US 11,712,067 B2
Disabling control for an electronic smoking device
Ramon Alarcon, Los Gatos, CA (US); and Jason Healy, Charlotte, NC (US)
Assigned to Fontem Ventures B.V., Amsterdam (NL)
Filed by Fontem Ventures B.V., Amsterdam (NL)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/807,148.
Application 16/807,148 is a continuation of application No. 15/876,959, filed on Jan. 22, 2018, granted, now 10,638,795.
Application 15/876,959 is a continuation of application No. 14/529,963, filed on Oct. 31, 2014, granted, now 9,907,337, issued on Mar. 6, 2018.
Application 14/529,963 is a continuation of application No. 13/099,266, filed on May 2, 2011, granted, now 9,439,455, issued on Sep. 13, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/330,140, filed on Apr. 30, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2020/0196670 A1, Jun. 25, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A24F 47/00 (2020.01); A24F 40/95 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01); A24F 40/90 (2020.01); B05B 1/30 (2006.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/95 (2020.01) [A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01); A24F 40/90 (2020.01); A24F 47/00 (2013.01); B05B 1/30 (2013.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic smoking device comprising the following:
a housing including a flow path;
a liquid compartment configured for storing a liquid within the housing;
a vaporizer positioned in the flow path and configured to receive liquid from the liquid compartment;
an airflow sensor positioned within the flow path and configured for determining periodic vaporizer activation time by detecting a flow of air through the flow path; and
circuitry communicatively connected to the vaporizer and the airflow sensor, the circuitry configured to
transmit a disabling signal to the airflow sensor after the periodic vaporizer activation time exceeds a predetermined limit;
wherein the airflow sensor is further configured, in response to the disabling signal, to stop the flow of air through the flow path.