Classifications

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  • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
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• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
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• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
  • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
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Definitions

• Example embodiments relate to electronic vaping or e-vaping devices, and cartridges for e-vaping devices.
• E-vaping devices also referred to herein as electronic vaping devices (EVDs) may be used by adult vapers for portable vaping.
• An e-vaping device may vaporize a pre-vapor formulation to form a vapor.
• the e-vaping device may include a reservoir that holds a pre-vapor formulation and a heater that vaporizes the pre-vapor formulation.
• an e-vaping device may include multiple pre-vapor formulations. However, in some cases the separate pre-vapor formulations may react with each other when held in a reservoir of an e-vaping device. Such reactions may result in the degradation of one or more of the pre-vapor formulations, formation of one or more reaction products, thereby reducing a shelf-life of a portion of the e-vaping device.
• an individual pre-vapor formulation may include multiple elements that may react with each other, resulting in a degradation of the individual pre-vapor formulation and thereby reducing a shelf-life of a portion of an e-vaping device holding the individual pre-vapor formulation.
• a cartridge for an e-vaping device may include a housing, a plurality of reservoirs positioned within the housing, a dispensing interface coupled to the plurality of reservoirs, and a heater coupled to the dispensing interface.
• the plurality of reservoirs may be configured to hold different pre-vapor formulations.
• the dispensing interface may be configured to draw the different pre-vapor formulations from the plurality of reservoirs.
• the heater may be configured to simultaneously vaporize the different pre-vapor formulations to form a vapor.
• the dispensing interface may include a trunk and a plurality of separate roots, the separate roots extending from the trunk into separate, respective reservoirs of the plurality of reservoirs.
• the heater may be coupled to the trunk.
• the trunk may include separate portions coupled to separate roots such that the portions are configured to hold different pre-vapor formulations drawn from separate roots.
• the heater may be configured to heat the separate portions of the trunk at different rates simultaneously.
• the heater may include a plurality of heating elements, each separate heating element being coupled to a separate portion of the trunk, each separate heating element being configured to generate a different magnitude of heat.
• the cartridge may include a constrictor coupled to at least one root of the dispensing interface.
• the constrictor may be configured to adjustably control a rate of transport at which the at least one root draws at least one pre-vapor formulation based on adjustably constricting at least a portion of the at least one root.
• the separate roots may include different porosities.
• the different pre-vapor formulations may include different viscosities at a common temperature.
• the dispensing interface may be configured to simultaneously draw the different pre-vapor formulations to the trunk at a common rate of transport.
• the dispensing interface may include a plurality of wicks coupled together to form the trunk, and separate wicks of the plurality of wicks include separate roots of the plurality of separate roots.
• the separate wicks may include different wicking materials.
• the cartridge may include a divider assembly partitioning at least two separate wicks of the plurality of wicks.
• the divider assembly may be configured to mitigate pre-vaporization mixing of separate pre-vapor formulations drawn to the trunk via the at least two separate wicks.
• the housing may include first and second ends and the trunk may be positioned proximate to the first end.
• an e-vaping device may include a cartridge and a power supply section.
• the cartridge may include a housing, a plurality of reservoirs positioned within the housing, a dispensing interface coupled to the plurality of reservoirs, and a heater coupled to the dispensing interface.
• the plurality of reservoirs may be configured to hold different pre-vapor formulations.
• the dispensing interface may be configured to draw the different pre-vapor formulations from the plurality of reservoirs.
• the heater may be operable to simultaneously vaporize the different pre-vapor formulations to form a vapor.
• the power supply section may be configured to selectively supply power to the heater.
• the cartridge may be a cartridge according to the first aspect of the present invention in accordance with any of the embodiments described herein.
• the dispensing interface may be configured to simultaneously draw the different pre-vapor formulations at a common rate of transport.
• the dispensing interface may be configured to draw at least one pre-vapor formulation at an adjustable rate of transport.
• the dispensing interface includes a trunk and a plurality of separate roots, the separate roots extending from the trunk into separate, respective reservoirs of the plurality of reservoirs; and the heater may be coupled to the trunk.
• the dispensing interface may include a plurality of wicks coupled together, the plurality of wicks including separate roots of the plurality of separate roots.
• the housing may include first and second ends, the first end is distal from a housing opening, and the second end may be proximate to the housing opening.
• the dispensing interface may be positioned proximate to the first end of the housing.
• the power supply section may include a rechargeable battery, the power supply section being removably coupled to the cartridge.
