Patents Examined by Truc T. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 12166303
    Abstract: A conductor connection device with a contact element at one side thereof, a printed circuit board with the conductor connection device, and a utility meter with the printed circuit board are provided. In order to reduce production costs of the conductor connection device without increasing the production costs of the printed circuit board or the utility meter and without affecting operational safety, the conductor connection device comprises a conductor clamping element that is accessible via the second side thereof, and the printed circuit board comprises a through-hole that is aligned with the conductor clamping element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Landis+Gyr AG
    Inventor: Pascal Petitjean
  • Patent number: 12161164
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-generating article including aerosol-forming substrate; and an induction heating arrangement including an induction coil and a susceptor assembly, the susceptor assembly including a central susceptor arrangement arranged centrally within the cavity and a peripheral susceptor arrangement arranged distanced from and around the central susceptor arrangement, and one or more of: the central susceptor arrangement including at least two central susceptors configured to enable lateral airflow between the at least two central susceptors, the peripheral susceptor arrangement including at least two peripheral susceptors configured to enable lateral airflow between the at least two peripheral susceptors, and one or both of the central susceptor arrangement and the peripheral susceptor arrangement including one or more porous susceptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A
    Inventors: Rui Nuno Batista, Ricardo Cali
  • Patent number: 12161163
    Abstract: A heater and a cigarette device having the heater is provided. The heater includes a base having a surface, an infrared electric-heating coating layer disposed on the surface of the base, and a conductor including a first conducting part and a second conducting part disposed on the surface of the base. Both of the first conducting part and the second conducting part are at least partially electrically connected with the infrared electric-heating coating layer. The first conducting part includes a first electric conducting spiral section, and the second conducting part includes a second electric conducting spiral section. A spacing between the first electric conducting spiral section and the second electric conducting spiral section is not zero. Through the first and second electric conducting spiral sections disposed on the surface of the base, a path of electric currents flowing through the infrared electric-heating coating layer of the base is shorter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Ruilong Hu, Zhongli Xu, Yonghai Li
  • Patent number: 12157380
    Abstract: Provided is a charging connector for a vehicle including a main body provided with a charging part, a female terminal part installed inside the charging part so as to be electrically connected to an external changer, and a female housing configured to accommodate the female terminal part. The female terminal part includes a plurality of female terminals configured to electrically connect the external charger to a battery of the vehicle and a protection cap disposed outside one side of each of the female terminals to protect the female terminals. Therefore, damage of the female terminals are minimized to provide more improved electrical stability and reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignees: YURA CO., LTD., YURA CORPORATION CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Hwan Park, Jai Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 12156319
    Abstract: Disclosed is a tubular heating element for use in an apparatus for heating aerosolizable material to volatilize at least one component of the aerosolizable material. The tubular heating element further includes a heating material layer that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field on a tubular support. The tubular heating element has a wall thickness of no more than one millimeter. Further, the tubular heating element can include a protective layer. The heating layer includes a ferromagnetic material based on cobalt or nickel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Martin Daniel Horrod, Julian Darryn White
  • Patent number: 12150475
    Abstract: Apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may be a pipe that includes heat transfer materials that have a thermal conductivity of greater than 50 Watts per meter Kelvin. Heat transfer materials may include one or more solid heat sinks (that are rigidly connected to each other or to a portion of the pipe), Peltier devices, or loose fill of a desired size or shape. Fill included in the pipe may also absorb particulate matter or volatile organic compounds. As a user burns or vaporizes materials at one end of the pipe and sucks heated smoke or vapor into the pipe, that user may inhale cool and clean smoke or vapor. Methods and apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may allow a controller at the pipe to send sensor or consumption data to other electronic devices when a number of milligrams of a substance inhaled by a patient are monitored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Inventor: David Carl Bauer
