# US 12,016,090 B2 · Electronic vaping device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,016,090 B2 - Document ID: US12016090B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/057,277 - Filed: 2022-11-21 - Published: 2023-03-16 - Granted: 2024-06-18 - Earliest claimed: 2016-03-21 - Assignees: Altria Client Services LLC - Applicants: Altria Client Services LLC - Inventors: Peter Lipowicz - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12016090B2 ## CPC - H05B 3/265: {the insulating base being an inorganic material, e.g. ceramic (H05B3/262 takes precedence)} - A24F 40/44: Wicks - A24F 40/46: Shape or structure of electric heating means - B65D 1/44: Corrugations - B67D 7/00: Apparatus or devices for transferring liquids from bulk storage containers or reservoirs into vehicles or into portable containers, e.g. for retail sale purposes (general disposition of plant in stations for supplying fuel to vehicles B60S5/02; for filling or emptying locomotive water tanks, e.g. water columns, B61K11/00; for refuelling aircraft during flight B64D39/00; liquid- handling ground installations specially adapted for fuelling stationary aircraft B64F1/28) - H05B 1/0297: {Heating of fluids for non specified applications} - H05B 3/26: heating conductor mounted on insulating base {(for transparent areas H05B3/84, H05B3/86)} - A24F 40/10: Devices using liquid inhalable precursors - H05B 2203/003: using serpentine layout - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL - A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06) - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - B67D: DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic vaping device comprising: a housing extending in a longitudinal direction, the housing having a tip end and a mouth-end, the tip end being closed and the mouth-end having an opening therein; and a tank containing a 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, the two or more ribs 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic vaping device of claim 1, further comprising: a mouth-end insert configured to be inserted in the mouth-end of the housing. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electronic vaping device of claim 2, wherein the mouth-end insert includes at least one outlet. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic vaping device of claim 1, wherein the housing is unitary. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic vaping device of claim 1, further comprising: a wick extending from the tank. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electronic vaping device of claim 5, wherein the wick is monolithic. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electronic vaping device of claim 1, further comprising: a planar heater in the housing. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The electronic vaping device of claim 7, further comprising: a heater support configured to support the planar heater. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The electronic vaping device of claim 7, wherein the planar heater comprises: a patterned layer of platinum on a ceramic layer, the patterned layer of platinum being configured to be in electrical communication with a power supply through leads electrically connected to the patterned layer of platinum. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The electronic vaping device of claim 9, wherein the power supply is configured to supply power to the patterned layer of platinum so as to resistively heat the patterned layer of platinum such that the planar heater may reach a temperature sufficient to vaporize the formulation. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The electronic vaping device of claim 9, wherein the patterned layer of platinum has a resistivity of 1 to 6 ohms. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The electronic vaping device of claim 9, wherein the leads are formed from platinum coated nickel wire. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The electronic vaping device of claim 9, wherein the planar heater is in a shape of a polyhedron having a square, triangular, diamond or rectangular shaped base with rounded or sharp corners. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The electronic vaping device of claim 9, wherein the planar heater has a square or rectangular base, a length and a width of the planar heater are each 1.5 mm to 4 mm, and a thickness of the planar heater is 0.2 mm to 0.8 mm. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The electronic vaping device of claim 9, wherein a glass layer is on the ceramic layer such that the patterned layer of platinum is between the ceramic layer and the glass layer. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The electronic vaping device of claim 9, wherein the ceramic layer is a first ceramic layer, and a second ceramic layer is on the first ceramic layer such that the patterned layer of platinum is between the first ceramic layer and the second ceramic layer. ### Claim 17 (depends on 9) The electronic vaping device of claim 9, wherein the ceramic layer is formed from alumina, titania, zirconia, yttria, yttria-stabilized zirconia, or any combination thereof. ### Claim 18 (depends on 9) The electronic vaping device of claim 9, wherein the patterned layer of platinum is 0.5 micron to 2 microns thick, and the patterned layer has a width ranging from 1 micron to 100 microns. ### Claim 19 (depends on 9) The electronic vaping device of claim 9, wherein the patterned layer of platinum has a sinuous pattern. ### Claim 20 (depends on 9) The electronic vaping device of claim 9, wherein the patterned layer of platinum has a U-shaped pattern.