Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cartridge for e-vaping device with open-microchannels
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Application No.: US16598278Application Date: 2019-10-10
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Publication No.: US11471624B2Publication Date: 2022-10-18
- Inventor: Raymond W. Lau , Ali A. Rostami , Eric A. Hawes
- Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
- Applicant Address: US VA Richmond
- Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
- Current Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Richmond
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: A61M15/06
- IPC: A61M15/06 ; A61M11/04 ; F22B1/28 ; H05B1/02 ; H05B3/44 ; A24F40/42 ; A24F40/485 ; A24F40/10 ; A24F40/30 ; A24F40/44

Abstract:
A cartridge for an e-vaping device includes a reservoir configured to hold a pre-vapor formulation and a channel structure that includes a channel surface with one or more open-microchannels. An open-microchannel in the channel structure may be in fluid communication with the reservoir and may transport pre-vapor formulation from the reservoir to a heating element based on capillary action of the pre-vapor formulation through the open-microchannels. The heating element may vaporize the pre-vapor formulation drawn through one or more open-microchannels. The cartridge may be independent of fibrous dispensing interfaces, including one or more wicks. Fabrication of such a cartridge may be simplified, faster, cheaper, some combination thereof, or the like relative to fabrication of a cartridge that includes a fibrous or soft dispensing interface to draw pre-vapor formulation from a reservoir to a heating element.
Public/Granted literature
- US11433192B2 Cartridge for e-vaping device with open-microchannels Public/Granted day:2022-09-06
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