  • Patent number: 12144377
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aerosol consumable device. In some cases, the aerosol consumable device includes at a first end, a mouthpiece portion having a top surface comprising two or more crescent-shaped openings arranged on opposite sides of an aerosol cap having a closed end. The aerosol consumable device further comprises a liquid absorbing insert positioned within the mouthpiece portion between the first end and a second end opposite the first end, and an aerosol tube positioned between the liquid absorbing insert and the second end. The liquid absorbing insert defines an internal aerosol channel. Upon a draw on the mouthpiece portion by a user, a first portion of aerosol generated by the aerosol consumable device travels through the internal aerosol channel and through the crescent-shaped openings and the aerosol tube is configured to direct accumulated droplets on an inner surface of the aerosol tube into the liquid absorbing insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason M. Short, Sawyer A. Hubbard
  • Patent number: 12142869
    Abstract: This electronic component can reduce assembly costs and also lighten the load to a connection part, and comprises: an electronic component body; a terminal that extends in a prescribed direction from the electronic component body, and has a retaining unit; and a coil spring that is externally fitted to be in electrical contact with the terminal, and that is retained by the retaining unit, wherein the coil spring is in electrical contact with a printed board in a compressed state. The terminal is fitted loosely in a fitting hole of the printed board, for example. Also, the coil spring comprises an electrically conductive coating, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO COSMOS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hajime Fukushima
  • Patent number: 12137727
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aerosol-generating article including a first aerosol-generating substrate portion, a second aerosol-generating substrate portion, and a filter portion containing nicotine, and an aerosol-generating device comprising the same, wherein the second aerosol-generating substrate portion includes an absorber impregnated with a liquid aerosol-generating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: In Su Park, Dong Kyun Ko, Sang Won Choi, Sun Hwan Jung, Eun Mi Jeoung
  • Patent number: 12127596
    Abstract: A cigarette device includes a housing, and a loading cavity, an airflow sensor, a circuit control unit, and a power supply are disposed in the housing. A fluid channel is located between the loading cavity and the housing, and the fluid channel is in communication with the outside of the housing and the inside of the loading cavity. An electromagnetic induction heating element surrounds the outside of the loading cavity; and the electromagnetic induction heating element is electrically connected to the power supply, and the circuit control unit is electrically connected to the airflow sensor and the electromagnetic induction heating element. When the cigarette device is used in combination with a cigarette added with a magnetic material, the cigarette can be heated uniformly and generate vapor quickly, to ensure a consistent vaping taste and improve utilization of tobacco while achieving immediate vaping and immediate stopping, which helps improve user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SMOORE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hongming Zhou, Jiao Zhang, Junjie Xiao, Biao Chen
  • Patent number: 12127591
    Abstract: A vaporizer device for an inhaler comprises at least one electric vaporizer for vaporizing liquid fed to the vaporizer, wherein the liquid is transported by capillary forces from an inlet side through at least one liquid channel to an outlet side, where vaporized liquid can be added to an air stream, a carrier retaining the vaporizer, and at least one electrical line electrically contacting the vaporizer. The electrical line comprises a planar contact area, and the vaporizer and the planar contact area of the electrical line are materially and electrically conductively bonded to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: KÖRBER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Lasse Cornils, Niklas Romming, Jan Jaklin, Gunnar Niebuhr, Tim Ullner, Thomas Mueller
  • Patent number: 12127593
    Abstract: An aerosol generation device includes an electrical power source; a heating chamber; a heater arranged to supply heat to the heating chamber; control circuitry configured to control the supply of electrical power from the electrical power source to the heater; a frame; and a housing having an internal volume containing the electrical power source, the heating chamber, the heater, the control circuity and the frame. The frame is arranged between a first volume of the internal volume containing the heater and the heating chamber, and a second volume of the internal volume containing the electrical power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: JT International S.A.
