IP Library Granted Patent US 9,681,688
Granted Patent B1
US 9,681,688 · App. 14/572,316 · Granted Jun 20, 2017

E-vaping device

Inventors: Steve R. Rinehart (Chesterfield, VA); Barry S. Smith (Hopewell, VA); Charles Dendy (Richmond, VA)
Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
A24F47/008A61M15/06
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,681,688
App. No.
14/572,316
Granted
Jun 20, 2017
Kind
B1
Abstract

An e-vaping device includes a battery section, an e-vaping tank capable of holding a liquid material, and an adapter connecting the battery section to the e-vaping tank. The adapter includes a heater capable of vaporizing the liquid material, and a wick capable of drawing the liquid material from the e-vaping tank to the heater. The adapter is connected to the e-vaping tank and the power source section via threaded connections. The threaded connections between the adapter and the battery section have threads with a non-standard pitch.

Claims (16)

1. An e-vapor device, comprising:

a mouth piece;

a tank defining a liquid storage portion and an air passage from the mouth piece;

an adapter containing a heater and wick, the heater in fluid communication with the air passage, the wick in communication with the liquid storage portion and the heater, the heater configured to vaporize the liquid material;

the adapter having first and second ends, the first end operationally connected to the tank, the second end including male threads having a non-standard pitch;

a battery section, the battery section including,

a power supply, and

female threads at an end of the battery section, the female threads mating with the non-standard pitch of the male threads of the adapter,

wherein a major diameter of the male and female threads is 7.00 mm and the non-standard pitch of the male and female threads is 0.6 mm, and the female threads have a root radius of 0.108 mm, a pitch diameter of 6.513 mm, a minor diameter of 6.188 mm, a thread height of 0.406 mm, and a tap drill diameter of 6.20 mm.

2. The e-vapor device of claim 1 , wherein the male threads have a root radius of 0.108 mm, a pitch diameter of 6.513 mm, a minor diameter of 6.080 mm, a thread height of 0.460 mm, and a tap drill diameter of 6.20 mm.

3. An e-vapor device, comprising:

a mouth piece;

a tank defining a liquid storage portion and an air passage from the mouth piece;

an adapter containing a heater and wick, the heater in fluid communication with the air passage, the wick in communication with the liquid storage portion and the heater, the heater configured to vaporize the liquid material; and

the adapter having first and second ends, the first end operationally connected to the tank, the second end including male threads having a non-standard pitch,

wherein a major diameter of the male threads is 7.00 mm and the non-standard pitch of the male threads is 0.6 mm, and the male threads have a root radius of 0.108 mm, a pitch diameter of 6.513 mm, a minor diameter of 6.080 mm, a thread height of 0.460 mm, and a tap drill diameter of 6.20 mm.

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 25, 2015
From: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES INC.; ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
To: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
Reel/Frame 036408/0088 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2015
From: RINEHART, STEVE; SMITH, BARRY; DENDY, CHARLES
To: ATRIA CLIENT SERVICES, INC., CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 034809/0830 →