Patents by Inventor Clinton E. Blake

Clinton E. Blake 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).

  • Method and apparatus for generating a volatilized liquid
    Patent number: 7400940
    Abstract: A programmable aerosol generator forms a volatilized liquid by supplying a material in liquid form to a flow passage and heating the flow passage, such that the material volatilizes and expands out of an outlet of the channel. The volatilized material, if desired, mixes with ambient air such that volatilized material condenses to form the aerosol. An apparatus and method for generating such a volatilized liquid, as well as the control and methods of heating, are disclosed as an analytical tool useful for experimental use, a tool useful for production of commercial products or an inhaler device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas D. McRae, John L. Felter, Clinton E. Blake, Mark T. Capps, Kenneth A. Cox, David H. Keeler, Rajiv Gupta
  • Electrically heated smoking system and methods for supplying electrical power from a lithium ion power source
    Patent number: 6803545
    Abstract: An electrically heating smoking system wherein tobacco smoke is generated by heating a portion of a cigarette with an electrical resistance heating element powered by lithium ion battery cells. The lithium ion battery cells supply current to the electrical resistance heating element with current up to 20 times greater than the recommended discharge rate. To prevent damage to the lithium ion battery cells under such high discharge conditions, the smoking system includes a controller which provides modulated pulses of electrical power from the battery cells to the resistance heating element during smoking of the cigarette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Philip Morris Incorporated
    Inventors: Clinton E. Blake, John R. Hairfield, Jr., Charles T. Higgins, H. Neal Nunnally, Robert L. Ripley
  • Method and apparatus for generating a volatilized liquid
    Patent number: 6766220
    Abstract: A programmable aerosol generator forms a volatilized liquid by supplying a material in liquid form to a flow passage and heating the flow passage, such that the material volatilizes and expands out of an outlet of the channel. The volatilized material, if desired, mixes with ambient air such that volatilized material condenses to form the aerosol. An apparatus and method for generating such a volatilized liquid, as well as the control and methods of heating, are disclosed as an analytical tool useful for experimental use, a tool useful for production of commercial products or an inhaler device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Chrysalis Technologies Incorporated
    Inventors: Douglas D. McRae, John L. Felter, Clinton E. Blake, Mark T. Capps, Kenneth A. Cox, David H. Keeler, Rajiv Gupta
  • Electrically heated smoking system and methods for supplying electrical power from a lithium ion power source
    Publication number: 20030226837
    Abstract: An electrically heating smoking system wherein tobacco smoke is generated by heating a portion of a cigarette with an electrical resistance heating element powered by lithium ion battery cells. The lithium ion battery cells supply current to the electrical resistance heating element with current up to 20 times greater than the recommended discharge rate. To prevent damage to the lithium ion battery cells under such high discharge conditions, the smoking system includes a controller which provides modulated pulses of electrical power from the battery cells to the resistance heating element during smoking of the cigarette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Inventors: Clinton E. Blake, John R. Hairfield, Charles T. Higgins, H. Neal Nunnally, Robert L. Ripley
  • Method and apparatus for generating a volatilized liquid
    Publication number: 20030033055
    Abstract: A programmable aerosol generator forms a volatilized liquid by supplying a material in liquid form to a flow passage and heating the flow passage, such that the material volatilizes and expands out of an outlet of the channel. The volatilized material, if desired, mixes with ambient air such that volatilized material condenses to form the aerosol. An apparatus and method for generating such a volatilized liquid, as well as the control and methods of heating, are disclosed as an analytical tool useful for experimental use, a tool useful for production of commercial products or an inhaler device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Douglas D. McRae, John L. Felter, Clinton E. Blake, Mark T. Capps, Kenneth A. Cox, David H. Keeler, Rajiv Gupta