Tobacco Users' Appliance Patents (Class 131/329)
  • Publication number: 20140366897
    Abstract: This application relates to an electronic cigarette, comprising a cigarette body, wherein, emitting materials which can emit light in the dark are configured on the cigarette body. The electronic cigarette of the application can fulfill users' need of a quick reach to the electronic cigarette in the dark, thus enormously increasing users' experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Publication number: 20140366895
    Abstract: A battery assembly of an electronic cigarette includes a battery sleeve, a battery received in the battery sleeve, an electrode ring arranged at an end of the battery, an elastic member and an insulated ring received in the battery sleeve. The insulated ring defines a through hole exposed along an axial direction of the battery sleeve, and the electrode ring is resiliently arranged in the through hole by the elastic member and extending through the through hole. A battery assembly includes an atomizing device and the battery assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Shenzhen First Union Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yonghai LI, Zhongli XU
  • Publication number: 20140360516
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette of the invention includes an atomizing device for vaporizing cigarette liquid, a battery which is electrically connected with and supply power to the atomizing device, and a first electrode assembly set between the battery and the atomizing device. Herein, the first electrode assembly includes an electrode seat, an electrode and a resilient mechanism. The electrode seat is electrically connected with the battery, the electrode resiliently connects electrode of the atomizing device, and the resilient mechanism is resiliently connected between the electrode seat and the electrode. The electronic cigarette of the embodiments has resilient electrode assembly, simple structure, and high liability of electric circuit connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventor: QIUMING LIU
  • Publication number: 20140360514
    Abstract: A leakproof atomizer includes a cigarette holder assembly, an atomization assembly, a heating assembly, and a liquid storage assembly. The liquid storage assembly is provided with an annular wall for dividing an internal cavity thereof into a first and a second liquid storage chambers in communication with each other via liquid holes in the annular wall. When the liquid storage assembly is assembled with the heating assembly and the cigarette holder assembly is disassembled from the liquid storage assembly, a bottom portion of the atomization assembly is separated from the heating assembly and hermetically connected with the liquid holes. When both the cigarette holder assembly and the heating assembly are assembled with the liquid storage assembly, the cigarette holder assembly presses downwards the atomization assembly, the atomization assembly is separated from the liquid holes, and the bottom portion of the atomization assembly is press-fitted with the heating assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: SHENZHEN KANGER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaochun ZHU
  • Publication number: 20140360512
    Abstract: A charging method of electronic cigarette and an electronic cigarette box is provided in the present invention. The charging method of electronic cigarettes, comprising: using a preset first voltage to charge an electronic cigarette for a preset length of time, and setting the maximum value of charging current to be a preset first current value in the charging process; detecting the charging current and/or a charging voltage in the charging process for the preset length of time, and selecting different charging modes to charge the electronic cigarette according to the detected current value and/or the detected voltage value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventor: Zhiyong Xiang
  • Publication number: 20140360517
    Abstract: The present invention is a portable electronic vapor-producing device which converts chemical substances in liquid form to a gaseous form so that active ingredient(s) can be inhaled by the user for therapeutic or medicinal purposes. The device includes: a power module; a primary module; and an auxiliary module that may be enclosed separately in exterior hollow casings and fitted together, or enclosed together in one single exterior hollow casing. The primary module includes: an anode assembly; a cask assembly; and a heater assembly. The anode assembly includes an anode barrel, which is hollow, fixed permanently in place and contacts the battery; a cathode mount, which is fixed permanently in place and contacts the heater assembly; and an anode mount, which moves between contacting the and not contacting the cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Andrea Taggart, Edgar Ortega
  • Publication number: 20140360515
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a heater configured to heat smokeable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokeable material, wherein the heater comprises a plurality of heating projections arranged sequentially along a longitudinal axis of the heater; and the projections are configured to heat smokeable material located between the projections. An elongate smokeable material cartridge comprising a plurality of smokeable material sections is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventor: Igor Kachko
  • Publication number: 20140352707
    Abstract: An electronic cigar is provided. The electronic cigar includes an inhalation portion and a body portion connected with the inhalation portion; a junction is formed by the connection between the inhalation portion and the body portion; the electronic cigar has an outer layer covering the junction and the junction edge adjacent areas. The electronic cigar looks beautiful, and the inhalation part and the body portion are securely connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Publication number: 20140345632
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette having multiple ports within a filter portion of the electronic cigarette. The ports may be elongated slits or small circular holes positioned proximate a center point of the filter portion or positioned proximate an outer perimeter of the filter portion of the electronic cigarette. The plurality of ports helps to diffuse and volumize the vapor inhaled by the user from within the body of the electronic cigarette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: NJOY, INC.
