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Patent No.:

US 11751608 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 09, 2022

Electronic vaping device having pressure sensor

Applicant:

Altria Client Services Llc, Richmond, VA (US);

Inventors:

Geoffrey Brandon Jordan, Midlothian, VA (US);

Phillip Diana, Richmond, VA (US);

Sean Sundberg, Richmond, VA (US);

David Bennett, Richmond, VA (US);

Christopher Tucker, Midlothian, VA (US);

Barry S. Smith, Richmond, VA (US);

Edmond J. Cadieux, Mechanicsville, VA (US);

Douglas A. Burton, Glen Allen, VA (US);

Paul Butler, Methuen, MA (US);

Jarrett Keen, Richmond, VA (US);

Patrick Cobler, Richmond, VA (US);

Kai Cao, Somerville, MA (US);

Assignee:

ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC, Richmond, VA (US);

Attorney:

Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

Toan M Le

Assistant Examiner:

Xiuqin Sun

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/90 (2020.01); G01R 31/66 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01); G01L 19/00 (2006.01); G01N 7/00 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H05B 1/02 (2006.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A24F 40/90 (2020.01); G01L 19/0092 (2013.01); G01N 7/00 (2013.01); G01R 31/66 (2020.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H05B 1/0244 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); H02J 7/00045 (2020.01);
Abstract

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.

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