Patents by Inventor Hankak Lee
Hankak Lee 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: 11837897Abstract: An electrically operable aerosol-generating system is provided, including charging and aerosol-generating devices having proximal and distal ends and a body extending therebetween, a user operable button located on the body between the ends, the system having a first engagement state in which the devices are engaged and a second engagement state in which the devices are not engaged, such that when in the first state at least a first side-portion of the body extending between the ends faces the charging device, and at least a second side-portion of the body extending between the ends faces away from the charging device and is exposed, the button being located on the second side-portion and operable when the system is in the first state, the button activating a first function when the system is in the second state, and activating a different second function when the system is in the first state.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Raphael Holzherr, Hankak Lee
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Publication number: 20230361586Abstract: An electrically operable aerosol-generating system includes: a charging device including a primary power source and a housing to retain the power source; and an aerosol-generating device including a secondary power source and having proximal and distal ends and a body extending therebetween, the charging device having a docking arrangement including a docking space between a first end and an opposing second end spaced therefrom, the first and second ends being walls of the housing, electrical contacts on at least one of the proximal or distal ends of the device to engage with corresponding electrical contacts on at least one of the first and second ends of the docking arrangement, and the electrical contacts include a positive and a negative electrical contact, at least one of which being an annular electrical contact, arranged concentrically on the at least one of the proximal or distal ends.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Raphael HOLZHERR, Hankak LEE
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Patent number: 11728664Abstract: An electrically operable aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a charging device including a primary power source and a housing to retain the power source; and an aerosol-generating device including a secondary power source and having proximal and distal ends and a body extending therebetween, the charging device having a docking arrangement including a docking space between a first end and an opposing second end spaced therefrom, the first and second ends being walls of the housing, electrical contacts on at least one of the proximal or distal ends of the device to engage with corresponding electrical contacts on at least one of the first and second ends of the docking arrangement, and the electrical contacts include a positive and a negative electrical contact, at least one of which being an annular electrical contact, arranged concentrically on the at least one of the proximal or distal ends.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Raphael Holzherr, Hankak Lee
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Publication number: 20230033791Abstract: An electrically operable aerosol-generating system is provided, including charging and aerosol-generating devices having proximal and distal ends and a body extending therebetween, a user operable button located on the body between the ends, the system having a first engagement state in which the devices are engaged and a second engagement state in which the devices are not engaged, such that when in the first state at least a first side-portion of the body extending between the ends faces the charging device, and at least a second side-portion of the body extending between the ends faces away from the charging device and is exposed, the button being located on the second side-portion and operable when the system is in the first state, the button activating a first function when the system is in the second state, and activating a different second function when the system is in the first state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Raphael HOLZHERR, Hankak LEE
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Patent number: 11552489Abstract: An electrically operable aerosol-generating system is provided, including a charging device including a primary power source; and an elongated aerosol-generating device including a secondary power source and having a proximal end, a distal end, and a body extending between the proximal end and the distal end, the charging device having a docking arrangement configured to engage with the elongated aerosol-generating device and to charge the secondary power source by the primary power source, in which a first coupling member disposed on the body of the elongated aerosol-generating device is configured to engage with a second coupling member disposed on a wall of the charging device.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Raphael Holzherr, Hankak Lee
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Patent number: 11502522Abstract: An electrically operable aerosol-generating system is provided, including a charging device including a primary power source; and an elongated aerosol-generating device including a secondary power source and having a proximal end, a distal end, and a body extending between the proximal end and the distal end, a user operable button being disposed on the body between the proximal end and the distal end, the system having a first engagement state in which the aerosol-generating device is engaged with the charging device and a second engagement state in which the aerosol-generating device is not engaged with the charging device, such that, when the system is configured in the first engagement state, at least a first side-portion of the body faces the charging device, and at least a second side-portion of the body extending between the proximal end and the distal end faces away from the charging device and is exposed.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Raphael Holzherr, Hankak Lee
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Publication number: 20220271546Abstract: An electrically operable aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a charging device including a primary power source and a housing to retain the power source; and an aerosol-generating device including a secondary power source and having proximal and distal ends and a body extending therebetween, the charging device having a docking arrangement including a docking space between a first end and an opposing second end spaced therefrom, the first and second ends being walls of the housing, electrical contacts on at least one of the proximal or distal ends of the device to engage with corresponding electrical contacts on at least one of the first and second ends of the docking arrangement, and the electrical contacts include a positive and a negative electrical contact, at least one of which being an annular electrical contact, arranged concentrically on the at least one of the proximal or distal ends.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Raphael HOLZHERR, Hankak LEE
