Patents Examined by Hae Moon Hyeon
  • Patent number: 11185648
    Abstract: A dynamic output power management unit for a heating circuit of an electronic smoking device is disclosed, the heating circuit having a heating element connected to a power source via a first switching element, the unit having at least one voltage detection device to detect voltage values at various points of the heating circuit; and a controller configured to deriving a resistance of the heating element, estimating a discharge time or a power consumption value of the power source such that an energy converted in a period of time is substantially identical to a predetermined energy conversion value for a same period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.
    Inventors: Lik Hon, Zhuoran Li, Fucheng Yu
  • Patent number: 11185109
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette, including: a mouthpiece assembly, an atomization assembly and a base assembly. The mouthpiece assembly includes a mouthpiece; a limited post; a spring; a fixed ring; an upper cover that is rotatable; a silicone ring; a cylindrical casing; a glass tube; a lower cover. The atomization assembly includes a first electrode; a first sealing joint; a first heating wire; a first piece of cotton; a first fixed seat; a sleeve; a second fixed seat; a second piece of cotton; a second heating wire; a second sealing joint; a second electrode. The base assembly includes a joint; a seal ring; and a base cover. The limited post is disposed in the spring. The cylindrical casing includes a flange provided with a locating hole. The spring is embedded in the locating hole. The fixed ring is disposed in the upper cover to control the rotation of the upper cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventor: Tuanfang Liu
  • Patent number: 11185110
    Abstract: An electronic vapor provision system includes a control unit and a cartridge configured to engage with and disengage from one another substantially along a longitudinal axis. The cartridge includes a reservoir of liquid to be vaporized, and the control unit includes a battery and a tube portion disposed along said longitudinal axis. The system further includes an induction heating assembly comprising a drive coil and a heater element. The heater element is located in the cartridge for vaporizing the liquid. The cartridge is configured to feed liquid from the reservoir onto the heater element for vaporization. The drive coil is located in the tube portion of the control unit and disposed about the longitudinal axis. The cartridge is located at least partly within the tube portion when engaged with the control unit, such that the heater element is within the drive coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Rory Fraser, Colin Dickens, Siddhartha Jain
  • Patent number: 11178909
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette, including: a seal cover; a housing; a silicone seal; a limit cover; a heating wire; a fixed seat; a fixed tube; a battery; a silicone sleeve; a plate including a pneumatic switch; and a plug. The housing includes a first part and a second part. The first part includes a curved airway filled with memory foam. The second part includes a first cavity and a second cavity arranged side by side. The silicone seal, the limit cover, the heating wire, the fixed seat, and the fixed tube are disposed in the first cavity of the housing. The battery, the silicone sleeve, the plate, and the plug are disposed in the second cavity of the housing. The heating wire and the fixed tube are disposed on the fixed seat, and the heating wire includes a pin embedded in the fixed tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventor: Tuanfang Liu
  • Patent number: 11181199
    Abstract: An assembly for preventing leakage in a vaporization device comprises an inner tube slidably supported within an outer tube, and a plate fixedly attached at a first end of the inner tube. A vaporization chamber having at least one aperture disposed therethrough is fixedly attached within the outer tube. A spring is disposed in a compressed state between the plate and an interior of the outer tube, and a cover is fixedly attached at a second end of the inner tube, the cover having a skirt. In a first state the plate is held by the compressive force of the spring at a first end of the outer tube so that the aperture is not covered by the skirt, and in a second state the plate is pushed into the outer tube by further compressing the spring so that the aperture is covered by the skirt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: 14TH ROUND INC.
