Patents Examined by Cynthia Szewczyk
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Patent number: 11851365Abstract: A method for treating a lead-containing glass that makes it possible to limit the migration of the lead contained in this glass, the method successively comprising the following distinct steps: a step of placing the lead-containing glass in contact with a solution comprising perchloric acid; a step of heat treatment of the glass at a temperature less than or equal to the glass transition temperature of the glass.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventors: Frédéric Angeli, Patrick Jollivet
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Patent number: 11849752Abstract: This document relates to smokeless products containing one or more non-tobacco plant materials. Certain embodiments described in this document relate to smokeless products containing one or more tobacco-alternative plant materials and having properties similar to tobacco-containing oral products.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLCInventors: David Phillips, Daniel Katillus
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Patent number: 11849759Abstract: The inventive technology includes an improved system to secure a burnable substrate, such as a candle, and having an interchangeable body, such as a nicotine or cannabis-based cigarette or joint, wherein the interchangeable body is supported by a base element, and protected at its distal end by a thermal protection barrier.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Inventor: Michael Scherr
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Patent number: 11849762Abstract: An electronic cigarette control device includes: a communicator configured to establish a communication connection with at least one device; and a processor configured to control an electronic cigarette according to a control message with respect to the electronic cigarette, the control message being received from the at least one device through the established communication connection.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2018Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Jong Sub Lee, Dae Nam Han, Jung Ho Han, Hun Ii Lim, Jang Uk Lee, Jin Young Yoon, Young Lea Kim, Ji Soo Jang, Wang Seop Lim, Moon Bong Lee, Soung Ho Ju, Du Jin Park, Seong Won Yoon
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Patent number: 11839240Abstract: An aerosol delivery device includes a power source and an aerosol production component that is powerable to produce an aerosol from an aerosol precursor composition. The aerosol delivery device also includes processing circuitry configured to switchably connect the power source to a load that includes the aerosol production component and thereby power the aerosol production component. A piezo sensor is operatively coupled with the power source and the processing circuitry. The piezo sensor is configured to generate an electrical response to a deformation of the power source, and the electrical response is indicative of a characteristic of the deformation. The processing circuitry is configured to control the aerosol delivery device based at least in part on the characteristic of the deformation indicated by the electrical response.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.Inventor: Vahid Hejazi
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Patent number: 11839234Abstract: A filter part (1, 1?) for use in an aerosol generating article and a method of manufacturing the filter part (1, 1?). The filter part (1, 1?) includes an aerosol permeable core (2) within a sleeve (3) formed integrally therearound. The core (2) is shorter than the integrally formed sleeve (3). The method includes conveying a plurality of aerosol permeable cores (2) along a conveying path at a first speed (S1) and forming a sleeve (3) around each core (2) at a second speed (S2). The second speed (S2) is greater than the first speed (S1) to generate a space between consecutive cores (2) within the sleeve (3).Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2019Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Rui Nuno Batista, Eva Ferrari, Yves Jordil, Poh Yoke Tritz
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Patent number: 11834362Abstract: One aspect is a method for producing a multilayered silica glass body. The method involves producing a multilayered silica glass body in which a transparent silica glass layer is provided on the surface of a siliceous substrate made of a siliceous material. The method includes preparing the siliceous substrate, preparing a silica slurry in which silica particles are dispersed in a liquid, applying the silica slurry to the surface of the siliceous substrate, leveling the silica slurry applied to the surface of the siliceous substrate by applying vibration to the siliceous substrate, drying the leveled silica slurry, and vitrifying the dried silica slurry by heating to form a transparent silica glass layer. As a result, a transparent silica glass layer of uniform thickness is obtained at excellent yield, and a method for producing a multilayered silica glass body easily in a short time is provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignees: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG, Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Mori, Akihiko Sugama
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Patent number: 11820697Abstract: A process for forming mineral fibers by internal centrifugation using a device including a basket and a fiberizing spinner suitable for rotating jointly about an axis of rotation, the basket including an annular wall pierced by orifices and the fiberizing spinner including an annular wall pierced by orifices, the process including feeding the basket with material to be fiberized at a temperature Ta; centrifuging the material to be fiberized by joint rotation of the basket and of the fiberizing spinner. The factor F is greater than 2000, the factor F being defined by F=?adN/Q; wherein ?a is the viscosity of the material to be fiberized at the temperature Ta; d is the distance between the annular walls of the basket and of the fiberizing spinner; N is the number of orifices of the basket; and Q is the feed flow rate of the material to be fiberized.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2017Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVERInventors: Sébastien Brogniez, Guillaume Guery