    Inventor: MARK SCATTERDAY
  • Publication number: 20140345633
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating system for oral or nasal delivery of a generated aerosol to a user is provided, including a heater element configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate to generate an aerosol; a power source; a controller configured to control operation of the heater element, the controller including or being connected to a means to detect a change in air flow past the heater element; first data storage means for recording detected changes in airflow past the heater element and data relating to the operation of the heater element; second data storage means including a database relating changes in airflow and data relating to the operation of the heater element to the properties of the aerosol delivered to the user; and an indication means coupled to the second data storage means for indicating to the user a property of the aerosol delivered to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Pascal Talon, Dionisius Florack
  • Publication number: 20140345634
    Abstract: There is provided a smoking article that includes a plurality of elements, including a front-plug and an aerosol-forming substrate, assembled in contact with a cigarette paper to form a rod. The front-plug is located upstream from the aerosol-forming substrate. In use, a heating element is inserted into the smoking article and the aerosol-forming substrate is heated to generate an aerosol. When the heating element is subsequently withdrawn from the smoking article, the front-plug acts to retain the aerosol-forming substrate within the rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
    Inventors: Gerard Zuber, Thomas Badertscher, Cedric Meyer
  • Publication number: 20140338682
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette is provided, including a battery sleeve and a lamp cap mounted at one end of the battery sleeve, wherein, the lamp cap includes a contact surface sleeved in the battery sleeve, and at least one strip configured to increase friction is formed on the contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Publication number: 20140338681
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette is provided, which comprises a nozzle, a plurality of particles is attached to one end of the electronic cigarette, and the end is far away from the nozzle. The electronic cigarette is closer to the real cigarette, improving the user experience greatly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Publication number: 20140338685
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette comprises a battery portion which is operable to provide power to a heating element of the electronic cigarette, and a cartomizer coupled with the battery portion. The cartomizer comprises a liquid container which provides a liquid toward the heating element wherein the liquid is used for producing and flavoring a vapor of the electronic cigarette when the liquid is heated by the heating element, and a memory which is operable to record and store an amount of the liquid remaining in the liquid container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: SIS Resources, Ltd.
    Inventor: Nehemia Amir
  • Publication number: 20140338680
    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: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Oleg J. Abramov, Petr Alexandrovich Egoyants, Dmitry Mikhailovich Volobuev, Pavel Nikolaevich Fimin
  • Publication number: 20140338684
    Abstract: An organic cotton electronic cigarette includes a liquid storage component and an atomization device. The atomization device includes a hollow spiral tubular electric heater coil and a liquid guiding member passing through the electric heater coil. The liquid guiding member is made from organic cotton free of glass fiber material. The atomization device further includes a smoke guiding tube passing through the liquid storage component for supporting the same and working as a smoke path. The smoke guiding tube includes an external casing and an internal casing one of which is inserted into another one so as to hold the liquid guiding member between the two. The two ends of liquid guiding member extend out of the smoke guiding tube and are tightly pressed against an inner wall of the liquid storage component. This kind of electronic cigarette is safe to human body and has stable internal construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Publication number: 20140338686
    Abstract: An aerosol generating system includes an aerosol-forming article including an aerosol-forming substrate and a mouthpiece portion for allowing a user to draw air through the substrate; and an aerosol generating device, the device including a housing having proximal and distal ends and including at least one external surface and one internal surface, the internal surface defining an open ended cavity at the proximal end of the housing in which the substrate is received, the cavity having a longitudinal extent between its proximal and distal ends, a heater element within the cavity configured to heat the substrate received in the cavity, and an air inlet; the system including a first air flow channel extending from the air inlet to a distal end of the cavity, wherein the first channel extends between the heater and the external surface of the housing along at least a portion of the longitudinal extent of the cavity, and a second air flow channel extending from the distal end of the cavity to the mouthpiece porti
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Julien Plojoux, Olivier Greim, Yvan Degoumois, Dani Ruscio
  • Publication number: 20140338683
