Patents by Inventor Xiaochun Zhu

Xiaochun Zhu 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: 10285443
    Abstract: Present disclosure relates to an E-liquid supply mechanism and an electronic cigarette having the same. The E-liquid supply mechanism includes a stationary portion, a movable portion, and an E-liquid bottle. Stationary portion includes an E-liquid bottle lid, an E-liquid supply mechanism body, and an E-liquid supply intake tube. E-liquid supply mechanism body is attached to E-liquid bottle lid. E-liquid supply intake tube is attached to a low end of E-liquid supply mechanism body. Movable portion is positioned inside of E-liquid supply mechanism body and includes a press button, a first E-liquid tube, a supply piston, a second E-liquid tube, a spring, and a steel ball. First E-liquid tube is attached to the press button. The supply piston is attached to the first E-liquid tube. The second E-liquid tube is attached to the supply piston. The spring positioned under the second E-liquid tube, and the steel ball positioned under the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN KANGER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaochun Zhu
  • Patent number: 10182599
    Abstract: Present disclosure relates to a volume adjustable E-liquid storage tank, electronic cigarettes having the volume adjustable E-liquid storage tank, and methods of using the electronic cigarettes having the volume adjustable E-liquid storage tank. In certain embodiments, the E-liquid storage tank includes: an E-liquid refill base, an E-liquid storage tank internal wall, an E-liquid storage tank external wall, a vaporizer assembly mounting base, and a volume adjustment ring. The E-liquid storage tank is sealed by a first mouthpiece sealing ring on the top, and a vaporizer sealing ring at the bottom. The volume adjustment ring is installed inside the E-liquid storage tank between the E-liquid storage tank internal wall and the E-liquid storage tank external wall to reduce the amount of E-liquid filled in the E-liquid storage tank. The thickness and the height of the volume adjustment ring may vary to adjust the amount of E-liquid in the E-liquid storage tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN KANGER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaochun Zhu
  • Publication number: 20190000143
    Abstract: Present disclosure relates to a millipore vaporizer assembly and electronic cigarettes having the millipore vaporizer assembly. In certain embodiments, the millipore vaporizer assembly includes: a mouthpiece assembly for a user to enjoy vaporized E-liquid, an E-liquid storage tank assembly for storing E-liquid, and a millipore vaporizer tube for generating the vaporized E-liquid. The millipore vaporizer tube is vertically positioned on a millipore vaporizer tube support, and the millipore vaporizer tube is used for receiving and heating the E-liquid from the E-liquid storage tank assembly to generate the vaporized E-liquid. The millipore vaporizer tube has a first electric terminal and a second electric terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: SHENZHEN KANGER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: XIAOCHUN ZHU
  • Publication number: 20190006866
    Abstract: Present disclosure relates to a millipore vaporizer assembly and electronic cigarettes having the millipore vaporizer assembly. In certain embodiments, the millipore vaporizer assembly includes: a mouthpiece assembly for a user to enjoy vaporized E-liquid, an E-liquid storage tank assembly for storing E-liquid, and a millipore vaporizer element for generating the vaporized E-liquid. The millipore vaporizer element is positioned on a millipore vaporizer element support, and the millipore vaporizer element is used for receiving and heating the E-liquid from the E-liquid storage tank assembly to generate the vaporized E-liquid. The millipore vaporizer element has a first electric terminal and a second electric terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: SHENZHEN KANGER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: XIAOCHUN ZHU
  • Publication number: 20180368471
    Abstract: Certain aspects of present invention relate to an electronic cigarette having temper-proof locking mechanisms. In certain embodiments, the electronic cigarette may include: an electronic cigarette body, a temper-proof mouthpiece connector locking mechanism threadedly connected to electronic cigarette body, and a temper-proof power connector locking mechanism threadedly connected to electronic cigarette body. When a user pushes temper-proof mouthpiece connector locking mechanism towards electronic cigarette body, temper-proof mouthpiece connector locking mechanism is locked such that the user is able to remove a mouthpiece connector from electronic cigarette body to refill e-liquid for the electronic cigarette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventor: XIAOCHUN ZHU
  • Publication number: 20180338528
    Abstract: Present disclosure relates to a volume adjustable E-liquid storage tank, electronic cigarettes having the volume adjustable E-liquid storage tank, and methods of using the electronic cigarettes having the volume adjustable E-liquid storage tank. In certain embodiments, the E-liquid storage tank includes: an E-liquid refill base, an E-liquid storage tank internal wall, an E-liquid storage tank external wall, a vaporizer assembly mounting base, and a volume adjustment ring. The E-liquid storage tank is sealed by a first mouthpiece sealing ring on the top, and a vaporizer sealing ring at the bottom. The volume adjustment ring is installed inside the E-liquid storage tank between the E-liquid storage tank internal wall and the E-liquid storage tank external wall to reduce the amount of E-liquid filled in the E-liquid storage tank. The thickness and the height of the volume adjustment ring may vary to adjust the amount of E-liquid in the E-liquid storage tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: SHENZHEN KANGER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: XIAOCHUN ZHU
  • Publication number: 20180325172
