公开(公告)号：US20230275443A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-31

申请号：US18311431

申请日：2023-05-03

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Geoffrey Brandon JORDAN ,  Barry S. SMITH ,  Douglas A. BURTON ,  Eric HAWES ,  Sean SUNDBERG ,  Berina YERKIC-HUSEJNOVIC

IPC: H02J7/00 ,  A24F40/90

CPC classification number: H02J7/0044 ,  H02J7/00 ,  A24F40/90 ,  A24F40/10

Abstract: A charger assembly is configured to charge the electronic vaping device. The charger assembly includes a base including a housing defining a port. The port is configured to receive a tip end of an electronic vaping device. The port includes a magnetic electrical contact centrally positioned at a bottom of the port and a first pin positioned at the bottom of the port. The charger assembly also includes a microprocessor electrically connected to the magnetic electrical contact and the first pin.

公开(公告)号：US20230139031A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-04

申请号：US18148274

申请日：2022-12-29

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Eric HAWES

IPC: A24F40/50 ,  A61L9/03 ,  B23P11/00 ,  H01C17/075 ,  A24F40/46 ,  C09D11/52 ,  H05B1/02

Abstract: An electronic smoking article, a method of manufacturing an electronic smoking article, and a method of achieving a smoking experience without combusting tobacco are disclosed. The electronic smoking article includes an authenticated first section, which includes an aerosol generation unit having at least one heater; an authenticated second section, which includes a power supply operable to apply voltage to the at least one heater for heating a liquid in at least a portion of the aerosol generation unit to form an aerosol; and a conductive ink circuit embedded within the first and second sections, and wherein the power supply and the aerosol generation unit are electrically connected upon joining the first and second sections, and wherein each of the first and second sections has a portion of the conductive ink circuit.

公开(公告)号：US20230087115A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-23

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

IPC: A24F40/46 ,  A24F40/42 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24F40/57 ,  A24F40/53 ,  H05B1/00

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.

公开(公告)号：US20230001115A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-05

申请号：US17902152

申请日：2022-09-02

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Raymond LAU ,  Ali ROSTAMI ,  Eric HAWES

IPC: A61M15/06 ,  A61M11/04 ,  A24F40/42 ,  A24F40/485 ,  F22B1/28 ,  H05B1/02 ,  H05B3/44

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.

公开(公告)号：US20220400763A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-22

申请号：US17895422

申请日：2022-08-25

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Eric HAWES ,  Raymond W. LAU ,  Mik DAHL ,  Jon JARANTILLA ,  Galen SALVADOR ,  Jose Jesus Paolo MONTALVAN ,  Jeroen KOK

IPC: A24F40/485

Abstract: Some example embodiments include a reservoir assembly for an e-vaping device that may include a reservoir, a first bayonet connector assembly, and a conduit extending from a vaporizer assembly and into a space defined by the first bayonet connector assembly. The first bayonet connector assembly may detachably couple with a second bayonet connector assembly of an outlet assembly to establish a bayonet interface connection between the reservoir and the outlet assembly, such that the conduit is in fluid communication with the exterior of the reservoir assembly through an interior of the outlet assembly.

公开(公告)号：US20220264942A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-25

申请号：US17734458

申请日：2022-05-02

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： San LI ,  Eric HAWES ,  Raymond LAU ,  Robert ARENTS ,  Gerd KOBAL

IPC: A24F7/00 ,  A61M11/04 ,  A61M15/06 ,  A24F40/30 ,  A24F40/485

Abstract: The method including first establishing a first airflow in a first passage of an e-vaping cartridge, the first passage including a first portion, a second portion and a third portion, a first air inlet in communication with the first portion, a heater in communication with the second portion, the second portion being between the first portion and the third portion, and second establishing a second airflow in a second passage of the e-vaping cartridge, the second passage being in communication with the third portion.

公开(公告)号：US20220225670A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-21

申请号：US17151340

申请日：2021-01-18

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Zack W. BLACKMON ,  Eric HAWES ,  Dean TWITE ,  Rangaraj S. SUNDAR ,  Nicolas D. CASTRO ,  Raymond W. LAU

IPC: A24F40/40 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24F40/53

Abstract: A capsule may include a housing, an aerosol-forming substrate, and a heater. The housing defines inlet openings, outlet openings, and a chamber between the inlet openings and the outlet openings. The chamber may have a longest dimension extending from at least one of the inlet openings to a corresponding one of the outlet openings. The aerosol-forming substrate is within the chamber of the housing. The heater is embedded in the housing. The heater includes a first end section, an intermediate section, and a second end section. The intermediate section is disposed within the aerosol-forming substrate in the chamber. An aerosol-generating device may include a device body with a lid configured to open to permit an insertion of the capsule and configured to close to engage the capsule within the device body.

公开(公告)号：US20220218025A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-14

申请号：US17706930

申请日：2022-03-29

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Eric HAWES ,  Raymond W. LAU ,  Mik DAHL ,  Jon JARANTILLA ,  Galen SALVADOR ,  Jose Jesus Paolo MONTALVAN ,  Jeroen KOK

IPC: A24F40/40 ,  A24F40/44

Abstract: A vaporizer assembly, which includes a heating element and a conduit assembly configured to direct air to flow through a conduit in fluid communication with the heating element, further includes a dispensing interface assembly configured to be in fluid communication with both the conduit and the vaporizer assembly exterior. The dispensing interface assembly includes a first dispensing interface and a second dispensing interface. The first dispensing interface is in direct fluid communication with the conduit and the heating element. A portion of the second dispensing interface is exposed to the vaporizer assembly exterior. The second dispensing interface is isolated from direct fluid communication with the heating element by the first dispensing interface, and the first dispensing interface is isolated from direct fluid communication with the reservoir by the second dispensing interface. The second dispensing interface is configured to restrict a flow of pre-vapor formulation to the first dispensing interface.

公开(公告)号：US20220015447A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-20

申请号：US16929402

申请日：2020-07-15

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Niall GALLAGHER ,  Terrance Theodore BACHE ,  Rangaraj S. SUNDAR ,  Jarrett KEEN ,  Raymond W. LAU ,  Eric HAWES

IPC: A24F40/57 ,  A24F40/10 ,  A24F40/53

Abstract: The nicotine electronic vaping device includes a nicotine reservoir, a heater and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to: determine a plurality of resistance values for the heater during a time window; calculate a percent change in resistance of the heater between a first of the plurality of resistance values and a second of the plurality of resistance values; decide whether the percent change in resistance of the heater exceeds a percent change in resistance threshold; and disable power to the heater in response to deciding that the percent change in resistance of the heater exceeds the percent change in resistance threshold.

公开(公告)号：US20220015440A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-20

申请号：US16929452

申请日：2020-07-15

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Niall GALLAGHER ,  Terrance Theodore BACHE ,  Rangaraj S. SUNDAR ,  Jarrett KEEN ,  Raymond W. LAU ,  Eric HAWES

IPC: A24F40/53 ,  A24F40/51

Abstract: A device assembly includes a controller, which is configured to control the nicotine electronic vaping device to output an indication of a current level of the nicotine pre-vapor formulation in the nicotine reservoir of a nicotine pod assembly in response to determining that an aggregate amount of nicotine pre-vapor formulation drawn from the nicotine reservoir or an aggregate amount of vaporized nicotine pre-vapor formulation is greater than or equal to the at least one nicotine pre-vapor formulation level threshold.