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Patent number: 11819060Abstract: A smoking article is provided, having a component housing including a power source, and a tubular housing having a first end and a longitudinally-opposed second end, wherein the first or second end is configured to receive the component housing. The tubular housing includes an outer wall defining a cylindrical cavity. An aerosol-generating element is configured to be received within the cylindrical cavity, wherein the aerosol-generating element is configured to produce an aerosol in response to heat. An associated aerosol-generating element and related production methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Alfred Charles Bless, Michael Andrew Liberti, Stephen Benson Sears
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Patent number: 11812786Abstract: An electronic cigarette control device includes: a communicator configured to establish a communication connection with at least one device; and a processor configured to control an electronic cigarette according to a control message with respect to the electronic cigarette, the control message being received from the at least one device through the established communication connection.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Jong Sub Lee, Dae Nam Han, Jung Ho Han, Hun Ii Lim, Jang Uk Lee, Jin Young Yoon, Young Lea Kim, Ji Soo Jang, Wang Seop Lim, Moon Bong Lee, Soung Ho Ju, Du Jin Park, Seong Won Yoon
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Patent number: 11814311Abstract: The invention relates to a material feeding system (1) for a melter comprising: (i) a substantially horizontal feeding barrel (5) designed to feed solid material through the melter wall (9) into the melt (11) contained in the said melter, and arranged below the level (13) of the melt (11) contained in the melter (30), (ii) said feeding barrel (5) comprising a material input opening (15) and material output opening (17), the material output opening (17) leading into the melt (11) contained in the melter (30), said feeding barrel (5) comprising an internal feeder (20) designed to push solid material (7) loaded through the material input opening (15), in the direction of the longitudinal barrel axis (6) toward the material output opening (17), the end of the internal feeder (20) on the material output side extending at a minimum at a distance from the internal melter surface (19) of two (2) to ten (10) times the diameter of the feeding barrel (5), preferably three (3) to eight (8) times the diameter of the feediType: GrantFiled: September 26, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Inventors: Gerard Demott, Bostjan Marolt, David Ducarme
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Patent number: 11805821Abstract: The present application discloses a method for preparing porous glass for an electronic cigarette, comprising the following steps: heating quartz glass to a molten state for granulation; mixing boron-silicon powder and quartz glass granules, and heating a mixture to a temperature between 600° C. to 900° C. to cover peripheries of the quartz glass granules with the boron-silicon powder; and sintering the quartz glass granules covered with boron-silicon in a preset mold to obtain the porous glass for the electronic cigarette. The technical solution according to the present application can greatly improve the smoking taste of the electronic cigarette.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Inventor: Lantian Guo
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Patent number: 11805808Abstract: A rechargeable battery-operated ignition smoking bong including a replaceable nichrome wire within an indentation on an inner perimeter of a bowl of the bong body, a fuel reservoir directly below and adjacent the interior cavity of the bowl, an ignition switch on a stem of a bong body to selectively activate one of the nichrome wire and an amount of fuel within the fuel reservoir to combust an ignitable smoking substance, such as tobacco, contained within the bowl, and a filter disposed between the stem and the bowl. The present device permits one-handed ignition to combust the smoking substance. The rechargeable battery-operated ignition smoking bong also includes a micro USB outlet and wireless charging receptacles to permit the bong to recharge without the hassle of changing batteries.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Inventor: Olga Dircia Contreras
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Patent number: 11805820Abstract: An electronic cigarette with a vaporizer having dual cavities and dual air passages comprises a vaporizer and a battery rod which are detachably connected, wherein the vaporizer comprises a housing and a vaporizing device. A partitioning portion divides the inner cavity of the housing into a large cavity and a small cavity. A first air outlet pipe provided in the small cavity, an air outlet through-hole provided in the vaporizing device and a second air outlet pipe provided in the battery rod are connected in sequence to form a suction sensing air passage. The air intake hole, the air inlet passage, the air inlet cavity, vaporizing chamber, the vapor tube and the vapor outlet hole which are arranged in the housing are connected in sequence to form a smoking air passage.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: HUIZHOU HAPPY VAPING TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Guangrong Lin, Xianbin Zheng
