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US 10,092,040 B1Granted
E-vaping device
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsSteve R. Rinehart, Barry Smith, Charles Dendy
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Abstract
An e-vaping device includes a battery section, an e-vaping tank capable of holding a liquid material, and an adapter connecting the battery section to the e-vaping tank. The adapter includes a heater capable of vaporizing the liquid material, and a wick capable of drawing the liquid material from the e-vaping tank to the heater. The adapter is connected to the e-vaping tank and the power source section via threaded connections. The threaded connections between the adapter and the battery section have threads with a non-standard pitch.
Claims9
An e-vapor device, comprising:
- a mouth piece;
- a tank defining a liquid storage portion and an air passage from the mouth piece;
- an adapter containing a heater and wick, the heater in fluid communication with the air passage, the wick in communication with the liquid storage portion and the heater, the heater configured to vaporize a liquid material from the liquid storage portion;
- the adapter having first and second ends, the first end operationally connected to the tank, the second end including male threads having a non-standard pitch;
- and
- a battery section, the battery section including,
- a power supply, and
- female threads at an end of the battery section, the female threads mating with the non-standard pitch of the male threads of the adapter,
- wherein values of nominal dimensions of the male and female threads, other than the non-standard pitch of the male and female threads, are standard nominal dimensions determined by international standards organization (ISO) Standard Number 68-1:1998 using a standard pitch of 0.75 mm, the non-standard pitch for the male and female threads being 0.6 mm.
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An e-vapor device, comprising:
- a mouth piece;
- a tank defining a liquid storage portion and an air passage from the mouth piece;
- an adapter containing a heater and wick, the heater in fluid communication with the air passage, the wick in communication with the liquid storage portion and the heater, the heater configured to vaporize a liquid material from the liquid storage portion;
- and
- the adapter having first and second ends, the first end operationally connected to the tank, the second end including male threads having a non-standard pitch,
- wherein values of nominal dimensions of the male threads, other than the non-standard pitch of the male threads, are standard nominal dimensions determined by international standards organization (ISO) Standard Number 68-1:1998 using a standard pitch of 0.75 mm, the non-standard pitch for the male threads being 0.6 mm.
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An e-vapor device, comprising:
- a mouth piece;
- a tank defining a liquid storage portion and an air passage from the mouth piece;
- an adapter containing a heater and wick, the heater in fluid communication with the air passage, the wick in communication with the liquid storage portion and the heater, the heater configured to vaporize a liquid material from the liquid storage portion;
- the adapter having first and second ends, the first end operationally connected to the tank, the second end including first threads having a non-standard pitch;
- and
- a battery section, the battery section including,
- a power supply, and
- second threads at an end of the battery section, the second threads mating with the non-standard pitch of the first threads of the adapter,
- wherein values of nominal dimensions of the first and second threads, other than the non-standard pitch of the first and second threads, are standard nominal dimensions determined by international standards organization (ISO) Standard Number 68-1:1998 using a standard pitch of 0.75 mm, the non-standard pitch of the of the first and second threads being 0.6 mm, wherein a major diameter of the first and second threads is 7.00 mm.
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An e-vapor device, comprising:
- a mouth piece;
- a tank defining a liquid storage portion and an air passage from the mouth piece;
- an adapter containing a heater and wick, the heater in fluid communication with the air passage, the wick in communication with the liquid storage portion and the heater, the heater configured to vaporize a liquid material from the liquid storage portion;
- and
- the adapter having first and second ends, the first end operationally connected to the tank, the second end including threads having a non-standard pitch,
- wherein values of nominal dimensions of the threads, other than the non-standard pitch of the threads, are standard nominal dimensions determined by international standards organization (ISO) Standard Number 68-1:1998 using a standard pitch of 0.75 mm, the non-standard pitch for the threads being 0.6 mm, a major diameter of the threads being 7.00 mm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.