Patents by Inventor Christopher S. Tucker

Christopher S. Tucker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Cartridge and e-vaping device with serpentine heater
    Patent number: 10806188
    Abstract: A cartridge of an e-vaping device includes a housing extending in a longitudinal direction, a reservoir in the housing, a heater in the housing, and an absorbent material at least partially surrounding the sinusoidal shaped member. The reservoir is configured to store a pre-vapor formulation. The heater has a sinusoidal shaped member translating about an elliptical shape to define a channel there through. The absorbent material is in fluid communication with the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Shmuel Gavrielov, Yuval Malka, Rangaraj Sundar, Isaac Weigensberg, David Rubli, Moshe Eliyahu, Arye Weigensberg, Scott A. Fath, Christopher S. Tucker, William J. Bogdziewicz
  • Cartridge and e-vaping device with serpentine heater
    Patent number: 10786005
    Abstract: A cartridge of an e-vaping device includes a housing extending in a longitudinal direction, a reservoir in the housing, a heater in the housing, and an absorbent material at least partially surrounding the sinusoidal shaped member. The reservoir is configured to store a pre-vapor formulation. The heater has a sinusoidal shaped member translating about an elliptical shape to define a channel there through. The absorbent material is in fluid communication with the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Shmuel Gavrielov, Yuval Malka, Rangaraj S. Sundar, Isaac Weigensberg, David Rubli, Moshe Eliyahu, Arye Weigensberg, Scott A. Fath, Christopher S. Tucker, William J. Bogdziewicz
  • Cartridge and e-vaping device
    Patent number: 10786004
    Abstract: A cartridge of an e-vaping device includes a housing extending in a longitudinal direction, a reservoir in the housing, a heater in the housing, and an absorbent material at least partially surrounding the sinusoidal shaped member. The reservoir is configured to store a pre-vapor formulation. The heater has a sinusoidal shaped member translating about an elliptical shape to define a channel there through. The absorbent material is in fluid communication with the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Shmuel Gavrielov, Yuval Malka, Rangaraj S. Sundar, Isaac Weigensberg, David Rubli, Moshe Eliyahu, Arye Weigensberg, Christopher S. Tucker
  • Electronic cigarette and method
    Patent number: 10780236
    Abstract: An electronic smoking article includes a liquid supply including liquid material, a heater operable to heat the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol, a wick in communication with the liquid material and in communication with the heater such that the wick delivers the liquid material to the heater, and at least one air inlet operable to establish a predetermined resistance to draw under a prescribed test of said smoking article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Christopher S. Tucker, Geoffrey Brandon Jordan, Barry S. Smith, Ali A. Rostami, Michael J. Mullins
  • APPARATUS WITH SURFACE HEATER AND GEL FORMULATION
    Publication number: 20200288773
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a body of pre-vapor formulation configured to be contained within a reservoir, the pre-vapor formulation being a gel formulation. The apparatus includes a surface heater in contact with a surface of the body of gel formulation, the heater being configured to heat the body of gel formulation to form a vapor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Munmaya K. MISHRA, Shaoyong YU, Raymond LAU, Pauline MARCQ, Geoffrey Brandon JORDAN, Christopher S. TUCKER
  • Ethanol-free gel formulation cartridge for e-vaping device
    Patent number: 10772352
    Abstract: A cartridge for an e-vaping device includes an ethanol-free gel formulation. The ethanol-free gel formulation includes a vapor former, water, and a biopolymer. The biopolymer may be included in an amount ranging from about 0.01% by weight based on the weight of the ethanol-free gel formulation to about 2.0% by weight based on the weight of the ethanol-free gel formulation. The biopolymer may be one or more of agar, kappa carrageenan, gelatin, sodium alginate, gellan gum, pectin, and combinations thereof. The cartridge also includes a heater configured to heat liquid from the gel formulation to a temperature sufficient to release a liquid/semi-liquid component from the gel, which component thereupon forms a vapor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra, Shaoyong Yu, Raymond Lau, Pauline Marcq, Geoffrey Brandon Jordan, Christopher S. Tucker
  • Electronic vaping device including transfer pad with oriented fibers
    Patent number: 10772356
    Abstract: A cartridge for an electronic vaping device includes an outer housing extending in a longitudinal direction and a reservoir configured to contain a pre-vapor formulation. The reservoir is in the outer housing. The reservoir has a first reservoir end and a second reservoir end. The cartridge also includes a seal at the first reservoir end, a transfer pad at the second reservoir end, and a wick in contact with the transfer pad. The transfer pad includes a plurality of fibers. Each of the plurality of fibers is substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Christopher S. Tucker, William J. Crowe, Geoffrey Brandon Jordan, Bipin R. Patil, Jarrett Keen, Michael Roberts
