IP Library Granted Patent US 10,952,477
Granted Patent B2
US 10,952,477 · App. 16/946,289 · Granted Mar 23, 2021

Electronic cigarette

Inventor: Lik Hon (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,952,477
App. No.
16/946,289
Granted
Mar 23, 2021
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 (23)

1. An electronic cigarette device, comprising:

a liquid container having a first end and a second end;

a mouthpiece attached onto the first end of the liquid container;

a nicotine solution liquid in the liquid container;

a retaining element on a side of the liquid container;

an atomizer including a porous body and a heating element in an atomization chamber, the heating element oriented perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the electronic cigarette device, the porous body in contact with the nicotine solution liquid in the liquid container, and the porous body providing the nicotine solution liquid from the liquid container to the heating element; and

an aerosol passageway extending from the atomizer towards the mouthpiece.

2. The electronic cigarette device of claim 1 with the second end of the liquid container adapted to be inserted into an opening in a first end of an elongated housing, with a first end of the mouthpiece contacting the first end of the elongated housing.

3. The electronic cigarette device of claim 2 with the retaining element holding the liquid container in the elongated housing.

4. The electronic cigarette device of claim 3 with the retaining element contacting an inside surface of the elongated housing.

5. The electronic cigarette device of claim 2 further including a battery, an electronic circuit board and a sensor in the elongated housing, with the battery electrically connectable to the heating element.

6. The electronic cigarette device of claim 1 further including a gas vent extending centrally from the liquid container into the mouthpiece.

7. The electronic cigarette device of claim 1 wherein the heating element comprises a metal wire.

8. The electronic cigarette device of claim 1 further including a housing and a digital display in the housing.

9. The electronic cigarette device of claim 1 with the porous body comprising a fiber material.

10. An electronic cigarette device, comprising:

a liquid container having a first end and a second end;

a nicotine solution liquid in the liquid container;

a retaining element on a side of the liquid container;

an atomizer including a porous body and a heating element in an atomization chamber, the heating element oriented perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the electronic cigarette device, the porous body in contact with the nicotine solution liquid in the liquid container, the porous body providing the nicotine solution liquid from the liquid container to the heating element; and

an aerosol passageway extending away from the atomizer, parallel to the longitudinal axis.

11. The electronic cigarette device of claim 10 further including a mouthpiece on the first end of the liquid container, and the aerosol passageway extending into the mouthpiece.

12. The electronic cigarette device of claim 10 wherein the porous body comprises a fiber material and the heating element comprises a metal wire.

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 Jun 17, 2020
From: HON, LIK
To: BEST PARTNERS WORLDWIDE LIMITED
Reel/Frame 052966/0743 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 17, 2020
From: RUYAN INVESTMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
To: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.
Reel/Frame 052968/0495 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 17, 2020
From: SBT INVESTMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
To: RUYAN INVESTMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 054074/0942 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 17, 2020
From: BEST PARTNERS WORLDWIDE LIMITED
To: SBT INVESTMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 054074/0980 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 200420031182.0 · Apr 14, 2004 · national
Continuity (8)
Division 16440956 · Jun 13, 2019
Continuation 15990773 · May 28, 2018
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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