Patents by Inventor GUNNAR NIEBUHR
GUNNAR NIEBUHR 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).
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Patent number: 11766071Abstract: A method for producing vaporizer units as a component of inhalers includes the steps: a) providing a flexible circuit board material with sites for individual vaporizer units, the material optionally prestructured with conductor paths and/or pre-punched areas predetermined in terms of position/course for each site; b) providing and placing a heating element which may be electrically connected to the conductor paths; and c) at least partial covering each site with a sealing material for the formation of a partial sheathing for each vaporizer unit. The sealing material is applied such that the sheathing covers an edge region of the heating element while keeping open a heating surface on an upper side of the circuit board material. At least the outer surfaces of the sheathing pointing away from the circuit board material form sealing surfaces. Vaporizer units, vaporizer assemblies, vaporizer cartridges and inhalers with such vaporizer units are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: KÖRBER TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Lasse Cornils, Christian Hanneken, Svenja Käthner, Michael Kleine Wächter, Niklas Romming, Christof Schuster, Arne Rosenbohm, Gunnar Niebuhr, Rene Schmidt, Finn-Oliver Pankoke, Dennis Leichsenring, Jan Jaklin, Max Bergmann
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Patent number: 11717625Abstract: The invention relates to a component part (1) for an inhaler (27), preferably for an electronic cigarette product, which component part comprises a carrier (2), an electric evaporator (3) arranged on the carrier (2) for evaporating liquid supplied to the evaporator (3), and an electric connection for supplying the evaporator (3) with electric energy and/or for receiving control signals for the evaporator (3). The electric connection comprises a plug connector part (7), which is configured for reversible interaction with a corresponding plug connector part (22) of the base part (20) of the inhaler (27). A base part (20) for an inhaler (27) comprises an electronic control device (21) and an electric connection for transmitting control signals to a component part (1) and/or for the electric supply of a component part (1) of the inhaler (27).Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: KÖRBER TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Gunnar Niebuhr, Rene Schmidt, Marc Kessler
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Patent number: 11672924Abstract: The invention relates to an inhaler, in particular an electronic cigarette product, comprising at least one evaporator unit with at least one electric evaporator for evaporating liquid supplied to the evaporator and comprising an electronic controller for controlling and/or regulating the at least one evaporator unit. The inhaler has at least one replaceable cartridge, wherein the cartridge has the evaporator unit and a liquid tank which is connected or can be connected to the evaporator unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2018Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: KÖRBER TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Gunnar Niebuhr, Rene Schmidt, Marc Kessler
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Patent number: 11606978Abstract: A vaporiser insert for an electronic cigarette product comprises at least one electrical vaporiser for vaporising fluid supplied to the vaporiser and for supplying the vaporised fluid to an airflow, a main part having a lateral face which surrounds an airflow duct through which the airflow can flow, at least one fluid opening for supplying vaporisable fluid from the outside into the vaporiser insert and to the vaporiser being arranged on the lateral face of the main part. The vaporiser insert comprises a support for retaining the vaporiser, and the support comprises a passage opening that corresponds to the fluid opening in order to supply fluid to the vaporiser.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: KÖRBER TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Lasse Cornils, Niklas Romming, Jan Jaklin, Gunnar Niebuhr, Tim Ullner, Thomas Mueller
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Patent number: 11596750Abstract: The invention relates to an inhaler, particularly an electronic cigarette product, comprising at least one evaporator device having at least one electrical evaporator for evaporating liquid supplied to the evaporator and an electronic control device for controlling and/or regulating the evaporator. A plurality of liquids are associated or can be associated with the evaporator device in such a way that the composition and/or the vapour production rate of the vapour/aerosol produced by the at least one evaporator can be adjusted and/or modified in a targeted manner, as the control device is designed for individual control of the at least one or each individual evaporator and/or for group control of the evaporators.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2018Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: KÖRBER TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Marc Kessler, Gunnar Niebuhr, Rene Schmidt, Cameron John Wagenknecht, Bjoern Schlueter
