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US 11,540,359 B2Granted
Electronic vaping device
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorPeter Lipowicz
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Abstract
An electronic vaping device includes a housing, a planar heater, a heater support, a tank, and a wick. The housing extends in a longitudinal direction and has a tip end and a mouth-end. The tip end is closed and the mouth-end has an opening therein. The heater support supports the planar heater. The tank contains a pre-vapor formulation and is configured to slide into and out of the opening of the mouth-end of the housing. The wick extends from the tank and is configured to be in contact with the planar heater when the tank is inserted in the housing.
Claims19
An electronic vaping device comprising:
- a housing extending in a longitudinal direction, the housing having a tip end, a mouth-end, and a stop on an inner surface of the housing, the tip end being closed and the mouth-end having an opening therein;
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- a tank containing a pre-vapor formulation, the tank configured to slide into and out of the opening of the mouth-end of the housing, the tank including,
- two or more ribs on an outer surface of the tank and extending longitudinally along the outer surface of the tank, the two or more ribs configured to space the outer surface of the tank from an inner surface of the housing so as to define a flow passage between the outer surface of the tank and the inner surface of the housing, and to abut the stop when the tank is inside the housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.