Patents by Inventor Tom Fournier

Tom Fournier 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).

  • Electronic cigarette having reusable base with heating element
    Patent number: 11071324
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette has a base part and a cartridge configured to be assembled thereto. The base part includes a battery and at least one heating element connected to the battery. The cartridge includes: a substance chamber configured for containing therein a substance to be smoked, wherein the substance chamber has a substance outlet; a vaporization chamber in communication with the substance outlet for receiving the substance therein; and at least one heat transfer unit configured, at least when the cartridge is assembled to the base part, for being heated by the heating element of the base part and for heating the substance provided via the substance outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: MD&C CREATIVE MAISON SA
    Inventors: Cristina Wendt Thevenaz, Maria Daniele Killy, Tom Fournier
  • Electronic Cigarette Having Reusable Base with Heating Element
    Publication number: 20190297950
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette has a base part and a cartridge configured to be assembled thereto. The base part includes a battery and at least one heating element connected to the battery. The cartridge includes: a substance chamber configured for containing therein a substance to be smoked, wherein the substance chamber has a substance outlet; a vaporization chamber in communication with the substance outlet for receiving the substance therein; and at least one heat transfer unit configured, at least when the cartridge is assembled to the base part, for being heated by the heating element of the base part and for heating the substance provided via the substance outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Cristina WENDT THEVENAZ, Maria DANIELE KlLLY, Tom FOURNIER
  • Electronic cigarette having reusable base with heating element
    Patent number: 10383370
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette comprising a base part and a cartridge configured to be assembled thereto, said base part comprising a battery and at least one heating element connected to the battery, and said cartridge comprising: a substance chamber configured for containing therein a substance to be smoked, said substance chamber comprising a substance outlet; a vaporization chamber in communication with the substance outlet for receiving said substance therein; and at least one heat transfer unit configured, at least when the cartridge is assembled to the base part, for being heated by the heating element of the base part and for heating the substance being provided via said substance outlet for its vaporization in the vaporization chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: MD&C CREATIVE MAISON SA
    Inventors: Cristina Wendt Thevenaz, Maria Daniele Killy, Tom Fournier
  • Electronic cigarette
    Patent number: 10334882
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette comprising a base part and a cartridge configured to be assembled thereto, said base part comprising a battery and at least one heating element connected to the battery, and said cartridge comprising: a substance chamber configured for containing therein a substance to be smoked, said substance chamber comprising a substance outlet; a vaporization chamber in communication with the substance outlet for receiving said substance therein; and at least one heat transfer unit configured, at least when the cartridge is assembled to the base part, for being heated by the heating element of the base part and for heating the substance being provided via said substance outlet for its vaporization in the vaporization chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: MD&C CREATIVE MASION SA
    Inventors: Cristina Wendt Thevenaz, Maria Daniele Killy, Tom Fournier
  • ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE
    Publication number: 20180213846
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette comprising a base part and a cartridge configured to be assembled thereto, said base part comprising a battery and at least one heating element connected to the battery, and said cartridge comprising: a substance chamber configured for containing therein a substance to be smoked, said substance chamber comprising a substance outlet; a vaporization chamber in communication with the substance outlet for receiving said substance therein; and at least one heat transfer unit configured, at least when the cartridge is assembled to the base part, for being heated by the heating element of the base part and for heating the substance being provided via said substance outlet for its vaporization in the vaporization chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Cristina WENDT THEVENAZ, Maria DANIELE KlLLY, Tom FOURNIER
  • ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE
    Publication number: 20170295844
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette comprising a base part and a cartridge configured to be assembled thereto, said base part comprising a battery and at least one heating element connected to the battery, and said cartridge comprising: a substance chamber configured for containing therein a substance to be smoked, said substance chamber comprising a substance outlet; a vaporization chamber in communication with the substance outlet for receiving said substance therein; and at least one heat transfer unit configured, at least when the cartridge is assembled to the base part, for being heated by the heating element of the base part and for heating the substance being provided via said substance outlet for its vaporization in the vaporization chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Cristina Wendt Thevenaz, Maria Daniele Killy, Tom Fournier