US 12,389,936 B2
Aerosol-generating device with reduced leakage
Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik, Peseux (CH); Guillaume Frederick, Les-Geneveys-sur-Coffrane (CH); and Irene Taurino, Lausanne (CH)
Assigned to Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed by Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/744,873.
Application 18/744,873 is a continuation of application No. 18/316,337, filed on May 12, 2023, granted, now 12,035,746.
Application 18/316,337 is a continuation of application No. 17/693,657, filed on Mar. 14, 2022, granted, now 11,684,082, issued on Jun. 27, 2023.
Application 17/693,657 is a continuation of application No. 16/260,452, filed on Jan. 29, 2019, granted, now 11,297,877, issued on Apr. 12, 2022.
Application 16/260,452 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2018/085491, filed on Dec. 18, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 181542630 (EP), filed on Jan. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0334966 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A24F 7/00 (2006.01); A24D 1/04 (2006.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); F16K 1/14 (2006.01); F16K 7/06 (2006.01); F16K 7/16 (2006.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01)
CPC A24D 1/042 (2013.01) [A24F 7/00 (2013.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); F16K 1/14 (2013.01); F16K 7/06 (2013.01); F16K 7/16 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic vaping device comprising:
a housing having a first end and a second end;
a mouthpiece at a first end of the housing; and
a valve within the mouthpiece, the valve including a hydrophilic coating, a hydrophobic coating, or both a hydrophilic coating and a hydrophobic coating.