IP Library Granted Patent US 10,045,564
Granted Patent B2
US 10,045,564 · App. 15/633,434 · Granted Aug 14, 2018

Electronic cigarette

Inventor: Lik Hon (North Point, HK)
Assignee: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.
A24F47/008A61M11/005A61M11/044A61M15/0085A61M15/06A61M16/0003H05B1/0291H05B3/0004A61M2016/0024A61M2016/0027A61M2205/587A61M2205/8206
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Patent No.
US 10,045,564
App. No.
15/633,434
Granted
Aug 14, 2018
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, and an aerosol passage are interconnected.

Claims (42)

1. A vaporizing device, comprising:

a housing having a battery and an LED electrically connected to an electronic circuit board;

an atomizer having a heating wire positioned in a cavity with the heating wire extending and oriented in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the housing;

a removable liquid supply assembly having a liquid container, a first end and a second end;

an air flow passage from an inlet to an outlet in a mouthpiece at the second end of the removable liquid supply assembly, the air flow passage including an aerosol passage from the atomizer to the outlet; and

a retaining element on a side of the liquid container, the first end of the removable liquid supply assembly configured to be inserted into the housing;

the liquid container adapted to hold liquid; and

a porous component for moving liquid from the liquid container to the heating wire.

2. The vaporizing device of claim 1 wherein the retaining element retains the liquid container in the housing.

3. The vaporizing device of claim 2 further including a manually operated switch electrically connected to the electronic circuit board.

4. The vaporizing device of claim 1 wherein the air flow passage extends through the atomizer to the mouthpiece.

5. The vaporizing device of claim 2 with the porous component comprising a fiber material.

6. The vaporizing device of claim 5 with the heating wire in the air flow passage.

7. The vaporizing device of claim 2 with the liquid container comprising a re-fillable bottle.

8. The vaporizing device of claim 2 wherein the liquid is vaporized via heating the heating wire.

9. The vaporizing device of claim 2 further comprising propylene glycol in the liquid container.

10. The vaporizing device of claim 2 further including a gas vent leading into the mouthpiece co-axial with the longitudinal axis of the housing.

11. A vaporizing device, comprising:

a housing having a battery connected to an electronic circuit board;

a heating wire positioned in a cavity, the heating wire extending and oriented in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the housing;

an air flow passage from an inlet to an outlet;

a removable liquid supply assembly having a mouthpiece and a liquid container, a first end and a second end, an aerosol passage leading to the outlet through the mouthpiece at the second end of the removable liquid supply assembly;

a retaining element for retaining the removable liquid supply assembly in the housing;

the first end of the removable liquid supply assembly configured to be inserted into the housing;

the liquid container adapted to hold liquid; and

a porous component for moving liquid from the liquid container to the heating wire.

12. The vaporizing device of claim 11 with the aerosol passage on a first side of the liquid container and the retaining element on a second side of the liquid container opposite from the first side.

13. The vaporizing device of claim 11 with the porous component comprising a fiber material.

14. The vaporizing device of claim 11 with the heating wire in the air flow passage and the air flow passage extending through an atomizer to the mouthpiece.

15. The vaporizing device of claim 14 further including a gas vent leading into the mouthpiece co-axial with the longitudinal axis of the housing.

16. The vaporizing device of claim 11 further including a manually operated switch electrically connected to the electronic circuit board.

17. The vaporizing device of claim 11 further including a sensor electrically connected to the electronic circuit board.

18. A vaporizing device, comprising:

a housing having a battery and an LED electrically connected to an electronic circuit board;

a manually operated switch electrically connected to the electronic circuit board;

an atomizer having a heating wire positioned in a cavity, with the heating wire extending and oriented in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the housing;

an air flow passage from an inlet to an outlet, with the heating wire in the air flow passage and the air flow passage extending through the atomizer;

a removable liquid supply assembly having a liquid container, a first end and a second end, an aerosol passage on a first side of the liquid container leading to the outlet through a mouthpiece at the second end of the removable liquid supply assembly;

a retaining element on a second side of the liquid container opposite from the first side, for retaining the removable liquid supply assembly to the housing, the first end of the removable liquid supply assembly configured to be inserted into the housing;

the liquid container adapted to hold liquid; and

a porous component for moving liquid from the liquid container to the heating wire, wherein the liquid is vaporized via heating the heating wire.

19. The vaporizing device of claim 18 with the liquid container comprising a re-fillable bottle.

Assignments (5)
MERGER Recorded Jan 31, 2023
From: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.
To: FONTEM VENTURES B.V.
Reel/Frame 062591/0624 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2018
From: HON, LIK
To: BEST PARTNERS WORLDWIDE LIMITED
Reel/Frame 044848/0332 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2018
From: RUYAN INVESTMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
To: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.
Reel/Frame 044848/0508 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 6, 2018
From: BEST PARTNERS WORLDWIDE LIMITED
To: SBT INVESTMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 045268/0409 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 6, 2018
From: SBT INVESTMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
To: RUYAN INVESTMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 045270/0045 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2004 2 0031182 U · Apr 14, 2004 · national
Continuity (6)
Continuation 14525066 · Oct 27, 2014
Continuation 13777927 · Feb 26, 2013
Division 13560789 · Jul 27, 2012
Continuation 12944123 · Nov 11, 2010
Continuation 10587707
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