    Inventor: Ernst Hupkes
  • Patent number: 12127603
    Abstract: A charging system for charging a first battery of an aerosol generation device may include a charger having a corded connection to a power supply, and a charging case. The charging case may include a housing having a sleeve portion configured to engage a portion of the aerosol generation device, a power module disposed in the housing and configured to directly or indirectly provide power to the aerosol generation device, and a wireless charging assembly operably coupled to the housing to provide power to the power module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Laura Smith, Jared Aller, Sean Lukan, Rae McNeil, Richard Woodard, Benjamin Gatti
  • Patent number: 12126116
    Abstract: An automotive electrical distribution center assembly includes a mounting frame, a first pair of stacked gears rotatably attached to a side of the mounting frame and a second pair of stacked gears rotatably attached to an opposite side of the mounting frame, a moveable driver surrounding the mounting frame and defining four first linear gear racks that each engage a first gear of the first and second pairs of stacked gears, and an electrical distribution center attached to the driver. The electrical distribution center defines four second liner gear racks that each engage a second gear of the first and second pairs of stacked gears. Linear movement of the driver relative to the mounting frame causes rotational movement of the first and second pairs of stacked gears, thereby causing linear movement of the electrical distribution center to relative the mounting frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Erick Adrian Rodriguez Acosta, Naiki Alejandra Reynoso Galvan
  • Patent number: 12108805
    Abstract: The application provides a position detection circuit, which is connected to a processing circuit (200), and includes a first switch module (110) and a first ground resistor (R1); the first switch module (110) includes a first end, a second end and a first switch (T1), the first switch module (110) is used for controlling on/off state of the first switch (T1) according to whether the placement member is placed at a first placement position, the first end of the first switch module (110) receives a system voltage (Vcc), and the second end outputs a first state signal or a second state signal to the processing circuit (200) according to the on/off state of the first switch (T1); and the first grounding resistor (R1) has a first end connected to the second end of the first switch module (110), and a second end grounded. Also provided is an electronic cigarette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: CHANGZHOU PATENT ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Weihua Qiu, Yuhui Zhang
  • Patent number: 12102133
    Abstract: A detection method for detecting intake of an aerosol-forming substrate, applicable to an electronic vaporization device, includes: obtaining an air pressure value in an airflow channel of the electronic vaporization device, the airflow channel flowing vapor generated by the electronic vaporization device for ease of inhaling, the vapor being generated through vaporization of an aerosol-forming substrate in the electronic vaporization device; calculating intake of the aerosol-forming substrate according to the air pressure value; and reminding a user according to the intake, or adjusting operating parameters of the electronic vaporization device according to the intake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SMOORE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yihua Zhao, Weiming Fang, Jun Zhou, Zhenggen Dai
  • Patent number: 12107367
    Abstract: A single manufactured piece of injection molded or 3D (three-dimensional) printed plastic, metal, rubber, or wax is provided. The piece is adapted to fit around a communication port receptacle and a corresponding portion of a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) where the communication port receptacle is located on the PCB. The piece includes a latch adapted to push down on a tab of a connector for a cord when the connector is inserted into the communication port receptacle to hold the connector within the communication port receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Mark James Sampson, Angus Cunningham
  • Patent number: 12096790
    Abstract: An inductive heating arrangement is provided, including: a first inductor coil to generate a first varying magnetic field when a varying electric current flows through the first coil; a second inductor coil to generate a second varying magnetic field when a varying electric current flows through the second coil; and a tubular-shaped flux concentrator around the first coil and to distort the first field, including a main portion around the first coil and having an inner diameter, first and second ends, a first end portion having an inner diameter smaller than that of the main portion, and a second end portion having an inner diameter smaller than that of the main portion, an inner surface of the flux concentrator defining an annular channel between the first and second end portions, and the first inductor coil being disposed within the annular channel between the first and second end portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Rui Nuno Batista, Ricardo Cali, Jerome Christian Courbat, Oleg Mironov, Enrico Stura
  • Patent number: 12096795
    Abstract: An atomizer includes an e-liquid tank and a seal member. The e-liquid tank includes a cavity and an airflow channel. The seal member is disposed on one end of the e-liquid tank. The seal member includes a groove configured to equalize a pressure in the e-liquid tank with outside pressure. Both ends of the groove communicate with the cavity and the airflow channel, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN EIGATE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tuanfang Liu
  • Patent number: 12089639
    Abstract: A liquid conducting cotton atomization unit, including a heating member, a liquid conducting cotton and at least one supporting tube. The liquid conducting cotton is axially inserted in the heating member. The supporting tube is inserted in the liquid conducting cotton parallel to an axial direction thereof. The heating member includes a heating portion and two electrode portions respectively connected to two ends of the heating portion, the supporting tube is provided with at least one liquid outlet hole communicated with the heating portion. Liquid is conducted via the supporting tube, and is guided to the heating portion-via the liquid outlet hole, to solve the problem of high temperature and insufficient service life caused by insufficient liquid supply in center of the heating member. Meanwhile, the supporting tube can expand the outer diameter of the liquid conducting cotton, making the liquid conducting cotton fully contact with the heating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen Huachengda Precision Industry Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Ping Chen