Patents by Inventor Lik Hon

Lik Hon 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: 20170340009
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette or similar vaporization devices include a liquid which is vaporized or atomized in an atomizer. An e-liquid detection system can verify that the e-liquid is acceptable for use in the device. The e-liquid detection system may detect one or more indicators, and/or physical or chemical properties of the e-liquid. The e-liquid detection system may also measure the e-liquid level in the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventor: LIK HON
  • Publication number: 20170325509
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes a shell and a mouthpiece. The external wall of the shell has an air inlet. An atomizer and a liquid-supply are in contact with each other. The air inlet, atomizer, and an aerosol passage are interconnected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventor: Lik Hon
  • Patent number: 9808034
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes a battery assembly and an atomizer assembly within a housing with the battery assembly electrically connected to the atomizer assembly. The housing has one or more air inlets. A liquid storage component is in contact with a porous component of the atomizer assembly, with the porous component having a run-through hole. A heating wire is in an air flow path through the run-through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.
    Inventor: Lik Hon
  • Patent number: 9808033
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes a battery assembly, an atomizer assembly and a cigarette bottle assembly. An external thread electrode is located in one end of battery assembly. An internal thread electrode is located in one end of atomizer assembly. The battery assembly and the atomizer assembly are connected by the screwthread electrode. The cigarette bottle assembly is inserted into the other end of the atomizer assembly and both form a cigarette type or cigar type body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.
    Inventor: Lik Hon
  • Publication number: 20170290373
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes a battery assembly, an atomizer assembly and a cigarette bottle assembly. An external thread electrode is located in one end of battery assembly. An internal thread electrode is located in one end of atomizer assembly. The battery assembly and the atomizer assembly are connected by the screwthread electrode. The cigarette bottle assembly is inserted into the other end of the atomizer assembly and both form a cigarette type or cigar type body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Lik Hon
  • Publication number: 20170290372
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette comprises nicotine without harmful tar. The cigarette includes a shell, a cell, nicotine solution, control circuit, and an electro-thermal vaporization nozzle installed in the air suction end of the shell. The advantages of the present invention are smoking without tar, reducing the risk of cancer, the user still gets a smoking experience, the cigarette is not lit, and there is no fire danger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Lik HON
  • Patent number: 9737093
    Abstract: In an electronic cigarette, separate cartridge and vaporizer units are provided. The cartridge unit may have a cartridge tube containing a liquid with a seal sealing the liquid within the cartridge tube. The vaporizer unit may have a piercer and a heater, with the front side of the vaporizer unit moveable into engagement with the cartridge unit, causing the piercer to pierce the seal in preparation for use of the electronic cigarette. A battery may be connected to a back side of the vaporizer unit. The vaporizer unit may also have and an electronic circuit electrically connected to the heater and to an inhalation sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.
    Inventor: Lik Hon
  • Patent number: 9717279
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette comprises nicotine without harmful tar. The cigarette includes a shell, a cell, nicotine solution, control circuit, and an electro-thermal vaporization nozzle installed in the air suction end of the shell. The advantages of the present invention are smoking without tar, reducing the risk of cancer, the user still gets a smoking experience, the cigarette is not lit, and there is no fire danger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.
    Inventor: Lik Hon
  • Patent number: 9717278
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes a shell and a mouthpiece. The external wall of the shell has an air inlet. An atomizer and a liquid-supply are in contact with each other. The air inlet, atomizer, and an aerosol passage are interconnected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.
    Inventor: Lik Hon
  • Patent number: 9713346
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette comprises nicotine without harmful tar. The cigarette includes a shell, a cell, nicotine solution, control circuit, and an electro-thermal vaporization nozzle installed in the air suction end of the shell. The advantages of the present invention are smoking without tar, reducing the risk of cancer, the user still gets a smoking experience, the cigarette is not lit, and there is no fire danger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.
