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公开(公告)号：US12127592B2
公开(公告)日：2024-10-29
申请号：US17479274
申请日：2021-09-20
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Eric Hawes , Zack W. Blackmon , Jarrett Keen , Rangaraj S. Sundar , Raymond W. Lau , Niall Gallagher
CPC classification number: A24F40/46 , A24F40/20 , A24F40/42 , A24F40/53 , A24F40/57 , H05B1/00 , A61M11/042 , A61M2205/3653
Abstract: A heater system for a non-combustible aerosol-generating device includes a heater element and a fuse element. The heater element has a heating region, a first terminal and a second terminal. The fuse element is electrically connected between the first terminal and the second terminal in parallel with the heater element. The fuse element has a region configured to induce a localized hot spot to cause the fuse element to open circuit in response to power applied between the first terminal and the second terminal.
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公开(公告)号：US11812785B2
公开(公告)日：2023-11-14
申请号：US16909131
申请日：2020-06-23
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Zack Blackmon , Patrick Good , Rangaraj S. Sundar , Jarrett Keen , Eric Hawes , Dean Twite , Guy Moseley , Niall Gallagher
Abstract: A capsule for a heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating device may include a housing and a heater within the housing. The housing has interior surfaces defining a chamber configured to hold an aerosol-forming substrate. In addition, the housing has exterior surfaces constituting a first face, an opposing second face, and a side face of the capsule. The first face and the second face of the capsule are permeable to an aerosol. The heater has a first end section, an intermediate section, and a second end section. The first end section and the second end section of the heater may be external segments constituting parts of the side face of the capsule. The intermediate section of the heater is an internal segment disposed within the chamber of the housing.
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公开(公告)号：US11789476B2
公开(公告)日：2023-10-17
申请号：US17151409
申请日：2021-01-18
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Zack W. Blackmon , Eric Hawes , Rangaraj S. Sundar , Raymond W. Lau , Jarrett Keen , Niall Gallagher
Abstract: At least one example embodiment provides s system for controlling a heater in a non-combustible aerosol-generating device. The system comprises a memory storing computer-readable instructions and a controller configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to cause the non-combustible aerosol-generating device to, detect an airflow in the non-combustible aerosol-generating device, apply a first power to the heater based on the detected airflow, apply a second power to the heater based on a target preheat temperature and the detected airflow being below an airflow threshold value, the application of the second power being after the application of the first power, and apply a third power to the heater based on the target preheat temperature and the detected airflow being below the airflow threshold value, the application of the third power being after the application of the second power, the third power being greater than the second power.
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公开(公告)号：US11751606B2
公开(公告)日：2023-09-12
申请号：US16786181
申请日：2020-02-10
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Niall Gallagher , William Wykeham , Raymond W. Lau , Eric Hawes , Terry Bache , Rangaraj S. Sundar , Jarrett Keen
Abstract: A method of controlling a heater of a device including a removable container that stores a material includes detecting, from the removable container, power information indicating a first operating point and a second operating point; and supplying power to the heater based on the detected power information by, determining a first amount of power based on the first operating point, supplying the first amount of power to the heater during a first operation mode of the heater, determining a second amount of power based on the second operating point, and supplying the second amount of power to the heater during a second operation mode of the heater, the second amount of power being higher than the first amount of power, the device being a non-nicotine e-vaping device or a heat-not-burn aerosol-generating device, the material being a non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation or an aerosol-forming substrate.
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公开(公告)号：US11944747B2
公开(公告)日：2024-04-02
申请号：US16875208
申请日：2020-05-15
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Eric Hawes , Raymond Lau , Niall Gallagher
CPC classification number: A61M15/0065 , A24F40/40 , A24F40/42 , A24F40/53 , A61M11/042 , A61M15/06 , A24F40/10 , A61M2205/276 , A61M2205/3334 , A61M2205/60
Abstract: At least one example embodiment discloses a cartridge for an electronic vapor (e-vapor) apparatus. The cartridge includes a pre-vapor formulation compartment configured to hold a solution therein and a first connector element configured to connect the cartridge to a power section of the e-vapor apparatus. The first connector element includes a processing device configured to communicate with the power section.
