US 11,930,854 B2
Electronic vaporizer that is couplable to an electronic device
Eun Mi Jeong, Daejeon (KR); Dong Kyun Ko, Sejong (KR); Ji Hun Yang, Sejong (KR); In Su Park, Seoul (KR); and Soon Hwan Jung, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
Appl. No. 17/040,219
Filed by KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
PCT Filed Jul. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/008543
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 22, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/017822, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0084192 (KR), filed on Jul. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0015159 A1, Jan. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/50 (2020.01) [A24F 40/44 (2020.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic vaporizer for generating an aerosol, comprising:
a housing configured to be installed to a portion of an electronic device by being physically coupled to the electronic device through a connecting interface of the electronic device at the portion of the electronic device, the housing comprising:
a connecting interface at a first side of the housing in a first direction, the connecting interface configured to receive power from a battery included in the electronic device when physically coupled to the connecting interface of the electronic device;
a liquid storage configured to store a liquid aerosol generating material, supply the liquid aerosol generating material to a wick based on the housing being disposed in a first predetermined posture, and not supply the liquid aerosol generating material to the wick based on the housing being disposed in a second predetermined posture;
an atomizer including the wick and a heater that generates the aerosol by heating the liquid aerosol generating material supplied to the wick; and
a control circuit configured to control heating of the heater for generating the aerosol based on the power supplied from the battery,
wherein the first predetermined posture is a posture in which the first side of the housing faces downwards based on the electronic device being oriented such that the housing is above the electronic device and the portion of the electronic device faces upwards while the housing is installed to the portion of the electronic device, and
wherein the second predetermined posture is a posture in which the first side of the housing faces upwards based on the electronic device being oriented such that the housing is below the electronic device and the portion of the electronic device faces downwards while the housing is installed to the portion of the electronic device.