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Patent number: 11547817Abstract: The invention relates to an evaporator unit for an inhaler, in particular an electronic cigarette product, comprising an electrically operable heating body, in particular a flat heating body, which has an inlet side and an outlet side, and a plurality of microchannels, each of which extends from the inlet side to the outlet side through the heating body. The heating body is designed to evaporate liquid being transferred through the microchannels by applying a heating voltage. A porous and/or capillary wick structure is arranged on the inlet side of the heating body, said wick structure being fluidically connected or connectable to a liquid store. The wick structure has a shaft which extends through a passage opening of the support, and a collar, which is arranged between the support and the heating body, wherein the diameter of the collar is greater than the diameter of the passage opening of the support.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2018Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: KÖRBER TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Rene Schmidt, Marc Kessler, Gunnar Niebuhr, Karen Kalaydzhyan
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Publication number: 20220151295Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: LASSE CORNILS, NIKLAS ROMMING, JAN JAKLIN, GUNNAR NIEBUHR, TIM ULLNER, THOMAS MUELLER
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Publication number: 20220134026Abstract: A consumption unit for an inhaler comprises a liquid reservoir, a vaporizer device arranged in the liquid reservoir, and a vent having a flow channel extending in the liquid reservoir to a flow connection of the flow channel to the environment. The liquid reservoir comprises a filling opening, which is closed by means of a first closure part.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: GUNNAR NIEBUHR, LENNART KOCK, THOMAS MÜLLER, BENJAMIN JUNG, VOLKMAR VOIGTLÄNDER, MARKUS SCHMIDT, MATTHIAS GIESE, MICHAEL KLEINE WÄCHTER, MARC KESSLER
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Patent number: 11154666Abstract: The invention relates to a vaporiser head for an inhaler, in particular for an electronic cigarette product, comprising a heating element-wick structure assembly consisting of an electrically operable heating element, which has at least one liquid-conducting through-channel and a porous and/or capillary wick structure arranged at an inlet side of the heating element, and a support plate for retaining the heating element-wick structure assembly. The vaporiser head has a liquid-conducting cannula having a preferably protruding piercing region.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: HAUNI MASCHINENBAU GMBHInventors: Rene Schmidt, Gunnar Niebuhr, Lasse Cornils
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Publication number: 20210195957Abstract: The invention relates to an inhaler, particularly an electronic cigarette product, comprising at least one evaporator device having at least one electrical evaporator for evaporating liquid supplied to the evaporator and an electronic control device for controlling and/or regulating the evaporator. A plurality of liquids are associated or can be associated with the evaporator device in such a way that the composition and/or the vapour production rate of the vapour/aerosol produced by the at least one evaporator can be adjusted and/or modified in a targeted manner, as the control device is designed for individual control of the at least one or each individual evaporator and/or for group control of the evaporators.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2018Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: MARC KESSLER, GUNNAR NIEBUHR, RENE SCHMIDT, CAMERON JOHN WAGENKNECHT, BJOERN SCHLUETER
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Publication number: 20210195951Abstract: The invention relates to an inhaler, in particular an electronic cigarette product, comprising at least one evaporator unit with at least one electric evaporator for evaporating liquid supplied to the evaporator and comprising an electronic controller for controlling and/or regulating the at least one evaporator unit. The inhaler has at least one replaceable cartridge, wherein the cartridge has the evaporator unit and a liquid tank which is connected or can be connected to the evaporator unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2018Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: GUNNAR NIEBUHR, RENE SCHMIDT, MARC KESSLER
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Publication number: 20210186097Abstract: The invention relates to an evaporator unit for an inhaler, in particular an electronic cigarette product, comprising an electrically operable heating body, in particular a flat heating body, which has an inlet side and an outlet side, and a plurality of microchannels, each of which extends from the inlet side to the outlet side through the heating body. The heating body is designed to evaporate liquid being transferred through the microchannels by applying a heating voltage. A porous and/or capillary wick structure is arranged on the inlet side of the heating body, said wick structure being fluidically connected or connectable to a liquid store. The wick structure has a shaft which extends through a through a passage opening of the support, and a collar, which is arranged between the support and the heating body, wherein the diameter of the collar is greater than the diameter of the passage opening of the support.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2018Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: RENE SCHMIDT, MARC KESSLER, GUNNAR NIEBUHR, KAREN KALAYDZHYAN
