IP Library Granted Patent US 8,393,331
Granted Patent B2
US 8,393,331 · App. 12/944,123 · Granted Mar 12, 2013

Electronic atomization cigarette

Inventor: Lik Hon (Hong Kong, CN)
Assignee: Ruyan Investment (Holdings) Limited
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Patent No.
US 8,393,331
App. No.
12/944,123
Granted
Mar 12, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic cigarette includes a shell and a mouthpiece. The external wall of the shell has an air inlet. An atomizer and a liquid-supply are in contact with each other. The air inlet, atomizer, an aerosol passage, and a mouthpiece are sequentially interconnected.

Claims (26)

1. An electronic cigarette comprising;

a housing;

a mouth piece on the housing;

an LED at a first end of the housing;

an air inlet leading into the housing;

a battery within the housing;

an electronic circuit board within the housing;

a sensor within the housing;

an atomizer within the housing;

a stream passage within the housing leading from the inlet to the atomizer;

a cavity arranged in the atomizer;

a liquid-supply within the housing; and

an aerosol passage leading from the atomizer to the mouthpiece; and

with the liquid-supply in physical contact with the atomizer; and

a heating element within the cavity.

2. An electronic cigarette, comprising:

a housing;

a mouthpiece on the housing;

an LED at a first end of the housing;

an air inlet for providing air into the housing;

a battery and a sensor electrically connected to an electronic circuit board within the housing, with the sensor in a stream passage in the housing;

an atomizer within the housing, with the atomizer having a heating element within a cavity, and with the atomizer making contact with a liquid-supply, to provide for movement of liquid to the atomizer via capillary action; and

an aerosol passage extending from the atomizer to the mouthpiece.

3. The electronic cigarette of claim 2 with the heating element comprising platinum wire, nickel chromium alloy or iron chromium aluminum wire with a rare earth element.

4. The electronic cigarette of claim 2 wherein the heating element comprises a wire coil.

5. The electronic cigarette of claim 2 with the liquid-supply comprising a porous body.

Assignments (6)
MERGER Recorded Jan 31, 2023
From: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.
To: FONTEM VENTURES B.V.
Reel/Frame 062591/0624 →
LICENSE Recorded Jun 2, 2015
From: AUGITE, INC.
To: BEST PARTNERS WORLDWIDE LIMITED AND SUCCESSORS
Reel/Frame 035766/0929 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2013
From: RUYAN INVESTMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
To: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.
Reel/Frame 031795/0630 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jul 30, 2013
From: HON, LIK
To: BEST PARTNERS WORLDWIDE LIMITED
Reel/Frame 030904/0542 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 4, 2011
From: SBT INVESTMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
To: RUYAN INVESTMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 026224/0792 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 3, 2011
From: BEST PARTNERS WORLDWIDE LIMITED
To: SBT INVESTMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 026221/0105 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 10587707
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