• a method includes configuring a cartridge to vaporize different pre-vapor formulations simultaneously within a housing of the cartridge, the cartridge being for use in an e-vaping device.
• the configuring may include coupling a dispensing interface to a plurality of reservoirs within the housing, the plurality of reservoirs configured to hold different pre-vapor formulations, the dispensing interface configured to draw the different pre-vapor formulations from the plurality of reservoirs.
• the coupling may include coupling a heater to the dispensing interface, such that the heater is operable to simultaneously vaporize the different pre-vapor formulations drawn from the plurality of reservoirs.
• the cartridge configured by the method according to the present invention may be a cartridge according to the first aspect of the present invention in accordance with any of the embodiments described herein.
• the different pre-vapor formulations include different viscosities at a common temperature.
• the dispensing interface may include a trunk and a plurality of separate roots, the separate roots extending from the trunk into separate, respective reservoirs of the plurality of reservoirs. Coupling the heater to the dispensing interface may include coupling the heater to the trunk.
• the method may include fabricating the dispensing interface prior to coupling the dispensing interface to the plurality of reservoirs, the fabricating including coupling a plurality of separate wicks together to establish the trunk.
• coupling the plurality of separate wicks together to establish the trunk may include inserting a heater divider assembly between at least two separate wicks of the plurality of separate wicks to configure the dispensing interface to mitigate pre-vaporization mixing of separate pre-vapor formulations.
• FIG. 1A is a side view of an e-vaping device according to some example embodiments.
• FIG. 1 B is a cross-sectional view along line IB - IB' of the e-vaping device of FIG. 1 A.
• FIG. 1 C is a cross-sectional view along line IB - IB' of the e-vaping device of FIG. 1A.
• FIG. 2A is a dispensing interface according to some example embodiments.
• FIG. 2B is a dispensing interface according to some example embodiments.
• FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for configuring an e-vaping device to provide a combined vapor, according to some embodiments.
• FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for configuring a cartridge, according to some example embodiments.
• the spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as “below” or “beneath” other elements or features would then be oriented “above” the other elements or features. Therefore, the term “below” may encompass both an orientation of above and below.
• the device may be otherwise oriented (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.
• Example embodiments are described herein with reference to cross-sectional illustrations that are schematic illustrations of idealized embodiments (and intermediate structures) of example embodiments. As such, variations from the shapes of the illustrations as a result, for example, of manufacturing techniques or tolerances, are to be expected. Therefore, example embodiments should not be construed as limited to the shapes of regions illustrated herein but are to include deviations in shapes that result, for example, from manufacturing.
• FIG. 1A is a side view of an e-vaping device 60 according to some example embodiments.
• FIG. 1 B is a cross-sectional view along line IB - IB' of the e-vaping device of FIG. 1 A according to some example embodiments.
• FIG. 1 C is a cross-sectional view along line IB - IB' of the e- vaping device of FIG. 1A according to some example embodiments.
• the e-vaping device 60 may include one or more of the features set forth in U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2013/0192623 to Tucker et al. filed January 31 , 2013 and U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2013/0192619 to Tucker et al. filed January 14, 2013, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference thereto.
• the term "e-vaping device” is inclusive of all types of electronic vaping devices, regardless of form, size or shape.
• an e-vaping device 60 includes a replaceable cartridge (or first section) 70 and a reusable power supply section (or second section) 72.
• the first and second sections 70, 72 may be removably coupled together at complimentary interfaces 74, 84 of the respective sections 70, 72.
• the interfaces 74, 84 are threaded connectors. However, it should be appreciated that each interface 74, 84 may be any type of connector, including a snug-fit, detent, clamp, bayonet, clasp and combinations thereof. One or more of the interfaces 74, 84 may include a cathode connector, anode connector, some combination thereof, and so forth to electrically couple one or more elements of the cartridge 70 to one or more power supplies 12 in the power supply section 72 when the interfaces 74, 84 are coupled together.
• an outlet end insert 20 is positioned at an outlet end of the cartridge 70.
• the outlet end insert 20 includes at least one outlet port 21 that may be located off-axis from the longitudinal axis of the e-vaping device 60.
• One or more of the outlet ports 21 may be angled outwardly in relation to the longitudinal axis of the e-vaping device 60.
• Multiple outlet ports 21 may be uniformly or substantially uniformly distributed about the perimeter of the outlet end insert 20 so as to substantially uniformly distribute vapor drawn through the outlet end insert 20 during vaping. Therefore, as a vapor is drawn through the outlet end insert 20, the vapor may move in different directions.
