Tobacco Users' Appliance Patents (Class 131/329)
  • Patent number: 10004267
    Abstract: An atomization assembly and an electronic cigarette are provided. The atomization assembly configured to combine with a battery assembly to form the electronic cigarette comprises an atomizer and an oil container detachably connected to one end of the atomizer. A smoke outlet configured to discharge atomized smoke is defined on the other end of the atomizer, away from the oil container. The atomizer comprises an atomization sleeve; a heating wire assembly provided in the atomization sleeve, and an oil delivery mechanism inserted in the oil container and configured to deliver the oil to be atomized to the heating wire assembly. The heating wire assembly comprises a liquid delivery element extended along an axial direction of the atomizer, and a heating wire twined around the liquid delivery element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Patent number: 9999254
    Abstract: Disclosed is an e-cigarette, including an e-cigarette atomizer and a battery component. The e-cigarette atomizer includes an atomizer body and a mouthpiece. An open e-liquid chamber is provided at one end of the atomizer body. An air guide tube extending outwards is disposed in the open e-liquid chamber. A lock hook is provided at an end portion of the air guide tube. The air guide tube is inserted in a locking sleeve of a pluggable locking type mouthpiece and is in interference fit with the locking sleeve. The lock hook abuts against an end face of a clamp spring bar of the pluggable locking type mouthpiece to lock and connect the atomizer body and the pluggable locking type mouthpiece. A plug connector of the pluggable locking type mouthpiece is inserted in an opening of the open e-liquid chamber and closes the open e-liquid chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN BUDDY TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiang Liu
  • Patent number: 9999251
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette, comprising an atomization assembly for atomizing e-liquid and a battery assembly for supplying power to the atomization assembly; the battery assembly comprises a battery sleeve, a battery provided in the battery sleeve, an end cover provided on one end of the battery sleeve and a control module, the battery is connected electrically to the control module; a fastening sleeve and a battery electrode assembly for connecting electrically with the atomization electrode are provided on the other end of the battery sleeve; the battery electrode assembly comprises a battery electrode connected electrically with the atomization electrode, an insulating cover for isolating the battery electrode from outside electrically, an elastic member for elastically connecting the battery electrode and the insulating cover; an accommodation space is provided in the insulating cover, the battery electrode is provided compressibly in the accommodation space via the elastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Patent number: 9999256
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a smokable material heater, configured to heat a first region of smokable material to a volatizing temperature sufficient to volatize a component of smokable material and to concurrently heat a second region of smokable material to a temperature lower than said volatizing temperature but which is sufficient to prevent condensation of volatized components of the smokable material. A method of heating smokable material is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Oleg J. Abramov, Petr Alexandrovich Egoyants, Dmitry Mikhailovich Volobuev, Pavel Nikolaevich Fimin
  • Patent number: 9993027
    Abstract: A heating element for a vaporizing device, a vaporizing device containing the heating element, and a method for vaporizing fluid ejected by an ejection head. The heating element includes a conductive material deposited onto an insulative substrate, a protective layer deposited onto the conductive layer, and a porous layer having a porosity of at least about 50% deposited onto the protective layer. The heating element has an effective surface area (ESA) for fluid vaporization that is greater than a planar surface area defined by dimensions of the heating element so that a fluid contact surface of the heating element is greater than the planar surface area of the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byron V. Bell
  • Patent number: 9986767
    Abstract: There is provided an aerosol-forming cartridge for an electrically operated aerosol-generating system. The cartridge includes a base layer, at least one aerosol-forming substrate disposed on the base layer and including a liquid nicotine source, and an electric heater including at least one heating element configured to heat the at least one aerosol-forming substrate. The base layer and the at least one aerosol-forming substrate are in contact at a contact surface that is substantially planar. The electric heater and one or both of the base layer and the at least one aerosol-forming substrate are in contact at a contact surface that is substantially planar and substantially parallel to the contact surface between the base layer and the at least one aerosol-forming substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Rui Nuno Batista, Stephane Hedarchet
  • Patent number: 9986769
    Abstract: Disclosed is an atomizer that comprises a transparent, elongated e-liquid cartridge enclosed in a transparent, elongated outer cylinder that creates a well-defined smoke-flowing interlayer or pathway that leads from an atomization tube mounted on the distal end of the outer cylinder to a cigarette holder disposed at its proximal end. The atomization tube contains a heating coil in a porcelain cup in contact with an e-liquid rope or wick extruding from an e-liquid guiding head that seals the e-liquid cartridge at its distal end. Mounted on the atomization tube are two conductive members that connect with the heating coil and with an appropriate battery assembly containing an air-flow sensor that provides an electric charge when a smoker inhales. A smoker's inhalation also creates negative pressure within the interlayer pathway and the cartridge causing e-liquid to permeate the wick for vaporization. The resulting vapor or smoke travels to the cigarette holder and smoker via the interlayer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Inventors: Lily Liu, Fu Yuan Cai, Benjamin Hickman
  • Patent number: 9985455
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes a smart battery that is capable of communicating data to a charging pack, resulting in customized charging of the smart battery for optimal performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: FONTEM HOLDINGS 4 B.V.