    Abstract: Present disclosure relates to a vaporizer assembly having multiple heating elements, and electronic cigarettes having the vaporizer assembly with multiple heating elements. In certain embodiments, the vaporizer assembly includes a heating element assembly. The heating element assembly includes an E-liquid storage tank internal wall defining multiple E-liquid openings to allow an external E-liquid storage medium and an internal E-liquid storage medium to receive E-liquid from an E-liquid storage tank. The heating element assembly also includes multiple heating elements. These heating elements are in direct contact with surface of the internal E-liquid storage medium to heat the E-liquid received from the E-liquid storage tank. When a user is using the electronic cigarette having multiple heating elements, the user may turn on one or more of the heating elements to adjust the vaporization of the E-liquid. When all heating elements are in use, the electronic cigarette generates great amount E-liquid vapor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: SHENZHEN KANGER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: XIAOCHUN ZHU
  • Publication number: 20180325171
    Abstract: Present disclosure relates to electronic cigarettes. In certain embodiments, electronic cigarette includes: a mouthpiece, an electronic cigarette body, a vaporizer assembly having a replaceable cartridge, and an electrical power supply assembly. Replaceable cartridge includes: an E-liquid storage tank, an E-liquid storage medium for receiving E-liquid from E-liquid storage tank, and a heating element for vaporizing E-liquid. When heating element is powered by electrical power supply assembly, E-liquid stored in E-liquid storage medium is vaporized by heating element and E-liquid vapor is then generated for a user to enjoy. Electrical power supply assembly includes an electrical power supply assembly base, a rechargeable battery, an air flow activated switch, and the rotatable USB charger. Air flow activated switch turns on or off electrical power of electrical power supply assembly to electronic cigarette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: SHENZHEN KANGER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: XIAOCHUN ZHU
  • Patent number: 10123568
    Abstract: Present disclosure relates to a vaporizer assembly having multiple heating elements, and electronic cigarettes having the vaporizer assembly with multiple heating elements. In certain embodiments, the vaporizer assembly includes a heating element assembly. The heating element assembly includes an E-liquid storage tank internal wall defining multiple E-liquid openings to allow an external E-liquid storage medium and an internal E-liquid storage medium to receive E-liquid from an E-liquid storage tank. The heating element assembly also includes multiple heating elements. These heating elements are in direct contact with surface of the internal E-liquid storage medium to heat the E-liquid received from the E-liquid storage tank. When a user uses the electronic cigarette with multiple heating elements, the user turns on one or more of the heating elements to adjust the vaporization of the E-liquid. When all heating elements are in use, the electronic cigarette generates great amount E-liquid vapor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN KANGER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaochun Zhu
  • Publication number: 20180317550
    Abstract: Certain aspects of present invention relate to a ceramic vaporizer for e-cigarette and e-cigarettes having ceramic vaporizer with replaceable e-liquid storage medium. In certain embodiments, ceramic vaporizer may include cylindrical vaporizer body, vaporizer heater, and replaceable e-liquid storage medium. Cylindrical vaporizer body has an interior surface, and an exterior surface. Interior surface forms a central vapor passage and exterior surface forms an inside wall of an e-liquid storage device. The vaporizer heater is embedded inside the cylindrical vaporizer body. The vaporizer heater may include one or more heating elements configured to heat e-liquid stored in e-liquid storage device and e-liquid is in direct contact with exterior surface of the cylindrical vaporizer body. The one or more heating elements may include certain electrothermal alloys. In certain embodiments, the one or more heating elements may include one or more mesh heating elements, and one or more spiral heating elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventor: XIAOCHUN ZHU
  • Publication number: 20180310615
    Abstract: Certain aspects of present invention relate to a ceramic vaporizer for electronic cigarette and electronic cigarettes having the ceramic vaporizer. In certain embodiments, the ceramic vaporizer may include a cylindrical vaporizer body, and a vaporizer heater. The cylindrical vaporizer body has an interior surface, and an exterior surface. The interior surface forms a central vapor passage and the exterior surface forms an inside wall of an e-liquid storage device. The vaporizer heater is embedded inside the cylindrical vaporizer body. The vaporizer heater may include one or more heating elements configured to heat e-liquid stored in e-liquid storage device and e-liquid is in direct contact with exterior surface of the cylindrical vaporizer body. The one or more heating elements may include certain electrothermal alloys. In certain embodiments, the one or more heating elements may include one or more mesh heating elements, and one or more spiral heating elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventor: XIAOCHUN ZHU
  • Patent number: 10111469