• the cartridge 70 includes an outer housing 16 extending in a longitudinal direction and an inner tube 62 coaxially positioned within the outer housing 16.
• the power supply section 72 includes an outer housing 17 extending in a longitudinal direction.
• the outer housing 16 may be a single tube housing both the cartridge 70 and the power supply section 72 and the entire e-vaping device 60 may be disposable.
• the outer housings 16, 17 may each have a generally cylindrical cross-section.
• the outer housings 16, 17 may each have a generally triangular cross-section along one or more of the cartridge 70 and the power supply section 72.
• the outer housing 17 may have a greater circumference or dimensions at a tip end than a circumference or dimensions of the outer housing 16 at an outlet end of the e-vaping device 60.
• a nose portion of a gasket (or seal) 18 is fitted into an end portion of the inner tube 62.
• An outer perimeter of the gasket 18 provides at least a partial seal with an interior surface of the outer housing 16.
• the gasket 18 includes conduits extending through the gasket 18 between the housing 16 and the inner tube 62.
• the exterior of the inner tube 62 and the outer housing 16 at least partially define an annular channel 61 .
• One or more conduits through an annular portion of the gasket 18 may assure communication between the annular channel 61 and a space 65 defined between the gasket 18 and a connector element 91 .
• the connector element 91 may be included in the interface 74.
• a nose portion of another gasket 15 is fitted into another end portion of the inner tube 62.
• the gasket 15 includes conduits extending through the gasket 15 between the housing 16 and the inner tube 62. One or more conduits through an annular portion of the gasket 15 may assure communication between the annular channel 61 and an interior 67 of the outlet end insert 20.
• At least one air inlet port 44 is formed in the outer housing 16, adjacent to the interface 74 to minimize the chance of an adult vaper's fingers occluding one of the ports and to control the resistance-to-draw (RTD) during vaping.
• the air inlet ports 44 may be machined into the outer housing 16 with precision tooling such that their diameters are closely controlled and replicated from one e- vaping device 60 to the next during manufacture.
• the air inlet ports 44 may be drilled with carbide drill bits or other high-precision tools or techniques.
• the outer housing 16 may be formed of metal or metal alloys such that the size and shape of the air inlet ports 44 may not be altered during manufacturing operations, packaging, and vaping. Therefore, the air inlet ports 44 may provide consistent RTD.
• the air inlet ports 44 may be sized and configured such that the e-vaping device 60 has a RTD in the range of from about 60 millimetres of water to about 150 millimetres of water.
• the cartridge 70 includes a set of separate reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N.
• N may be an integer equal to 2 or greater.
• the space defined between the gaskets 18 and 15 and the inner tube 62 may establish the confines of the reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N.
• the space may be partitioned by one or more dividers 23 into multiple separate reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N.
• the separate reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N may be separate and unconnected reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N.
• the separate reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N are configured to hold separate pre-vapor formulations.
• the separate pre-vapor formulations may be different pre-vapor formulations.
• the separate reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N may include different sets of storage media, where the different sets of storage media are configured to hold different pre-vapor formulations.
• the cartridge 70 includes a dispensing interface 30 coupled to the separate reservoirs 22-
• the dispensing interface 30 is configured to draw separate pre-vapor formulations from the separate reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N.
• the dispensing interface 30 may include a trunk and multiple roots extending from the trunk. The roots may be separately coupled to separate reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N, such that the separate roots extend into the separate reservoirs.
• the dispensing interface 30 includes a trunk 34 and separate roots 32-1 to 32-N extending from the trunk 34 into separate reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N. The dispensing interface 30 may draw the pre-vapor formulations from the separate reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N into the trunk 34 via the separate roots 32-1 to 32-N.
• dispensing interface 30 includes at least one of a ceramic material extending into one or more reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N, a dispensing interface that includes a porous material extending into one or more reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N, some combination thereof, and so forth.
• the cartridge 70 includes a heater 24 that is coupled to the dispensing interface 30.
• the heater 24 may heat the separate pre-vapor formulations drawn by the dispensing interface 30 to simultaneously vaporize the separate pre-vapor formulations.
• the heater 24 may be coupled to the dispensing interface 30 at the trunk 34 and may simultaneously vaporize the different pre-vapor formulations drawn to the trunk 34 via the roots 32-1 to 32-N, thereby forming a combined vapor from the different pre-vapor formulations.
• the heater 24 extends transversely across the interior 67 of the outlet end insert 20. In the example embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1 C, the heater 24 extends transversely across the space 65. In some example embodiments, the heater 24 may extend parallel to a longitudinal axis of the annular channel 61 .
