Altria Client Services LLC

Philip Morris USA Inc.

Philip Morris Products S.a.

Karles, George

Flora, Jason

Kobal, Gerd

Mishra, Munmaya K.

Gedevani, Shon

Fisher, Michael

Gibbs, Zane

Mitten, Robert

Rinehart, Steven

Hession, Chris

Dendy, Charles

Christopher S Tucker

Barry Scott Smith

Geoffrey Brandon Jordan

Ali A Rostami

Gerd Kobal

Rangaraj S Sundar

David Rubli

Isaac Weigensberg

Moshe Eliyahu

Yuval Malka

Arye Weigensberg

Georgios D Karles

Nam Tran

Peter J Lipowicz

Jarrett Keen

David B Kane

Shmuel Gavrielov

Eric Hawes

San Li

Charles Lester Dendy

Yezdi B Pithawalla

Berina Yerkic-Husejnovic

William J Crowe

Michael J Mullins

Munmaya K Mishra

Raymond W Lau

Scott A Fath

William J Bogdziewicz

Phillip Diana

David Bennett

David R Schiff

Walter Allen Nichols

Alistair Douglas Bramley

Jason W Flora

Traci Martin

George Stafford

Chris Phelan

Edmond Cadieux

Anthony Dibitonto

Melissa Burroughs

Mark Breneman

Jamie Nicholson

Bipin R Patil

Douglas A Burton

Sean Sundberg

Chris Carrick

Michael Roberts

Charles E B Glenn, Sr

Marc Sauriol

Edmond J Cadieux, Jr

Patrick J Cobler

Raquel M Olegario

Richard Jupe

Kai Cao

David Alvarez

Pauline Marcq

Paul Butler

Catherine Barnes

Matthew Caparrelli

Richard Arena

Amit Uday Limaye

Patrick Sean McElhinney

Ed Cadieux

Benjamin Ragland

Buket Sahin

Qiang Wang

Victor Kasoff

George Karles

Kent Brian Koller

Terrance Theodore Bache

Shaoyong Yu

David Keeler

Robert T Mitten

Ryan Alan Bailey

Steven R Rinehart

Christopher R Newcomb

Weiling Li

Patrick S Mcelhinney

Christian Schuh

Shon Gedevani

Ben Ragland

Robert Arents

Douglas Oliveri

Zane Gibbs

Chris Hession

John H Miller

Charles Eb Glenn, Sr

Shumel Gavrielov

Marc Suriol

Martha Bajec

Michael Fisher

Amit Limaye

Ali Rostami

David Kane

Yezdi Pithawalla

Edmond J Cadieux

A cartridge for an e-vaping device enables simultaneous vaporization of different pre-vapor formulations to form a vapor for vaping by an adult vaper. The cartridge includes a dispensing interface coupled to a plurality of reservoirs and a heater coupled to the dispensing interface in a housing. The dispensing interface may include a trunk and separate roots extending into separate reservoirs, such that the dispensing interface draws different pre-vapor formulations from the reservoirs to the trunk via the separate roots. The heater is coupled to the trunk, such that the heater is operable to simultaneously vaporize the different pre-vapor formulations drawn into the trunk.

Combined cartridge for electronic vaping device

A base for an e-vaping device is configured to couple with multiple cartridges configured to generate separate, respective dispersions. The cartridges may include one or more atomizer assemblies or vaporizer assemblies. The base may include multiple connectors electrically coupled to the power supply. The connectors may be configured to couple multiple dispersion generators to a power supply of the base. The base may include control circuitry configured to independently control dispersion generation by dispersion generators coupled to the base. The control circuitry may independently control dispersion generation by the first and second cartridges based on cartridge information accessed through at least one of the first and second connectors. The control circuitry may control dispersion generation by controlling power supplied to the dispersion generators.

Multiple dispersion generator e-vaping device

A base for an e-vaping device is configured to couple with multiple cartridges configured to generate separate, respective dispersions. The cartridges may include one or more atomizer assemblies or vaporizer assemblies. The base may include multiple connectors electrically coupled to the power supply. The connectors may be configured to removably couple with various cartridges. Different cartridges may be interchangeably coupled with the connectors. Different cartridges may be swapped from the connectors. The base may include control circuitry configured to independently control dispersion generation by cartridges coupled to the base. The control circuitry may control dispersion generation by controlling power supplied to the cartridges. The control circuitry may control electrical power supplied based on information accessed from one or more of the cartridges.

