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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Imperial Tobacco Limited, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Oliver Talbot, Liverpool, GB;
Thomas Sudlow, Liverpool, GB;
Jonathan Marchbank, Liverpool, GB;
Daniel Harden, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
IMPERIAL TOBACCO LIMITED, Bristol, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 13/00 (2006.01); A24F 40/90 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/90 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01);
Abstract
A smoking substitute device having: a control unit; a battery configured to supply power to the smoking substitute device; a movement sensing component configured to sense movement of the smoking substitute device; and a battery level indicator configured to, when activated, provide an indication of charge remaining in the battery. The control unit is configured to activate the battery level indicator when a predetermined movement of the smoking substitute device is detected using the movement sensing component.