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Publication number: 20220192277Abstract: An electrically operable aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a charging device including a primary power source; and an elongated aerosol-generating device including a secondary power source, the charging device having a docking arrangement configured to engage with the aerosol-generating device, the docking arrangement including a docking space defined between a first end, and an opposing second end spaced from and fixed relative to the first end, the docking space accommodating a longitudinal dimension of the aerosol-generating device, and a latching projection is configured to extend from the first end or the second end to engage with a distal end or a proximal end of the aerosol-generating device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2022Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Raphael HOLZHERR, Hankak LEE
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Patent number: 11303142Abstract: An electrically operable aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a charging device including a primary power source; and an elongated aerosol-generating device including a secondary power source and having a proximal end, a distal end, and a body extending between the proximal end and the distal end, the charging device having a docking arrangement configured to engage with the elongated aerosol-generating device, the docking arrangement including a docking space defined between a first end, and an opposing second end spaced from and fixed relative to the first end, the docking space accommodating a longitudinal dimension of the elongated aerosol-generating device, in which electrical contacts are disposed on at least one of the proximal end or the distal end of the elongated aerosol-generating device and are configured to engage with corresponding electrical contacts disposed on at least one of the first end and the second end of the docking arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Raphael Holzherr, Hankak Lee
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Patent number: 11297882Abstract: An electrically operable aerosol-generating system is provided, including a charging device including a primary power source; and an elongated aerosol-generating device including a secondary power source, the charging device having a docking arrangement configured to engage with the elongated aerosol-generating device, the docking arrangement including a docking space defined between a first end, and an opposing second end spaced from and fixed relative to the first end, the docking space accommodating a longitudinal dimension of the elongated aerosol-generating device.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Raphael Holzherr, Hankak Lee
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Publication number: 20200253285Abstract: An electrically operable aerosol-generating system is provided, including a charging device including a primary power source; and an elongated aerosol-generating device including a secondary power source and having a proximal end, a distal end, and a body extending between the proximal end and the distal end, the charging device having a docking arrangement configured to engage with the elongated aerosol-generating device and to charge the secondary power source by the primary power source, in which a first coupling member disposed on the body of the elongated aerosol-generating device is configured to engage with a second coupling member disposed on a wall of the charging device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2017Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Raphael HOLZHERR, Hankak LEE
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Publication number: 20200245689Abstract: An electrically operable aerosol-generating system is provided, including a charging device including a primary power source; and an elongated aerosol-generating device including a secondary power source, the charging device having a docking arrangement configured to engage with the elongated aerosol-generating device, the docking arrangement including a docking space defined between a first end, and an opposing second end spaced from and fixed relative to the first end, the docking space accommodating a longitudinal dimension of the elongated aerosol-generating device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2017Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Raphael HOLZHERR, Hankak LEE
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Publication number: 20200214357Abstract: An electrically operable aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a charging device including a primary power source; and an elongated aerosol-generating device including a secondary power source and having a proximal end, a distal end, and a body extending between the proximal end and the distal end, the charging device having a docking arrangement configured to engage with the elongated aerosol-generating device, the docking arrangement including a docking space defined between a first end, and an opposing second end spaced from and fixed relative to the first end, the docking space accommodating a longitudinal dimension of the elongated aerosol-generating device, in which electrical contacts are disposed on at least one of the proximal end or the distal end of the elongated aerosol-generating device and are configured to engage with corresponding electrical contacts disposed on at least one of the first end and the second end of the docking arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2017Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Raphael HOLZHERR, Hankak LEE
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Patent number: D873212Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.Inventors: Wei Chia Chang, Jeffrey Tung, Hankak Lee
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Patent number: D890695Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.Inventors: Wei Chia Chang, Jeffrey Tung, Hankak Lee
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Patent number: D923866Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.Inventors: Wei Chia Chang, Jeffrey Tung, Hankak Lee
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Patent number: D940071Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Jeffrey Tung, Hankak Lee
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Patent number: D940652Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Jeffrey Tung, Hankak Lee
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Patent number: D943148Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.Inventors: Wei Chia Chang, Jeffrey Tung, Hankak Lee
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Patent number: D975637Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Jeffrey Tung, Hankak Lee