公开(公告)号：US20220354162A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-10

申请号：US17872394

申请日：2022-07-25

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Dwight David WILLIAMS ,  Rebecca SECRIST ,  Danielle CRAWFORD ,  Terry BACHE ,  Eric HAWES ,  Maria Del Carmen JARQUIN ,  Munmaya K. MISHRA ,  Shaoyong YU

IPC: A24D3/04 ,  A24D3/02 ,  A24D3/06 ,  A24D3/10

Abstract: The method includes forming a filter material sheet, containing the filter material sheet to form a contained filter material, the containing including, folding the filter material sheet to create a plurality of folds along a width of the filter material sheet, gathering the filter material sheet to form the contained filter material, the plurality of folds in the filter material sheet forming interstices running through a longitudinal length of the contained filter material, the interstices being configured to allow an airflow to pass through the longitudinal length of the contained filter material, and infusing the filter material sheet with at least one first consumable substance, the at least one first consumable substance being one of nicotine, at least one first flavorant, a pre-vapor formulation, a combination thereof, or a sub-combination thereof.

公开(公告)号：US20220273043A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-01

申请号：US17745196

申请日：2022-05-16

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Eric HAWES ,  Raymond LAU ,  Terry BACHE ,  Niall GALLAGHER

IPC: A24F40/51 ,  G05B15/02 ,  A61M15/06 ,  A61M11/04 ,  A24F40/50

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.

公开(公告)号：US20210219622A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-22

申请号：US16749692

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

IPC: A24F40/51 ,  G01P5/02 ,  G01K13/00 ,  A24F40/57 ,  A24F40/44 ,  A24F40/46 ,  A61M11/04

Abstract: A method of controlling a hot wire anemometer (HWA) of a non-nicotine e-vaping device includes controlling, by a first PID controller, a level of power applied by the non-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 non-nicotine e-vaping device; and while the puff detection signal indicates that a puff is not currently occurring with respect to the non-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.

公开(公告)号：US20190246702A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-15

申请号：US16395949

申请日：2019-04-26

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Raymond LAU ,  Eric HAWES ,  Terry BACHE ,  Ryan NEWCOMB ,  John Glenn EDELEN ,  James D. ANDERSON, JR. ,  Byron BELL

IPC: A24F47/00 ,  H05B3/46

CPC classification number: A24F47/008 ,  H05B3/46

Abstract: The e-vaping device includes a housing, a vaporizing heater within the housing, and a reservoir configured to contain a pre-vapor formulation. At least one ejector is in fluid communication with the reservoir. The at least one ejector is configured to eject droplets of the pre-vapor formulation towards the vaporizing heater. The vaporizing heater is configured to vaporize at least some of the droplets. The method operates the e-vaping device.

公开(公告)号：US20180192708A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-12

申请号：US15916556

申请日：2018-03-09

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Eric HAWES ,  Terry BACHE

IPC: A24F47/00 ,  G08C17/02 ,  H04W76/10 ,  A24F15/18 ,  H04W84/18

CPC classification number: A24F47/008 ,  A24F15/18 ,  G08C17/02 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04W84/18

Abstract: A personal carrying case for holding an e-vaping device includes communication interfaces configured to establish communication links with the e-vaping device and a remotely-located computer device. Control circuitry included in the case may control an element of the e-vaping device according to a control command received from the computer device. The control circuitry may control the e-vaping device element via an e-vaping device communication link, and the control circuitry may receive the control command via a computer device communication link. The computer device communication link may be an ad hoc wireless network communication link. The control circuitry may process information received from the e-vaping device to communicate status information and signals to the computer device. Separate e-vaping device elements may be identified and associated with separate accounts, and e-vaping device usage may be tracked in association with said accounts based on the separate identities of elements used during vaping.