US 12,213,531 B2
Nicotine e-vaping device
Eric Hawes, Glen Allen, VA (US); Raymond W. Lau, Glen Allen, VA (US); Jose Jesus Paolo Montalvan, Mandaue (PH); and John Paul Muring, Lapu-Lapu (PH)
Assigned to Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed by Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed on May 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/325,380.
Application 18/325,380 is a continuation of application No. 17/962,012, filed on Oct. 7, 2022, granted, now 11,856,995.
Application 17/962,012 is a continuation of application No. 16/911,951, filed on Jun. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,490,660, issued on Nov. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0301360 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/485 (2020.01) [A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly for a nicotine e-vaping device, the assembly comprising:
a housing including a first fluid port extending through the housing, the housing having an inner surface at least partially defining an internal conduit; and
a connector assembly configured to detachably couple with a nicotine vaporizer assembly received into the internal conduit to hold the nicotine vaporizer assembly at least partially within the internal conduit such that the nicotine vaporizer assembly is engaged with the assembly; and
an isolation structure configured to move in relation to the connector assembly between
based on the isolation structure being at a first position,
restricting the nicotine vaporizer assembly held at least partially within the internal conduit from disengaging from the assembly, and
exposing the nicotine vaporizer assembly held at least partially within the internal conduit to the first fluid port, and
based on the isolation structure being at a second position, the second position different from the first position,
enabling the nicotine vaporizer assembly held at least partially within the internal conduit to disengage from the assembly, and
isolating the nicotine vaporizer assembly held at least partially within the internal conduit from the first fluid port.