• the dispensing interface 30 includes an absorbent material.
• the absorbent material may be arranged in fluidic communication with the heater 24.
• the absorbent material may include a wick having an elongated form and arranged in fluidic communication with at least one reservoir of the plurality of reservoirs.
• the dispensing interface 30 includes a porous material.
• the dispensing interface 30 may include at least one ceramic rod configured to direct pre-vapor formulation from at least one of the reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N through an interior of the at least one ceramic rod.
• the dispensing interface 30 may include at least one wick material, that is configured to direct pre-vapor formulation through an interior of the at least one wick material.
• a wick material may be a flexible wick material.
• the dispensing interface 30 includes a nonporous material.
• the dispensing interface 30 may include a channel apparatus that includes a conduit, where the channel apparatus is configured to direct a pre-vapor formulation from a reservoir 22-1 to 22-N through the conduit.
• the dispensing interface 30 may include a drip action apparatus.
• the dispensing interface 30 may include a valve configured to direct pre-vapor formulation from at least one of the reservoirs 22- 1 to 22-N based on actuation of the valve.
• the dispensing interface 30 is configured to draw different pre-vapor formulations from the separate reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N to a common location where the pre-vapor formulations may be simultaneously vaporized by a heater 24.
• the dispensing interface 30 may include multiple roots 32-1 to 32-N extending from a common trunk 34 into separate reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N. Each root 32-1 to 32-N may draw a different pre-vapor formulation from a separate reservoir to the trunk 34.
• different pre-vapor formulations held in the separate reservoirs 22-1 to 22- N may be transferred from at least one of the reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N and storage medium to the trunk 34 via capillary action of the separate roots 32-1 to 32-N extending into the separate reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N.
• the heater 24 may at least partially surround a portion of the trunk 34 such that when the heater 24 is activated, the different pre-vapor formulations drawn to the trunk 34 from the separate reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N are simultaneously vaporized by the heater 24 to form a combined vapor. In some example embodiments, including the example embodiments illustrated in FIG. 1 B and FIG. 1 C, the heater 24 completely surrounds the trunk 34.
• Such a combined vapor, formed via simultaneous vaporization of different pre-vapor formulations at the trunk 34, may provide a combined vapor, where the combined vapor includes different vaporized pre-vapor formulations without mixing the pre-vapor formulations prior to forming the vapor. Therefore, a probability of chemical reactions between the pre-vapor formulations prior to forming the vapor may be mitigated. Mitigation of a probability of such chemical reactions may enhance a sensory experience provided by the e-vaping device to an adult vaper during vaping. Mitigation of a probability of such chemical reactions may increase one or more of stability of one or more pre-vapor formulations and shelf life of the one or more pre-vapor formulations.
• the dispensing interface 30 is configured to draw different pre-vapor formulations from the separate reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N to the trunk 34 at a common rate of transport, such that the different pre-vapor formulations drawn from the reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N arrive at a common location in the dispensing interface 30 simultaneously. In some example embodiments, the dispensing interface 30 is configured to draw different pre-vapor formulations from the separate reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N to the trunk 34 at different respective rates of transport.
• the separate roots 32-1 to 32-N have different properties that enable the separate roots 32-1 to 32-N to be configured to draw different pre-vapor formulations at a common rate of transport, where the different pre-vapor formulations have different properties.
• the separate roots 32-1 to 32-N may have different porosities, so that the separate roots 32-1 to 32-N are configured to transport different pre-vapor formulations having different viscosities at a common rate of transport.
• the separate roots 32-1 to 32-N are configured to draw different pre-vapor formulations at different respective rates of transport.
• the separate roots 32-1 to 32-N may include separate wicking materials. The separate wicking materials may be different wicking materials.
• a dispensing interface 30 includes a constrictor 92 coupled to at least one of the roots 32-1 to 32-N, where the constrictor 92 is configured to controllably adjust the rate of transport at which the at least one of the roots 32-1 to 32-N draws one or more pre-vapor formulations.
• the constrictor 92 may be configured to controllably adjust the rate of transport at which the at least one of the roots 32-1 to 32-N draws one or more pre- vapor formulations based on adjustably constricting the at least one of the roots 32-1 to 32-N.
• the constrictor 92 may controllably adjust the rate of transport at which the at least one of the roots 32-1 to 32-N draws one or more pre-vapor formulations based on adjusting a porosity of at least one of the roots 32-1 to 32-N. Adjusting the porosity of a root may include adjusting a diameter of the root.
