Patents Assigned to Nicoventures Holdings Limited
  • Patent number: 11425936
    Abstract: An electronic aerosol provision system includes a vaporizer for generating an aerosol using electrical power; a battery for supplying electrical power to the vaporizer and to other components of the electronic aerosol provision system; a flat, flexible cable having a laminated structure and incorporating multiple conductor lines for transmitting electrical power and/or signals; and a temperature sensor incorporated into the flat, flexible cable and located adjacent the battery for sensing the temperature of the battery. The electronic aerosol provision system is configured to detect an error condition if the sensed temperature of the battery goes outside a specified operating range; and in response to such detection, to reduce or cease the supply of electrical power from the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Nicoventures Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Kenny Otiaba, David Leadley
  • Patent number: 11272740
    Abstract: An electronic vapor provision device comprising a power cell, a vaporizer and a liquid store, wherein the vaporizer comprises a heater and a heater support, wherein the liquid store comprises a porous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventor: Christopher Lord
  • Patent number: 11246339
    Abstract: An electronic vapor provision device including a cantilever and a button which is configured to be operated by the cantilever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventor: Jeremy Wright
  • Patent number: 11123501
    Abstract: A vapor provision system includes a cartridge part (cartomizer) including a vaporizer for generating a vapor from a vapor precursor material for inhalation by a user; and a device part (control unit) comprising a power supply, such as a battery, for supplying power to the vaporizer across an electrical interface established between the cartridge part and the device part when the cartridge part is coupled to the device part for use. The electrical interface is provided by sprung pins in one of the cartridge part and the device part and a circuit board with contact pads in the other of the cartridge part and the device part. The sprung pins and contact pads are arranged in cooperative alignment so that respective ones of the sprung pins are in biased contact with corresponding ones of contact pads when the cartridge part is coupled to the device part for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Nicoventures Holdings Limited
    Inventor: Matthew Joel Nettenstrom
  • Patent number: 11116915
    Abstract: An electronic vapor provision system includes a vaporizer for vaporising liquid for inhalation by a user of the electronic vapor provision system; a power supply comprising a cell or battery for supplying power to the vaporizer; a sensor for measuring the rate of airflow through the electronic vapor provision system as a result of the inhalation by the user; and a control unit for controlling the power supplied to the vaporizer based on a cumulative airflow for this inhalation by the user, wherein the cumulative airflow is determined based on the measurements of airflow rate by the sensor. Such a system allows the user control over the amount of vaporized liquid obtained in a given inhalation based on the cumulative airflow for the given inhalation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventor: Colin John Dickens
  • Patent number: 11006675
    Abstract: A cartridge for use in a vapor provision system includes an inner container holding a reservoir of fluid to be vaporized, and an outer housing having a mouthpiece formed therein, wherein the outer housing extends in a longitudinal direction along the outside of the inner container for at least a substantial portion of the inner container. The inner container and outer housing are provided with a latch mechanism to retain the inner container within the outer housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Nicoventures Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Mark Patrick Campbell Ewing, David Robert Seaward, Alexandre Julien Jezequel
  • Patent number: 10945463
    Abstract: Aerosol delivery devices disclosed herein seek to help address or reduce some of the issues associated with accidental/unintended activation of an aerosol delivery device. This is done in some example implementations by control circuitry controlling when an aerosol delivery device switches between different modes based on signaling received from a motion sensor and an airflow sensor. The control circuitry can determine from motion detection signals when there is a tapping event corresponding to the device being tapped by a user and to determine from airflow detection signals when there is an airflow event corresponding a flow of air in the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Colin Dickens, Rory Fraser
  • Publication number: 20210007401
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating aerosol from an aerosolizable medium is disclosed. The apparatus comprises: a housing; a chamber for receiving an article comprising aerosolizable medium and including a marker; and a controller. The controller is configured to receive: a first input indicative of a rate of movement of the article, received in use, in the chamber; and a second input indicative of a parameter of said article. At least the second input is determined based on the marker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Nicoventures Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Patrick MOLONEY, Justin Han Yang CHAN, Anton KORUS
  • Patent number: 10881141
