IP Library Granted Patent US 10,517,333
Granted Patent B2
US 10,517,333 · App. 15/904,217 · Granted Dec 31, 2019

Electronic cigarette

Inventor: Lik Hon (North Point, HK)
Assignee: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.
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Patent No.
US 10,517,333
App. No.
15/904,217
Granted
Dec 31, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic cigarette includes a battery assembly and an atomizer assembly within a housing with the battery assembly electrically connected to the atomizer assembly. The housing has one or more air inlets. A liquid storage component is in contact with a porous component of the atomizer assembly, with the porous component having a run-through hole. A heating wire is in an air flow path through the run-through hole.

Claims (52)

1. A vaporizing device comprising:

a battery assembly including a first housing and a rechargeable battery electrically connected to an electronic circuit board in the first housing;

a charging connector and an operating indicator in the battery assembly, the charging connector and the operating indicator electrically connected to the electronic circuit board; an atomizer assembly electrically connected to the battery assembly;

a second housing containing a liquid and having a vapor outlet, the second housing insertable into an open end of the first housing;

at least one air inlet for allowing air to flow through the atomizer assembly;

the atomizer assembly including a coil electrically connected to the electronic circuit board, the coil in an atomization chamber, the coil wound around a portion of a porous component, the coil having a central axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the device, with the porous component absorbing liquid contained in the second housing;

a frame having a first section including a base perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the device, the base having a through hole to allow air to flow through the frame, the frame having a second section parallel to the longitudinal axis of the device, the second section positioning the porous component on the frame;

the porous component extending through openings in the second section of the frame, with the portion of the porous component between first and second spaced apart sides of the second section of the frame; and an air flow path from the at least one air inlet, through the atomization chamber to the vapor outlet.

2. The device of claim 1 with a part of the air flow path inside of the second housing.

3. The device of claim 1 further including a restriction component in the air flow path, with the restriction component having an opening with a diameter less than a diameter of the atomization chamber.

4. The device of claim 1 further including an airflow sensor electrically connected to the electronic circuit board.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein the portion of the porous component is parallel to the base of the frame.

6. The device of claim 5 wherein the through hole is aligned with a central section of the coil.

7. The device of claim 6 with a central section of the porous component extending across an opening in the second section of the frame.

8. The device of claim 1 wherein the first housing is an elongate tubular housing.

9. The device of claim 1 including an air channel extending into the second housing from the vapor outlet, and with the vapor outlet located in an end surface of the second housing.

10. A vaporizing device comprising:

a battery assembly including a first housing and a rechargeable battery electrically connected to an electronic circuit board in the first housing;

a charging connector and an operating indicator in the battery assembly, the charging connector and the operating indicator electrically connected to the electronic circuit board;

an atomizer assembly electrically connected to the battery assembly;

a second housing containing a liquid and having a vapor outlet, the second housing insertable into the first housing;

at least one air inlet for allowing air to flow through the atomizer assembly and the second housing;

the atomizer assembly including a wire coil electrically connected to the electronic circuit board, the wire coil in an atomization chamber, the wire coil wound around a portion of a cylindrical porous component, the wire coil having a central axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the device, with the cylindrical porous component absorbing liquid contained in the second housing;

a frame having a first section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the device and a second section parallel to the longitudinal axis of the device, with the cylindrical porous component supported on the frame, and the porous component extending through openings in the second section of the frame, with the portion of the cylindrical porous component between first and second spaced apart sides of the frame;

a through hole in the first section of the frame to allow air to flow through the frame;

an air flow path from the at least one air inlet, through the atomization chamber to the vapor outlet; and the vapor outlet at an end of the second housing.

11. The device of claim 10 further including an airflow sensor electrically connected to the electronic circuit board.

12. The device of claim 10 with the through hole aligned with a central section of the cylindrical porous component.

13. A device comprising:

a housing having a first shell and a second shell;

a battery assembly including a rechargeable battery electrically connected to an electronic circuit board in the first shell;

a charging connector at an end of the first shell and an operating indicator in the first shell, the charging connector and the operating indicator electrically connected to the electronic circuit board;

an atomizer assembly electrically connected to the battery assembly;

a vapor outlet and liquid in the second shell, the second shell insertable into an open end of the first shell;

at least one air inlet for allowing air to flow into the housing;

the atomizer assembly including a wire coil electrically connected to the electronic circuit board, the wire coil wound around a section of a porous component perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the device;

the porous component set on a frame, the porous component extending through openings in the frame, with the section of the porous component between first and second spaced apart sides of the frame;

the porous component absorbing liquid contained in the second shell; and

an air flow path from the at least one air inlet, through a vaporization chamber, to the vapor outlet.

14. The device of claim 13 further including one or more protruding ribs on the outside of the second shell forming part of the air flow path when the second shell is inserted into the first shell.

15. The device of claim 13 further including an inward ventilating groove on the second shell.

16. The device of claim 1 further including an airflow sensor electrically connected to the electronic circuit board.

17. The device of claim 10 wherein the first housing is an elongated tubular housing.

18. A vaporizing device comprising:

a battery assembly including a first housing and a rechargeable battery electrically connected to an electronic circuit board in the first housing;

a charging connector and an operating indicator in the battery assembly, the charging connector and the operating indicator electrically connected to the electronic circuit board;

an atomizer assembly electrically connected to the battery assembly;

a second housing containing a liquid and having a vapor outlet, the second housing insertable into an open end of the first housing;

at least one air inlet for allowing air to flow through the atomizer assembly;

the atomizer assembly including a coil electrically connected to the electronic circuit board, the coil in an atomization chamber, the coil wound around a porous component, the coil having a central axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the device, with the porous component absorbing liquid contained in the second housing;

a frame having a through hole in a flat surface of the frame to allow air to flow through the frame, a portion of the porous component extending through first and second side openings in the frame, and

an air flow path from the at least one air inlet, through the atomization chamber to the vapor outlet.

Assignments (3)
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 Oct 31, 2019
From: HON, LIK
To: RUYAN INVESTMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 050885/0505 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2019
From: RUYAN INVESTMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
To: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.
Reel/Frame 050885/0529 →
Priority Claims (1)
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