• the constrictor 92 may adjustably constrict a diameter of at least one of the roots 32-1 to 32-N to adjustably control a rate at which the at least one of the roots 32-1 to 32-N transports one or more pre-vapor formulations.
• the constrictor 92 may be configured to be controllably adjusted by one or more of an adult vaper, control circuitry 1 1 , some combination thereof, or the like.
• one or more constrictors 92 extend from root 32-N to an exterior of the outer housing 16, such that the constrictor 92 is configured to be controlled by an adult vaper to adjustably control the constriction of the root 32-N.
• an e-vaping device 60 may include a constrictor 92 coupled with a root 32-N within a reservoir 22-N, in one of the space 65 and interior 67 outside of the reservoir 22-N, or some combination thereof.
• Adjustable control of the rate of transport at which at least one of the roots 32-1 to 32-N draws a pre-vapor formulation enables control of one or more of flavor intensity of a vapor provided by the e- vaping device 60, a quality of the vapor provided by the e-vaping device 60, some combination thereof, and so forth.
• the dispensing interface 30 includes multiple separate wicks, where the wicks are coupled together to form the trunk 34 and the separate wicks extend from the trunk 34 into separate reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N as separate roots 32-1 to 32-N.
• Separate wicks may include separate materials, such that the separate wicks are configured to draw different pre-vapor formulations at a common rate of transport to the trunk 34.
• the separate wicks are configured to draw different pre-vapor formulations at different respective rates of transport to the trunk 34.
• the cartridge 70 includes first and second ends. The first and second ends may be opposite ends of the cartridge 70.
• the dispensing interface 30 may be coupled to the separate reservoirs proximate to a particular end of first and second ends, such that the dispensing interface 30 is positioned proximate to the particular end.
• the dispensing interface 30 may draw different pre-vapor formulations from the different reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N towards the particular end.
• the heater 24 may vaporize the different pre-vapor formulations at a location that is closer to the particular end of the cartridge 70 than an opposite end of the first section.
• the first and second ends of the first section are referred to as an outlet end proximate to the outlet end insert 20 and a tip end proximate to the interface 74.
• the first and second ends may refer to any set of opposite ends in any order or arrangement.
• the dispensing interface 30 may be coupled to the reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N at respective ends of the reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N proximate to the outlet end (first end) of the cartridge 70.
• the dispensing interface 30 extends from the reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N into the interior 67 of the outlet end insert, and the heater 24 is coupled to the trunk 34 in the interior 67.
• Electrical leads 26-1 , 26-2 extend between the heater 24 and respective ones of the connector element 91 and interface 74 to electrically couple the heater 24 to the power supply 12 when interfaces 74, 84 are coupled together.
• Air entering the cartridge 70 through air inlet ports 44 may pass to the interior 67 via the annular channel 61 . Air entering the interior 67 from the channel 61 may draw vapors formed at the trunk 34 to the outlet ports 21 of the outlet end insert.
• the dispensing interface 30 may be coupled to the reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N at respective ends of the reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N proximate to the tip end (second end) of the cartridge 70.
• the dispensing interface 30 extends from the reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N into the space 65 between the gasket 18 and the connector element 91 , and the heater 24 is coupled to the trunk 34 in the space 65.
• Electrical leads 26-1 , 26-2 extend between the heater 24 and respective ones of the connector element 91 and the interface 74 through the space 65 to electrically couple the heater 24 to the power supply 12 when interfaces 74, 84 are coupled together.
• Air entering the cartridge 70 through air inlet ports 44 may draw vapors formed at the trunk 34 to the outlet ports 21 of the outlet end insert via the channel 61 and the interior 67.
• the vapor exiting the e-vaping device via the outlet end insert 20 may be cooler or warmer based on the end of the cartridge 70 to which the dispensing interface 30 is more closely positioned.
• vapors formed in the space 65 proximate to the tip end of the cartridge 70 may be cooler than vapors formed in the interior 67 proximate to the outlet end of the first section, as shown in FIG. 1 B.
• Vapors passing through the annular channel 61 to the interior may cool prior to reaching the outlet ports 21 , while vapors formed in the interior 67 may not cool as much.
• a vapor provided to an adult vaper may provide a different sensory experience based on the temperature of the vapor.
• the e-vaping device 60 may provide the adult vaper with a unique sensory experience based on the configuration of the dispensing interface 30 in the cartridge 70.
