US 12,219,668 B2
Electronic vaping device with outlet-end illumination
Christopher S. Tucker, Midlothian, VA (US); Phillip Diana, Richmond, VA (US); Nam Tran, Richmond, VA (US); and Matthew Caparrelli, Richmond, VA (US)
Assigned to Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed by Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed on Jan. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/155,246.
Application 17/155,246 is a continuation of application No. 15/931,999, filed on May 14, 2020, granted, now 10,932,496.
Application 15/931,999 is a continuation of application No. 15/858,425, filed on Dec. 29, 2017, granted, now 10,687,557, issued on Jun. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0176826 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
Int. Cl. A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A24F 47/00 (2020.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01); H05B 1/02 (2006.01); H05B 3/46 (2006.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); H05B 45/00 (2022.01); H05B 47/105 (2020.01); H05B 47/16 (2020.01)
CPC H05B 1/0244 (2013.01) [A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A24F 47/00 (2013.01); F21V 33/0004 (2013.01); H05B 3/46 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); H05B 45/00 (2020.01); H05B 47/105 (2020.01); H05B 47/16 (2020.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cartridge for an e-vaping device, the cartridge comprising:
a housing extending along a longitudinal axis of the cartridge, the housing configured to at least partially enclose a reservoir and a vapor generator configured to draw pre-vapor formulation from the reservoir and to heat the drawn pre-vapor formulation to form a generated vapor, the housing having a tip end and an outlet end, the housing configured to
receive light at the tip end of the housing such that the light is received into a thickness of the housing, and
channel the light from the tip end of the housing to the outlet end of the housing via internal reflection through the thickness of the housing between an inner surface of the housing and an outer surface of the housing; and
emit the channeled light from the outlet end of the housing.