261 |
CHARGING DEVICE FOR NON-COMBUSTION TYPE FLAVOR INHALER |
US15683329 |
2017-08-22 |
US20170347718A1 |
2017-12-07 |
Takuma NAKANO; Akihiko SUZUKI; Manabu TAKEUCHI; Manabu YAMADA |
A charging device for a non-combustion type flavor inhaler includes a housing having an electric contact with a non-combustion type flavor inhaler including a rechargeable battery; a power reception unit configured to receive electric power in a non-contact state from a power feeding unit included in a power feeding member; and a charging unit configured to supply the electric power received in the power reception unit to the rechargeable battery via the contact. |
262 |
HEAT REVERSIBLE COMPOSITION FOR SMOKING GOODS THAT ARE GEL-LIKE AT NORMAL TEMPERATURES |
US15679822 |
2017-08-17 |
US20170340005A1 |
2017-11-30 |
Fumitaka TERAO |
The present invention provides a thermoreversible composition for smoking goods that are gel-like at normal temperatures, comprising glycerin at 69.0-94.8 wt % with respect to the entirety of the composition, native-type gellan gum at 0.2-1.0 wt % with respect to the entirety of the composition, and water at 5.0-30.0 wt %. |
263 |
ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE |
US15672219 |
2017-08-08 |
US20170333651A1 |
2017-11-23 |
WEI-HUA QIU |
A modular electronic cigarette which can be assembled into different shapes and configurations includes at least one atomization module and at least one battery module, the at least one atomization module and at least one battery module being detachably assembled together by means of magnetic connection, snap-fit, USB connection, or accessory to obtain various combination shapes of the electronic cigarette. Threaded connections between components are not required. The electronic cigarette can satisfy requirements of the user for simple and diverse combinations of components, thus increasing the user experience. |
264 |
Accessory for an aerosol delivery device and related method and computer program product |
US14046464 |
2013-10-04 |
US09806549B2 |
2017-10-31 |
Michael Andrew Liberti; Quentin Paul Guenther, Jr. |
The present disclosure relates to an accessory device usable with a portable electronic device and an aerosol delivery device. The accessory device may include a case configured to receive the portable electronic device and the aerosol delivery device therein. Further, the accessory device may include an interface that provides an electrical connection and/or a data connection between the aerosol delivery device and the portable electronic device. Thereby, the portable electronic device may charge the aerosol delivery device or vice versa and/or data may be exchanged therebetween. A related method and a computer program product are also provided. |
265 |
ATOMIZATION ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE |
US15515606 |
2014-09-30 |
US20170295847A1 |
2017-10-19 |
Qiuming Liu |
An atomization assembly and an electronic cigarette, the atomization assembly comprising an atomization core and an e-liquid cup assembly, the e-liquid cup assembly comprises an e-liquid storage sleeve and a vent pipe, and an e-liquid storage cavity is formed between them; the atomization core comprises an atomization sleeve and a heating wire assembly, a first e-liquid guide hole allowing e-liquid to flow is formed on a side wall of the atomization sleeve; the atomization core further comprises an e-liquid inlet control structure sleeved in the atomization sleeve rotatably or movably in an axial direction of the atomization sleeve, openings for mounting the heating wire assembly are arranged on the e-liquid inlet control structure, when the e-liquid inlet control structure is rotated or axially moved, the opening and the first e-liquid guide through-hole are communicated or completely staggered, so as to open or close the first e-liquid guide through-hole. |
266 |
VAPORIZATION ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE |
US15512836 |
2014-09-19 |
US20170295846A1 |
2017-10-19 |
Qiuming Liu |
The invention relates to a vaporization assembly and an electronic cigarette; the vaporization assembly comprises an e-liquid cup assembly and a vaporization core arranged in the e-liquid cup assembly; the e-liquid cup assembly has an e-liquid storage chamber used for accommodating e-liquid; the vaporization core comprises a vaporization base and an electric heating wire assembly; the vaporization base is internally provided with a smoke passageway used for providing passage to the smoke produced by vaporization; the electric heating wire assembly is arranged on the smoke passageway; the electric heating wire assembly comprises an electric heating wire used for heating and vaporizing the e-liquid; the vaporization core comprises an insulating tube used for isolating the vaporization base from the electric heating wire; the insulating tube is interposed in the vaporization base, and supports the electric heating wire along the length of the vaporization base. |
