Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cartridge for e-vaping device with open-microchannels
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Application No.: US15192052Application Date: 2016-06-24
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Publication No.: US10463077B2Publication Date: 2019-11-05
- Inventor: Raymond Lau , Ali Rostami , Eric A. Hawes
- Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
- Applicant Address: US VA Richmond
- Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
- Current Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Richmond
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C.
- Main IPC: A61M15/06
- IPC: A61M15/06 ; A24F47/00 ; F22B1/28 ; H05B1/02 ; H05B3/44 ; A61M11/04

Abstract:
A cartridge for an e-vaping device includes a reservoir configured to hold a pre-vapor formulation and a channel structure that includes a channel surface with one or more open-microchannels. An open-microchannel in the channel structure may be in fluid communication with the reservoir and may transport pre-vapor formulation from the reservoir to a heating element based on capillary action of the pre-vapor formulation through the open-microchannels. The heating element may vaporize the pre-vapor formulation drawn through one or more open-microchannels. The cartridge may be independent of fibrous dispensing interfaces, including one or more wicks. Fabrication of such a cartridge may be simplified, faster, cheaper, some combination thereof, or the like relative to fabrication of a cartridge that includes a fibrous or soft dispensing interface to draw pre-vapor formulation from a reservoir to a heating element.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170367402A1 CARTRIDGE FOR E-VAPING DEVICE WITH OPEN-MICROCHANNELS Public/Granted day:2017-12-28
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