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.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- first defining a longitudinal channel in a major body, the major body including a first portion, a second portion and a flange, the flange being located between the first portion and the second portion, the longitudinal channel traversing through a longitudinal length of the major body from the first portion through the second portion, the first portion including a shaft with annular sidewalls that are directly connected to the flange;
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- second defining at least one first portion of a first aperture within a first side end of the flange, the first aperture being in fluid communication with the longitudinal channel;
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- third defining an outer shelf on the major body, the outer shelf extending between a first external surface of the flange and the shaft, the outer shelf facing the first portion, the annular sidewalls being perpendicular to the outer shelf.
A method, comprising:
- first defining a longitudinal channel in a major body, the major body including a first portion, a second portion and a flange, the flange being located between the first portion and the second portion, the longitudinal channel traversing through a longitudinal length of the major body from the first portion through the second portion, the first portion including a shaft, the major body being a connector for an e-vaping device;
- second defining at least one first portion of a first aperture within a first side end of the flange, the first aperture being in fluid communication with the longitudinal channel;
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- connecting a first section of an e-vaping device to a second section of the e-vaping device using the connector, the first section including a battery section and the second section includes a cartridge.
A method, comprising:
- first defining a longitudinal channel in a major body, the major body including a first portion, a second portion and a flange, the flange being located between the first portion and the second portion, the longitudinal channel traversing through a longitudinal length of the major body from the first portion through the second portion, the first portion including a shaft with annular sidewalls that are directly connected to the flange, the major body being a connector;
- second defining at least one first portion of a first aperture within a first side end of the flange, the first aperture being in fluid communication with the longitudinal channel;
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- defining an airflow path by connecting a first section to a second section using the connector, the airflow path being configured to allow ambient air to enter the longitudinal channel through the first aperture and flow through the first portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.