Patents by Inventor Ian Murison

Ian Murison 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).

  • Patent number: 12201158
    Abstract: A re-fillable liquid tip or pod for a vaping device that includes capacitive sensor plates in the tip liquid reservoir. A liquid re-filling device provides liquid to the vaping device, drawn from a refill bottle; the re-filling device includes a capacitance measuring circuit; a microcontroller uses the data from the capacitance measuring circuit to determine if the level of liquid in the tip liquid reservoir is above or below a threshold level; if below, then a liquid pump in the re-filling device is activated to draw liquid from the refill bottle and pump it through the vaping device and up into the tip liquid reservoir. Pumping ceases once the liquid reaches the threshold level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: AYR LTD.
    Inventors: Mark Gretton, Ian Murison
  • Publication number: 20250017284
    Abstract: A vaping system includes: (a) a disposable vaping device that includes the following non user-replaceable items: (i) a heating element; (ii) a rechargeable battery, and (iii) a liquid reservoir that provides liquid to the heating element; and (b) an automatic liquid filling device, including (i) a first aperture or port configured to receive a liquid bottle or container containing atomisable liquid; (ii) a second aperture or port configured to receive the vaping device; (iii) an electronic liquid level sensing sub-system; (iv) a liquid filling sub-system configured to pump liquid from the liquid bottle or container to the liquid reservoir in the vaping device and (v) a battery charging sub-system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Ian MURISON, Stephen JACKSON, Hadyn VAN DE BERG, Ryan COCKING, Luv SHETH, Tom O'CALLAGHAN
  • Publication number: 20250017283
    Abstract: A vaping system includes: (a) a disposable vaping device that includes the following non user-replaceable items: (i) a heating element; (ii) a rechargeable battery, and (iii) a liquid reservoir that provides liquid to the heating element; and (b) an automatic liquid filling device, including (i) a first aperture or port configured to receive a liquid bottle or container containing atomisable liquid; (ii) a second aperture or port configured to receive the vaping device; (iii) an electronic liquid level sensing sub-system; (iv) a liquid filling sub-system configured to pump liquid from the liquid bottle or container to the liquid reservoir in the vaping device and (v) a battery charging sub-system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Ian MURISON, Stephen JACKSON, Hadyn VAN DE BERG, Ryan COCKING, Luv SHETH, Tom O'CALLAGHAN
  • Publication number: 20240398001
    Abstract: A reservoir for use in a refilling device includes a fluid storage volume bounded by one or more side walls and an end wall; an outlet orifice in or near the end wall, configured to form, or engage with, a fluid conduit engagable with an inlet orifice of an article of an aerosol provision system to provide a fluid flow path from the fluid storage volume to a storage area in the article when the reservoir and the article are installed in the refilling device; and a moveable wall disposed opposite to the end wall to close the fluid storage volume, the movable wall configured to slide towards the end wall, and engagable with a pushing element of the refilling device operable to push the moveable wall towards the end wall in order to reduce a capacity of the fluid storage volume such that fluid in the fluid storage volume is moved through the outlet orifice to the fluid flow path in order to fill the storage area of the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Stephen JACKSON, Ian MURISON, Ryan COCKING
  • Publication number: 20240074514
    Abstract: A user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir for dispensing e-liquid, the reservoir being inserted into, or otherwise attached to, a portable, personal e-cigarette device and engaging with an electrical or electronic pump fluid transfer system in the device, the device including: an electrical or electronic pump, being configured to transfer e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to an atomizing unit in the device, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Kaveh MEMARI, Adrian BENNETT, Ian MURISON, Stephen MARSH
  • Publication number: 20240041134
    Abstract: A user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir for dispensing e-liquid, the reservoir being inserted into, or otherwise attached to, a portable, personal e-cigarette device and engaging with an electrical or electronic pump fluid transfer system in the device, the device including: an electrical or electronic pump, being configured to transfer e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to an atomizing unit in the device, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Kaveh MEMARI, Adrian BENNETT, Ian MURISON, Stephen MARSH
  • Publication number: 20240000159
    Abstract: A user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir for dispensing e-liquid, the reservoir being inserted into, or otherwise attached to, a portable, personal e-cigarette device and engaging with an electrical or electronic pump fluid transfer system in the device, the device including: an electrical or electronic pump, being configured to transfer e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to an atomizing unit in the device, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kaveh MEMARI, Adrian BENNETT, Ian MURISON, Stephen MARSH
  • Publication number: 20240000158
    Abstract: A user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir for dispensing e-liquid, the reservoir being inserted into, or otherwise attached to, a portable, personal e-cigarette device and engaging with an electrical or electronic pump fluid transfer system in the device, the device including: an electrical or electronic pump, being configured to transfer e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to an atomizing unit in the device, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kaveh MEMARI, Adrian BENNETT, Ian MURISON, Stephen MARSH
  • Publication number: 20230413924
    Abstract: A user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir for dispensing e-liquid, the reservoir being inserted into, or otherwise attached to, a portable, personal e-cigarette device and engaging with an electrical or electronic pump fluid transfer system in the device, the device including: an electrical or electronic pump, being configured to transfer e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to an atomizing unit in the device, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Kaveh MEMARI, Adrian BENNETT, Ian MURISON, Stephen MARSH
  • Publication number: 20230413923
    Abstract: A user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir for dispensing e-liquid, the reservoir being inserted into, or otherwise attached to, a portable, personal e-cigarette device and engaging with an electrical or electronic pump fluid transfer system in the device, the device including: an electrical or electronic pump, being configured to transfer e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to an atomizing unit in the device, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Kaveh MEMARI, Adrian BENNETT, Ian MURISON, Stephen MARSH
  • Patent number: 11751609
    Abstract: A user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir for dispensing e-liquid, the reservoir being inserted into, or otherwise attached to, a portable, personal e-cigarette device and engaging with an electrical or electronic pump fluid transfer system in the device, the device including: an electrical or electronic pump, being configured to transfer e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to an atomizing unit in the device, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: AYR LTD.