    Inventor: Thomas Fornarelli
  • Patent number: 11171456
    Abstract: An electrical connector for a multi-wire electrical cable includes at least two cable-side electrical contact elements, including associated terminals to each of which is to be connected a wire of the electrical cable, and at least two output-side electrical contact elements, from each of which projects an electrical connector element by which an electrical connection is establishable to a mating connector. A carrier body is disposed between the cable-side electrical contact elements and the output-side electrical contact elements. The cable-side electrical contact elements, the output-side electrical contact elements and the carrier body are disposed in a spaced-apart relationship to each other, and the cable-side and output-side contact elements are electrically connected to each other via an electrical device disposed on the carrier body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: MD ELEKTRONIK GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Huber, Josef Ohni
  • Patent number: 11171450
    Abstract: An apparatus according to one embodiment includes a landing pad having a mating portion configured to mate with a mating feature of a removable element as the removable element approaches the landing pad in a first direction. The apparatus also includes a mount along which the landing pad is movable in a second direction. A lever is positionable between a disengaged position and an engaged position, the lever being coupled to the landing pad for translating the landing pad along the mount in the second direction during movement thereof from the disengaged position toward the engaged position. The first direction is different than the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Camillo Sassano, William Risk, Kevin L. Schultz, Michael Vincent DeBole, Benjamin Gordon Shaw
  • Patent number: 11166340
    Abstract: A composite ceramic atomizer includes a first main body and a second main body that are integrally formed by using a glazing and sealing process, and the first main body is connected to the second main body through a glazed surface formed by glazing. The glazed surface completely or partially covers a surface at the joint between the first main body and the second main body. The first main body includes a heating carrier and a conductive path for heating, where the conductive path is formed on a surface of or inside the heating carrier and has a first contact part and a second contact part connected to a power supply. The second main body is used for liquid conduction. Further provided is a method for preparing the composite ceramic atomizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: Bing Liu, Yikun Chen, Chenghao Luo, Huachen Liu, Weichang Ke, Fuyou Qi, Tengfei Deng
  • Patent number: 11160306
    Abstract: An electronic smoking device is provided comprising a housing with a mouthpiece portion and a heating element arranged within the housing. Furthermore, the electronic smoking device comprises a liquid reservoir adapted to receive a base liquid therein. Moreover, the electronic smoking device further comprises a pump mechanism that is adapted to provide at least a part of the base liquid within the liquid reservoir onto the heating element upon an actuation of the pump mechanism in a fully assembled state of the electronic smoking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.
    Inventor: Neha Daryani
  • Patent number: 11160940
    Abstract: An electrically operated aerosol generation system has a replaceable atomizer. The system includes a housing and an atomizer that can be received within a bore in a grasp ring of the housing. A power supply unit can be connected to the housing. A reservoir contains vaporizable liquid which can be supplied to the atomizer. A mouthpiece assembly is provided and can be actuated relative to the housing in order to separate and eject the atomizer from the housing when the power supply unit is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: Andrew Robert John Rogan, Frederick Waldern, Ralf Inauen
  • Patent number: 11152036
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present technology, an electronic apparatus includes: an apparatus main body; a cover main body; and a terminal cover. The apparatus main body includes a connection cable that includes a terminal part on its tip. The cover main body includes an opening part that is capable of storing the terminal part, and the cover main body is affixed to the apparatus main body. The terminal cover includes a fixing part that is fixed to the apparatus main body, and the terminal cover is mounted on the cover main body in a manner that the opening part is openable and closable. When using the electronic apparatus, it is possible to enhance not only impact resistance but also storage property and waterproof property of the connection cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideaki Kuriyama
  • Patent number: 11131383
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette, including an atomization assembly and a battery assembly. The atomization assembly is disposed on the battery assembly. The atomization assembly includes a mouthpiece, a silica seal, a vapor guide tube, an e-liquid tank, a first ceramic silicone ring, a ceramic core, a second ceramic silicone ring, a heating tube, a first seal ring, a second seal ring, a base, a silica insulator, and a joint. The battery assembly includes a pneumatic switch, a silica gel sealing the pneumatic switch, a control plate, a casing, a plurality of screws, a support, a battery core, a first bolt, a second bolt, a transparent screen, and a pedestal. The vapor guide tube is disposed in the e-liquid tank. The first seal ring and the second seal ring are disposed on two ends of the base, respectively. The battery core is fixed on the control plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Inventor: Tuanfang Liu
  • Patent number: 11122651
    Abstract: An airflow heating assembly, including a heating device (10) and a container (20), the heating device (10) being used for heating through-flowing air to produce a hot airflow, the container (20) being used for accommodating a raw material. The container (20) is arranged above the heating device (10), and a bottom portion of the container (20) is provided with air holes for maintaining airflow communication with the heating device (10). The heating device (10) includes an outer heating pipe (1) and an inner heating rod (2), the inner heating rod (2) is arranged in an inner cavity of the outer heating pipe (1), and an airflow heating space is formed between an outer wall of the inner heating rod (2) and an inner wall of the outer heating pipe (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SMISS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiatai Chen, Shikai Chen
  • Patent number: 11109622
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for a dosing vaporizer. More specifically, an embodiment of the system includes a housing with a first end opposite from a second end. A mouthpiece disposed proximate to the first end, the mouthpiece structured and arranged to rotate about the first end. An attacher disposed proximate to the second end, the attacher structured and arranged for removable attachment to a power source. A reservoir of liquid concentrate is disposed within the housing. A vaporizer disposed proximate to the attacher and thermally isolated from the reservoir. A vapor conduit passes generally from the vaporizer through the housing to the mouthpiece. A metered rotation driven dispenser, coupled to the mouthpiece, applies a predetermined force upon the reservoir to dispense from the reservoir into the vaporizer a predetermined amount of liquid concentrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: GoFire, Inc.