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Publication number: 20210186116Abstract: A method for producing vaporizer units as a component of inhalers includes the steps: a) providing a flexible circuit board material with sites for individual vaporizer units, the material optionally prestructured with conductor paths and/or pre-punched areas predetermined in terms of position/course for each site; b) providing and placing a heating element which may be electrically connected to the conductor paths; and c) at least partial covering each site with a sealing material for the formation of a partial sheathing for each vaporizer unit. The sealing material is applied such that the sheathing covers an edge region of the heating element while keeping open a heating surface on an upper side of the circuit board material. At least the outer surfaces of the sheathing pointing away from the circuit board material form sealing surfaces. Vaporizer units, vaporizer assemblies, vaporizer cartridges and inhalers with such vaporizer units are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Lasse Cornils, Christian Hanneken, Svenja Käthner, Michael Kleine Wächter, Niklas Romming, Christof Schuster, Arne Rosenbohm, Gunnar Niebuhr, Rene Schmidt, Finn-Oliver Pankoke, Dennis Leichsenring, Jan Jaklin, Max Bergmann
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Publication number: 20200260788Abstract: A vaporiser insert for an electronic cigarette product comprises at least one electrical vaporiser for vaporising fluid supplied to the vaporiser and for supplying the vaporised fluid to an airflow, a main part having a lateral face which surrounds an airflow duct through which the airflow can flow, at least one fluid opening for supplying vaporisable fluid from the outside into the vaporiser insert and to the vaporiser being arranged on the lateral face of the main part. The vaporiser insert comprises a support for retaining the vaporiser, and the support comprises a passage opening that corresponds to the fluid opening in order to supply fluid to the vaporiser.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: LASSE CORNILS, NIKLAS ROMMING, JAN JAKLIN, GUNNAR NIEBUHR, TIM ULLNER, THOMAS MUELLER
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Publication number: 20200229499Abstract: The invention relates to a component part (1) for an inhaler (27), preferably for an electronic cigarette product, which component part comprises a carrier (2), an electric evaporator (3) arranged on the carrier (2) for evaporating liquid supplied to the evaporator (3), and an electric connection for supplying the evaporator (3) with electric energy and/or for receiving control signals for the evaporator (3). The electric connection comprises a plug connector part (7), which is configured for reversible interaction with a corresponding plug connector part (22) of the base part (20) of the inhaler (27). A base part (20) for an inhaler (27) comprises an electronic control device (21) and an electric connection for transmitting control signals to a component part (1) and/or for the electric supply of a component part (1) of the inhaler (27).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2018Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: GUNNAR NIEBUHR, RENE SCHMIDT, MARC KESSLER
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Publication number: 20200008473Abstract: The invention relates to a vaporiser head for an inhaler, in particular for an electronic cigarette product, comprising a heating element-wick structure assembly consisting of an electrically operable heating element, which has at least one liquid-conducting through-channel and a porous and/or capillary wick structure arranged at an inlet side of the heating element, and a support plate for retaining the heating element-wick structure assembly. The vaporiser head has a liquid-conducting cannula having a preferably protruding piercing region.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: RENE SCHMIDT, GUNNAR NIEBUHR, LASSE CORNILS
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Publication number: 20190059446Abstract: A vaporizer unit for an inhaler, the vaporizer unit incorporating an electronic control device and at least one heating element, where the vaporizer unit is configured to vaporize a liquid fed from a liquid reservoir, such that the vaporized liquid is received by an air stream flowing through the vaporizer unit. The electronic control device is configured to heat the at least one heating element with a corresponding at least one control frequency, wherein: one or more control frequencies of the at least one control frequency is a variable control frequency; two or more control frequencies of the at least one control frequency are different control frequencies; or one or more control frequencies of the at least one control frequency is a variable control frequency and two or more control frequencies of the at least one control frequency are different control frequencies.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: MARC KESSLER, GUNNAR NIEBUHR, RENE SCHMIDT