    Inventors: Ramon Alarcon, Michael Starman
  • Patent number: 9974332
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette charging dock, an electronic cigarette case and a method for use thereof, the charging dock includes a positive electrode elastic pin and a negative electrode elastic pin which are cylindrical and used for being connected to a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the battery to form a charging circuit. The elastic pins are arranged around the base of the charging dock, while the elastic pins are being used, the inelastic parts of the elastic pins do not deform elastically to affect a normal use. A plurality of elastic pins are arranged parallel to each other and retract in the axial direction when in use, thus preventing short circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Patent number: 9968134
    Abstract: An atomizer and an electronic cigarette are provided. The atomizer comprises a sleeve and an atomizing core. A suction nozzle is formed on an end portion of the sleeve; a tobacco-tar storage chamber and an accommodating chamber are defined in the sleeve; an end portion of the sleeve far away from the suction nozzle is an opening end with a tobacco-tar filler hole. The atomizing core includes an atomizing sleeve, an electrode assembly, a heating wire assembly and a tobacco-tar latch member; a tobacco-tar inlet is defined in an end portion of the atomizing sleeve far away from the suction nozzle; the tobacco-tar latch member is sheathed in the atomizing sleeve; the tobacco-tar inlet and the heating wire assembly are respectively arranged on two opposite end portions or two opposite side portions of the tobacco-tar latch member. The present disclosure effectively protects users from tasting the tobacco tar without atomization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Patent number: 9968137
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette (100) and a charging method therefor, comprising an atomizer (110), a charging port (120), a battery (130), an airflow sensing component (140), and a charging component (150). The charging method comprises: when the charging port (120) is connected to an external power source, a first charging current is provided to the battery (130) via the airflow sensing component (140) and a second charging current is provided to the battery via the charging component (150). By charging the battery (130) concurrently with the first charging current and the second charging current, the charging current of the battery (130) is increased, and the charging time of the battery is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Inventor: Zhiyong Xiang
  • Patent number: 9964300
    Abstract: An atomizer, electronic cigarette and method for assembling the atomizer, wherein the atomizer is configured to be connected to a battery sleeve to form an electronic cigarette, comprising an oil storage cavity, a holding cavity, a heating assembly received in the holding cavity, and an electrode assembly configured to be electrically connected to the battery rod; the heating assembly including a heating wire electrically connected to the electrode assembly and an oil guide rope for transferring tobacco tar to the heating wire; one side of the oil storage cavity defines an oil outlet, a clamp seat configured to clamp the oil guide rope is received in the holding cavity and is located between the heating wire and the oil outlet, and the oil guide rope extends to one side of the clamp seat away from the heating wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Patent number: 9961942
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette, including an air regulation ring assembly, an atomizing core assembly, and a base assembly. The air regulation ring assembly includes a mouthpiece having a fixing base and a rubber silicon ring, a first sealing ring, an air regulation ring having a fixing base, a second sealing ring. The atomizing core assembly includes a liquid barrier, a third sealing ring, a limit cover, a fourth sealing ring, a first piece of cotton, a second piece of cotton, a pair of heating wires, a fixing ring of the heating wires, a first insulating ring, and a heating wire connector. The base assembly includes a glass tube, a fifth sealing ring, a copper thread ring, a second insulating ring, and a connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Inventor: Tuanfang Liu
  • Patent number: 9961940
    Abstract: A heater assembly for a vaporizing device, a vaporizing device containing the heater assembly, and a method for vaporizing fluid ejected by an ejection head. The heater assembly for the vaporizing device includes a vapor inlet end and a vapor outlet end, positive and negative electrodes for contact with positive and negative heater terminals on a vaporizing heater, an insulator disposed between the positive and negative electrodes, and a wick disposed between the insulator and the vaporizing heater for dispersion of liquid to be vaporized by the vaporizing heater and for back pressure control of the vaporizing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: James D. Anderson, Jr., Jason Vanderpool
