Method of forming connector with flange and shaft
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsRobert Levitz, Shmuel Gavrielov
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Abstract
The method includes 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, and second defining a first side end of the flange, the first side end at least partially defining a first segment of at least one first airflow inlet, the first segment being in communication with the longitudinal channel.
Claims20
A method of forming a connector, 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;
- second defining a first side end of the flange, the first side end at least partially defining a first segment of at least one first airflow inlet, the first segment being in communication with the longitudinal channel;
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- third defining a second segment of the at least one first airflow inlet within the shaft, the second segment being in communication with the first segment and the longitudinal channel, a first outer surface of the shaft defining at least part of an entrance of the second segment of the at least one first airflow inlet, the first outer surface having a smallest diameter of the major body along the longitudinal length of the major body.
A method of forming an assembled e-vaping device, 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;
- second defining a first side end of the flange, the first side end at least partially defining a first segment of at least one first airflow inlet, the first segment being in communication with the longitudinal channel;
- third defining a second segment of the at least one first airflow inlet within the shaft, the second segment being in communication with the first segment and the longitudinal channel, a first outer surface of the shaft defining at least part of an entrance of the second segment of the at least one first airflow inlet, the first outer surface having a smallest diameter of the major body along the longitudinal length of the major body;
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- connecting a first section to a second section with a connector to form the assembled e-vaping device, the first section and the second section being e-vaping elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.