    Abstract: An aerosol provision system for generating an aerosol from a source liquid, the aerosol provision system including: a reservoir of source liquid; a planar vaporizer comprising a planar heating element, wherein the vaporizer is configured to draw source liquid from the reservoir to the vicinity of a vaporizing surface of the vaporizer through capillary action; and an induction heater coil operable to induce current flow in the heating element to inductively heat the heating element and so vaporize a portion of the source liquid in the vicinity of the vaporizing surface of the vaporizer. In some example the vaporizer further comprises a porous wadding/wicking material, e.g. an electrically non-conducting fibrous material at least partially surrounding the planar heating element (susceptor) and in contact with source liquid from the reservoir to provide, or at least contribute to, the function of drawing source liquid from the reservoir to the vicinity of the vaporizing surface of the vaporizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Nicoventures Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Rory Fraser, Colin Dickens, Siddhartha Jain
  • Patent number: 10874149
    Abstract: An electronic inhalation device comprising a mouthpiece and a control unit, the control unit comprising a power cell and a computer, where the computer comprises a computer processor, a memory and an input-output means; wherein the device further comprises a transmitter connected to the computer and the computer is configured in use to collect and store use data relating to a user's use of the device in the computer memory and transmit the use data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventor: Christopher Lord
  • Patent number: 10873196
    Abstract: A rechargeable pack is provided for containing and recharging an e-cigarette. The pack includes a pack battery; a first connector which is electrically connectable to an external power source; a first recharging mechanism for re-charging the pack battery using the external power source when the first connector is electrically connected to the external power source; a second connector which is electrically connectable to the e-cigarette when the e-cigarette is received within the pack; and a second recharging mechanism for re-charging the e-cigarette using the pack battery when the e-cigarette is electrically connected to the second connector. The second recharging mechanism can be configured to provide protection against the pack battery providing excessive current through the second connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Nicoventures Holdings Limited
    Inventor: Colin Gratton
  • Publication number: 20200345064
    Abstract: A pack is provided for holding and re-charging an e-cigarette. The pack com-prises a tube having a substantially cylindrical shape. The tube has a hole defined by an open end of the tube for receiving an e-cigarette into the tube, such that the e-cigarette is held in the tube. The pack further includes a re-charging mechanism for re-charging an e-cigarette held within the tube, and a light for indicating a char-ging state of the e-cigarette in the tube. The light is located at the open end of the tube adjacent the hole for receiving the e-cigarette into the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Nicoventures Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Steven Michael SCHENNUM, Thomas Michael MCKEON, Matthew Joel NETTENSTROM, Justin Banker PEART
  • Patent number: 10806180
    Abstract: A control unit for an electronic vapor provision system includes a battery for providing electrical power to a heater which is used to produce vapor. The battery is a lithium iron phosphate battery. The battery provides an output voltage which remains at an approximately constant voltage level as the battery is discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Nicoventures Holdings Limited
    Inventor: Kenny Otiaba
  • Patent number: 10770913
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a pack for holding and re-charging an e-cigarette. The pack includes a pack battery; a body portion including a tube for receiving an e-cigarette; a re-charging mechanism for re-charging the e-cigarette received into the tube using the pack battery, wherein the e-cigarette can be re-charged in the tube without disassembly of the e-cigarette; and a dual activation mechanism comprising two separate triggers for causing the re-charging mechanism to begin re-charging the e-cigarette received into the tube using the pack battery. The re-charging begins only in response to the direct activation by a user of both of the separate triggers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Nicoventures Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Steven Michael Schennum, Thomas Michael McKeon, Matthew Joel Nettenstrom, Justin Banker Peart
  • Patent number: D901067
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: David Hillary Powell, Matthew Peter Tidnam, Nicholas Sandham, Neil Martin Baron
  • Patent number: D929651
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Nicoventures Holdings Limited (A UK Company)
    Inventors: David Hillary Powell, Matthew Peter Tidnam, Nicholas Sandham, Neil Martin Baron, Mike Lin
  • Patent number: D943168
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Nicoventures Holdings Limited
    Inventor: Mike Lin
  • Patent number: D950142
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Nicoventures Holdings Limited
    Inventors: David Hillary Powell, Matthew Peter Tidnam, Nicholas Sandham, Neil Martin Baron
  • Patent number: D957042
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Nicoventures Holdings Limited
    Inventors: David Hillary Powell, Matthew Peter Tidnam, Nicholas Sandham, Neil Martin Baron
  • Patent number: D959733
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Nicoventures Holdings Limited
    Inventors: David Hillary Powell, Matthew Peter Tidnam, Nicholas Sandham, Neil Martin Baron