US 12,274,301 B2
Electronic cigarette
Lik Hon, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to FONTEM VENTURES B.V., Amsterdam (NL)
Filed by FONTEM VENTURES B.V., Amsterdam (NL)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/486,966.
Application 18/486,966 is a continuation of application No. 17/136,611, filed on Dec. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,805,816.
Application 17/136,611 is a continuation of application No. 16/745,249, filed on Jan. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,044,944.
Application 16/745,249 is a continuation of application No. 15/902,712, filed on Feb. 22, 2018, granted, now 10,588,353, issued on Mar. 17, 2020.
Application 15/902,712 is a continuation of application No. 15/091,017, filed on Apr. 5, 2016, granted, now 10,383,366, issued on Aug. 20, 2019.
Application 15/091,017 is a continuation of application No. 14/307,663, filed on Jun. 18, 2014, granted, now 9,320,300, issued on Apr. 26, 2016.
Application 14/307,663 is a continuation of application No. 13/208,257, filed on Aug. 11, 2011, abandoned.
Application 13/208,257 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2010/000125, filed on Jan. 28, 2010.
Claims priority of application No. 200920001296.3 (CN), filed on Feb. 11, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2024/0108068 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A61M 11/04 (2006.01); A61M 15/06 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01); H05B 3/00 (2006.01); H05B 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 40/46 (2020.01) [A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A61M 11/041 (2013.01); A61M 11/042 (2014.02); A61M 15/06 (2013.01); H05B 3/0014 (2013.01); H05B 3/06 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A61M 2016/0024 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic cigarette, comprising:
a first housing having a battery;
a second housing attached to the first housing, the second housing including an inhalation port;
a liquid storage component and an atomizing core in the second housing, the atomizing core including a wire coil electrically connectable to the battery for atomizing liquid from the liquid storage component;
the atomizing core centrally supported in the second housing on a bracket; and
a channel extending through and surrounded by the liquid storage component, with the channel and the inhalation port forming an airflow path centrally located within the second housing, and with the channel providing a continuous passageway from the wire coil to the inhalation port.