Patents by Inventor Mark Gill

Mark Gill 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: 12267936
    Abstract: An induction heating assembly for a vapour generating device includes an induction coil, radially inward of which a heating compartment is defined for receiving, in use, a body including a vaporisable substance and an induction heatable susceptor; and a temperature sensor located against a side of the heating compartment on the central longitudinal axis of the induction coil at an end of the heating compartment, wherein the induction coil is arranged to heat, in use, the susceptor, and the temperature sensor is arrange to monitor, in use, a temperature related to heat generated from the susceptor. There is also provided an induction heatable cartridge for use with the induction heating assembly. The cartridge includes a solid vaporisable substance; and an induction heatable susceptor held by the vaporisable substance, the susceptor being planar and having an outwardly facing edge and an inwardly facing edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: JT International SA
    Inventor: Mark Gill
  • Publication number: 20250040610
    Abstract: A method is provided for operating an electronic vapour inhaler comprising an induction heating arrangement, the induction heating arrangement comprising an induction coil for generating an alternating electromagnetic field to heat an induction heatable element and thereby heat a non-liquid flavour-release medium. The method comprises intermittently energising the induction coil to generate an intermittent alternating electromagnetic field which provides pulsed heating and cooling of the induction heatable element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: JT International SA
    Inventors: Mark Gill, Daniel Vanko, Lubos Brvenik
  • Patent number: 12200822
    Abstract: An induction heating assembly for a vapour generating device includes an induction heating device and an electronic component having material able to act as a first susceptor, wherein the induction heating device is arranged to heat, in use, a second susceptor for a first period, and the electronic component is arranged to be activated for a second period, and wherein the first period and the second period are non-concurrent. This achieves reduced interference in the functionality of the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: JT International S.A.
    Inventor: Mark Gill
  • Patent number: 12193507
    Abstract: An induction heating assembly for a vapour generating device, includes an outer body; an induction coil arranged inward of the outer body; a heating compartment defined inward of the induction coil and arranged to receive, in use, a body comprising a vaporisable substance and an induction heatable susceptor; wherein the separation between the outer body and the induction coil defines an air vent arranged to allow air flow around the induction coil and to the heating compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: JT International SA
    Inventors: Andrew Robert John Rogan, Mark Gill
  • Publication number: 20250009993
    Abstract: A heating assembly for a vapour generating device includes a heating device arranged to heat, in use, a body, the body including a vaporisable substance located in use in a heating compartment of the heating assembly, the heating assembly being arranged to supply, in use, power to the heating device to heat the body; a temperature sensor arranged to monitor, in use, a temperature related to heat generated from the body, temperature information related to heat generated from the body being determinable from the monitored temperature; and a memory accessor arranged to access, in use, a memory that holds a relationship between the temperature information, the amount of power supplied to the heating device or the profile of power supplied to the heating device, and at least one condition including an age of the body, or a type of the body, or the presence of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: JT International SA
    Inventor: Mark Gill
  • Patent number: 12156535
    Abstract: An aerosol generating article includes a substantially cylindrical cup containing a plant-based aerosol generating material and at least one inductively heatable susceptor element (26). The cup includes an open end and a bottom wall. The cup has a self-supporting moulded form and includes a flange at the open end and a closure attached to the flange. The closure and/or bottom wall is porous or includes one or more openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: JT International S.A.
    Inventors: Andrew Robert John Rogan, Mark Gill, Takeshi Akiyama, Keisuke Matsuzaka
  • Patent number: 12144367
    Abstract: An aerosol generating article includes a body of aerosol forming material, a first inductively heatable susceptor having a first resonant frequency, and a second inductively heatable susceptor having a second resonant frequency that is different from the first resonant frequency. An aerosol generating system includes the aerosol generating article with an aerosol generating device, the device including an induction coil defining a place, preferably a cavity, adapted to receive, in use, an aerosol generating article, and a controller adapted to control the induction coil to selectively and/or sequentially generate a first electromagnetic field with a first frequency and a second electromagnetic field with a second frequency that is different to the first frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: JT International S.A.
    Inventor: Mark Gill
  • Patent number: 12102114
    Abstract: An aerosol generating article includes a substantially cylindrical cup containing a plant-based aerosol generating material and at least one inductively heatable susceptor element (26). The cup includes an open end and a bottom wall. The cup has a self-supporting moulded form and includes a flange at the open end and a closure attached to the flange. The closure and/or bottom wall is porous or includes one or more openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: JT International S.A.
    Inventors: Andrew Robert John Rogan, Mark Gill, Takeshi Akiyama, Keisuke Matsuzaka
  • Patent number: 12097319
    Abstract: A heating assembly for a vapour generating device includes a heating device arranged to heat, in use, a body, the body including a vaporisable substance located in use in a heating compartment of the heating assembly, the heating assembly being arranged to supply, in use, power to the heating device to heat the body; a temperature sensor arranged to monitor, in use, a temperature related to heat generated from the body, temperature information related to heat generated from the body being determinable from the monitored temperature; and a memory accessor arranged to access, in use, a memory that holds a relationship between the temperature information, the amount of power supplied to the heating device or the profile of power supplied to the heating device, and at least one condition including an age of the body, or a type of the body, or the presence of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: JT International S.A.
    Inventor: Mark Gill
  • Patent number: 12082616
    Abstract: A method is provided for operating an electronic vapour inhaler comprising an induction heating arrangement, the induction heating arrangement comprising an induction coil for generating an alternating electromagnetic field to heat an induction heatable element and thereby heat a non-liquid flavour-release medium. The method comprises intermittently energising the induction coil to generate an intermittent alternating electromagnetic field which provides pulsed heating and cooling of the induction heatable element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: JT International S.A.
