Electronic vaping device and components thereof
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorPeter LIPOWICZ
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Abstract
A reservoir component of an electronic vaping device includes an outer housing, an air inlet, a vapor outlet, an air passage communicating with the air inlet and the vapor outlet, and a reservoir. A magnetic, electrically conductive and resistive heater element is located adjacent the air passage. The heater element is configured to be in electrical communication with an alternator of a power supply component. A wick is in communication with the reservoir and is configured to draw pre-vapor formulation from the reservoir toward the heater element. The heater element is configured to heat pre-vapor formulation to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the pre-vapor formulation and form a vapor.
Claims20
An electronic vaping device comprising:
- an outer housing extending in a longitudinal direction, the outer housing including a first seal end configured to be coupled to a second seal end of a heater supply;
- an air inlet in the outer housing;
- a vapor outlet in the outer housing and in communication with the air inlet via an air passage between the air inlet and the vapor outlet;
- a reservoir in the outer housing;
- a heater element in the heater supply, the heater element located adjacent the air passage, and extending through the first seal end of the outer housing such that heat is directly conducted from the heater element through the second seal end, the heater being magnetic and electrically conductive;
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- a wick in communication with the reservoir and adjacent the second seal end, the wick configured to draw pre-vapor formulation from the reservoir toward the heater element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.