Patents by Inventor Kelli MCKENNA

Kelli MCKENNA 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: 11962113
    Abstract: A connector assembly of a cartridge of an electronic vaping device may be formed by metal in-molding. The connector assembly may include a connector body that is integrally formed. The connector body may include a base portion that is generally cylindrical, a nose portion extending from a first end of the base portion, and at least two slots extending longitudinally through the base portion and on opposing sides of the nose portion. An electrical lead extends through each of the at least two slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Bipin Patil, Sean Sundberg, Kelli McKenna, Rangaraj Sundar, Greg Nelson, David Bennett
  • Publication number: 20240090568
    Abstract: A tip device for an electronic vaping device may include a first conduit structure and a second conduit structure. The first conduit structure may be configured to direct a generated vapor through a first conduit. The second conduit structure may be configured to direct an air flow from an ambient environment through a second conduit. The second conduit structure may include an additive material on a surface of the second conduit structure, the additive material including an additive, the additive material configured to release the additive into the air flow directed through the second conduit. An interposing structure of the first conduit structure and the second conduit structure may physically isolate the additive material from the first conduit, such that the additive material is configured to release the additive into the air flow directed through the second conduit independently of the generated vapor directed through the first conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Munmaya K. MISHRA, Raymond LAU, Zack BLACKMON, Kelli MCKENNA
  • Patent number: 11864586
    Abstract: A tip device for an electronic vaping device may include a first conduit structure and a second conduit structure. The first conduit structure may be configured to direct a generated vapor through a first conduit. The second conduit structure may be configured to direct an air flow from an ambient environment through a second conduit. The second conduit structure may include an additive material on a surface of the second conduit structure, the additive material including an additive, the additive material configured to release the additive into the air flow directed through the second conduit. An interposing structure of the first conduit structure and the second conduit structure may physically isolate the additive material from the first conduit, such that the additive material is configured to release the additive into the air flow directed through the second conduit independently of the generated vapor directed through the first conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra, Raymond Lau, Zack Blackmon, Kelli McKenna
  • Patent number: 11245235
    Abstract: A connector assembly of a cartridge of an electronic vaping device may be formed by metal in-molding. The connector assembly may include a connector body that is integrally formed. The connector body may include a base portion that is generally cylindrical, a nose portion extending from a first end of the base portion, and at least two slots extending longitudinally through the base portion and on opposing sides of the nose portion. An electrical lead extends through each of the at least two slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Bipin Patil, Sean Sundberg, Kelli McKenna, Rangaraj Sundar, Greg Nelson, David Bennett
  • Publication number: 20210376542
    Abstract: A connector assembly of a cartridge of an electronic vaping device may be formed by metal in-molding. The connector assembly may include a connector body that is integrally formed. The connector body may include a base portion that is generally cylindrical, a nose portion extending from a first end of the base portion, and at least two slots extending longitudinally through the base portion and on opposing sides of the nose portion. An electrical lead extends through each of the at least two slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Bipin PATIL, Sean SUNDBERG, Kelli MCKENNA, Rangaraj SUNDAR, Greg NELSON, David BENNETT
  • Patent number: 11183803
    Abstract: A connector assembly of a cartridge of an electronic vaping device may be formed by metal in-molding. The connector assembly may include a connector body that is integrally formed. The connector body may include a base portion that is generally cylindrical, a nose portion extending from a first end of the base portion, and at least two slots extending longitudinally through the base portion and on opposing sides of the nose portion. An electrical lead extends through each of the at least two slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Bipin Patil, Sean Sundberg, Kelli McKenna, Rangaraj Sundar, Greg Nelson, David Bennett
  • Publication number: 20210274838
    Abstract: A tip device for an electronic vaping device may include a first conduit structure and a second conduit structure. The first conduit structure may be configured to direct a generated vapor through a first conduit. The second conduit structure may be configured to direct an air flow from an ambient environment through a second conduit. The second conduit structure may include an additive material on a surface of the second conduit structure, the additive material including an additive, the additive material configured to release the additive into the air flow directed through the second conduit. An interposing structure of the first conduit structure and the second conduit structure may physically isolate the additive material from the first conduit, such that the additive material is configured to release the additive into the air flow directed through the second conduit independently of the generated vapor directed through the first conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Munmaya K. MISHRA, Raymond LAU, Zack BLACKMON, Kelli MCKENNA
  • Patent number: 11033051
    Abstract: A tip device for an electronic vaping device may include a first conduit structure and a second conduit structure. The first conduit structure may be configured to direct a generated vapor through a first conduit. The second conduit structure may be configured to direct an air flow from an ambient environment through a second conduit. The second conduit structure may include an additive material on a surface of the second conduit structure, the additive material including an additive, the additive material configured to release the additive into the air flow directed through the second conduit. An interposing structure of the first conduit structure and the second conduit structure may physically isolate the additive material from the first conduit, such that the additive material is configured to release the additive into the air flow directed through the second conduit independently of the generated vapor directed through the first conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra, Raymond Lau, Zack Blackmon, Kelli McKenna
  • Publication number: 20190200671
    Abstract: A tip device for an electronic vaping device may include a first conduit structure and a second conduit structure. The first conduit structure may be configured to direct a generated vapor through a first conduit. The second conduit structure may be configured to direct an air flow from an ambient environment through a second conduit. The second conduit structure may include an additive material on a surface of the second conduit structure, the additive material including an additive, the additive material configured to release the additive into the air flow directed through the second conduit. An interposing structure of the first conduit structure and the second conduit structure may physically isolate the additive material from the first conduit, such that the additive material is configured to release the additive into the air flow directed through the second conduit independently of the generated vapor directed through the first conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Munmaya K. MISHRA, Raymond Lau, Zack Blackmon, Kelli McKenna
  • Publication number: 20180132525
    Abstract: A connector assembly of a cartridge of an electronic vaping device may be formed by metal in-molding. The connector assembly may include a connector body that is integrally formed. The connector body may include a base portion that is generally cylindrical, a nose portion extending from a first end of the base portion, and at least two slots extending longitudinally through the base portion and on opposing sides of the nose portion. An electrical lead extends through each of the at least two slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Bipin PATIL, Sean SUNDBERG, Kelli MCKENNA, Rangaraj SUNDAR, Greg NELSON, David BENNETT