    Inventors: Mark Gill, Daniel Vanko, Lubos Brvenik
  • Patent number: 11963546
    Abstract: An aerosol generating article includes a first body of aerosol forming material, a first tubular member surrounding the first body of aerosol forming material which is inductively heatable in the presence of a time varying electromagnetic field, a second body of aerosol forming material surrounding the first tubular member and a second tubular member surrounding the second body of aerosol forming material. The second body of aerosol forming material includes at least one sheet of aerosol forming material wrapped around the first tubular member and/or the second body of aerosol forming material includes foam material and/or at least part of the second body of aerosol forming material is adhered to the first tubular member and/or the second tubular member. Methods for manufacturing aerosol generating articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: JT International S.A.
    Inventors: Juan José Moreno Rodríguez, Mark Gill
  • Patent number: 11957174
    Abstract: An aerosol generating article includes a first body of aerosol forming material, a first tubular member surrounding the first body of aerosol forming material, a second body of aerosol forming material surrounding the first tubular member and a second tubular member surrounding the second body of aerosol forming material. The first tubular member is inductively heatable in the presence of a time varying electromagnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: JT International S.A.
    Inventor: Mark Gill
  • Publication number: 20240054044
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product aspects for According to some aspects, a computing device (e.g., a server, a cloud-based device, an application-service device, etc.) may identify a characteristic of content received via a recording application on a user device (e.g., a mobile device, a smart device, a computing device, etc.). A type of the user device may be determined based on an identifier received with the content. Based on the type of the user device, an instruction may be sent to the user device that causes a change in an operational state of a component of the user device that is utilized by the recording application. Remediation instructions that remediate the characteristic of the content may be sent to the user device based on an indication of the change in the operation state of the audio component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: CHRIS MANCHESTER, MARK GILL, RANDAL LEISTIKOW
  • Publication number: 20230380509
    Abstract: An electronic vapour inhaler includes a chamber configured so that a user can place a cartridge into said chamber, an induction coil arranged to extend around the chamber, a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature inside the chamber, and a control arrangement arranged to control operation of the induction coil based on the temperature measured by the temperature sensor to maintain a predetermined temperature inside the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: JT International S.A.
    Inventors: Mark Gill, Daniel Vanko, Lubos Brvenik
  • Publication number: 20230371601
    Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a cylindrical heating cavity mainly extending in an axial direction, for receiving a vaporizable stick containing a substance suitable for being vaporized upon heating to produce an inhalable vapor, a heater at least partially surrounding the cylindrical heating cavity, and a magnetic field generator configured to generate a varying magnetic field through the heater to heat the heater by induction. The heater comprises includes a plurality of identical ring-shaped susceptors arranged along the axial direction, each ring-shaped susceptor encircling the cylindrical heating cavity. Such a segmented heater may provide either an even heating of the whole stick or a temperature distribution along the axial direction for selectively heat parts of the stick.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: JT International SA
    Inventor: Mark Gill
  • Publication number: 20230292844
    Abstract: An induction heating assembly for a vapour generating device, includes an outer body; an induction coil arranged inward of the outer body; a heating compartment defined inward of the induction coil and arranged to receive, in use, a body comprising a vaporisable substance and an induction heatable susceptor; wherein the separation between the outer body and the induction coil defines an air vent arranged to allow air flow around the induction coil and to the heating compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: JT International S.A.
    Inventors: Andrew Robert John Rogan, Mark Gill
  • Patent number: 11758947
    Abstract: An electronic vapour inhaler includes a chamber configured so that a user can place a cartridge into said chamber, an induction coil arranged to extend around the chamber, a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature inside the chamber, and a control arrangement arranged to control operation of the induction coil based on the temperature measured by the temperature sensor to maintain a predetermined temperature inside the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Gill, Daniel Vanko, Lubos Brvenik
  • Patent number: 11744292
    Abstract: A cartridge for an electronic vapour inhaler is provided and includes an elongate induction heatable element and a flavour-release medium adhered to a surface of the elongate induction heatable element. The induction heatable element can include a tube having a wall with inner and outer wall surfaces and the flavour-release medium can be adhered to the outer or inner wall surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: JT INTERNATIONAL SA
    Inventors: Mark Gill, Daniel Vanko, Lubos Brvenik
  • Publication number: 20230262849
    Abstract: An induction heating assembly for a vapour generating device includes an induction coil, radially inward of which a heating compartment is defined for receiving, in use, a body including a vaporisable substance and an induction heatable susceptor; and a temperature sensor located against a side of the heating compartment on the central longitudinal axis of the induction coil at an end of the heating compartment, wherein the induction coil is arranged to heat, in use, the susceptor, and the temperature sensor is arrange to monitor, in use, a temperature related to heat generated from the susceptor. There is also provided an induction heatable cartridge for use with the induction heating assembly. The cartridge includes a solid vaporisable substance; and an induction heatable susceptor held by the vaporisable substance, the susceptor being planar and having an outwardly facing edge and an inwardly facing edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: JT International SA
    Inventor: Mark Gill
  • Patent number: RE49559
    Abstract: A capsule 26 for an electronic vapour inhaler comprises a shell 28 containing a flavour-release medium 40 and one or more induction heatable elements 42 disposed inside the shell 28 and arranged to heat the flavour-release medium 40 to produce a vapour for inhalation by a user. At least part of the shell 28 is formed of an air permeable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Gill, Daniel Vanko, Lubos Brvenik