Connector with shaft and cylindrical base extending from flange
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsRobert Levitz, Shmuel Gavrielov
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Abstract
The connector is configured to couple a first section and a second section of an e-vaping device, and the connector includes a flange with a first end and a second end, a shaft extending from the first end of the flange, an outer shelf being formed by a portion of the first end of the flange, a cylindrical base extending from the second end of the flange, and an inner shelf within the connector, the cylindrical base and the inner shelf at least partially defining a longitudinal opening, the flange defining at least one first notch, the at least one first notch at least partially along the second end of the flange.
Claims21
A connector configured to couple a first section and a second section of an e-vaping device, the connector comprising:
- a flange with a first end and a second end;
- a shaft extending from the first end of the flange, an outer shelf being formed by a portion of the first end of the flange;
- a cylindrical base extending from the second end of the flange;
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- an inner shelf within the connector, the cylindrical base and the inner shelf at least partially defining a longitudinal opening,
- the flange defining at least one first notch, the at least one first notch at least partially along the second end of the flange, the at least one first notch at least partially defining at least one first entrance in an outer surface of the flange, the at least one first entrance being an air inlet for at least one first air passage that is in fluid communication with the longitudinal opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.