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6.发明授权公开(公告)号：US11910838B2
公开(公告)日：2024-02-27
申请号：US16749640
申请日：2020-01-22
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Adam Parrott , Niall Gallagher , Raymond W. Lau , Eric Hawes , Ryan Newcomb , Terry Bache , Rangaraj S. Sundar , Jarrett Keen
Abstract: A method of controlling a hot wire anemometer (HWA) of a nicotine e-vaping device includes controlling, by a first PID controller, a level of power applied by the nicotine e-vaping device to the HWA based on a temperature of a heated element of the HWA and a temperature setpoint; generating a puff detection signal indicating whether or not a puff is currently occurring with respect to the nicotine e-vaping device; and while the puff detection signal indicates that a puff is not currently occurring with respect to the nicotine e-vaping device, detecting, by a second PID controller, a change in an ambient temperature of the HWA, and controlling, by the second PID controller, the temperature setpoint such that the temperature setpoint changes in response to the detected change in the ambient temperature of the HWA.
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公开(公告)号：US20230123679A1
公开(公告)日：2023-04-20
申请号：US18068273
申请日：2022-12-19
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Dean Twite , Yannick Hourmand , Bipin Patil , Rangaraj S. Sundar , Gregory L. Nelson , Niall Gallagher , Jarrett Keen , Phillip Diana , James Yorkshades
Abstract: A non-nicotine pod assembly for a non-nicotine e-vaping device may include a first section and a second section connected to the first section. The first section may define a pod outlet and be configured to hold a non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation. The second section may define a pod inlet and be configured to heat the non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation. The pod inlet is in fluidic communication with the pod outlet via a flow path. The flow path may include a first diverged portion, a second diverged portion, and a converged portion. A non-nicotine e-vaping device may include a device body defining a through hole configured to receive the non-nicotine pod assembly such that a pod inlet for the air flow is exposed when the non-nicotine pod assembly is seated within the through hole.
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公开(公告)号：US11484062B2
公开(公告)日：2022-11-01
申请号：US16695692
申请日：2019-11-26
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Dean Twite , Yannick Hourmand , Charles Dendy , Bipin Patil , Rangaraj S. Sundar , Christopher Newcomb , Niall Gallagher , Raymond W. Lau , Eric Hawes
Abstract: A nicotine pod assembly for a nicotine e-vaping device may include a pod body and a connector module. The pod body has an upstream end and a downstream end and is configured to hold a nicotine pre-vapor formulation. The upstream end of the pod body defines a cavity. The connector module is configured to be seated within the cavity of the pod body. The connector module may include an external face and a side face. The external face of the connector module includes at least one electrical contact and defines a pod inlet. The side face of the connector module defines at least one module inlet. The side face of the connector module faces a sidewall of the cavity in the pod body when the connector module is seated within the cavity.
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公开(公告)号：US20210153568A1
公开(公告)日：2021-05-27
申请号：US16696081
申请日：2019-11-26
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： Dean TWITE , Yannick Hourmand , Bipin Patil , Rangaraj S. Sundar , Gregory L. Nelson , Niall Gallagher , Jarrett Keen , Phillip Diana , James Yorkshades
Abstract: A non-nicotine pod assembly for a non-nicotine e-vaping device may include a first section and a second section connected to the first section. The first section may define a pod outlet and be configured to hold a non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation. The second section may define a pod inlet and be configured to heat the non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation. The pod inlet is in fluidic communication with the pod outlet via a flow path. The flow path may include a first diverged portion, a second diverged portion, and a converged portion. A non-nicotine e-vaping device may include a device body defining a through hole configured to receive the non-nicotine pod assembly such that a pod inlet for the air flow is exposed when the non-nicotine pod assembly is seated within the through hole.
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公开(公告)号：US20170108840A1
公开(公告)日：2017-04-20
申请号：US15390810
申请日：2016-12-27
Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
Inventor： ERIC HAWES , Raymond Lau , Terry Bache , Niall Gallagher
CPC classification number: G05B15/02 , A24F47/008 , A61M11/042 , A61M15/0021 , A61M15/06 , A61M2205/276 , A61M2205/3317 , A61M2205/332 , A61M2205/3334 , A61M2205/3368 , A61M2205/52 , A61M2205/60 , A61M2205/6018 , A61M2205/8212
Abstract: A method of detecting a hand-to-mouth (HMG) gesture with an e-vaping device includes detecting movements of the e-vaping device; generating quaternions based on the detected movements; generating movement features based on the generated quaternions; applying the generated movement features to a classifier; and determining whether the detected movements correspond to an HMG based on an output of the classifier.
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