• the cartridge 70 includes a connector element 91 configured to at least partially establish electrical connections between elements in the cartridge 70 with one or more elements in the power supply section 72.
• the connector element 91 includes an electrode element configured to electrically couple at least one electrical lead to the power supply 12 in the power supply section when interfaces 74, 84 are coupled together.
• electrical lead 26-1 is coupled to connector element 91 .
• An electrode element may be one or more of a cathode connector element and an anode connector element. When interfaces 74, 84 are coupled together, the connector element 91 may be coupled with at least one portion of the power supply 12, as shown in FIG. 1 B and FIG. 1 C.
• one or more of the interfaces 74, 84 include one or more of a cathode connector element and an anode connector element.
• electrical lead 26-2 is coupled to the interface 74.
• the power supply section 72 includes a lead 98 that couples the control circuitry 1 1 to the interface 84.
• the coupled interfaces 74, 84 may electrically couple leads 26-2 and 98 together.
• the established electrical circuit may include at least the element in the cartridge 70, control circuitry 1 1 , and the power supply 12.
• the electrical circuit may include leads 26-1 and 26-2, lead 98, and interfaces 74, 84.
• heater 24 is coupled to interface 74 and connector element 91 , such that the heater 24 may be electrically coupled to the power supply 12 via interface 74 and connector element 91 when interfaces 74, 84 are coupled together.
• the control circuitry 1 1 is configured to be coupled to the power supply 12, such that the control circuitry 1 1 may control the supply of electrical power from the power supply 12 to one or more elements of the cartridge 70.
• the control circuitry 1 1 may control the supply of electrical power to the element based on controlling the established electrical circuit.
• the control circuitry 1 1 may selectively open or close the electrical circuit, adjustably control an electrical current through the circuit, and so forth.
• the power supply section 72 includes a sensor 13 responsive to air drawn into the power supply section 72 via an air inlet port 44a adjacent to a free end or tip end of the e-vaping device 60, a power supply 12, and control circuitry 1 1.
• the power supply 12 may include a rechargeable battery.
• the sensor 13 may be one or more of a pressure sensor, a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensor, and so forth.
• MEMS microelectromechanical system
• the power supply 12 includes a battery arranged in the e- vaping device 60 such that the anode is downstream of the cathode.
• a connector element 91 contacts the downstream end of the battery.
• the heater 24 is connected to the battery by two spaced apart electrical leads 26-1 , 26-2 coupled to respective ones of a connector element 91 and interface 74.
• the power supply 12 may be a Lithium-ion battery or one of its variants, for example a Lithium-ion polymer battery.
• the power supply 12 may be a nickel-metal hydride battery, a nickel cadmium battery, a lithium-manganese battery, a lithium-cobalt battery or a fuel cell.
• the e-vaping device 60 may be usable by an adult vaper until the energy in the power supply 12 is depleted or in the case of lithium polymer battery, a minimum voltage cut-off level is achieved.
• the power supply 12 may be rechargeable and may include circuitry configured to allow the battery to be chargeable by an external charging device.
• a Universal Serial Bus (USB) charger or other suitable charger assembly may be used.
• the at least one power supply 12 may be electrically connected with the heater 24 of the cartridge 70 upon actuation of the sensor 13. Air is drawn primarily into the cartridge 70 through one or more air inlet ports 44.
• the one or more air inlet ports 44 may be located along the outer housing 16, 17 of the first and second sections 70, 72 or at one or more of the interfaces 74, 84.
• the sensor 13 may be configured to sense an air pressure drop and initiate application of voltage from the power supply 12 to the heater 24.
• some example embodiments of the power supply section 72 include a heater activation light 48 configured to glow when the heater 24 is activated.
• the heater activation light 48 may include a light emitting diode (LED).
• the heater activation light 48 may be arranged to be visible to an adult vaper during vaping.
• the heater activation light 48 may be utilized for e-vaping system diagnostics or to indicate that recharging is in progress.
• the heater activation light 48 may also be configured such that the adult vaper may activate, deactivate, or activate and deactivate the heater activation light 48 for privacy.
• the heater activation light 48 may be located on the tip end of the e-vaping device 60. In some example embodiments, the heater activation light 48 may be located on a side portion of the outer housing 17.
• the at least one air inlet port 44a may be located adjacent to the sensor 13, such that the sensor 13 may sense air flow indicative of vapor being drawn through the outlet end, and activate the power supply 12 and the heater activation light 48 to indicate that the heater 24 is working.
• control circuitry 1 1 may control the supply of electrical power to the heater 24 responsive to the sensor 13.