  • ELECTRONIC VAPING DEVICE HAVING PRESSURE SENSOR
    Publication number: 20200281275
    Abstract: At least one example embodiment discloses a section of an electronic-vaping device including a pressure sensor configured to measure a current ambient pressure, the pressure sensor further configured to output the current ambient pressure measurement in accordance with a read request frequency, and a controller configured to determine a mode of operation of the electronic-vaping device, control the read request frequency based on the determined mode of operation, and detect a threshold pressure change based on the current ambient pressure and a baseline pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Geoffrey Brandon JORDAN, Phillip DIANA, Sean SUNDBERG, David BENNETT, Christopher S. TUCKER, Barry S. SMITH, Edmond J. CADIEUX, Douglas A. BURTON, Paul BUTLER, Jarrett KEEN, Patrick J. COBLER, Kai CAO
  • ELECTRONIC DISPERSION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200268057
    Abstract: A dispersion device includes a first dispersion generating system, a second dispersion generating system and an outlet end element including a first outlet corresponding to the first dispersion generating system and a second outlet corresponding to the second dispersion generating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Buket SAHIN, Gerd Kobal, Qiang Wang, Christopher S. Tucker
  • ELECTRONIC VAPING DEVICE WITH OUTLET-END ILLUMINATION
    Publication number: 20200268050
    Abstract: A cartridge for an e-vaping device includes a housing extending along a longitudinal axis of the cartridge, and an outlet-end insert coupled to the outlet end of the housing. The housing at least partially encloses a pre-vapor formulation reservoir and a vapor generator of the cartridge and further channels light via internal reflection through an interior of the housing. The outlet-end insert includes an outlet in flow communication with the vapor generator, directs the vapor generated by the vapor generator out of the cartridge through the outlet, and further emits the light channeled through the interior of the housing. One or more properties of the light are controllable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Christopher S. TUCKER, Phillip DIANA, Nam TRAN, Matthew CAPARRELLI
  • Electronic vaping device having pressure sensor
    Patent number: 10736356
    Abstract: At least one example embodiment discloses a section of an electronic-vaping device including a pressure sensor configured to measure a current ambient pressure, the pressure sensor further configured to output the current ambient pressure measurement in accordance with a read request frequency, and a controller configured to determine a mode of operation of the electronic-vaping device, control the read request frequency based on the determined mode of operation, and detect a threshold pressure change based on the current ambient pressure and a baseline pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Geoffrey Brandon Jordan, Phillip Diana, Sean Sundberg, David Bennett, Christopher S. Tucker, Barry S. Smith, Edmond J. Cadieux, Douglas A. Burton, Paul Butler, Jarrett Keen, Patrick J. Cobler, Kai Cao
  • CARTRIDGE AND E-VAPING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200229496
    Abstract: A cartridge of an e-vaping device includes a housing extending in a longitudinal direction, a reservoir in the housing, a heater in the housing, and an absorbent material at least partially surrounding the sinusoidal shaped member. The reservoir is configured to store a pre-vapor formulation. The heater has a sinusoidal shaped member translating about an elliptical shape to define a channel there through. The absorbent material is in fluid communication with the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Shmuel GAVRIELOV, Yuval MALKA, Rangaraj S. SUNDAR, Isaac WEIGENSBERG, David RUBLI, Moshe ELIYAHU, Arye WEIGENSBERG, Christopher S. TUCKER
  • Electronic cigarette
    Patent number: 10716903
    Abstract: An electronic smoking article includes an outer tube extending in a longitudinal direction, an inner tube within the outer tube and including a pair of opposing slots, a liquid supply comprising a liquid material, a coil heater, a wick and a mouth end insert. The coil heater is located in the inner tube. The coil heater is formed of an iron-free, nickel-chromium alloy and has substantially uniformly spaced windings. The wick is surrounded by the coil heater such that the wick delivers liquid material to the coil heater and the coil heater heats the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol in the inner tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Christopher S. Tucker, Geoffrey Brandon Jordan, Barry S. Smith, Ali A. Rostami, Michael J. Mullins
