# US 11,439,189 B2 · Mesh network charging for aerosol delivery devices > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,439,189 B2 - Document ID: US11439189B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/860,670 - Filed: 2020-04-28 - Published: 2021-10-28 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2020-04-28 - Assignees: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. - Applicants: Rai Strategic Holdings, Inc. - Inventors: Rajesh Sur - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11439189B2 ## CPC - A24F 40/90: Arrangements or methods specially adapted for charging batteries thereof - A24F 40/51: Arrangement of sensors - A24F 40/60: Devices with integrated user interfaces - A61M 11/042: {electrical} - A61M 15/06: Inhaling appliances shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes - H02J 7/02: for charging batteries from AC mains by converters - H02J 50/001: {Energy harvesting or scavenging} - H02J 50/20: using microwaves or radio frequency waves - A24F 40/10: Devices using liquid inhalable precursors - A24F 40/20: Devices using solid inhalable precursors - A24F 40/465: specially adapted for induction heating - A61M 2016/0018: {electrical} - A61M 2016/0039: {in the inspiratory circuit} - A61M 2205/123: with incorporated reservoirs - A61M 2205/127: with provisions for heating or cooling - A61M 2205/3592: using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission - A61M 2205/50: with microprocessors or computers - A61M 2205/587: Lighting arrangements - A61M 2205/8206: battery-operated - A61M 2205/8243: by induction - A61M 2205/8256: being integrated in the case or housing of the apparatus - A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY ## Abstract Power harvesting and radio frequency (RF) transmission circuitry for an aerosol delivery device is provided. The aerosol delivery device includes power harvesting circuitry configured to receive RF energy from an external RF source and harvest power from the RF energy to charge a rechargeable power source and power transmission circuity operatively coupled to the power source and configured to convert electrical energy drawn from the power source to RF energy and transmit the RF energy. RF energy can thus be transmitted through a network of aerosol delivery devices to extend the range of an RF energy source. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An aerosol delivery device comprising: a housing structured to retain an aerosol precursor composition; an aerosol production component configured to produce an aerosol from the aerosol precursor composition; power harvesting circuitry configured to receive radio-frequency (RF) energy from an external RF source and harvest power from the RF energy to charge a rechargeable power source; and power transmission circuity operatively coupled to the power source and configured to convert electrical energy drawn from the power source to RF energy and transmit the RF energy. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The aerosol delivery device of claim 1, wherein the power harvesting circuitry is further configured to receive RF energy from a plurality of RF sources, the plurality of RF sources disposed within a mesh network architecture. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The aerosol delivery device of claim 1, wherein the power transmission circuitry is further configured to transmit RF energy to a remote aerosol delivery device disposed within a mesh network architecture. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The aerosol delivery device of claim 1, further comprising an antenna operatively coupled to the power harvesting circuitry and the power transmission circuitry, the antenna configured to receive and transmit RF energy. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The aerosol delivery device of claim 1, comprising processing circuitry contained within the housing, the processing circuitry configured to selectively activate or deactivate the power harvesting circuitry and selectively activate or deactivate the power transmission circuitry. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The aerosol delivery device of claim 5, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to selectively activate or deactivate the power harvesting circuitry or the power transmission circuitry based on a charging status of the rechargeable power source. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The aerosol delivery device of claim 5, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to selectively activate or deactivate the power harvesting circuitry or the power transmission circuitry based at least in part on a distance between the aerosol delivery device and a remote aerosol delivery device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The aerosol delivery device of claim 5, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to selectively deactivate the power harvesting circuitry in response to a user input. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The aerosol delivery device of claim 5, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to selectively deactivate the power harvesting circuitry in response to a flow of air through at least a portion of the housing. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) The aerosol delivery device of claim 5, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to selectively deactivate the power transmission circuitry in response to a user input. ### Claim 11 (depends on 5) The aerosol delivery device of claim 5, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to selectively deactivate the power transmission circuitry in response to a flow of air through at least a portion of the housing. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The aerosol delivery device of claim 1, comprising processing circuitry contained within the housing, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to selectively activate or deactivate the power harvesting circuitry or the power transmission circuitry based on a determination of whether a remote aerosol delivery device is identified on a list of trusted devices. ### Claim 13 A control body coupled or coupleable with a cartridge to form an aerosol delivery device, the cartridge containing an aerosol precursor composition and an aerosol production component configured to produce an aerosol from the aerosol precursor composition, the control body comprising: power harvesting circuitry configured to receive radio-frequency (RF) energy from an external RF source and harvest power from the RF energy to charge a rechargeable power source; and power transmission circuity operatively coupled to the power source and configured to convert electrical energy drawn from the power source to RF energy and transmit the RF energy. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The control body of claim 13, wherein the power harvesting circuitry is further configured to receive RF energy from a plurality of RF sources, the plurality of RF sources disposed within a mesh network architecture. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The control body of claim 13, wherein the power transmission circuitry is further configured to transmit RF energy to a remote aerosol delivery device disposed within a mesh network architecture. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The control body of claim 13, further comprising an antenna operatively coupled to the power harvesting circuitry and the power transmission circuitry, the antenna configured to receive and transmit RF energy. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The control body of claim 13, further comprising processing circuitry configured to selectively activate or deactivate the power harvesting circuitry or selectively activate or deactivate the power transmission circuitry. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The control body of claim 17, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to selectively activate and deactivate the power harvesting circuitry and the power transmission circuitry based on a charging status of the rechargeable power source. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The control body of claim 17, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to selectively activate and deactivate the power harvesting circuitry and the power transmission circuitry based at least in part on a distance between the aerosol delivery device and a remote aerosol delivery device. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The control body of claim 17, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to selectively deactivate the power harvesting circuitry in response to a user input. ### Claim 21 (depends on 17) The control body of claim 17, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to selectively deactivate the power harvesting circuitry in response to a flow of air through at least a portion of the housing. ### Claim 22 (depends on 17) The control body of claim 17, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to selectively deactivate the power transmission circuitry in response to a user input. ### Claim 23 (depends on 17) The control body of claim 17, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to selectively deactivate the power transmission circuitry in response to a flow of air through at least a portion of the housing. ### Claim 24 (depends on 13) The control body of claim 13, comprising processing circuitry configured to selectively activate or deactivate the power harvesting circuitry or the power transmission circuitry based at least in part on a determination of whether a remote aerosol delivery device is identified on a list of trusted devices. ### Claim 25 A system for operating aerosol delivery devices in a mesh network architecture, the system comprising: a plurality of aerosol delivery devices comprising respective power harvesting circuitry and respective power transmission circuitry, wherein the respective the power harvesting circuitry of an aerosol delivery device in the plurality of aerosol delivery devices is configured to receive radio frequency (RF) energy from the respective power transmission circuitry of another aerosol delivery device in the plurality of aerosol delivery devices that is configured to transmit the RF energy.