  • Patent number: 9955735
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette capable of temperature control and a temperature control method therefor, the electronic cigarette comprises a casing (10), a liquid storage device (101) within the casing (10), an atomizing assembly, a power supply (102), and a circuit control board (103) having a smoking switch SW, the atomizing assembly comprises a heating unit and leads thereof made from thermo-sensitive material whose resistance varies along with the temperature in certain proportion, the circuit control board (103) comprises a power supply managing module (104) which determines temperature of the heating unit and leads thereof by continuously detecting their resistance when the smoking switch SW on, and sends corresponding control signal to make the heating unit and leads thereof connect to/disconnect from the power supply (102) to achieve temperature control, pernicious gas and burnt matter produced by heating unit dry-burn caused by lack of e-liquid threatening users' health is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Inventor: Guangrong Lin
  • Patent number: 9943115
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette and an electronic cigarette-based control method are provided. The electronic cigarette includes an electronic cigarette body, which is provided with multiple atomizers, a battery, a smoking switch, an input module and a microprocessor electrically connected to the input module, the smoking switch, the battery and the atomizers. Multiple electromagnetic switches are electrically connected to the microprocessor, which are arranged opposite air intake holes of the atomizers one to one and used for opening or closing corresponding air intake holes. According to a trigger signal, the microprocessor enables the battery to power a target atomizer and a target electromagnetic switch to prevent an airflow from flowing through atomizers not operating, making the airflow only flow into the target atomizer, thereby increasing air into the target atomizer, the amount of vapor to be atomized and the concentration of smoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Patent number: 9945560
    Abstract: This embodiment relates generally to the Fire-Starter Apparatus (200) as a means to provide an instant fire in a safe, portable, time-saving, disposable, and convenient manner. The Fire-Starter Apparatus (200) contains both the fuel and reagents housed in a safe and convenient manner. The Fire-Starter Apparatus (200) relies on the user to cause the separated reagents to admix together, causing an exothermic reaction between reagents as a result of a chemical reaction between reagents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Inventor: Paul Michael Rzonca
  • Patent number: 9943113
    Abstract: An atomizer and an electronic cigarette. The electronic cigarette includes an electronic cigarette body. Sequentially provided on the electronic cigarette body are a mouthpiece cover, an atomizing component, and a battery component. The mouthpiece cover covers an end surface of the atomizing component. Provided within the atomizing component are an e-liquid storage space used for storing an e-liquid, an atomizing core used for atomizing the e-liquid and electrically connected to the battery component, and a smoke channel used for discharging smoke to the mouthpiece cover and extended along the axis of the atomizing component. At least two smoke outlet gaps in communication with the smoke channel are formed on the end surface of the mouthpiece cover. The smoke outlet gaps are extended from the center of the end surface of the mouthpiece cover towards the periphery of the end surface of the mouthpiece cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Patent number: 9936736
    Abstract: A system, method, and device comprising a hybrid electronic communication vapor device comprising an electronic communication device and an electronic vapor device wherein the electronic vapor device is powered by at least one of battery, charging, and power system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: LUNATECH, LLC
    Inventors: John David Cameron, Dean Becker, Gene Fein
  • Patent number: 9936733
    Abstract: An aerosol delivery device accessory is disclosed. The accessory may include a housing defining a cavity. An electrical power source and a connector may be engaged with a drawer assembly. The drawer assembly may be moveable with respect to the housing between extended and retracted configurations. In the extended configuration an aerosol delivery device may be engaged with the connector. In the retracted configuration the aerosol delivery device may be protected by the housing and recharged by the electrical power source. The drawer assembly may include a storage compartment configured to receive cartridges for the aerosol delivery device. Further, a slider may engage and move a cartridge between recessed and extended positions to store and provide access thereto. A related assembly method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederic Philippe Ampolini, James William Rogers, Bruce Alan Bengtsson, James Demopoulos, Michael Edward Laut, Steven Wayne Bockmann