    Inventors: Kaveh Memari, Adrian Bennett, Ian Murison, Stephen Marsh
  • Patent number: 11690408
    Abstract: A user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir for dispensing e-liquid, the reservoir being inserted into, or otherwise attached to, a portable, personal e-cigarette device and engaging with an electrical or electronic pump fluid transfer system in the device, the device including: an electrical or electronic pump, being configured to transfer e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to an atomizing unit in the device, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: AYR LTD.
    Inventors: Kaveh Memari, Adrian Bennett, Ian Murison, Stephen Marsh
  • Publication number: 20230180826
    Abstract: A case for an electronic cigarette vaporiser, the case including an automatic lifting mechanism that lifts the vaporiser up a few mm from the case to enable a user to easily grasp the vaporiser and withdraw it from the case. The lifting mechanism can be spring- based. The case both re-fills the vaporiser with liquid and also re-charges a battery in the vaporiser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Ian MURISON, Stephen MARSH
  • Publication number: 20230141366
    Abstract: A user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir for dispensing e-liquid, the reservoir being inserted into, or otherwise attached to, a portable, personal e-cigarette device and engaging with an electrical or electronic pump fluid transfer system in the device, the device including: an electrical or electronic pump, being configured to transfer e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to an atomizing unit in the device, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Kaveh MEMARI, Adrian BENNETT, Ian MURISON, Stephen MARSH
  • Patent number: 11571019
    Abstract: A case for an electronic cigarette vaporiser, the case including an automatic lifting mechanism that lifts the vaporiser up a few mm from the case to enable a user to easily grasp the vaporiser and withdraw it from the case. The lifting mechanism can be spring-based. The case both re-fills the vaporiser with liquid and also re-charges a battery in the vaporiser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: AYR LTD.
    Inventors: Ian Murison, Stephen Marsh
  • Publication number: 20220175049
    Abstract: A user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir for dispensing e-liquid, the reservoir being inserted into, or otherwise attached to, a portable, personal e-cigarette device and engaging with an electrical or electronic pump fluid transfer system in the device, the device including: an electrical or electronic pump, being configured to transfer e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to an atomizing unit in the device, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Kaveh MEMARI, Adrian BENNETT, Ian MURISON, Stephen MARSH
  • Patent number: 11253006
    Abstract: A user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir for dispensing e-liquid, the reservoir being inserted into, or otherwise attached to, a portable, personal e-cigarette device and engaging with an electrical or electronic pump fluid transfer system in the device, the device including: an electrical or electronic pump, being configured to transfer e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to an atomizing unit in the device, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: AYR LTD.
    Inventors: Kaveh Memari, Adrian Bennett, Ian Murison, Stephen Marsh
  • Publication number: 20210360981
    Abstract: An e-cigarette PV that includes an air pressure valve or device so that excess air can escape from an e-liquid reservoir in the PV when that reservoir is being filled under pressure with e-liquid from a parent reservoir. The valve or device is a barrier made of an air-porous material, such as a sintered polymer or metal, coated with or otherwise including a barrier or layer of an air-porous substance that is not porous to e-liquid, such as an oleophobic material or a hydrophobic or super-hydrophobic material. The oleophobic material is one of: sintered phosphor bronze, sintered stainless steel and sintered PU plastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Kaveh MEMARI, Adrian BENNETT, Ian MURISON, Stephen MARSH
  • Publication number: 20210337878
    Abstract: A re-fillable liquid tip or pod for a vaping device that includes capacitive sensor plates in the tip liquid reservoir. A liquid re-filling device provides liquid to the vaping device, drawn from a refill bottle; the re-filling device includes a capacitance measuring circuit; a microcontroller uses the data from the capacitance measuring circuit to determine if the level of liquid in the tip liquid reservoir is above or below a threshold level; if below, then a liquid pump in the re-filling device is activated to draw liquid from the refill bottle and pump it through the vaping device and up into the tip liquid reservoir. Pumping ceases once the liquid reaches the threshold level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Mark GRETTON, Ian MURISON
  • Patent number: 11083228
    Abstract: An e-cigarette PV that includes an air pressure valve or device so that excess air can escape from an e-liquid reservoir in the PV when that reservoir is being filled under pressure with e-liquid from a parent reservoir. The valve or device is a barrier made of an air-porous material, such as a sintered polymer or metal, coated with or otherwise including a barrier or layer of an air-porous substance that is not porous to e-liquid, such as an oleophobic material or a hydrophobic or super-hydrophobic material. The oleophobic material is one of: sintered phosphor bronze, sintered stainless steel and sintered PU plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: AYR LTD.
    Inventors: Kaveh Memari, Adrian Bennett, Ian Murison, Stephen Marsh