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette is provided, comprising: a suction nozzle cover, wherein, a surface of the suction nozzle cover corresponding to a mouth cavity of a user of the electronic cigarette is concave. In the electronic cigarette of the present invention, because the suction nozzle cover includes a buffering function of concave, when the two sides of the suction nozzle cover are pressed and/or squeezed by the radial force, and the suction nozzle cover generates a tendency of motion to inside body, thereby the suction nozzle cover is prevented from falling off from the electronic cigarette; furthermore, the user will feel more flexible when using the electronic cigarette with that structure, and user's experience is improved; moreover, it can avoid sucking the tobacco oil when a little tobacco oil flows from the suction inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Publication number: 20140332022
    Abstract: An atomizing device of an electronic cigarette includes an atomizing sleeve; an oil reserving member arranged in the atomizing sleeve and configured for reserving a tobacco oil; an air pipe extending through the oil reserving member, a porous body and a heating coil. The air pipe has a clamping portion formed thereon, and the porous body is clamped by the clamping portion and extending into the oil reserving member to absorb the tobacco oil. The heating coil wraps around the porous body and is configured for heating and atomizing the tobacco oil on the porous body. An electronic cigarette is also provided, which includes the atomizing device and a power supply configured for powering the atomizing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Shenzhen First Union Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: YONGHAI LI, ZHONGLI XU
  • Publication number: 20140332021
    Abstract: An atomizing device includes an atomizing sleeve; a mouthpiece assembly and an atomizing assembly received in the atomizing sleeve. The atomizing assembly includes an oil obstructing ring, a supporting sleeve, a porous body being fixed between the oil obstructing ring and the supporting sleeve, a heating wire wrapping around the porous body, a screw sleeve located at an end of the atomizing sleeve, an insulated ring and an tubular electrode received between the screw sleeve and the insulated ring. An oil valve is formed between the supporting sleeve and the tubular electrode, or between the tubular electrode and the insulated ring; the oil valve is opened or closed by a movement of the tubular electrode, and the oil valve is configured as an air passage in communication with the air pipe when the oil valve is opened. An electronic cigarette using the atomizing device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YONGHAI LI, ZHONGLI XU, XIANMING WANG, WEN LUO, YUNPING ZHONG
  • Publication number: 20140332019
    Abstract: An atomizing device comprises an atomizing seat, and an atomizer having a heating wire and disposed at one side of the atomizing seat. A first electrode assembly is disposed at another side of the atomizing seat away from the atomizer. The first electrode assembly includes a first seat body and a first electrode post, two of which two of which are insulated from each other and respectively connected with two ends of the heating wire to form the positive and negative electrode. The first seat body resists the atomizing seat and clamps a first end of the heating wire therebetween, and the first electrode post resists the atomizing seat and clamps a second end of the heating wire therebetween. The heating wire is secured by the squeezing of the atomizing seat and the first electrode assembly, the atomizing sleeve, which has a stable structure and low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Publication number: 20140332018
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette is provided comprising an atomizer, a battery rod and a connecting component configured to connect the battery rod and the atomizer, one end of the atomizer or the battery rod which is facing towards the connecting component protrudes to form a first connector, and a second connector is provided on the connecting component to be connected with the first connector through sheathing. The electronic cigarette of the present invention can prevent components inside the battery rod or the atomizer exposed to avoid potential risks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Publication number: 20140332020
    Abstract: A cartridge of an electronic cigarette includes an oil reserving pipe, an oil obstructing plug and a heating assembly. The oil reserving pipe has an inner space for reserving a tobacco oil. The oil obstructing plug is arranged at an end of the oil reserving pipe and has an oil hole in communication with the inner space. The heating assembly is arranged under the oil obstructing plug and configured for heating and atomizing the tobacco oil penetrating through the oil hole. An atomizing device using the cartridge, and an electronic device using the atomizing device are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Shenzhen First Union Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yonghai LI, Zhongli XU, Zhanpanbo XIA, Yunping Zhong
  • Publication number: 20140332017
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette connection base and an electronic cigarette atomization device are provided; the connection base comprises a top cover; a side wall formed around an edge of the top cover; the side wall defining a filling groove around an outer surface of the side wall; and the filling groove filled with seal filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Publication number: 20140332016
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a control component that regulates output of an electronic vaporizer used to simulate smoking. The control component manages power to a heating element. A power detect component collects a parameter of the heating element to determine actual power output thereof. The control component dynamically adjusts the power source based on the actual power output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: EVOLV, LLC