  • Patent number: 9924744
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic cigarette, wherein a first connection portion (1) is arranged at an end of a casing tube (101) of a battery stick (10) adjacent to a vaporizer assembly, a second connection portion (2) is arranged at an end of a vaporizer tube body (201) adjacent to the battery stick (10), a third connection portion (3) is arranged at an end of a casing tube (30) of a vaporizer (20) adjacent to the battery stick (10). The second connection portion (2) and the first connection portion (1) abut against each other to be connected, the third connection portion (3) is detachably connected to the first connection portion (1) by means of a screw thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN HAPPY VAPING TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Guangrong Lin
  • Patent number: 9925505
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to a material handling device to perform the tasks of mixing and dispensing a mixture of materials, either simultaneously or sequentially. The material handling device may comprise an enclosure, a mixing component, a dispensing orifice, a dispensing component, and a material storage region, wherein the mixing component is positioned within the material storage region and configured to mix, stir, agitate, loosen, grind, shred, or otherwise reposition a mixture of materials within the material storage region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Inventor: Bishara Tannous
  • Patent number: 9913497
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and related methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for testing components of an aerosol delivery device. For example, a system for testing a control board for an aerosol delivery device may include a control board for an aerosol delivery device and a test apparatus. The test apparatus may provide a test initiation signal to the control board. The control board may execute an onboard diagnostic test to test operation of the control board in response to the test initiation signal. The control board may provide diagnostic information generated based on execution of the onboard diagnostic test to the test apparatus. The test apparatus may determine, based on the diagnostic information, whether the control board is faulty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Ryan Galloway, Raymond Charles Henry, Jr., Glen Kimsey, Frederic Philippe Ampolini
  • Patent number: 9907339
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette comprises an electronic cigarette body which is provided with a smoking end, an oil reservoir, an atomization assembly, and a battery assembly. The oil reservoir is arranged at one end of the electronic cigarette body which is on an opposite side of the smoking end, and the atomization assembly is arranged in the oil reservoir, thus length of a whole electronic cigarette is shortened, and the electronic cigarette is portable. The oil reservoir is defined far away from the smoking end, so that a bad experience of sucking the tobacco tar by users can be effectively avoided. When smoking, the battery assembly close to the smoking end is held, and the oil reservoir is usually not supported by an external force, so that the oil reservoir outputs a uniform amount of the tobacco tar to the atomization assembly, and the stability of produced smoke is effectively ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Patent number: 9907340
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette and method for assembling same is provided, wherein the electronic cigarette comprises an electronic cigarette body including a smoking end, an oil reservoir configured for reserving tobacco tar, an atomizer assembly configured for atomizing the tobacco tar, and a battery assembly electrically connected to the atomizer assembly and configured for supplying power to the atomizer assembly; the battery assembly and the oil reservoir are arranged in parallel; the atomizer assembly includes a heating wire assembly which is arranged at one end of the oil reservoir and is deposited outside the oil reservoir; a smoking channel is provided inside the electronic cigarette body, wherein the smoking channel is arranged outside the oil reservoir and is configured for discharging the smoke atomized by the atomizer assembly to the outside of the electronic cigarette body. The electronic cigarette can prevent the oil from penetrating into the smoking channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Patent number: 9901114