    Inventors: John Jesse Woodbine, Stephen B. Katsaros, Peter William Calfee
  • Patent number: 11103006
    Abstract: A vaporizer device includes a vaporization unit for heating the smoke oil to generate an aerosol, a battery for supplying power to the vaporization unit, a housing connected to one end of the vaporization unit and accommodating the battery and a mouthpiece connected to the other end of the vaporization unit and used for inhaling the aerosol generated by the vaporization unit. The vaporizer device further includes a rotating part provided on the outside of the housing to rotate relative to the housing. By turning the rotating part, a user can relieve anxiety and stress. This indicates that the vaporizer device has an improved pressure relief effect. An annular knob is slidable toward a printed circuit board (PCB), so that a light-emitting diode (LED) lamp is controlled to change color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: ShenZhen HuaKa Light Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Qianghua Zhang
  • Patent number: 11101586
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus comprises a biosensing garment and an electronics assembly. The biosensing garment includes a sensor, a conductive pathway, and a connection region including one or more connectors that are disposed on a PCB. The connection region is electrically coupled to the conductive pathway and the sensor. The connection region is further configured to be electronically coupled to the electronics assembly via at least one conductive contact. In some embodiments, the electronics assembly includes at least one conductive contact that is configured to be electronically coupled to at least one portion of the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: HONEYWELL SAFETY PRODUCTS USA, INC.
    Inventor: Thierry Dumont
  • Patent number: 11083224
    Abstract: The present invention has disclosed an electronic cigarette atomizer with a flared vapor outlet pipe, which comprises an atomizer tube body (1), an atomization device (2), and a connecting member (3). One end of the atomizer tube body (1) is a mouthpiece segment (A), the mouthpiece segment (A) contains a hollow mouthpiece cavity (10) which can accommodate an additional material. A vapor outlet pipe (11) is provided; two ends of the vapor outlet pipe (11) respectively communicate with the atomization chamber (20) and the mouthpiece cavity (10); an inner diameter of the vapor outlet pipe (11) gradually increases from an end connected to the atomization chamber (20) to an end connected to the mouthpiece cavity (10). The present invention increases the amount of vapor passing through the nozzle and the flow rate of the vapor at the end of the vapor outlet pipe (11), ultimately increasing atomization efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Inventor: Guangrong Lin
  • Patent number: 11076643
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette, including a mouthpiece assembly, an atomizing assembly, and a base assembly. The mouthpiece assembly includes a mouthpiece, a first seal ring adapted to seal the mouthpiece, a decorative ring, a first fixed seat adapted to fix the mouthpiece, a second seal ring adapted to seal the first fixed seat, a decorative cover, a fixed cover, a fixed ring adapted to fix the fixed cover, and a slide block. The atomizing assembly includes a silicone seal, a pin, a spring, a second fixed seat adapted to fix the slide block, a vapor regulating ring, a second seal ring adapted to seal the vapor regulating ring, a glass tube, a third seal ring, a fourth seal ring, and an atomizing unit. The base assembly includes a fifth seal ring, a base, an insulation ring, and a joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Inventor: Tuanfang Liu
  • Patent number: 11064733
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.
    Inventors: Stefan Biel, Vaclav Borkovec, Emin Yener, Liliana Maria Ferreira Chaves
  • Patent number: 11051550
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette vaporizer with a liquid storage transition chamber comprises a liquid reservoir comprising an upper wall at its top end and a vapor outlet tube extends downwards from the center of the upper wall, and a vaporizing device comprising a vaporizing base sleeved in the lower part of the liquid reservoir, and a liquid storage chamber is defined above the vaporizing device between the liquid reservoir and the vapor outlet tube; and inner and outer chambers sealed from each other are formed inside the vaporizing base, the inner chamber mounted with a vaporizing unit serves as a vaporizing chamber, and the outer chamber filled with liquid storage medium serves as a liquid storage transition chamber, wherein the vaporizing chamber communicates with the vapor outlet tube, and the liquid storage transition chamber communicates with the liquid storage chamber so as to supply liquid for the vaporizing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventor: Guangrong Lin