E-vaping device cartridge holder

A cartridge for an e-vaping device includes a housing extending along a longitudinal axis of the cartridge, and an outlet-end insert coupled to the outlet end of the housing. The housing at least partially encloses a pre-vapor formulation reservoir and a vapor generator of the cartridge and further channels light via internal reflection through an interior of the housing. The outlet-end insert includes an outlet in flow communication with the vapor generator, directs the vapor generated by the vapor generator out of the cartridge through the outlet, and further emits the light channeled through the interior of the housing. One or more properties of the light are controllable.

Electronic vaping device with outlet-end illumination

A power supply assembly for an e-vaping device may include a coupling interface configured to couple with a cartridge to configure the e-vaping device to generate a vapor, a light-emitting device, and a light tube structure extending from the light-emitting device and through the coupling interface. The light tube structure may channel light emitted by the light-emitting device to emit the light into a reservoir of the cartridge to cause at least one portion of the cartridge to emit at least a portion of the channeled light to an external environment.

Electronic vaping device

A cartridge for an e-vaping device enables separate vapors to be formed proximate to separate, respective ends of the cartridge. The cartridge includes multiple reservoirs and separate vaporizer assemblies coupled to separate reservoirs on opposite ends of the reservoirs. The separate reservoirs may hold separate pre-vapor formulations. The separate vaporizer assemblies may draw separate pre-vapor formulations from separate reservoirs towards opposite ends of the cartridge and vaporize the separate pre-vapor formulations via operation of separate heaters proximate to the separate ends. The separate heaters may be independently controlled to independently control vapor formation at the separate ends. The heaters may be controlled to independently control vapor formation rates proximate to the separate ends. The heaters may be controlled to form separate vapors at least one of simultaneously, concurrently, and at different times.

Cartridge for electronic vaping device

At least one example embodiment discloses a section of an electronic-vaping device including a pressure sensor configured to measure a current ambient pressure, the pressure sensor further configured to output the current ambient pressure measurement in accordance with a read request frequency, and a controller configured to determine a mode of operation of the electronic-vaping device, control the read request frequency based on the determined mode of operation, and detect a threshold pressure change based on the current ambient pressure and a baseline pressure.

Electronic vaping device having pressure sensor

A cartridge for an electronic vaping device includes an outer housing extending in a longitudinal direction and a reservoir configured to contain a pre-vapor formulation. The reservoir is in the outer housing. The cartridge also includes at least two transfer pads at a reservoir end, and a wick in contact with the transfer pads. The transfer pads include a plurality of fibers. Each of the plurality of fibers is substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction.

Electronic vaping device including transfer pad with oriented fibers

A cartridge for an electronic vaping device includes an outer housing extending in a longitudinal direction and a reservoir configured to contain a pre-vapor formulation. The reservoir is in the outer housing. The reservoir has a first reservoir end and a second reservoir end. The cartridge also includes a seal at the first reservoir end, a transfer pad at the second reservoir end, and a wick in contact with the transfer pad. The transfer pad includes a plurality of fibers. Each of the plurality of fibers is substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction.

An electronic cigarette includes a liquid supply including liquid material, a heater operable to heat the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol, a wick in communication with the liquid material and in communication with the heater such that the wick delivers the liquid material to the heater, at least one air inlet operable to deliver air to a central air passage upstream of the heater, and a mouth end insert having at least two diverging outlets. The electronic cigarette can also include an air flow diverter which directs incoming air away from a heating zone of the heater.

Electronic cigarette

A method of forming a heater assembly of an e-vaping device includes bending a wire to form a first lobe and bending the wire to form a second lobe. The first lobe and the second lobe form a generally sinuously-shaped heater having a first set of lobes and a second set of lobe. A first apex of the first lobe is generally opposite a second apex of the second lobe. The method may also include curling the first set of lobes towards the second set of lobes to form a heater having a substantially tubular form. The heater defines an opening there through.

Heater of an electronic vaping device

An apparatus includes a body of pre-vapor formulation configured to be contained within a reservoir, the pre-vapor formulation being a gel formulation. The apparatus includes a surface heater in contact with a surface of the body of gel formulation, the heater being configured to heat the body of gel formulation to form a vapor.

Apparatus with surface heater and gel formulation

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Midlothian, VA, United States of America

Christopher S Tucker