    Inventors: John Bellinger, Brandon Ward
  • Patent number: 8881738
    Abstract: A smoking device having an integrated lighter, a bowl for holding an igniteable vegetable product, and a duct for drawing smoke like a pipe. The device consists of an ignition switch located on the side of the pipe in natural proximity to the thumb, a piezo-electric ignition system, a flammable gas delivery system, a bowl for holding smoking material, and an aperature for drawing the smoke emitted from the ignited vegetable product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Inventor: Gary Bryman
  • Publication number: 20140326260
    Abstract: A combustible heat source (4) for a smoking article (2) comprises carbon and at least one ignition aid, wherein the ignition aid is present in an amount of at least 20 percent by dry weight of the combustible heat source. The combustible heat source (4) has a first portion and an opposed second portion. At least part (4b) of the combustible heat source (4) between the first portion and the second portion is wrapped in a combustion resistant wrapper (22) that is one or both of heat conducting and substantially oxygen impermeable. Upon ignition of the first portion of the combustible heat source (4), the second portion of the combustible heat source increases in temperature to a first temperature. During subsequent combustion of the combustible heat source (4), the second portion of the combustible heat source (4) maintains a second temperature lower than the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
    Inventors: Thomas Gladden, Laurent Poget, Evan Jochnowitz, Stephane Roudier, Alexandre Malgat, Samuel Bonnely
  • Publication number: 20140318559
    Abstract: An electrically heated smoking system includes a shell and a replaceable mouthpiece. The shell includes an electric power supply and electric circuitry. The mouthpiece includes a liquid storage portion and a capillary wick having a first end and a second end. The first end of the wick extends into the liquid storage portion for contact with liquid therein. The mouthpiece also includes a heating element for heating the second end of the capillary wick, an air outlet, and an aerosol forming chamber between the second end of the capillary wick and the air outlet. When the shell and mouthpiece are engaged or connected, the heating element is in electrical connection with the power supply via the circuitry, and a flowpath for air is defined from at least one air inlet to the air outlet via the aerosol forming chamber. In use, liquid is transferred from the liquid storage portion towards the heating element by capillary action in the wick.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Michel Thorens, Jean-Marc Flick, Olivier Yves Cochand
  • Publication number: 20140318560
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette comprises nicotine without harmful tar. The cigarette includes a shell, a cell, nicotine solution, control circuit, and an electro-thermal vaporization nozzle installed in the air suction end of the shell. The advantages of the present invention are smoking without tar, reducing the risk of cancer, the user still gets a smoking experience, the cigarette is not lit, and there is no fire danger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventor: Lik Hon
  • Publication number: 20140318558
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic cigarette and its nozzle, the electronic cigarette nozzle comprises an atomizer, a nozzle cover configured at an end of the atomizer, and further comprises a hermetic ring hermetically configured between the atomizer and the nozzle cover, the hermetic ring defines an concave chamber oriented to the atomizer, a thickness of the top wall of the concave chamber is gradually increased from a circumference to a center so that an upper surface of the top wall is a bevel, and plural through holes are circumferentially defined in the top wall. In the present invention, the hermetic ring, the concave chamber oriented to the atomizer, the top wall with a beveled upper surface and the plural through holes circumferentially defined in the bottom wall are adopted, and these technical means can eliminate the smoke oil residue, and improve user's taste experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventor: Qiuming LIU
  • Publication number: 20140318557
    Abstract: A smoking or vaporizing device comprising a body having a cavity defined in the body, a product holder/pen configured to hold a product (including an oil or other substance) to be burned or vaporized for smoking, the holder in communication with the cavity which cavity is configured to expand, pressure means for creating a negative pressure within the cavity or for expanding the cavity, including in one instance a plunger and in another instance the holder/pen itself, and a one-way automatic output valve in communication with the cavity whereby negative pressure created within the cavity causes smoke or vapor to draw into the cavity and positive pressure within the cavity causes smoke or vapor to exit the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventor: Elijah Bremer
  • Publication number: 20140311502
    Abstract: A tobacco plant comprising at least one mutation in a HMA gene, wherein the non-mutated HMA gene comprises the nucleotide sequence. of SEQ ID NO: 1 or a homolog sequence, wherein the mutation causes a substitution or a deletion or an insertion of at least one amino acid in the polypeptide encoded by the nucleotide sequence and wherein the mutation reduces the heavy metal uptake by the leaves of the plant by at least 30% in relation to the heavy metal uptake of plants comprising SEQ ID NO:1 or the homolog.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Societe nationale D'Exploitation Industrielle des Tabacs et Allumettes-S.E.I.T.A.