  • E-vaping section with u-shaped wick, and e-vaping device with u-shaped wick
    Patent number: 10701980
    Abstract: The e-vaping section and the e-vaping device include at least one first wick configured to transfer a pre-vapor formulation, the at least one first wick being a filamentary wick that is U-shaped with opposing ends each extending into a reservoir. At least one first heater is operable upon at least one portion of the at least one first wick to at least partially volatilize the pre-vapor formulation and form a vapor. A support plate is operable to support the at least one first heater and at least partially support the at least one first wick, the support plate being operable to form an electrical connection between the at least one first heater and a power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: David Schiff, Chris Carrick, Eric Hawes, Ali Rostami, Christopher S. Tucker, Berina Yerkic-Husejnovic
  • Electronic vaping device with outlet-end illumination
    Patent number: 10687557
    Abstract: A cartridge for an e-vaping device includes a housing extending along a longitudinal axis of the cartridge, and an outlet-end insert coupled to the outlet end of the housing. The housing at least partially encloses a pre-vapor formulation reservoir and a vapor generator of the cartridge and further channels light via internal reflection through an interior of the housing. The outlet-end insert includes an outlet in flow communication with the vapor generator, directs the vapor generated by the vapor generator out of the cartridge through the outlet, and further emits the light channeled through the interior of the housing. One or more properties of the light are controllable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Christopher S. Tucker, Phillip Diana, Nam Tran, Matthew Caparrelli
  • ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE
    Publication number: 20200171250
    Abstract: An electronic smoking article includes a liquid supply including liquid material, a heater operable to heat the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol, a wick in communication with the liquid material and in communication with the heater such that the wick delivers the liquid material to the heater, at least one air inlet operable to deliver air to a central air passage upstream of the heater, and a mouth end insert having at least two diverging outlets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Christopher S. TUCKER, Geoffrey Brandon JORDAN, Barry S. SMITH, Ali A. ROSTAMI
  • CARTRIDGE AND E-VAPING DEVICE WITH SERPENTINE HEATER
    Publication number: 20200146357
    Abstract: A cartridge of an e-vaping device includes a housing extending in a longitudinal direction, a reservoir in the housing, a heater in the housing, and an absorbent material at least partially surrounding the sinusoidal shaped member. The reservoir is configured to store a pre-vapor formulation. The heater has a sinusoidal shaped member translating about an elliptical shape to define a channel there through. The absorbent material is in fluid communication with the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Shmuel GAVRIELOV, Yuval MALKA, Rangaraj S. SUNDAR, Isaac WEIGENSBERG, David RUBLI, Moshe ELIYAHU, Arye WEIGENSBERG, Scott A. FATH, Christopher S. TUCKER, William J. BOGDZIEWICZ
  • METHOD OF MAKING A HEATER OF AN ELECTRONIC VAPING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200138104
    Abstract: A method of forming a heater assembly of an e-vaping device includes bending a wire to form a first lobe and bending the wire to form a second lobe. The first lobe and the second lobe form a generally sinuously-shaped heater having a first set of lobes and a second set of lobe. A first apex of the first lobe is generally opposite a second apex of the second lobe. The method may also include curling the first set of lobes towards the second set of lobes to form a heater having a substantially tubular form. The heater defines an opening there through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Christopher S. Tucker, Charles Dendy, Nam Tran, David Alvarez, Patrick Mcelhinney
  • Method of making a heater of an electronic vaping device
    Patent number: 10575560
    Abstract: A method of forming a heater assembly of an e-vaping device includes bending a wire to form a first lobe and bending the wire to form a second lobe. The first lobe and the second lobe form a generally sinuously-shaped heater having a first set of lobes and a second set of lobe. A first apex of the first lobe is generally opposite a second apex of the second lobe. The method may also include curling the first set of lobes towards the second set of lobes to form a heater having a substantially tubular form. The heater defines an opening there through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Christopher S. Tucker, Charles Dendy, Nam Tran, David Alvarez, Patrick McElhinney
  • Electronic smoking article
    Patent number: D897594
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Christopher S. Tucker, Geoffrey Brandon Jordan, Barry S. Smith, Ali A. Rostami