Abstract: An apparatus for aerosol delivery, wherein the apparatus includes an outer body, a power source, an aerosolizable material reservoir, a control circuit containing an aerosol generation mechanism, and a processing circuit configured to send identification data associated with the apparatus to an external device, receive an external response from the external devices, wherein the external response is generated as a function of the identification data by the external device, modify an internal state of the processing circuit as a function of the external response, determine a device usability as a function of the modified internal state, and configure the control circuit as a function of the device usability.

Abstract: An apparatus for unique identification of an object using near-field communication (NFC), the apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory, wherein the memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive object manufacture data associated with a first object containing an NFC tag, generate a unique identifier as a function of the object manufacture data, assign the unique identifier to the NFC tag of the first object using an NFC reader at an initial time, obtain first identification data containing the unique identifier when the NFC reader communicates with the NFC tag of the first object at a time subsequent to the initial time, aggregate the first identification data with second identification data associated with a second object using a data aggregator, determine an object action datum as a function of the aggregated identification data, and transmit the object action datum to the NFC reader.

Abstract: A system for initiating a recycling program of consumer electronic devices, wherein the system includes a collection device configured to collect a plurality of consumer electronic devices from users, a processing unit located within a permitted facility, communicatively connected to the collection device, wherein the processing unit is configured to disassemble each consumer electronic device of the plurality of consumer electronic devices into a plurality of base components through an electronic device disassembling process, wherein the plurality of base components includes a plurality of plastic components and at least a battery component, process the plurality of base components, wherein processing the plurality of base components includes disintegrating the plurality of plastic components into a plurality of granules and decomposing the at least one battery component into a plurality of electrochemical materials, and generate a recycled output using the processed plurality of base components.

Abstract: Described herein are mouthpieces, aerosol delivery devices, and systems including mouthpieces and aerosol delivery devices. A mouthpiece may include an aerosol device attachment end, an aerosol release end, a spacer, and one or more grip surfaces. Grip surface may include a concave region including one or more ridges.

Abstract: A calibration method includes (a) connecting a impedance measuring device to an impedance standard which has at least two excitation terminals for feeding an excitation signal and two measuring terminals for determining a measurement signal, and which has a fixed or adjustable impedance which corresponds to the impedance target; (b) applying a voltage signal to the excitation terminals and measuring the current flowing through the impedance standard due to the voltage signal at the measuring terminals; or supplying a current signal to the excitation terminals and measuring the dropping voltage at the measuring terminals; and (c) calibrating the impedance measuring device against the impedance standard to the impedance target. The geometrical arrangement of terminals of the impedance standard corresponds to the geometrical arrangement of the terminals of the cell of which the impedance is to be measured.

Abstract: A connector for a circuit breaker and a downstream contactor has a one-piece configuration and facilitates an electrical connection between the circuit breaker and the downstream contactor. The connector includes at least one sensor, the connector includes an evaluation unit for measured values of the sensor, and the connector includes first contacts for the circuit breaker and second contacts for the downstream contactor, both acting in the same mating direction. A feeder for connecting a load and an arrangement having a distribution system, a load and a feeder, are also provided.

Abstract: A vaporizer device including: 1) a body having a mouthpiece and an interior chamber, 2) a reservoir inserted into the interior chamber of the body for storing an aerosolizable material, 3) a housing inserted into the interior chamber including a heating chamber including a heating element and a pressure sensor for controlling operation of the heating element, 4) a power source for powering the heating element and pressure sensor, and 5) a vapor tube extending from the mouthpiece to the heating chamber. The vapor tube is integrally formed with the reservoir, or with the body. The device may in addition also include and a PCB tube extending from the mouthpiece to the pressure sensor, which is integrally formed with one of the reservoir or the body.

Abstract: A vaporizer cartridge includes: 1) a body including a storage compartment configured to hold a vaporizable material, the body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the body having a mouthpiece positioned at the first end and the second end being configured for insertion into a receptacle of the vaporizer device, 2) a heating chamber including a heating element configured to vaporize the vaporizable material, 3) a vapor tube extending between the heating element and the mouthpiece, 4) a seal insertable at the second end within the storage compartment of the body, the seal configured to retain the vaporizable material within the storage compartment and including a well for retaining the heating element and interior surfaces inclined from a distal end of the seal toward the well for funneling the flow of the vaporizable material within the storage compartment towards the well, and 5) a cap insertable at the second end for retaining the seal within the storage compartment.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a contact slide unit for a switching unit, including a contact slide inside which a movable contact piece is guided, wherein the contact piece is biased from one side by a contact load spring. The disclosure also relates to a method for assembling the contact slide unit. The disclosure is characterized in that the movable contact piece is mounted in a winding interstice between two windings of the contact load spring.

Abstract: A contact slide unit for a switch unit, where the contact slide unit includes a contact slide with a switching piece displaceably guided therein, and method for mounting the contact slide unit, where the displaceable switching piece is protected on the contact slide against twisting via a separately formed anti-twist stop.

Abstract: A switching device having a damping element for a contact system during abrupt switching on, wherein the contact system has a contact slide and a switching piece movably guided therein, and the movable switching piece is mounted opposite a fixed switching piece, where the contact slide has at least one projection that is operatively connected to the damping element when the switching device is switched on abruptly.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a contact slide unit for a switching unit, including a contact slide inside which a movable contact piece is guided, wherein the contact piece is biased from one side by a contact load spring. The disclosure also relates to a method for assembling the contact slide unit. The disclosure is characterized in that the movable contact piece is mounted in a winding interstice between two windings of the contact load spring.

Abstract: A switching device having an arc quenching chamber, a fixed contact element and a movable contact element movable in a sliding contact between untripped and tripped positions within the chamber. A plurality of centering structures are arranged on the walls of the arc quenching chamber for centered guiding movement of the movable contact element as it moves from its untripped position to its tripped position. The centering structures may be fabricated unitarily with the chamber walls, as of plastic, and are arranged in parallel and spaced apart relation to one another.

Abstract: A contact slide unit for a switch unit, where the contact slide unit includes a contact slide with a switching piece displaceably guided therein, and method for mounting the contact slide unit, where the displaceable switching piece is protected on the contact slide against twisting via a separately formed anti-twist stop.

Abstract: A switching device having a damping element for a contact system during abrupt switching on, wherein the contact system has a contact slide and a switching piece movably guided therein, and the movable switching piece is mounted opposite a fixed switching piece, where the contact slide has at least one projection that is operatively connected to the damping element when the switching device is switched on abruptly.

Abstract: A switching device having an arc quenching chamber, a fixed contact element and a movable contact element movable in a sliding contact between untripped and tripped positions within the chamber. A plurality of centering structures are arranged on the walls of the arc quenching chamber for centered guiding movement of the movable contact element as it moves from its untripped position to its tripped position. The centering structures may be fabricated unitarily with the chamber walls, as of plastic, and are arranged in parallel and spaced apart relation to one another.