US 12,471,634 B2
E-vaping device
Eric Hawes, Richmond, VA (US); Raymond W. Lau, Richmond, VA (US); Mik Dahl, Lapu-Lapu (PH); Jon Jarantilla, Lapu-Lapu (PH); Galen Salvador, Lapu-Lapu (PH); Jose Jesus Paolo Montalvan, Mandaue (PH); and Jeroen Kok, Amsterdam (NL)
Assigned to Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed by Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/380,350.
Application 17/380,350 is a continuation of application No. 16/196,219, filed on Nov. 20, 2018, granted, now 11,071,326, issued on Jul. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2021/0345676 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A24F 40/485 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/485 (2020.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vapor generator assembly comprising: a reservoir configured to hold a pre-vapor formulation, the reservoir including a first fluid port extending through a housing of the reservoir, the first fluid port configured to enable fluid communication between the reservoir and an exterior of the vapor generator assembly; a vaporizer assembly configured to vaporize the pre-vapor formulation, the vaporizer assembly including a second fluid port extending through a housing of the vaporizer assembly, the second fluid port configured to enable fluid communication between the reservoir and the vaporizer assembly; and an isolation structure configured to move in relation to both the reservoir and the vaporizer assembly to a first position where the isolation structure exposes the first fluid port and covers the second fluid port, and move in relation to both the reservoir and the vaporizer assembly to a second position where the isolation structure exposes the second fluid port and covers the first fluid port, wherein the isolation structure includes a first structure, the first structure being external to the reservoir such that the first fluid port is between the first structure and an interior of the reservoir, the first structure configured to move in relation to the housing of the reservoir to expose the first fluid port, to enable fluid communication between the reservoir and the exterior of the vapor generator assembly through the first fluid port, based on the isolation structure moving in relation to the reservoir and the vaporizer assembly to the first position.