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Patent number: 11809542Abstract: An e-vapor apparatus may include a pod assembly including a pre-vapor formulation compartment, a first electrical connector, a vapor channel traversing the pre-vapor formulation compartment, and a vaporizer, the pre-vapor formulation compartment configured to hold a pre-vapor formulation therein and in fluidic communication with the vaporizer during an operation of the e-vapor apparatus, the first electrical connector including first and second power electrodes, the first power electrode including a first contact portion on an exterior of the first electrical connector and a first extended portion configured to contact an anode portion of the vaporizer, the second power electrode including a second contact portion on the exterior of the first electrical connector and a second extended portion configured to contact a cathode portion of the vaporizer. The e-vapor apparatus may further include a dispensing body including a second electrical connector configured to connect to the first electrical connector.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLCInventors: Ryan Newcomb, Terry Bache, Eric Hawes, Raymond Lau, Cristian Popa, James Yorkshades
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Patent number: 11785991Abstract: An aerosol delivery device is provided. The aerosol delivery device includes a power source, and a heating element powerable to heat and thereby vaporize components of an aerosol precursor composition. The aerosol delivery device also includes processing circuitry configured to control voltage from the power source to the heating element to power the heating element. The aerosol delivery device further includes an infrared temperature sensor coupled to the processing circuitry, and configured to measure an infrared energy emitted by the heating element or aerosol precursor composition. The processing circuitry is configured to determine the temperature of the heating element or aerosol precursor composition from the infrared energy measured by the infrared temperature sensor, and adjust the voltage from the power source to the heating element when the temperature deviates from a predetermined set point.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.Inventor: Rajesh Sur
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Patent number: 11787726Abstract: A sintering apparatus comprising: a furnace core tube containing a porous glass base material for optical fiber whose longitudinal direction is along the axial direction; and a multi-stage heater in which two or more heaters surround the furnace core tube and are arranged in the axial direction of the furnace core tube to form a heating area in the furnace core tube, is used. The sintering method includes a step in which the base material is heated in the heating area to perform a first dehydration process; and a step in which the base material is moved so that the position in the longitudinal direction of the base material where the dehydration was identified as the most insufficient, is at the position in the axial direction of the furnace core tube where the temperature is highest in the heating area, and then a second dehydration process is performed.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Yusuke Kashiwagi
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Patent number: 11780769Abstract: A method includes depositing a glass frit on sidewalls of a plurality of cavities of a shaped article formed from a glass material, a glass ceramic material, or a combination thereof. The glass frit is heated to a firing temperature above a glass transition temperature of the glass frit to sinter the glass frit into a glaze disposed on the sidewalls of the plurality of cavities.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Melinda Ann Drake, Lisa Ann Lamberson, Robert Michael Morena, Linda Frances Reynolds-Heffer
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Patent number: 11762977Abstract: An e-vapor apparatus may include a pod assembly and a dispensing body configured to receive the pod assembly. A vaporizer may be disposed in the pod assembly and/or the dispensing body. The pod assembly may include a pre-vapor formulation compartment, a device compartment, and a vapor channel extending from the device compartment and traversing the pre-vapor formulation compartment. The pod assembly is a smart pod configured to receive, store, and transmit information that can be communicated with the dispensing body and/or another electronic device. The proximal portion of the dispensing body includes a vapor passage and a through-hole. The vapor passage may extend from an end surface of the proximal portion to a side wall of the through-hole. The through-hole is configured to receive the pod assembly such that the vapor channel of the pod assembly is aligned with the vapor passage of the dispensing body.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2023Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Raymond Lau, Eric Hawes, Alistair Bramley
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Patent number: 11753328Abstract: A method for screening an optical fiber core including a resin coating layer, includes: a pre-strain applying step of adding a tensile force while feeding a portion of the optical fiber core retained at both ends of the portion, and applying a pre-tensile strain larger than zero and smaller than a guaranteed tensile strain set as a guaranteed value; a guaranteed strain applying step of adding a tensile force while feeding the portion of the optical fiber core retained at both ends of the portion and applied with the pre-tensile strain, and applying the guaranteed tensile strain only for a predetermined time; and a guaranteed strain releasing step of releasing the optical fiber core from the guaranteed tensile strain.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichi Arai, Shigeto Matsumoto