Electronic cigarette

An electronic cigarette and charger comprising:

• a charger having a USB connector and a groove having a pair of opposing side walls and an open top, the groove having a plurality of external charger contacts;
• an electronic cigarette having a power supply portion and an atomizer/liquid reservoir portion;
• the electronic cigarette having a plurality of charging contacts connecting to the external charger contacts, and the charging contacts centrally located on the electronic cigarette;
• the electronic cigarette chargeable by moving it vertical direction, perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the electronic cigarette, onto the groove on the charger;
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• wherein the atomizer/liquid reservoir portion extends out past a first side of the charger and the power supply portion extends out past a second side of the charger, when the external charger contacts are connected to the charging contacts on the power supply portion.

An electronic smoking device, comprising:

• a power supply portion having a first end and a second end;
• an atomizer/liquid reservoir portion attached to the second end of the power supply portion;
• the power supply portion including control electronics electrically connected to a battery, an LED, and an airflow sensor, and electrical connectors on an outer surface of the power supply portion electrically connected to the control electronics, the electrical connectors on a first side of the power supply portion at the second end of the power supply portion, the electrical connectors adjacent to a mid-point of the electronic smoking device;
• the atomizer/liquid reservoir portion including an atomizer having a heating coil wrapped around a wick, and a central passage extending through the atomizer/liquid reservoir portion to an inhalation port, the central passage surrounded by a liquid reservoir of the atomizer/liquid reservoir portion, the wick having ends abutting or extending into the liquid reservoir;
• a charging device having external electrical connectors engageable with the electrical connectors on the power supply portion;
• the charging device including an open-top groove for vertically receiving the electronic smoking device, the open-top groove extending entirely across the charging device;
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• the external electrical connectors within the groove on a top surface of the charging device, the charging device having a flat bottom surface, the atomizer/liquid reservoir portion extending out past a first side of the charging device and the power supply portion extending out past a second side of the charging device, when the external electrical connectors are connected to the electrical connectors on the power supply portion.