Patents by Inventor Daniel Lickefeld

Daniel Lickefeld 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).

  • Publication number: 20260130408
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aerosol-generating article (1) for a non-combustion heating aerosol-generating device. The aerosol-generating article (1) is extending in a longitudinal direction and comprises an aerosol-generating substrate (2), a mouthpiece end segment (4) downstream the aerosol-generating substrate (2) with respect to the flow path of the aerosol and a cooling element (3), arranged between the aerosol-generating substrate (2) and the mouth end segment (4). The aerosol-generating substrate (2) comprises tobacco fine particles. The cooling element (3) comprises a plurality of channels (5) extending at least in parts essentially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the aerosol-generating article (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Applicant: JT International SA
    Inventor: Daniel Lickefeld
  • Patent number: 12564213
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating article includes a charge of aerosol-generating material arranged in a container, wherein the aerosol-generating material is provided in a form of shaped individual elements including a foam-like material. The aerosol-generating article further includes a sealing portion provided to one longitudinal end of the container, and made of an air permeable material and/or having an air permeable structure such that air is capable of flowing therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: JT International SA
    Inventors: Michael Plattner, Paul Black, Felicite Maram Diouf, Daniel Lickefeld, Peter Uhrmeister
  • Publication number: 20250072501
    Abstract: An electronic smoking device for generating an inhalable aerosol, wherein the electronic smoking device includes a mouth piece and a body section, the body section including a substance cartridge with an aerosolizable substance, a heating section, and a hull, wherein the heating section is arranged in between the mouth piece and the substance cartridge, and wherein the heating section is heatable to aerosolise the aerosolizable substance. The heating section includes a porous material and a heating element to heat the porous material, wherein the porous material also includes a cavity which creates a fluid flow path from the substance cartridge to the mouth piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: JT International SA
    Inventor: Daniel Lickefeld
  • Publication number: 20240341357
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic smoking device comprising at least one battery assembly for supplying the electronic smoking device with power, a measuring assembly for measuring device-related parameters, a control unit to evaluate at least one measurement parameter and an aerosol generating assembly which generates aerosol from an aerosol generating product inside at least one cartridge, wherein the battery assembly comprises a galvanic element, characterized in that the galvanic element is at least partially integrated in a housing, wherein the housing surrounds at least the measuring assembly. the control unit, the cartridge and the aerosol generating assembly of the electronic smoking device. The invention relates also to a housing for an electronic smoking device and a method for manufacturing this housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: JT International SA
    Inventor: Daniel Lickefeld
  • Publication number: 20230217997
    Abstract: A vaporizer comprising a mouth piece the mouth piece being in fluid connection with a vaporizing section, wherein the vaporizing section comprises at least a first vaporizable substance and a heater to heat the vaporizable substance. According to the invention the vaporizer comprises a substance cartridge comprising the at least one vaporizable substance, wherein the vaporizable substance is provided as a substance section on or as a tape, and the substance section is arranged movable in a predefined transport direction in the substance cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: JT International SA
    Inventors: Peter Uhrmeister, Michael Plattner, Thomas Johaentges, Min Xu, Daniel Lickefeld
  • Publication number: 20230189874
    Abstract: A flavoring device includes a three-dimensional shape with a surface enclosing an inner volume, wherein the surface includes a first part directed outwardly of the three-dimensional shape and a second part being the lateral area of a cylindrically shaped hole protruding through the flavoring device, wherein the flavoring device includes a frame arranged at the surface of the three-dimensional shape and framing the inner volume at least in part, wherein the flavoring material is arranged within the frame, wherein the frame and the flavoring material are permeable to an air flow directed from a surrounding of the flavoring device through the first part of the surface, through the inner volume, thereby interacting with the flavoring material, and through the second part of the surface into the hole, in which the smoking article is arrangeable. The device includes the shape of a hollow cylinder having airflow-permeable inner and outer lateral areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: JT International SA
    Inventors: Stephan Preusser, Adrian Hartanto, Daniel Lickefeld
  • Publication number: 20220408797
    Abstract: A smoking article includes a rod including smokable material wrapped by a wrapper, a mouthpiece connected to an end of the rod, wherein a machine-readable code is printed onto an outer surface of the wrapper, the printed machine-readable code being proximate a distal edge of the wrapper. A method for manufacturing a smoking article is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: JT International SA
    Inventors: Daniel Lickefeld, Miguel Soriano
  • Publication number: 20220386684
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating tobacco-containing composition, preferably provided in a form of a foam or mousse, and an aerosol-generating article including the composition, are provided. The composition includes particulate tobacco material and lipid, wherein the lipid is medium-chain triglyceride, and a ratio of the medium-chain triglyceride to the particulate tobacco material on a dry weight basis is between 1:3 and 1:5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: JT International SA
    Inventor: Daniel Lickefeld
  • Publication number: 20220248745
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating article includes a charge of aerosol-generating material arranged in a container, wherein the aerosol-generating material is provided in a form of shaped individual elements including a foam-like material. The aerosol-generating article further includes a sealing portion provided to one longitudinal end of the container, and made of an air permeable material and/or having an air permeable structure such that air is capable of flowing therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: JT International S.A.
    Inventors: Michael Plattner, Paul Black, Felicite Maram Diouf, Daniel Lickefeld, Peter Uhrmeister
  • Publication number: 20220175014
    Abstract: A method for processing tobacco includes providing a first tube having at least one inlet and at least one outlet and having a shape of a helix having a plurality of threads, providing a first motor, generating vibrations, transmitting the vibrations to the first tube, inserting an amount of tobacco, having a first moisture content, into the inlet of the first tube, providing a first air flow through the first tube in a direction from the inlet to the outlet, transporting the amount of tobacco within the first tube towards the outlet of the first tube by the vibrations transmitted to the first tube and by the first air flow, taking out the tobacco at the outlet of the first tube, the tobacco having a second moisture content which is lower than the first moisture content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: JT International S.A.
    Inventors: Denis Kundid, Andreas Otto, Daniel Lickefeld, Johannes Maerz, Dirk Mueller