    Abstract: A battery rod assembly, an electronic cigarette, and an electronic cigarette charging apparatus are provided. In the electronic cigarette, on end of the battery rod assembly (1) is provided with an external electrode (12) and an internal electrode (11). A clamping groove (13) is disposed in an inner sidewall of the external electrode (12). A charging base (2) of the electronic cigarette charging apparatus comprises a first charging electrode (21) for being electrically connected to the internal electrode (11) and a second charging electrode (22) for being electrically connected to the external electrode (12). The second charging electrode (22) is provided with a buckling bending portion (221) protruding toward the direction away from the first charging electrode (21), and the position of the buckling bending portion (221) is corresponding to that of the clamping groove (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Patent number: 9894935
    Abstract: An exemplary atomizing core includes a cylindrical main body and an atomizing rod. The cylindrical main body has a central axis. The cylindrical main body extends from the main body along the central axis. The main body and the atomizing rod are both made of porous bodies. The main body defines a through hole along the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yonghai Li, Zhongli Xu, Long Cai, Hongxing Duan
  • Patent number: 9894933
    Abstract: An exemplary battery assembly for an electronic cigarette includes a housing, a battery received in the housing, and a first switch assembly connected to the battery. The first switch assembly includes a fixed electrode, and a rotatable electrode. The fixed electrode is connected to the battery. The fixed electrode has a conductive area and an insulated area. The rotatable electrode is rotatable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the rotatable electrode is in contact with the conductive area, thus connecting to the fixed electrode, and the first switch assembly is turned on. In the second position, the rotatable electrode is positioned in the insulated area, thus disconnecting from the fixed electrode, and the first switch assembly is turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yonghai Li, Zhongli Xu, Min Zheng, Weihe Liu
  • Patent number: 9894937
    Abstract: An exemplary atomizer includes a liquid supply and an atomizing assembly connected with the liquid supply. The liquid supply has a liquid chamber. The liquid supply includes a sealing piece at an end, and the sealing piece defines a liquid outlet. The atomizing assembly includes a connecting part. The liquid supply includes an engaging part. The engaging part includes a rotary sealing element rotatable relative to the sealing element. When the liquid supply and the atomizing assembly are disassembled, the rotary sealing element seals the liquid outlet. When the connecting part is inserted into the engaging part and rotated a first angle, the atomizing assembly and the liquid supply are engaged. When the atomizing assembly is further rotated a second angle, the atomizing assembly drives the rotary sealing element to rotate to open the liquid outlet, and the tobacco liquid in the liquid chamber flows into the atomizing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yonghai Li, Zhongli Xu
  • Patent number: 9894936
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems to vaporize or release organic material from plant material containing the organic material and the like, including utilizing zoned heating of a common chamber. A controller in signal communication with two or more heating elements each adjacent to a zone to be heated controls at least the heating of the elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Inventor: Mark Krietzman
  • Patent number: 9894932
    Abstract: A battery assembly of an electronic cigarette according to the present application is adapted to form an electronic cigarette in combination with an atomizing assembly. The atomizer of the electronic cigarette is provided with a substance to be detected, and the battery assembly is provided with a spectrum identification device and a microcontroller. The spectrum identification device is arranged on the battery assembly and is configured to obtain spectrum information of the substance to be detected. The microcontroller is connected with the spectrum identification device and configured to determine whether the spectrum information of the substance to be detected matches a preset information, and in a case that the spectrum information of the substance to be detected matches the preset information, the microcontroller controls a circuit between the battery assembly and the atomizing assembly to be switched on to enable the electronic cigarette to work normally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Patent number: 9877507