    Inventors: Emilie Julio, Francois Dorlhac de Borne, Victor Hermand
  • Publication number: 20140311505
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette is provided, comprising a sleeve and a cigarette holder cover configured at one end of the sleeve, it further comprises a covering member covered on the cigarette holder cover movably, and at least one first through-hole is provided on the cigarette holder cover. The user can remove or rotate away the covering member to smoke via the first through-hole when demanding to smoke and cover the first through-hole with the covering member when not demanding to smoke, thus avoiding the children smoking the electronic cigarette by mistake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Publication number: 20140311503
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic cigarette and an electronic cigarette device, the electronic cigarette includes: a main lever with a nozzle configured at its one end, wherein, the main lever is further configured with a projection assembly at its another end away from the nozzle, the projection assembly includes a projection light source, a slide unit configured in front of the projection light source and a light source control unit connected with the projection light source to control operation of the projection light source; the slide unit includes a slide and a locking groove for insertion of the slide, and the locking groove is defined by two parallel and spaced glasses; the light source control unit includes a light source control circuit and a light source control switch connected with the light source control circuit. The electronic cigarette has a function of projecting various image light-shadows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Publication number: 20140311506
    Abstract: This invention discloses a disposable electronic cigarette, comprising a cigarette holder and a cigarette rod, the cigarette holder defining an air outlet hole, wherein, at least three air inlet holes are defined in a cigarette rod wall of the cigarette rod, the air inlet holes and the air outlet hole cooperatively form an airflow loop, and at least one indicator light corresponding to the air inlet holes is mounted on the cigarette pipe to indicate positions of the air inlet holes and/or operation states of the electronic cigarette. When users holds the electronic cigarette, the indicator light will indicate the positions of the air inlet holes, and users can adjust the air inflow amount to keep a smooth airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Publication number: 20140311504
    Abstract: The present invention refers to an electronic cigarette atomizer, which comprises a heating wire component and a breather pipe, the heating wire component further comprises a heating body, one end of the breather pipe defines at least one U-shaped opening(s), the heating body is embedded in the U-shaped opening(s). In assembly of an electronic cigarette atomizer in the present invention, the heating wire component and the electrode part are formed integrally, the assembly of the electronic cigarette atomizer can be accomplished via the operation of aligning the U-shaped opening with the heating wire component and inserting the U-shaped opening into the heating wire component, there is no need to perform actions of insertion of the lead pins. The electronic cigarette atomizer is simple in assembly, the electronic cigarette atomizer avoids inaccurate alignments formed between the heating wire component and the electrode and improves the production efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Patent number: 8863753
    Abstract: A power supply device of an electronic cigarette is disclosed, the device comprising a battery and a control board installed inside a battery sleeve; the power supply device further comprises electrode connectors provided at one end of the battery for connecting an atomizer as a load into the circuit loop of the electronic cigarette, wherein the electrode connectors comprises a negative pole connector coupled to one end of the battery sleeve; a positive pole connector sit inside the negative pole connector; an insulation ring being provided between the negative pole connector and the positive pole connector to achieve electric isolation; the controlling board being provided at the other end of the battery inside the battery sleeve; the controlling board is integrated thereon a controller, a LED light and an airflow switch; the controller connecting the load connected between the positive pole connector and the negative pole connector into the power supply loop of the battery and controlling on/off of the LED
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Inventors: Yonghai Li, Zhongli Xu
  • Publication number: 20140305449
    Abstract: There is provided an aerosol generating device configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate and configured to heat the aerosol-forming substrate using both an internal heater, positioned within the substrate, and an external heater positioned outside of the substrate. The use of both an internal and an external heater allows each heater to operate at a lower temperature than would be required when using either an internal or external heater alone. By operating the external heater at a lower temperature than the internal heater, the substrate can be heated to have a relatively uniform temperature distribution while the external temperature of the device can be kept to an acceptably low level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Julien Plojoux, Olivier Greim
