IP Library Granted Patent US 9,538,783
Granted Patent B2
US 9,538,783 · App. 13/897,752 · Granted Jan 10, 2017

Electronic cigarette case with the ability of mobile data storage

Inventor: Zhiyong Xiang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
A24F15/18A24F47/008
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Patent No.
US 9,538,783
App. No.
13/897,752
Granted
Jan 10, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic cigarette case comprising a case body to accommodate electronic cigarettes is provided, the electronic cigarette case further comprises a storage managing module, a storage and a data transmission interface, the storage and the data transmission interface are in communication with the storage managing module, the storage managing module will read external data from external electronic equipments through the data transmission interface and write the external data into the storage for storing; or the storage managing module will read the stored data from the storage and transfer them to the external electronic equipments through the data transmission interface. Thus, the electronic cigarette case and the mobile storage device can be integrated as a whole to make it friendly for users to be carried.

Claims (8)

1. An electronic cigarette case comprising a case body to accommodate electronic cigarettes, wherein the electronic cigarette case further comprises a storage managing module, a storage and a data transmission interface, the storage and the data transmission interface are in communication with the storage managing module, the storage managing module will read external data from external electronic equipment through the data transmission interface and write the external data into the storage for storage; or the storage managing module will read the stored data from the storage and transfer them to the external electronic equipment through the data transmission interface;

wherein the electronic cigarette case further comprises a case battery charging module, a control unit, a boosting module and a human-computer interface module, the case battery charging module is configured to manage the charging of a built-in battery in the case, the control unit is configured to manage the case battery charging module, the boosting module is configured to charge at least one of the electronic cigarettes inserted into the case, and the boosting module is in communication with the control unit, the human-computer interface module is configured to indicate an operative mode of the case and receive instructions from users, and the case battery charging module, the boosting module and the human-computer interface module are in communication with the control unit:

wherein the data transmission interface comprises a USB interface and an electronic cigarette data transmission interface, the USB interface is used to connect with the external electronic equipment to exchange the external data with the external electronic equipment, the electronic cigarette data transmission interface is connected with the electronic cigarette so as to receive user smoking data for storing;

wherein the case battery charging module is connected to an external source through an electric plug in order to charge the built-in battery in the case through the external source, or the case battery charging module is connected to an external source or the external electronic equipment through the USB interface in order to charge the built-in battery in the case through the external source or the external electronic equipment; and

wherein the storage managing module is integrated in the control unit and also used to read parameters of the built-in battery from the case battery charging module to store them to the storage, and the parameters of the built-in battery comprise a charging frequency, a charging time, a charging current, and a capacity of the built-in battery in the case.

2. The electronic cigarette case of claim 1 , wherein, the control unit may be a micro control unit, a central process unit, a graphic process unit or an application specific integrated circuit chip.

3. The electronic cigarette case of claim 1 , wherein, the storage may be a flash.

4. The electronic cigarette case of claim 1 , the boosting module is electrically connected to the built-in battery in the case through an interface in order to charge a battery rod of the electronic cigarette inserted into the case through the built-in battery in the case.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2016
From: KIMREE HI-TECH INC.
To: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
Reel/Frame 039976/0896 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2014
From: XIANG, ZHIYONG
To: KIMREE HI-TECH INC
Reel/Frame 033830/0381 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2013 1 0128738 · Apr 15, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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