IP Library Granted Patent US 8,511,318
Granted Patent B2
US 8,511,318 · App. 13/088,276 · Granted Aug 20, 2013

Electronic cigarette

Inventor: Lik Hon (Hong Kong, CN)
Assignee: Ruyan Investment (Holdings) Limited
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Patent No.
US 8,511,318
App. No.
13/088,276
Granted
Aug 20, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic cigarette comprises nicotine without harmful tar. The cigarette includes a shell, a cell, nicotine solution, control circuit, and an electro-thermal vaporization nozzle installed in the air suction end of the shell. The advantages of the present invention are smoking without tar, reducing the risk of cancer, the user still gets a smoking experience, the cigarette is not lit, and there is no fire danger.

Claims (31)

1. An electronic cigarette comprising:

a housing;

a battery, a control circuit, and a sensor in the housing, with the battery and the sensor electrically connected to the control circuit;

an air inlet for allowing air to enter into the housing, and a mouthpiece on the housing;

a liquid storage in the housing;

a vaporization nozzle comprising a coil heating element having a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the nozzle; and

wherein the electric heating element is arranged on the outside of the vaporization nozzle.

2. The electronic cigarette of claim 1 wherein the tubular nozzle comprises a fiber material.

3. The electronic cigarette of claim 1 wherein the nozzle has a diameter of approximately 0.05-2 mm and a length of approximately 3-20 mm.

4. The electronic cigarette of claim 1 wherein in the vaporization nozzle further comprises a base.

5. The electronic cigarette of claim 4 further comprising screw threads on the base.

6. The electronic cigarette of claim 1 wherein the control circuit has an output connected to the heating element, and an input connected to the sensor.

7. The electronic cigarette of claim 1 further comprising a passage tube connecting the solution storage to the tubular nozzle.

8. The electronic cigarette of claim 1 with the vaporization nozzle having a coating a ceramic material, a semiconductor material, or a corrosion-resistant metal.

9. The electronic cigarette of claim 1 wherein the liquid storage contains nicotine solution.

10. An electronic cigarette comprising:

a housing;

a battery and a sensor electrically connected to a control circuit in the housing;

an air inlet and an outlet in the housing and a mouthpiece on or in the housing;

a liquid storage element in the housing;

a liquid vaporizer comprising an electric heating element supported by a tubular nozzle, wherein the longitudinal axis of the electric heating element is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the nozzle; and

wherein the electric heating element is arranged on the outside of the vaporization nozzle.

11. The electronic cigarette of claim 10 wherein the control circuit has an output connected to the electric heating element, and an input connected to the sensor.

12. The electronic cigarette of claim 10 wherein the nozzle has a diameter of approximately 0.01 to 2 mm and a length of approximately 2 to 20 mm.

13. The electronic cigarette of claim 10 wherein the tubular nozzle comprises a fiber material.

14. The electronic cigarette of claim 10 with the heating element comprising a wire coil.

15. The electronic cigarette of claim 14 with the wire coil selected from the group consisting of nickel chromium alloy, iron chromium aluminum alloy, stain less steel, gold, platinum, and tungsten molybdenum alloy.

16. The electronic cigarette of claim 10 with the liquid vaporizer having a coating a ceramic material, a semiconductor material, or a corrosion-resistant metal.

17. The electronic cigarette of claim 10 wherein the liquid vaporizer comprises a base.

18. The electronic cigarette of claim 17 further comprising screw threads on the base.

19. The electronic cigarette of claim 10 wherein the liquid storage element contains nicotine solution.

Assignments (5)
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 →
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 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 03 1 11582 · Apr 29, 2003 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 10547244
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