    Abstract: Electronic cigarettes may include an electronic cigarette, and a replaceable vaporizer assembly. Electronic cigarette may include an electronic cigarette body, and a replaceable vaporizer assembly. In certain embodiments, the electronic cigarette body may include a mouthpiece, an E-liquid storage tank, an E-liquid refill cap, a mounting ring, a connector, and a vaporizer mounting base having an internal thread. The replaceable vaporizer assembly may include an external thread of a vaporizer assembly base. The replaceable vaporizer assembly may be replaced by removing the mouthpiece, unscrewing the replaceable vaporizer assembly to detach the external thread of the vaporizer assembly base from the internal thread of the vaporizer mounting base, pulling up the replaceable vaporizer assembly, replacing a new replaceable vaporizer assembly, and reinstalling the mouthpiece back in place. The electronic cigarette includes a top adjustable air intake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN KANGER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaochun Zhu
  • Patent number: 10103319
    Abstract: A material stack of a synthetic anti-ferromagnetic (SAF) reference layer of a perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) may include an SAF coupling layer. The material stack may also include and an amorphous spacer layer on the SAF coupling layer. The amorphous spacer layer may include an alloy or multilayer of tantalum and cobalt or tantalum and iron or cobalt and iron and tantalum. The amorphous spacer layer may also include a treated surface of the SAF coupling layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Kangho Lee, Jimmy Kan, Xiaochun Zhu, Matthias Georg Gottwald, Chando Park, Seung Hyuk Kang
  • Patent number: 10043967
    Abstract: A perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction (pMTJ) device includes a perpendicular reference layer, a tunnel barrier layer on a surface of the perpendicular reference layer, and a perpendicular free layer on a surface of the tunnel barrier layer. The pMTJ device also includes a dielectric passivation layer on the tunnel barrier layer and surrounding the perpendicular free layer. The pMTJ device further includes a high permeability material on the dielectric passivation layer that is configured to be magnetized by the perpendicular reference layer and to provide a stray field to the perpendicular free layer that compensates for a stray field from the perpendicular reference layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Wei-Chuan Chen, Xiaochun Zhu, Xia Li, Yu Lu, Chando Park, Seung Hyuk Kang
  • Patent number: 10028532
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic cigarette. The electronic cigarette includes: a first tubular body forming a vaporizer chamber, a removable mouth piece disposed on the first tubular body, a vaporizer assembly disposed inside of vaporizer chamber, having a positive terminal with an e-liquid conduit hole, a negative terminal, 2 sets of e-liquid media, and 2 heating wires wound around e-liquid media, a squeezable e-liquid tank adapted for storing e-liquid with an e-liquid conduit to provide e-liquid to e-liquid media in vaporizer chamber, a second tubular body forming a squeezable e-liquid tank container; and a connecting and sealing assembly for connecting first tubular body and second tubular body. When a user squeezes the squeezable e-liquid tank to soak e-liquid media with e-liquid, user starts e-cigarette smoking by switch on a battery power source to provide electrical power heating wires 25 to vaporize e-liquid and generate e-cigarette vapor for user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Inventor: Xiaochun Zhu
  • Patent number: 10008537
    Abstract: A complementary bit cell includes a first magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device having a free layer coupled to a first access transistor and having a pinned layer coupled to a bit line. The complementary bit cell also includes a second MTJ device having a free layer coupled to the same bit line and having a pinned layer coupled to a second access transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Xia Li, Xiaochun Zhu, Yu Lu
  • Patent number: 9999245
    Abstract: Present disclosure relates to electronic cigarettes having concealable mouthpiece and methods of using the same. In certain embodiments, the electronic cigarette includes: an E-liquid storage tank for storing E-liquid, a concealable mouthpiece assembly having a concealable mouthpiece to be concealed in a mouthpiece cover, a vaporizer assembly, and an E-liquid separation mechanism. The E-liquid storage tank is positioned on the E-liquid separation mechanism and the E-liquid separation base is rotatably positioned on a vaporizer base. The E-liquid separation mechanism has the E-liquid separation base and an E-liquid separation silicone gel ring to separate the E-liquid from the E-liquid storage tank from the vaporizer assembly. When a user rotates the E-liquid storage tank against the vaporizer base in a first direction, the concealable mouthpiece is raised upward for user to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN KANGER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaochun Zhu
  • Patent number: 9980517
    Abstract: Certain aspects of present invention relate to a top refillable e-cigarette, having movable cylindrical e-cigarette assembly, stationary top connecting assembly, and air adjustment assembly. Stationary top connecting assembly is positioned on top of air adjustment assembly. Movable cylindrical e-cigarette assembly may be slid upwards to open an e-liquid refill port against stationary top connecting assembly so e-liquid is refilled at top. Movable cylindrical electronic cigarette assembly has an e-liquid storage tank inside, and a vaporizer body support threadedly connect to a mouthpiece assembly and a sliding base. Stationary top connecting assembly defining a vapor passage in the center of the stationary top connecting assembly configured to allow vaporized e-liquid from the vaporizer to pass through to the mouthpiece assembly. A vaporizer is positioned inside the stationary top connecting assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Inventor: Xiaochun Zhu
  • Patent number: D819263
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN KANGER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaochun Zhu
  • Patent number: D834744
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN KANGER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaochun Zhu