US 12,082,623 B2
Smoking substitute device
Pete Lomas, Liverpool (GB); Chris Lord, Liverpool (GB); and Edward Ross Shenton, Liverpool (GB)
Assigned to Imperial Tobacco Limited, Bristol (GB)
Filed by Imperial Tobacco Limited
Filed on Nov. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/086,717.
Application 17/086,717 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2019/061160, filed on May 1, 2019.
Application 17/086,717 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2019/061150, filed on May 1, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1807156 (GB), filed on May 1, 2018; and application No. 1807159 (GB), filed on May 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0127752 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. A24F 40/90 (2020.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/90 (2020.01) [A24F 40/40 (2020.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
9. A smoking substitute device, comprising:
a battery; and
a connector, usable to connect a consumable to the battery; wherein the connector includes one or more electrical connectors, for connecting a heater in the consumable to the battery, and one or more physical connectors configured to releasably retain the consumable;
wherein the connector further comprises a flexible seal, disposed between the battery and the consumable when the consumable is retained by the connector, and wherein the flexible seal comprises a generally planar base portion positioned adjacent to the battery, and a protruding portion which protrudes from the planar base portion and which is adjacent to the consumable when the consumable is retained by the connector;
wherein the protruding portion protrudes from the planar base portion at an oblique angle, thereby providing a lip seal.