• the control circuitry 1 1 may include a maximum, time-period limiter.
• the control circuitry 1 1 may include a manually operable switch for manually initiating vaping.
• the time-period of the electric current supply to the heater 24 may be pre-set (for example, prior to controlling the supply of electrical power to the heater 24) depending on the amount of pre-vapor formulation desired to be vaporized.
• the control circuitry 1 1 may control the supply of electrical power to the heater 24 as long as the sensor 13 detects a pressure drop.
• control circuitry 1 1 may execute one or more instances of computer-executable program code.
• the control circuitry 1 1 may include a processor and a memory.
• the memory may be a computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable code.
• the control circuitry 1 1 may include processing circuity including, but not limited to, a processor, Central Processing Unit (CPU), a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a System-on-Chip (SoC), a programmable logic unit, a microprocessor, or any other device capable of responding to and executing instructions in a defined manner.
• the control circuitry 1 1 may be at least one of an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and an ASIC chip.
• ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
• the control circuitry 1 1 may be configured as a special purpose machine by executing computer-readable program code stored on a storage device.
• the program code may include at least one of program or computer-readable instructions, software elements, software modules, data files, data structures, and the like, capable of being implemented by one or more hardware devices, such as one or more of the control circuitry mentioned above. Examples of program code include both machine code produced by a compiler and higher level program code that is executed using an interpreter.
• the control circuitry 1 1 may include one or more storage devices.
• the one or more storage devices may be at least one of tangible or non-transitory computer-readable storage media, such as random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), a permanent mass storage device (such as a disk drive), solid state (for example, NAND flash) device, and any other like data storage mechanism capable of storing and recording data.
• the one or more storage devices may be configured to store computer programs, program code, instructions, or some combination thereof, for at least one of one or more operating systems and for implementing the example embodiments described herein.
• the computer programs, program code, instructions, or some combination thereof may also be loaded from a separate computer readable storage medium into at least one of the one or more storage devices and the one or more computer processing devices using a drive mechanism.
• Such separate computer readable storage medium may include at least one of a USB flash drive, a memory stick, a Blu- ray/DVD/CD-ROM drive, a memory card, and other like computer readable storage media.
• the computer programs, program code, instructions, or some combination thereof may be loaded into at least one of the one or more storage devices and the one or more computer processing devices from a remote data storage device via a network interface, rather than via a local computer readable storage medium.
• the computer programs, program code, instructions, or some combination thereof may be loaded into at least one of the one or more storage devices and the one or more processors from a remote computing system that is configured to transfer, distribute, or transfer and distribute the computer programs, program code, instructions, or some combination thereof, over a network.
• the remote computing system may transfer, distribute, or transfer and distribute the computer programs, program code, instructions, or some combination thereof, via at least one of a wired interface, an air interface, and any other like medium.
• the control circuitry 1 1 may be a special purpose machine configured to execute the computer-executable code to control the supply of electrical power to the heater 24. Controlling the supply of electrical power to the heater 24 may be referred to herein interchangeably as activating the heater 24.
• the activated heater 24 may heat a portion of the coupled dispensing interface 30 for less than about 10 seconds. Therefore, the power cycle (or maximum vaping length) may range in period from about 2 seconds to about 10 seconds (for example, about 3 seconds to about 9 seconds, about 4 seconds to about 8 seconds or about 5 seconds to about 7 seconds). In some example embodiments, a portion of the dispensing interface 30 that is surrounded by the heater 24 is the trunk 34.
• separate portions of the heater 24 may be configured to heat different portions 36-1 to 36-N of the trunk 34 at different rates.
• the different portions 36-1 to 36-N of the trunk 34 may be coupled to different roots 32-1 to 32-N.
• the different portions 36-1 to 36-N of the trunk 34 may hold different pre-vapor formulations drawn from different reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N through the different roots 32-1 to 32-N.
• the heater 24 may be configured to vaporize the different pre-vapor formulations held in the different portions 36-1 to 36-N of the trunk 34 at different rates simultaneously based on applying different magnitudes of heat to the different portions 36-1 to 36-N of the trunk 34 simultaneously.
• the heater 24 may be configured to vaporize the different pre-vapor formulations at a common rate simultaneously, based on applying different magnitudes of heat to the different portions 36-1 to 36-N of the trunk 34 simultaneously.
• different pre-vapor formulations drawn to different portions 36-1 to 36-N of the trunk 34 from different roots 32-1 to 32-N may have different properties, including at least one of different heat capacities and different heats of vaporization.
