aerosol-forming substrate in a liquid storage portion and delivering via a pump a liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the liquid storage portion to an atomizer. The method also includes sensing a puff via a a puff sensor in an airflow path of the aerosol-generating system and determining a puff intensity during the puff via a controller. The delivery flow rate of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to the atomizer is adjusted in response to the determined puff intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Michel Bessant, Ben Mazur, Eva Saade Latorre, Alain Tabasso
  • Patent number: 11896057
    Abstract: Vaporization devices, systems, and methods with automated thermal profile control are disclosed. Thermal profile information for a particular vaporizable material is encoded to control the operation of the vaporizer. The thermal profile is defined by a plurality of set points specified by power/temperature setting for a specified time. The thermal profile may be configured to be applied during a single or multiple inhalations. A thermal profile recipe code containing thermal profile information associated with the vaporizer cartridge and/or vaporizable material contained therein may be used to control the thermal profile. The thermal profile information may be automatically read by or communicated to the vaporizer and used thereby to automatically control the vaporizer heating element to implement the desired thermal profile associated with the vaporization material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: The Kanvas Company Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Gordon Doyle, Andy Fathollahi, Alexander Wayne Gordon
  • Patent number: 11888270
    Abstract: An artificial lighted tree is presented with power routed through the trunk and three-wire safety grounding. The tree comprising a fused electrical plug having improved safety features comprising: a body portion surrounding respective first ends of a first, a second and a third electrical wire, the body portion further comprising a fuse holder embedded within an upper region of the body portion, and a fuse adapted to be releasably secured within the fuse holder via releasable securing means, a live blade in communication with the first end of the first electrical wire, a neutral blade in communication with the first end of the second electrical wire, a ground pin receptacle in communication with the first end of the third electrical wire, wherein the body portion surrounds and maintains the live blade, neutral blade, and ground pin receptacle in spaced apart orientation corresponding to polarized sockets on an electrical wall outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHRISTMAS PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventor: Michael M. McRae
  • Patent number: 11881655
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an electrical connector including a conductive casing, a wire-end casing arranged inside the conductive casing, and a wire-end plastic body arranged inside the wire-end casing; and a terminal module including an upper terminal set (71) and a lower terminal set (73) is arranged inside the wire-end plastic body; a molding piece is arranged inside the conductive casing; and a printed circuit board is provided at the bottom of the molding piece; a terminal module is arranged in the molding piece; the terminal module includes an upper terminal set (71), a lower terminal set (73) and a partition plate therebetween, and grounding arms are arranged on the partition plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: BizConn International Corp.
    Inventor: Chin-An Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11877600
    Abstract: An atomizer and an electronic cigarette with an atomizer are disclosed. The atomizer includes an atomizer body, in which the atomizer body includes a shell, a suction nozzle assembly mounted at the top of the shell, a liquid chamber and an atomization core disposed in the shell. An electronic cigarette with the atomizer is disclosed as well. The electronic cigarette can prevent liquid accumulation caused by long-time static placement and various misoperations. Furthermore, cigarette liquid does not leak during injection. The components of the atomizer such as the suction nozzle or the base do not need to be disassembled, so that the cigarette liquid is convenient to inject, and the user experience is good.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: CHINA TOBACCO HUNAN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianfu Liu, Kejun Zhong, Xiaoyi Guo, Wei Huang, Hong Yu, Yuangang Dai, Xinqiang Yin, Jianhua Yi, Yang Wang
  • Patent number: 11877601
    Abstract: The atomizer identifier is configured to identify an atomizer connected to a battery pole. The atomizer includes a first contact structure and an atomizer identification circuit, and the battery pole further includes a second contact structure matching the first contact structure. The atomizer identifier includes: an identifier chip, configured to determine whether to provide an identification voltage; and a peripheral circuit, configured to connect the identifier chip and the second contact structure, for being connected to the atomizer identification circuit via the second contact structure and the first contact structure of the atomizer connected to the battery pole in a first connection manner or the atomizer connected to the battery pole in a second connection manner, so that the atomizer identification circuit is driven according to the identification voltage determined to be provided by the identifier chip to read information of the atomizer identification circuit to the identifier chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SMOORE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shengli Wang, Rongbin Mo
  • Patent number: 11856992