267 |
Electronic cigarette |
US14735116 |
2015-06-09 |
US09788577B2 |
2017-10-17 |
Tuanfang Liu |
An electronic cigarette, including: a cigarette holder assembly; a fixing seat assembly; an atomization assembly; a gas flow control assembly; and a glass housing. The cigarette holder assembly is made of metal. The fixing seat assembly operates to fix the glass housing and to regulate an air flow. The atomization assembly is disposed inside the glass housing. The heating wires are disposed inside the atomization assembly. The cigarette holder assembly is connected to the fixing seat assembly in the manner of plugging. The glass housing is connected to a middle support via a fixing jaw. The atomization assembly is assembled with the gas flow control assembly using screw threads to form an integrated structure, and the integrated structure of the atomization assembly and the gas flow control assembly is then assembled with the fixing seat assembly. |
268 |
MOUTHPIECE ASSEMBLY, ATOMIZER AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE HAVING SAME |
US15590008 |
2017-05-08 |
US20170238614A1 |
2017-08-24 |
YONGHAI LI; ZHONGLI XU; YIKUAN ZHU; PENGFEI JIANG |
An exemplary mouthpiece assembly includes a mouthpiece. The mouthpiece includes a sucking end, a connecting end, and an air passage. The sucking end defines an air outlet, and the connecting end defines an air inlet. The mouthpiece assembly further includes a partition element dividing the air passage into an air intake chamber and an air outlet chamber. The mouthpiece further includes a sidewall defining at least one first through hole and at least one second through hole, the first through hole is in communication with the air intake chamber, and the second through hole is in communication with the air outlet chamber. The mouthpiece assembly further includes an air adjusting ring defining at least one gap. The air adjusting ring is rotatable relative to mouthpiece, so that an overlapped area among the first through hole, the at least one gap, and the second through hole can be changed. |
269 |
Electronic Cigarette Charger |
US15125976 |
2014-03-14 |
US20170229888A1 |
2017-08-10 |
Qiuming Liu |
An electronic cigarette charger, comprising a housing, a charging circuit board, a first electric connecting piece and a second electric connecting piece, a first elastic metal wire, a second elastic metal wire, and a suspension structure arranged on the housing and used for suspending the electronic cigarette charger, wherein one end of the first elastic metal wire and the second elastic metal wire is connected to the charging circuit board in an insertion mode, the other end of the first elastic metal wire is connected to the first electric connecting piece in a buckling mode, and the other end of the second elastic metal wire is connected to the second electric connecting piece in a buckling mode. Therefore, the electronic cigarette charger is convenient to carry and to assemble by skillfully connecting the first elastic metal wire and the second elastic metal wire with remaining components, improving a production efficiency. |
270 |
ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE |
US15329257 |
2014-07-31 |
US20170208866A1 |
2017-07-27 |
Qiuming Liu |
Provided is an electronic cigarette comprising a smoking end, an atomization assembly and a battery assembly; an airflow passage communicating with the smoking end is defined in the electronic cigarette; one end of the battery assembly is provided with a first connection sleeve connected to the atomization assembly; a peripheral wall of the first connection sleeve is provided with at least one first air inlet hole; a side wall of a first accommodation chamber is provided with at least one second air inlet hole communicating with first accommodation chamber and the first air inlet hole; thus it is unnecessary for the airflow to pass through the electrode before entering the smoking end, such that a circulation of the air flow is smoother, noise is reduced, and the battery assembly and atomization assembly are prevented from being mixed up during use. |
271 |
Apparatuses for smoking from a glove |
US13960707 |
2013-08-06 |
US09675106B2 |
2017-06-13 |
Edward M. Barry, Jr. |
