# US 11,896,758 B2 · E-vaping device with first-type consumable and second-type consumable > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,896,758 B2 - Document ID: US11896758B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/003,084 - Filed: 2020-08-26 - Published: 2020-12-17 - Granted: 2024-02-13 - Earliest claimed: 2017-01-31 - Assignees: Altria Client Services LLC - Applicants: Altria Client Services LLC - Inventors: Tony Reevell - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11896758B2 ## CPC - A24F 40/30: Devices using two or more structurally separated inhalable precursors, e.g. using two liquid precursors in two cartridges - A24F 40/40: Constructional details, e.g. connection of cartridges and battery parts - A24F 40/42: Cartridges or containers for inhalable precursors - A61M 11/042: {electrical} - A61M 15/003: {using capsules, e.g. to be perforated or broken-up} - A61M 15/0036: {hollow piercing means} - A61M 15/06: Inhaling appliances shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes - A24F 40/10: Devices using liquid inhalable precursors - A24F 40/20: Devices using solid inhalable precursors - A24F 40/53: Monitoring, e.g. fault detection - A61M 15/0003: {with means for dispensing more than one drug} - A61M 15/0021: {Mouthpieces therefor} - A61M 15/0031: {by bursting or breaking the package, i.e. without cutting or piercing} - A61M 15/004: {with fixed piercing or cutting means} - A61M 15/0041: {with movable piercing or cutting means} - A61M 2202/04: Liquids - A61M 2202/064: Powder - A61M 2205/121: interface between cassette and base - A61M 2205/13: with means for the detection of operative contact with patient, e.g. lip sensor - A61M 2205/14: Detection of the presence or absence of a tube, a connector or a container in an apparatus - A61M 2205/27: preventing use - A61M 2205/3317: Electromagnetic, inductive or dielectric measuring means - A61M 2205/3653: by Joule effect, i.e. electric resistance - A61M 2205/6018: providing set-up signals for the apparatus configuration - A61M 2205/6027: Electric-conductive bridges closing detection circuits, with or without identifying elements, e.g. resistances, zener-diodes - A61M 2205/6036: characterised by physical shape, e.g. array of activating switches - A61M 2205/6045: having complementary physical shapes for indexing or registration purposes - A61M 2205/8206: battery-operated - 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)} ## Abstract The e-vaping device includes a first housing, a chamber defined within the first housing, a first structure and a second structure that interface with the chamber, the first structure is configured to accept at least one first-type consumable within the chamber and the second structure is configured to receive at least one second-type consumable within the chamber. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An e-vaping device, comprising: a first housing; and a chamber defined within the first housing, the chamber defining a first-shaped cavity and a second-shaped cavity, the first-shaped cavity being configured to receive one first-type consumable within the chamber and the second-shaped cavity being configured to receive one second-type consumable within the chamber. ### Claim 2 An e-vaping device, comprising: a first housing; and a chamber defined within the first housing, the chamber defining a first-shaped cavity and a second-shaped cavity, the first-shaped cavity being configured to receive one first-type consumable within the chamber and the second-shaped cavity being configured to receive one second-type consumable within the chamber, the chamber being configured to prevent an insertion of more than one consumable into the chamber at a time. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The e-vaping device of claim 1, wherein the first-shaped cavity and the second-shaped cavity being positioned within the chamber, and the first-shaped cavity and the second-shaped cavity differing in at least one of a shape, a size and a position. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The e-vaping device of claim 1, wherein the first-shaped cavity includes a first-type recess defined by an end-wall of the chamber and the second-shaped cavity includes a second-type recess defined by the end-wall. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The e-vaping device of claim 1, wherein the first-shaped cavity and the second-shaped cavity include slits that are at least one of defined in the first housing, defined in an interior wall of the chamber, or combinations thereof. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The e-vaping device of claim 1, wherein the first-shaped cavity partially overlaps with the second-shaped cavity. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The e-vaping device of claim 6, wherein the first-shaped cavity is a cuboidal shape and the second-shaped cavity is a cylindrical shape. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The e-vaping device of claim 1, further comprising: a structure selector configured to select between the first-shaped cavity and the second-shaped cavity. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The e-vaping device of claim 8, wherein the structural selector is a removable wall on an interior wall of the chamber, and the structural selector is configured to slide between a first position and a second position. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The e-vaping device of claim 9, wherein the removable wall is configured to cause the e-vaping device to become disabled once the removable wall is removed from the interior wall. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The e-vaping device of claim 1, further comprising: a power source; and a controller operatively connected to the power source. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The e-vaping device of claim 11, further comprising: a detection system configured to detect the one first-type consumable or the one second-type consumable within the chamber, wherein the controller is configured to cause the e-vaping device to generate a vapor based on the detection system detecting the one first-type consumable or the one second-type consumable. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The e-vaping device of claim 11, further comprising: at least one first heating element, the at least one first heating element being configured to interface with the one first-type consumable or the one second-type consumable within the chamber, the controller being operatively connected to the at least one first heating element. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The e-vaping device of claim 1, further comprising: a cartridge, the cartridge being at least partially contained within the chamber, the cartridge being one of the one first-type consumable and the one second-type consumable. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The e-vaping device of claim 14, further comprising: at least one heating element, the at least one heating element being in the cartridge. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The e-vaping device of claim 1, further comprising: a consumable housing, the consumable housing being at least partially contained within the chamber, the consumable housing including one of the one first-type consumable or the one second-type consumable, the consumable housing including a mating structure that is conformed to a shape of one of the first-shaped cavity or the second-shaped cavity, respectively. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The e-vaping device of claim 16, wherein the mating structure is one of a shape of the consumable housing, at least one rib, an extension piece, a lug, at least one flap, or combinations thereof. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The e-vaping device of claim 1, wherein the chamber includes a third structure for receiving a third-type consumable, the third structure differing in at least one of a shape, a size and a position as compared to the first-shaped cavity and the second-shaped cavity. ### Claim 19 An e-vaping device, comprising: a first housing; and a chamber defined within the first housing, the chamber defining a first-shaped cavity and a second-shaped cavity, the first-shaped cavity being configured to receive one first-type consumable within the chamber and the second-shaped cavity being configured to receive one second-type consumable within the chamber, the first-shaped cavity including a first annular recess defined by an end-wall of the chamber and the second-shaped cavity including a second annular recess defined by the end-wall, the second annular recess being concentrically positioned within the first annular recess. ### Claim 20 An e-vaping device, comprising: a first housing; and a chamber defined within the first housing, the chamber defining a first-shaped cavity and a second-shaped cavity, the first-shaped cavity being configured to receive one first-type consumable within the chamber and the second-shaped cavity being configured to receive one second-type consumable within the chamber; and a structure selector configured to select between the first-shaped cavity and the second-shaped cavity, the structural selector including a movable wall on an interior wall of the chamber, the movable wall being configured to slide between a first position and a second position. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The e-vaping device of claim 20, wherein the first position exposes a first slit in the interior wall and the second position exposes a second slit in the interior wall, the first slit being defined by the first-shaped cavity and the second slit being defined by the second-shaped cavity.