IP Library Granted Patent US 12,274,301
Granted Patent B2
US 12,274,301 · App. 18/486,966 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Electronic cigarette

Inventor: Lik Hon (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: FONTEM VENTURES B.V.
A24F40/46A24F40/40A24F40/42A24F40/44A61M11/041A61M11/042A61M15/06H05B3/0014H05B3/06A24F40/10A61M2016/0024A61M2205/8206
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Patent No.
US 12,274,301
App. No.
18/486,966
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An atomizing electronic cigarette has an atomizing core component and a liquid storage component. including an electric heater. The electric heater may have a through hole aligned with a channel passing through the liquid storage component. The cigarette can heat and uniformly vaporize liquid from the liquid storage component, with the user inhaling the vaporized liquid. The vapor generated by the atomizing process may be cooled as it flows through the channel.

Claims (25)

1. An electronic cigarette, comprising:

a first housing having a battery;

a second housing attached to the first housing, the second housing including an inhalation port;

a liquid storage component and an atomizing core in the second housing, the atomizing core including a wire coil electrically connectable to the battery for atomizing liquid from the liquid storage component;

the atomizing core centrally supported in the second housing on a bracket; and

a channel extending through and surrounded by the liquid storage component, with the channel and the inhalation port forming an airflow path centrally located within the second housing, and with the channel providing a continuous passageway from the wire coil to the inhalation port.

2. The electronic cigarette of claim 1 further including an air-intake connection component and an electrode ring on the bracket, the wire coil electrically connected to the battery through the electrode ring.

3. The electronic cigarette of claim 2 further including a ring post in the first housing engageable with the electrode ring.

4. The electronic cigarette of claim 3 further including a contact part on the electrode ring post extending axially and contacting the electrode ring.

5. The electronic cigarette of claim 1 further a sensor in the first housing electrically connected to the battery.

6. The electronic cigarette of claim 5 further comprising an auxiliary air inlet in the first housing leading into the channel via an air vent through the bracket.

7. The electronic cigarette of claim 1 wherein the wire coil is in the channel.

8. The electronic cigarette of claim 7 wherein the wire coil is surrounded by the liquid storage component.

9. The electronic cigarette of claim 7 wherein the wire coil is at a first end of the channel.

10. The electronic cigarette of claim 1 further comprising a liquid conduction component having an axial section and a radial section, the radial section contacting an end of the liquid conduction component.

11. The electronic cigarette of claim 10 further comprising a liquid permeating component sleeved on wire coil and in contact with the axial section of the liquid conduction component.

12. An electronic cigarette, comprising:

a first housing having a battery;

a sensor in the first housing electrically connected to the battery;

a second housing attached to the first housing, the second housing including an inhalation port;

a liquid storage component and an atomizing core in the second housing, the atomizing core including a wire coil electrically connectable to the battery for atomizing liquid from the liquid storage component;

the atomizing core centrally supported in the second housing on a bracket;

an electrode ring on the bracket;

a ring post in the first housing engageable with the electrode ring, the wire coil electrically connected to the battery through the ring post and the electrode ring; and

a channel extending through and surrounded by the liquid storage component, with the channel and the inhalation port forming an airflow path centrally located within the second housing, and with the channel providing a continuous unobstructed passageway from the wire coil to the inhalation port.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2024
From: HON, LIK
To: RUYAN INVESTMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 069578/0033 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2024
From: RUYAN INVESTMENT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
To: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.
Reel/Frame 069578/0095 →
MERGER Recorded Dec 13, 2024
From: FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.
To: FONTEM VENTURES B.V.
Reel/Frame 069578/0207 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 200920001296.3 · Feb 11, 2009 · national
Continuity (8)
Continuation 17136611 · Dec 29, 2020
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Continuation 15902712 · Feb 22, 2018
Continuation 15091017 · Apr 5, 2016
Continuation 14307663 · Jun 18, 2014
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Continuation PCTCN2010000125 · Jan 28, 2010
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