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette and the method for detecting expiration date of the electronic cigarette is provided in the present invention; the electronic cigarette comprises: a power supply battery, a microcontroller connected and an atomizer connected with said power supply battery respectively; the microcontroller contains a first timing module, a comparison module and a control module; the first timing module is configured to timing; the comparison module is configured to compare said first timing module's timing period with a presetting period; the control module is configured to control the power supply module being disconnected with the atomizer when the comparison module's comparison result is that the timing period is equal to or greater than the presetting period. When an expiration date of an electronic cigarette is passed, the electronic cigarette will stop working and remind users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Zhiyong Xiang
  • Patent number: 9877521
    Abstract: A vaporizer assembly comprising a vaporizer and a detachable cartridge is disclosed. The vaporizer comprises a vaporizer housing comprising a frustoconical portion, an airflow entry port, and at least one seal ring surrounding the frustoconical portion. The cartridge comprises a cartridge chamber comprising a chamber wall encapsulating a chamber space configured to hold a vaporizable liquid, a heating chamber within the cartridge chamber, wherein the heating chamber comprises at least one fluid entrance port along a surface of the heating chamber configured to facilitate entry of the vaporizable liquid from the chamber space into a chamber interior within the heating chamber, and a heating element within the chamber interior configured to heat the vaporizable liquid within the chamber interior into a vapor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Vapor Slide LLC
    Inventor: Brendan P. Gillis
  • Patent number: 9867399
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette, including an atomizer assembly, including: an upper cover; a shell having two through holes; a base having two blind holes; a heating wire having a limit cover and a support base; two silicon plugs; an upper sealing ring; a lower sealing ring; and a sealing plug. The shell is disposed between the upper cover and the base. Flavored liquid is filled in the shell, and the two silicon plugs are disposed in the two through holes of the shell and seal the two blind holes of the base, respectively. The two silicon plugs each include a breakable neck adapted to be manually broken so that the flavored liquid comes into contact with the heating wire. The upper sealing ring is disposed between the upper cover and the shell, and the lower sealing ring is disposed between the shell and the limit cover of the heating wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Inventor: Tuanfang Liu
  • Patent number: 9861136
    Abstract: An exemplary atomizer includes a liquid supply and an atomizing assembly. The liquid supply is configured for storing tobacco liquid, and has an open end. The atomizing assembly is detachably connected to the open end. The atomizing assembly includes an atomizing cavity and an atomizing unit. The atomizing unit is configured for heating the tobacco liquid to form aerosol. The atomizing assembly includes a connector configured for connecting with the liquid supply. The connector defines a liquid inlet. The open end is provided with a sealing component having a liquid outlet. The connector is engaged in the open end. The liquid supply further includes a rotation component abutting against the sealing component. The connector is capable of driving the rotation component to rotate between a first position where the rotation component blocks the liquid outlet, and a second position where the liquid outlet communicates with the liquid inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yonghai Li, Zhongli Xu, Hongxing Duan, Yansheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 9861128
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic cigarette including a nozzle, a battery rod assembly and an atomizer assembly. The nozzle defines vent holes. The nozzle and the atomizer assembly are located at two ends of the battery rod assembly respectively, and the battery rod assembly defines a smoke vent communicated with the atomizer assembly and the vent holes. Since the nozzle and the atomizer assembly locate at the two ends of the battery rod assembly respectively, the nozzle is far away from the atomizer assembly, and the atomizer assembly is of good sealing, thus it can avoid smoke liquid being sucked into smoker mouth problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Patent number: 9861130
    Abstract: An exemplary atomizing assembly includes a heating component, a holder, an electrode, and a cover. The heating component includes a liquid conducting element and a heating element in contact with the liquid conducting element. The holder includes two arms extending from a first end thereof. The two arms and the cover cooperatively define a receiving space. The heating component is received in the receiving space. The electrode is arranged in the holder and is insulated from the holder. Two ends of the heating element are connected with the holder and the electrode respectively. The holder further includes a connection part arranged at an opposite second end, and the connection part is configured for detachably engaging with an external component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yonghai Li, Zhongli Xu, Hongyong Luo