  • Publication number: 20140305450
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electronic cigarette and a method for disposing smoking data of the electronic cigarette. The electronic cigarette includes a microcontroller, a smoking signal detecting module and a memory that are both connected with the microcontroller; the smoking signal detecting module configured to detect smoking signals and send the smoking signals to the microcontroller; the microcontroller configured to record a time of each reception of the smoking signals and a continuation time length of each received smoking signal, and calculate a smoking data according to the time and the continuation time length; the memory configured to store the time, the continuation time length and the smoking data; the smoking data including a time interval between every two smoking signals and a number of receiving the smoking signals during a preset period. The smoking data of the users using the electronic cigarette can be recorded and stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventor: Zhiyong Xiang
  • Publication number: 20140305454
    Abstract: A vaporizer device for vaporizing substances is provided, containing active and/or aroma materials, including a mouthpiece with a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, and including: a heating device with a thermal resistor being a metallic foil or a thin sheet configured as a dual coil and/or sinuous line with two ends and dimensions of the cross-section of a cigarette or a small cigar, wherein the interspaces of the dual coil and/or sinuous line allow fluid flow therethrough, contact tabs are connected to respective opposed ends of the dual coil and/or sinuous line and are not in direct contact with one another, and at least one permeable and wettable vaporizer membrane in large-area contact with the thermal resistor, wherein the thermal resistor and the at least one vaporizer membrane are arranged orthogonally or at an angle to the direction of the fluids passing through the mouthpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
    Inventors: Arno Rinker, Philipp Litzenberger
  • Publication number: 20140305452
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic cigarette, which includes a smoking component having a suction nozzle and a battery rod. The suction nozzle is configured at an end of the smoking component and is far away from the battery rod. The smoking component further comprises a receiving chamber having an atomizer base which separates the receiving chamber into an atomized cavity and a cavity. One end of the suction nozzle, being far away from the battery rod, has an air outlet, and another end of the suction nozzle, being close to the cavity, has an air inlet. The smoking component has airflow through channel connecting the air outlet, the cavity and the air inlet. The electronic cigarette of the present invention is easy to be manufactured, and the batteries in the battery rod of the electronic cigarette can be protected from be damaged by the hot smoking airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Publication number: 20140305453
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette has a power device (1), a sensor (2), an atomizing core component and a liquid storage component (3). The atomizing core component includes an electric heater (5) and a liquid permeating component (6). The electric heater (5) has a through hole (51), the liquid storage component (3) has a channel (31), and the sensor (2) is connected with the through hole (51) and the channel (31) to form an airflow loop by the auxiliary air inlet. The liquid permeating component (6) is directly sleeved on the electric heater (5), so that the cigarette can adequately heat gasified smoke with uniform small drops. The electric heater (5) and the liquid storage component (3) are connected with the through hole (51) and the channel (31), so that the vapor generated by the atomizing process can be cooled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventor: Lik Hon
  • Publication number: 20140305448
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-forming substrate; a support element located immediately downstream of the aerosol-forming substrate; an aerosol-cooling element located downstream of the support element; and an outer wrapper circumscribing the aerosol-forming substrate, the support element and the aerosol-cooling element. The support element abuts the aerosol-forming substrate. The aerosol-forming substrate is penetrable by a heating element of an aerosol-generating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Gerard Zuber, Cedric Meyer, Alexis Louvet, Marine Jarriault, Thomas Badertscher, Pierre-Yves Gindrat, Daniele Sanna
  • Publication number: 20140305451
