US 12,364,282 B2
Heater plates
Herman Hijma, Kampen (NL); Paul Voerman, Apeldoorn (NL); and Marijn Leneman, Zwolle (NL)
Assigned to JT International S.A., (CH)
Appl. No. 17/773,698
Filed by JT International SA, Geneva (CH)
PCT Filed Oct. 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/080166
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/083888, PCT Pub. Date May 6, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19206623 (EP), filed on Oct. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0378102 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); H05B 3/22 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 40/46 (2020.01) [A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); H05B 3/22 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cartridge for an electronic cigarette, the cartridge comprising:
a liquid store arranged to contain a liquid to be vaporized;
a vaporization chamber having at least one opening arranged to connect the vaporization chamber to the liquid store;
a vaporizing unit comprising:
a fluid transfer element arranged to transfer the liquid between the liquid store and the vaporization chamber; and
a heating element arranged inside the vaporization chamber and arranged to heat the liquid transferred to the vaporization chamber by the fluid transfer element; and
a pair of electric terminals connected to the heating element, wherein the pair of electric terminals comprise a first connection plate and a second connection plate which are connected to a first end and a second end of the heating element, respectively, and wherein the first and the second connection plates are arranged on a first side of the vaporization chamber,
wherein the first connection plate and the second connection plate each comprise a slot configured to receive the first and second ends of the heating element, respectively, and
wherein the first and second connection plates are positioned at different positions in a height dimension of the cartridge, such that a bottom portion of the first slot is in a lower position along the height dimension than a bottom portion of the second slot.