A smoking glove includes a glove having a first opening and a second opening, the first opening located at a finger portion of the glove. The second opening is distal from the first opening at a distance of at least half a length of the finger portion of the glove. The smoking glove includes tubing, the tubing stretching from the first opening of the glove to the second opening of the glove. The tubing is located within the glove. The smoking glove includes a bowl located at a first end of the tubing. |
272 |
Responsible cigarette holder |
US14487771 |
2014-09-16 |
US09655382B2 |
2017-05-23 |
John R. Zade; Mariam Zade |
A cigarette holder has an elongate tubular member, and includes a mouthpiece at a proximate end and a cylindrical receptacle at a distal end that is dimensioned to receive one end of a cigarette. A plurality of filters are axially spaced from each other along an intermediate portion of the holder to form air spaces between adjacent filters. Adjustable discs or rings are provided on the tubular member and are movable relative to a reference marking, one disc bearing time periods or intervals and the other disc bearing a maximum number of cigarettes that can be smoked in one time period, The discs or rings can provide cigarette reduction reminders each time period of the target number of cigarettes that can be smoked in each time period or interval. |
273 |
ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING DETERIORATION OF ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE LIQUID |
US15336743 |
2016-10-27 |
US20170042248A1 |
2017-02-16 |
Zhiyong XIANG |
An electronic cigarette and method for preventing deterioration of the electronic cigarette liquid; both ends of an atomization assembly are provided with valve assemblies to control whether to enable the cigarette liquid in the atomization assembly to contact external air; when a user smokes, an air flow sensor senses the internal air pressure change of an electronic cigarette body, and transmits a pulse signal to a microcontroller; the microcontroller transmits, according to the pulse signal, a first control signal to the valve assemblies to open a valve, and controls the atomization assembly to atomize the cigarette liquid to produce cigarette smoke; when the user stops smoking, the electronic cigarette body has no air flow change therein, and the microcontroller does not receive any pulse signal, and closes the valve assemblies to enable the cigarette liquid in the atomization assembly to be isolated from the external air. |
274 |
ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE OPERATING METHOD |
US15336734 |
2016-10-27 |
US20170042247A1 |
2017-02-16 |
Zhiyong XIANG |
An electronic cigarette and an electronic cigarette operating method are provided. The electronic cigarette includes an electronic cigarette body, where an airflow sensor, an atomization component, a voice module and a microcontroller are arranged in the electronic cigarette body. The microcontroller is configured to receive and identify different pulse signals and transmit a control signal based on the different pulse signals, the airflow sensor is connected to the microcontroller and is configured to transmit the different pulse signals to the microcontroller based on different flow rates of airflow in the electronic cigarette body, the voice module is connected to the microcontroller and is configured to receive the control signal and send a melody, and the atomization component is connected to the microcontroller and is configured to atomize cigarette liquid to generate vapor. |
275 |
ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE |
US14765345 |
2014-11-14 |
US20160302487A1 |
2016-10-20 |
Zhiping Chen |
The present invention provides an electronic cigarette, including a cartridge and an atomizer device. The cartridge includes a liquid reservoir chamber and liquid outlets for communicating the internal of the liquid reservoir chamber with the outside. The atomizer device includes a liquid reservoir room and liquid inlets for communicating the internal of the liquid reservoir room with the outside. The cartridge is mounted to the atomizer device, and is capable of rotating relatively to the atomizer device between a first position A and a second position B. When the cartridge is located at the first position A, the liquid outlets align with the liquid inlets, to communicate the liquid reservoir chamber with the liquid reservoir room. When the cartridge is located at the second position B, the liquid outlets misalign with the liquid inlets, to disconnect the liquid reservoir chamber with the liquid reservoir room. |
276 |
ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE |
US14735116 |
2015-06-09 |
US20160295920A1 |
2016-10-13 |
Tuanfang LIU |