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electronic cigarette, including a cigarette holder and an atomizer, a sealing ring mounted between the cigarette holder and the atomizer. The sealing ring includes a main body and a ring-shaped flange extending form the periphery to the center of the main body; one end of the flange near the cigarette holder is provided with a first slope; and the dip direction from outside to inside of the first slope is away from the cigarette holder. The electronic cigarette enables the tar condensed on the cigarette flow back to the atomizer, which can make full use of the tar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Patent number: 8857446
    Abstract: The invention discloses a disposable atomizer of an electronic cigarette, comprising a battery component and an atomizer, wherein the atomizer comprises an atomizer cover, a rubber sleeve, an atomizer sleeve, a tobacco tar cotton, two wires, a heating wire, a rubber pad, a threaded sleeve, a propping pin, a first fiber pipe, a tar guide rope and a second fiber pipe; the heating wire is connected with one ends of both wires, and each of the other ends of the wires is fixedly connected with the propping pin; the heating wire and the tar guide rope are wound around together; the first fiber pipe is arranged in the tar guide rope, the second fiber pipe and the first fiber pipe are coaxially arranged, and the second fiber pipe is positioned behind the first fiber pipe; both the tar guide rope and the second fiber pipe are arranged in the tobacco tar cotton, and both the tobacco tar cotton and the threaded sleeve are arranged in the atomizer sleeve; the atomizer cover is arranged at the tail end of the atomizer sle
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen Smaco Technology Ltd.
    Inventor: Yangyang Wu
  • Publication number: 20140299139
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing ring and an atomizer in an electronic cigarette. The sealing ring comprises a bottom cover portion, an outer wall portion which is perpendicular to the plane of the bottom cover and is extended axially from the periphery of the bottom cover, an inhalation hole which is through the central of the sealing ring, an inner wall portion which surrounds the inhalation hole, an circular recess which is located between the inner wall and the outer wall, and at least one reflow hole which is through both the bottom cover and the circular recess. If the sealing ring and the atomizer are adopted in the electronic cigarette, a condensed smoke liquid can reflow back into the atomizer via the sealing ring, and can be heated and further atomized again. The invention can improve efficiency in the use of smoke liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Publication number: 20140299137
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette apparatus that includes a first housing, a power converter situated inside the housing, a power source situated inside the housing for providing power at least indirectly to the power converter, a timer at least indirectly electrically connected to the power source, and one or more sensing components configured to provide a feedback signal to the power converter to allow for regulation of the magnitude of a power converter output voltage, wherein upon receipt of an enabling signal, the power converter output voltage is output across a heating element situated in the first housing or a second housing, and wherein the output voltage is constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Johnson Creek Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Robert W. Kieckbusch, Randall R. Zur, Thomas R. Minnis, Matt Smith
  • Publication number: 20140299138
    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: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventor: Zhiyong Xiang
  • Publication number: 20140299140
    Abstract: This invention relates to an electronic cigarette, comprising an atomizer and a battery pipe; an end of the atomizer is connected to a sucking mouth component, a battery chamber is mounted in the atomizer, and the battery pipe is fixedly inserted in the battery chamber; the atomizer also includes an atomizing core component detachably configured between the battery pipe and the sucking mouth component. By implementing the electronic cigarette of the invention, it is convenient in carrying, and the atomizing core component is replaceable, and convenient to use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventor: Qiuming Liu
  • Publication number: 20140299142
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a smoking article having a movable vapour release portion to allow the vapour release portion to be isolated from, or exposed to, a smoke pathway. The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such smoking articles. In particular, there is provided a smoking article comprising a first segment, a second segment, and an aerosol generating substrate coupled to the first and second segments. At least one of the first and second segments comprises a vapour release portion, whereby the first and second segments are movable relative to each other from a first configuration to a second configuration, whereby in the first configuration the vapour release portion is substantially isolated from an airflow pathway and in the second configuration the vapour release portion is exposed to the airflow pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Ahmet Dincer, Jerome Uthurry, Alen Kadiric, Chrystele Houphouet-Boigny