# US 2025/0082020 A1 · Non-nicotine pod assemblies and non-nicotine e-vaping devices > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0082020 A1 - Document ID: US20250082020A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/953,463 - Filed: 2024-11-20 - Published: 2025-03-13 - Earliest claimed: 2019-11-26 - Assignees: Altria Client Services LLC - Applicants: Altria Client Services LLC - Inventors: Dean TWITE; Yannick HOURMAND; Charles DENDY; Bipin PATIL; Rangaraj S. SUNDAR; Christopher NEWCOMB; Niall GALLAGHER; Raymond W. LAU; Eric HAWES - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250082020A1 ## CPC - A24F 40/40: Constructional details, e.g. connection of cartridges and battery parts - A24F 40/42: Cartridges or containers for inhalable precursors - A61M 15/06: Inhaling appliances shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes - A24F 40/10: Devices using liquid inhalable precursors - 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 A non-nicotine e-vaping device may include a non-nicotine pod assembly and a device body. The non-nicotine pod assembly has upstream and downstream ends and is configured to hold a non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation. The upstream end may define at least one upstream recess, and the downstream end may define at least one downstream recess. The device body defines a through hole configured to receive the non-nicotine pod assembly. The through hole includes an upstream sidewall and a downstream sidewall. The upstream sidewall may include at least one upstream protrusion, and the downstream sidewall may include at least one downstream protrusion. The at least one upstream protrusion and the at least one downstream protrusion may be configured to engage with the at least one upstream recess and the at least one downstream recess, respectively, so as to retain the non-nicotine pod assembly within the through hole of the device body. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A non-nicotine e-vaping device, comprising: a non-nicotine pod assembly configured to hold a non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation, the non-nicotine pod assembly defining a recess; and a device body configured to receive the non-nicotine pod assembly, the device body having an upstream sidewall and a downstream sidewall, the upstream sidewall including at least one upstream protrusion, the downstream sidewall including at least one downstream protrusion, at least one of the at least one upstream protrusion and the at least one downstream protrusion configured to engage with the recess so as to facilitate a pivoting of the non-nicotine pod assembly into the device body. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The non-nicotine e-vaping device of claim 1, wherein the non-nicotine pod assembly includes an upstream end and a downstream end, the recess including at least one upstream recess defined by the upstream end and at least one downstream recess defined by the downstream end, and the upstream end is an opposing surface of the non-nicotine pod assembly from the downstream end. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The non-nicotine e-vaping device of claim 2, wherein a depth of the at least one upstream recess of the non-nicotine pod assembly is greater than a depth of the at least one downstream recess. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The non-nicotine e-vaping device of claim 2, wherein a terminus of the at least one upstream recess of the non-nicotine pod assembly is more rounded than a terminus of the at least one downstream recess. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The non-nicotine e-vaping device of claim 2, wherein the at least one upstream recess of the non-nicotine pod assembly includes two upstream recesses. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The non-nicotine e-vaping device of claim 2, wherein the at least one upstream recess of the non-nicotine pod assembly is in a form of a U-shaped indentation. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The non-nicotine e-vaping device of claim 2, wherein the at least one downstream recess of the non-nicotine pod assembly includes two downstream recesses. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The non-nicotine e-vaping device of claim 7, wherein the downstream end of the non-nicotine pod assembly further defines a pod outlet between the two downstream recesses. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The non-nicotine e-vaping device of claim 2, wherein the at least one downstream recess of the non-nicotine pod assembly is in a form of a V-shaped notch. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The non-nicotine e-vaping device of claim 2, wherein the device body is configured to produce at least one of an audible click or a haptic feedback in response to the non-nicotine pod assembly being seated within the device body. ### Claim 11 (depends on 2) The non-nicotine e-vaping device of claim 2, wherein the at least one upstream protrusion of the device body is a stationary pivot. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The non-nicotine e-vaping device of claim 2, wherein the at least one upstream protrusion of the device body includes two upstream protrusions disposed on adjacent corners of the upstream sidewall of the device body. ### Claim 13 (depends on 2) The non-nicotine e-vaping device of claim 2, wherein the at least one downstream protrusion of the device body is a retractable member. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The non-nicotine e-vaping device of claim 13, wherein the retractable member is spring-loaded. ### Claim 15 (depends on 2) The non-nicotine e-vaping device of claim 2, wherein the device body includes a mouthpiece defining a vapor passage in fluidic communication with a through hole. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-nicotine e-vaping device of claim 15, wherein the mouthpiece is secured to the at least one downstream protrusion of the device body, the mouthpiece configured to be biased against the non-nicotine pod assembly when the non-nicotine pod assembly is seated within the through hole of the device body. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The non-nicotine e-vaping device of claim 16, wherein the mouthpiece has a proximal end and a distal end, the vapor passage at the proximal end having a flared portion. ### Claim 18 (depends on 2) The non-nicotine e-vaping device of claim 2, wherein the device body has a rim around a through hole of the device body that includes the at least one upstream protrusion. ### Claim 19 (depends on 5) The non-nicotine e-vaping device of claim 5, wherein the upstream end of the non-nicotine pod assembly further defines a pod inlet between the two upstream recesses. ### Claim 20 A non-nicotine e-vaping device, comprising: a non-nicotine pod assembly configured to hold a non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation, the non-nicotine pod assembly defining at least one recess; and a device body defining a through hole configured to receive the non-nicotine pod assembly, the device body including at least one protrusion configured to engage with the at least one recess of the non-nicotine pod assembly so as to facilitate a pivoting of the non-nicotine pod assembly into the through hole of the device body so as to produce at least one of an audible click or a haptic feedback in response to the non-nicotine pod assembly being seated within the through hole of the device body.