US 12,342,872 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 Jun. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/209,282.
Application 18/209,282 is a continuation of application No. 16/807,148, filed on Mar. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,712,067.
Application 16/807,148 is a continuation of application No. 15/876,959, filed on Jan. 22, 2018, granted, now 10,638,795, issued on May 5, 2020.
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 2024/0180260 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A24F 47/00 (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 40/95 (2020.01); B05B 1/30 (2006.01); 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)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic smoking device comprising the following:
a housing including a flow path;
a compartment within the housing and configured for storing a consumable material;
a vaporizer positioned in the flow path and configured to receive consumable material from the compartment and generate vapor;
a sensor configured for determining usage;
a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor, the controller configured to collect usage data from the sensor and to permanently disable the vaporizer if a total period of time since the vaporizer was first activated is not less than a total time limit.