An electronic cigarette, including: a cigarette holder assembly; a fixing seat assembly; an atomization assembly; a gas flow control assembly; and a glass housing. The cigarette holder assembly is made of metal. The fixing seat assembly operates to fix the glass housing and to regulate an air flow. The atomization assembly is disposed inside the glass housing. The heating wires are disposed inside the atomization assembly. The cigarette holder assembly is connected to the fixing seat assembly in the manner of plugging. The glass housing is connected to a middle support via a fixing jaw. The atomization assembly is assembled with the gas flow control assembly using screw threads to form an integrated structure, and the integrated structure of the atomization assembly and the gas flow control assembly is then assembled with the fixing seat assembly. |
277 |
DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM |
US15174095 |
2016-06-06 |
US20160284197A1 |
2016-09-29 |
Qiuming LIU |
A data communication method and a data communication method are provided. The method includes: detecting, by an electronic cigarette, a behavior characteristic of a user; generating, by the electronic cigarette, a first triggering signal for indicating a current behavior of the user, if the behavior characteristic of the user meets a reporting condition; transmitting, by the electronic cigarette, the first triggering signal to a user terminal bound to the electronic cigarette; collecting, by the user terminal, use information of the electronic cigarette according to the first triggering signal; determining, by the user terminal, preset time and a preset event according to the collected use information; and issuing, by the user terminal, a prompt about the preset event at the preset time. |
278 |
An Igniting Activator for Novel Electric-Heating Cigarette |
US14761250 |
2014-11-10 |
US20160242465A1 |
2016-08-25 |
Xudong ZHENG; Jianguo TANG; Dalin YUAN; Ping LEI; Shanzhai SHANG; Shoubo LI; Yongkuan CHEN; Mingming MIAO |
This invention relates to an electric-heating smoking article comprising an igniting activator, the electric-heating smoking article comprising a mouthpiece 20 on its one end, and the igniting activator 10 on its other end, wherein the igniting activator 10 comprises at least one temperature measurement element 1 and a heat conductor 2 contacting with the temperature measurement element 1, wherein the temperature measurement element 1 is connected to a positive wire terminal of a heating element 5 and a negative wire terminal of a power supply 6. When the heat conductor 2 is heated to a temperature above a specified value, the smoking article activates the heating element to heat, enabling consumers to get used to novel electric-heating cigarettes without changing their traditional smoke behaviors while keeping the igniting manner unchanged. This invention also discloses an igniting activation method of an electric-heating smoking article. |
279 |
DISPOSABLE REFILL AMPULE |
US14612493 |
2015-02-03 |
US20160221707A1 |
2016-08-04 |
Yongjie Xu; Daniel Donovan Harlan Phillips |
A disposable refill ampule includes a hollow plastic body containing a liquid-filled reservoir sealed therein. The plastic body has a needle-nose projection extending outwardly from the plastic body. The projection is sealed on a distal end of the projection so that liquid is sealed inside the body and the projection. A connector is fixed to the projection near the distal end of the projection where it is adapted to be snapped off between the distal end and the connector to make the liquid available. |
280 |
PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRONIC VAPORIZING APPARATUS AND SMOKING CESSATION SYSTEM |
US15021577 |
2014-09-12 |
US20160219938A1 |
2016-08-04 |
Michael Suhayl MAMOUN; Daniel Lawrence BLANCHARD; Arthur Lawrence BRODY |
A programmable smoking cessation system includes an electronic vaporizing apparatus system, apparatus, nicotine management plan. Methods for the reduction of nicotine consumption based on the nicotine management plan to reduce or eliminate nicotine dependence. The systems, apparatuses and methods described herein utilize a digital processing device in combination with a vapor release mechanism to vaporize and blend nicotine and non-nicotine liquid substances from cartridge chambers to produce vapors configured to reduce nicotine consumption and dependence at a modulated rate over a specified period of time based on the nicotine management plan. The system and apparatus are configurable to track and report data acquired during use and provide feed back to a user and/or a clinical professional. |