    Inventor: Lik Hon
  • Publication number: 20170188632
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette has a housing (2) formed by a plurality of thin rolled up layers with one or more grooves (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 6g), on an inside or outer surface of the housing (2). The housing (2) allow an opening to be formed to allow battery (3) gases to escape, avoiding over-pressurizing the housing (2), in the event of a battery (3) failure. The housing (2) may have a thickness of about 0.06 mm to about 2.5 mm. The layers may be bonded together by adhesives. The housing (2) may be formed around components of the electronic cigarette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventor: Lik HON
  • Publication number: 20170172213
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette has a power device (1), a sensor (2), an atomizing core component and a liquid storage component (3). The atomizing core component includes an electric heater (5) and a liquid permeating component (6). The electric heater (5) has a through hole (51), the liquid storage component (3) has a channel (31), and the sensor (2) is connected with the through hole (51) and the channel (31) to form an airflow loop by the auxiliary air inlet. The liquid permeating component (6) is directly sleeved on the electric heater (5), so that the cigarette can adequately heat gasified smoke with uniform small drops. The electric heater (5) and the liquid storage component (3) are connected with the through hole (51) and the channel (31), so that the vapor generated by the atomizing process can be cooled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventor: Lik Hon
  • Patent number: 9627933
    Abstract: A brushless motor includes a stator comprising a stator core with teeth protruding inwardly and windings wound on the teeth, and a rotor comprising a shaft, a rotor core fixed to the shaft, and a ring magnet fixed to the circumferential outer surface of the rotor core. The ring magnet includes a plurality of magnetic poles radially magnetized so that north poles and south poles are arranged alternately in the circumferential direction, boundary lines between adjacent magnetic poles being skewed by an angle ? relative to an axis of the shaft. A plurality of grooves are formed in a circumferential outer surface of the rotor core. Each groove extends from one axial end to the other axial end of the rotor core, has a circumferential width smaller than each of the magnetic poles, and is covered by the ring magnet with a void formed between the groove and the ring magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: Mao Xiong Jiang, Yue Li, Tao Zhang, San Yuan Xiao, Lik Hon Chan
  • Publication number: 20170042242
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes an atomizer having a coil-less heating element. The coil-less heating element may include a heating section and two leads electrically connected to the heating section. The heating section is made of one or more fiber materials. The two leads may be made of conductive materials that can conduct liquid to the heating section. Alternatively, the heating element may include one or more fiber materials with two conductive sections, and a heating section between the conductive sections. The heating section has a significantly higher electrical resistance than the conductive sections. The different electrical resistances may be achieved by modifying the fiber materials with a material (e.g. metals) having higher electronic conductivity. Different electrical resistances may also be achieved by modifying the shape of the fiber materials to provide the conductive sections with a larger cross-section, and the heating section with a smaller cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Lik HON
  • Patent number: 9456632
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes a battery assembly and an atomizer assembly within a housing with the battery assembly electrically connected to the atomizer assembly. The housing has one or more air inlets. A liquid storage component is in contact with a porous component of the atomizer assembly, with the porous component having a run-through hole. A heating wire is in an air flow path through the run-through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.
    Inventor: Lik Hon
  • Publication number: 20160270448
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes a battery assembly and an atomizer assembly within a housing with the battery assembly electrically connected to the atomizer assembly. The housing has one or more air inlets. A liquid storage component is in contact with a porous component of the atomizer assembly, with the porous component having a run-through hole. A heating wire is in an air flow path through the run-through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Lik HON
  • Publication number: 20160270449
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes a battery assembly and an atomizer assembly within a housing with the battery assembly electrically connected to the atomizer assembly. The housing has one or more air inlets. A liquid storage component is in contact with a porous component of the atomizer assembly, with the porous component having a run-through hole. A heating wire is in an air flow path through the run-through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Lik Hon
  • Publication number: 20160270450
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes a shell and a mouthpiece. The external wall of the shell has an air inlet. An atomizer and a liquid-supply are in contact with each other. The air inlet, atomizer, and an aerosol passage are interconnected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Lik HON
  • Publication number: 20160270451
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette comprises nicotine without harmful tar. The cigarette includes a shell, a cell, nicotine solution, control circuit, and an electro-thermal vaporization nozzle installed in the air suction end of the shell. The advantages of the present invention are smoking without tar, reducing the risk of cancer, the user still gets a smoking experience, the cigarette is not lit, and there is no fire danger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Lik HON
  • Publication number: 20160262458
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes a battery assembly, an atomizer assembly and a cigarette bottle assembly. An external thread electrode is located in one end of battery assembly. An internal thread electrode is located in one end of atomizer assembly. The battery assembly and the atomizer assembly are connected by the screwthread electrode. The cigarette bottle assembly is inserted into the other end of the atomizer assembly and both form a cigarette type or cigar type body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventor: Lik Hon