  • Patent number: 9861132
    Abstract: An exemplary atomizer of an electronic cigarette includes an atomizing tube and an atomizing assembly arranged in the atomizing tube. The atomizing assembly includes a ceramic tube and a heating element. The heating element is in contact with an inner surface of the ceramic tube. The ceramic tube defines a plurality of liquid absorption hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yonghai Li, Zhongli Xu, Shuyun Hu, Xianming Wang, Youlin He
  • Patent number: 9861141
    Abstract: Shown is an e-cigarette. The e-cigarette includes an atomizer and a battery rod component that are connected to each other. The atomizer includes a mouthpiece, an atomization component, and an e-liquid vial component. The mouthpiece is connected to the atomization component by means of the e-liquid vial component. The e-liquid vial component includes an e-liquid tube having an e-liquid chamber, an e-liquid isolation sheet is disposed inside the e-liquid tube at the end of the e-liquid chamber, a recess is disposed at the inner side of the e-liquid isolation sheet, and a gasket is sandwiched between the e-liquid isolation sheet and the e-liquid tube. A communication hole is provided on the gasket. The gasket divides the e-liquid chamber and the recess into two cavities that are different in size and are communicated by means of the communication hole. An e-liquid guide rope is inserted in the e-liquid isolation sheet, and the e-liquid guide rope is inserted in the recess of the e-liquid isolation sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN BUDDY TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiang Liu
  • Patent number: 9861133
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes an atomizer and a battery pack. A pluggable connecting means is provided between the atomizer and the battery pack. The pluggable connecting means is designed as an elastic snap connection or a detachable clip means so that the atomizer and the battery pack can be connected together pluggably to prevent the threaded connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yonghai Li, Zhongli Xu, Yonglu Guo, Jianhua Weng, Yansheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 9848643
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette, in which an atomizer assembly protective cartridge is provided outside of the atomizer assembly, and a battery assembly protective cartridge is provided outside of the battery assembly. An atomizing seat fitted with the holder is provided at an inner end of the atomizer assembly. At least a coating layer is provided outside of the atomizer assembly protective cartridge, the holder and the battery assembly protective cartridge, and enables connection between the atomizer assembly protective cartridge, the holder and the battery assembly protective cartridge. In the overall process of assembling the electronic cigarette, since there is no pushing or squeezing action between the atomizer assembly and the battery assembly, it is possible to effectively avoid oil leakage caused by an inclination and a deformation of the atomizing seat under uneven force is effectively avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Patent number: 9850891
    Abstract: A microfluidic pump having a firing mechanism for ejecting fluid out of a firing chamber during a firing sequence, which includes a firing step followed by a wait step. A power circuit activates and deactivates the firing mechanism in response to a control signal, which controls the timing of each step and is provided by a logic circuit. The control signal controls the firing step and is dependent on a predetermined fixed frequency signal provided by a first oscillator. The control signal controls the wait step and is dependent on a variable frequency signal provided by a second oscillator. A first input provides a variable input signal to the second oscillator. The second oscillator varies the variable frequency signal according to the variable input signal. The logic circuit also varies the control signal based on the variable frequency signal to vary the length of the wait step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: John Glenn Edelen
  • Patent number: 9848647
    Abstract: A re-fillable and re-chargeable e-cigarette PV in which the PV is locked securely in a heating position by a locking system in a portable case, during which time the PV is heating its atomizer while connected to a power source in the case and, after the PV has been sufficiently heated, is released from the locking system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: BEYOND TWENTY LTD.
