Patents Examined by Sonny Nguyen
  • Patent number: 9918494
    Abstract: A smoking article is provided, having a mouth end and a distal end, including a heat source; an aerosol-forming substrate; an airflow directing element including an air-permeable segment downstream of the substrate and defining an airflow pathway; and at least one air inlet for drawing air into the segment, wherein the pathway includes a first portion extending from the inlet towards the substrate and a second portion extending from the substrate towards the mouth end, wherein the first portion is defined by a low resistance-to-draw portion of the segment that extends from proximate to the inlet to an upstream end of the segment, and the segment further includes a high resistance-to-draw portion that extends from proximate to the inlet to a downstream end of the segment, and the ratio of the resistance-to-draw of the high portion to the low portion is higher than 1:1 and lower than 50:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
    Inventors: Oleg Mironov, Daniele Sanna, Frederic Lavanchy, Stephane Roudier
  • Patent number: 9775382
    Abstract: The electronic cigarette device releasably houses a plurality of electronic cigarettes around a central shaft and between an upper bracket and a lower bracket, a cigarette holder, and the first frame. The first cigarette holder, the holder, the central shaft, the holder and lower bracket are sequentially connected. The central shaft ends are provided in a sleeve on the stand and holder, and a plurality of electronic cigarettes are disposed between the upper bracket and the bracket, and on display around the central shaft of circumferentially distributed. The first cigarette holder end surface has a cigarette jack, cigarette jack first communicating hole. In the second end of the central shaft, the connector sleeve is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Inventor: Dan Wang