    Abstract: A cartridge (1) for an aerosol generating device, comprising a first cavity (13) containing a nicotine source and a second cavity (14) containing a lactic acid source, the first cavity and the second cavity defining an inner space between the cavities and an outer periphery of the cavities; and a susceptor comprising one or more susceptor elements, wherein the susceptor is arranged such that the susceptor is partly positioned in the inner space (16) between the cavities, and partly positioned in the outer periphery of the cavities, the outer periphery of the cavities being a space between the cavity walls and the cartridge walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Irene Taurino, Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik
  • Patent number: 11855387
    Abstract: A plug-in assembly structure for a UAV includes a first component (1), a second component (2) and a limit assembly (3). The first component (1) includes a first plug (11) and a positioning sleeve (12), and the positioning sleeve (12) is provided with a first through hole (121). The second component (2) includes a second plug (21), the radial direction of the second plug (21) is provided with a limit hole (2111), the second plug (21) can be electrically connected to the first plug (11), and the limit hole (2111) is facing the first through hole (121). The limit assembly (3) is installed in the limit hole (2111). The limit assembly (3) includes a first elastic element (31) and a limit element (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: AUTOFLIGHT (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu Tian
  • Patent number: 11849765
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a locking mechanism for a vape cartridge. The locking mechanism can provide a sealed vape cartridge that cannot be opened by a force less than, for example, 20 kg. The use of tools is required to provide a force to open the sealed vape cartridge. The locking mechanism can provide evidence of tampering or of opening of the vape cartridge. The locking mechanism can provide quality assurance for vape materials during production, packaging, distribution, storage, and sale, while providing contamination free testing of vape materials at a quality control lab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: BeGreen Supply LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Michaud
  • Patent number: 11844374
    Abstract: A consumable component for an aerosol provision system includes an outer housing including an outer wall extending between first and second end walls to define an interior chamber; a plurality of elements of solid aerosol forming material for generating an aerosol for user inhalation, wherein the plurality of elements of solid aerosol forming material are retained within the interior chamber by the housing and wherein the first and second end walls comprise openings to allow air to flow into the interior chamber through the first end wall and out of the interior chamber through the second end wall during use, and a heater located within the interior chamber and configured to heat the elements of solid aerosol forming material during use to generate a vapor for user inhalation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Richard Hepworth, Patrick Moloney, Colin Dickens
  • Patent number: 11825879
    Abstract: Consistently-automated production machines allocated in a pulp-molding production line and a method for prepare a dried paper article (i.e. a filter tip, a cartridge container, or a component of a packaging tube) is introduced herein. It can not only resolve the technical problems of the existing pulp-molding fabrication method that is incapable of producing an elongated cylindrical/tubular component, having a ratio, greater than one, of a maximum longitudinal height thereof being relative to a maximum transverse width thereof, but can also save its working cycle time, benefit its mass production, and assure its higher product yield and quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: GOLDEN ARROW PRINTING TECHNOLOGY (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Kuan Kuo, Chun-Huang Huang
  • Patent number: 11819055
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices and related methods of delivering aerosol to a user. The aerosol delivery devices may include a housing providing multiple aerosol pathways having a mouth-end opening through which aerosol can be inhaled by a user, the housing defining a first aerosol delivery pathway in fluid communication with the mouth-end opening and a second aerosol delivery pathway separate from the first aerosol delivery pathway and in fluid communication with the mouth-end opening. An atomizer including a heating element or piezoelectric element and a liquid transport element in fluid communication with an aerosol precursor composition is provided in fluid communication with the first aerosol delivery pathway. A flavorant-infused material is positioned within the second aerosol delivery pathway and adapted to produce a second aerosol upon contact between the flavorant-infused material and flowing air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Sawyer Hubbard, Eric Taylor Hunt, Karen V. Taluskie, Stephen Benson Sears, Donna Walker Duggins, Michael F. Davis
  • Patent number: 11805810
    Abstract: A vaping system includes a housing for selectively holding a first vaping device and a second vaping device. The first and second vaping devices each include a mouthpiece with a vapor outlet positioned towards a first edge. A first configuration within the housing spaces the vapor outlet of the first mouthpiece and the vapor outlet of the second mouthpiece by a first distance, and a second configuration within the housing spaces the vapor outlet of the first mouthpiece and the vapor outlet of the second mouthpiece by a second distance. The first distance is less than the second distance, the first configuration allowing the user to vape from the first and second vaping devices simultaneously and the second configuration allowing the user to separately vape from the first and second vaping devices. In another example, a connector with multiple configurations connects two or more vaping devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Next Level Ventures LLC
    Inventor: Steven Hwang