    Inventors: Kaveh Memari, Adrian Bennett, Ian Murison, Stephen Marsh
  • Patent number: 9848656
    Abstract: An electronic smoking article includes an outer tube extending in a longitudinal direction, an inner tube within the outer tube and including a pair of opposing slots, a liquid supply comprising a liquid material, a coil heater, a wick and a mouth end insert. The coil heater is located in the inner tube. The coil heater is formed of an iron-free, nickel-chromium alloy and has substantially uniformly spaced windings. The wick is surrounded by the coil heater such that the wick delivers liquid material to the coil heater and the coil heater heats the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol in the inner tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Christopher S. Tucker, Geoffrey Brandon Jordan, Barry S. Smith, Ali A. Rostami, Michael J. Mullins
  • Patent number: 9839239
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electronic cigarette and an electronic cigarette atomizing device. The electronic cigarette atomizing device comprises an atomizing component installed within an outer tube of the atomizing device and used for heating and atomizing tobacco liquid, and a liquid cup used for accommodating tobacco liquid. The present invention is characterized that the atomizing component comprises an atomizing holder and a heating component fixed inside the atomizing holder. A filter component is installed for filtering tobacco liquid to enter the atomizing holder and is disposed between the liquid cup and the atomizing holder. The filter component comprises a filter net with micropores and a filter cotton. The atomizing device of the present invention can be used to filter tobacco liquid to make produced tobacco smokes therefrom being pure and clean, and can effectively prevent heat from being conducted to users' mouths to cause burns or scald problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SMACO TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Yangyang Wu
  • Patent number: 9839238
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a control body adapted for use in an electronic smoking article. The control body includes a shell and a coupler that is adapted to connect the control body to a cartridge of an electronic smoking article. The coupler further is adapted to communicate a pressure reduction within the coupler to a pressure reduction space in the shell. Also positioned within the shell is an electronic circuit board having a pressure sensor attached thereto. The electronic circuit board can be positioned to be parallel to a central axis of the shell. A first end of the pressure sensor can be isolated within the pressure reduction space, and a second end of the pressure sensor can be in communication with a normal pressure space within the shell. One or more light emitting diodes can be attached to the electronic circuit board. At least a portion of the coupler can be light transmissive so that light from the LED is visible through the coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven L. Worm, Michael Ryan Galloway, Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Randy Lee McKnight, David Glen Christopherson
  • Patent number: 9839236
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette case and an information acquisition method are provided. The electronic cigarette case includes: a case body; a microcontroller arranged inside said case body; a trigger module, used for generating a trigger signal, being arranged on said case body; said trigger module being connected to said microcontroller; said microcontroller being used for acquiring, according to said trigger signal, a user smoking signal from the electronic cigarette; a GPS transmission module connected to said microcontroller and used for transmitting said user smoking information to a preset database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Patent number: 9826780
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems to vaporize extract, plant material containing organic material and the like utilizing convection heating via one or more manifolds each in fluid communication with a section of chamber containing organic material. The manifolds may be valved and may contain temperature sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Inventor: Mark Krietzman
  • Patent number: 9814272
    Abstract: An exemplary atomizer includes a liquid supply, a mouthpiece at a first end of the liquid supply, an air pipe, a liquid supply, and an atomizing device at an opposite second end. The atomizing device includes a main body, a liquid conducting element, and a heating element. The main body has an atomizing chamber. The liquid supply defines at least one air inlet at the first end. The air pipe and the liquid supply cooperatively define an annular air passage. The main body defines at least one liquid inlet and at least one air hole. The air passage is in communication with the atomizing chamber via the at least one air hole. The liquid supply has a housing, and the housing defines liquid outlets. The liquid outlets communicates with the at least one liquid inlet, and the liquid conducting element is configured for absorbing the tobacco liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yonghai Li, Zhongli Xu, Changzheng Dai
  • Patent number: 9814269
    Abstract: An exemplary atomizing device includes a main body, a mouthpiece, a liquid chamber, at least one heating element, and a permeating component. The main body defines an air inlet and an air passage. The air inlet is in communication with the air passage. The mouthpiece is arranged at an end of the main body. The mouthpiece defines an air outlet in communication with the air passage. The liquid chamber is configured for storing tobacco liquid. The at least one heating element is arranged in the air passage. The at least one heating element is configured for heating the tobacco liquid to form aerosol. The permeating component has a heat absorbing surface. The at least one heating element is in contact with the heat absorbing surface. The permeating component is configured for guiding the tobacco liquid to the heat absorbing surface for atomization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yonghai Li, Zhongli Xu, Shuyun Hu