• the heater 24 includes multiple separate heating elements coupled to separate portions 36-1 to 36-N of the trunk 34.
• the separate heating elements may be configured to apply different magnitudes of heat to the separate portions 36-1 to 36-N of the trunk 34 simultaneously.
• the heater 24 may include multiple separate wire coils coupled to separate portions 36-1 to 36-N of the trunk 34.
• the separate wire coils may have one or more of different spacings, different materials, different electrical resistances, and so forth.
• the separate wire coils may be configured to provide different magnitudes of heat to the different portions 36-1 to 36-N of the trunk 34.
• a pre-vapor formulation is a material or combination of materials that may be transformed into a vapor.
• the pre-vapor formulation may be at least one of a liquid, solid or gel formulation including, but not limited to, water, beads, solvents, active ingredients, ethanol, plant extracts, natural or artificial flavors, pre-vapor formulations such as glycerin and propylene glycol, and combinations thereof.
• Different pre-vapor formulations may include different elements.
• Different pre-vapor formulations may have different properties. For example, different pre-vapor formulations may have different viscosities when the different pre- vapor formulations are at a common temperature.
• the pre-vapor formulation may include those described in U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2015/0020823 to Lipowicz et al. filed July 16, 2014 and U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2015/0313275 to Anderson et al. filed January 21 , 2015, the entire contents of each of which is incorporated herein by reference thereto.
• the pre-vapor formulation may include nicotine or may exclude nicotine.
• the pre-vapor formulation may include one or more tobacco flavors.
• the pre-vapor formulation may include one or more flavors that are separate from one or more tobacco flavors.
• a pre-vapor formulation that includes nicotine may also include one or more acids.
• the one or more acids may be one or more of pyruvic acid, formic acid, oxalic acid, glycolic acid, acetic acid, isovaleric acid, valeric acid, propionic acid, octanoic acid, lactic acid, levulinic acid, sorbic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, succinic acid, citric acid, benzoic acid, oleic acid, aconitic acid, butyric acid, cinnamic acid, decanoic acid, 3,7-dimethyl-6- octenoic acid, 1 -glutamic acid, heptanoic acid, hexanoic acid, 3-hexenoic acid, trans-2-hexenoic acid, isobutyric acid, lauric acid, 2-methylbutyric acid, 2-methylvaleric acid, myristic acid, nonanoic acid, palmitic acid,
• At least one of the reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N may include a pre-vapor formulation, and optionally a storage medium configured to store the pre-vapor formulation therein.
• the storage medium may include a winding of cotton gauze or other fibrous material about a portion of the cartridge 70.
• the storage medium of one or more reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N may be a fibrous material including at least one of cotton, polyethylene, polyester, rayon and combinations thereof.
• the fibers may have a diameter ranging in size from about 6 microns to about 15 microns (for example, about 8 microns to about 12 microns or about 9 microns to about 1 1 microns).
• the storage medium may be a sintered, porous or foamed material.
• the fibers may be sized to be irrespirable and may have a cross-section that has a Y-shape, cross shape, clover shape or any other suitable shape.
• one or more reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N may include a filled tank lacking any storage medium and containing only pre-vapor formulation.
• At least one of the reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N may be sized and configured to hold enough pre-vapor formulation such that the e-vaping device 60 may be configured for vaping for at least about 200 seconds.
• the e-vaping device 60 may be configured to allow each vaping to last a maximum of about 5 seconds.
• the dispensing interface 30 may include filaments (or threads) having a capacity to draw one or more pre-vapor formulations.
• a dispensing interface 30 may be a bundle of glass (or ceramic) filaments, a bundle including a group of windings of glass filaments, and so forth, all of which arrangements may be capable of drawing pre-vapor formulation via capillary action by interstitial spacings between the filaments.
• the filaments may be generally aligned in a direction perpendicular (transverse) to the longitudinal direction of the e-vaping device 60.
• the wick may include one to eight filament strands, each strand comprising a plurality of glass filaments twisted together.
• the end portions of the dispensing interface 30 may be flexible and foldable into the confines of one or more reservoirs 22-1 to 22- N.
• the filaments may have a cross-section that is generally cross-shaped, clover-shaped, Y- shaped, or in any other suitable shape.
• the dispensing interface 30 includes multiple separate wicks coupled together. The coupled portions of the wicks may establish a trunk of a dispensing interface, and the non-coupled portions of the wicks extending away from the trunk may be one or more roots of a dispensing interface.
• the dispensing interface 30 may include any suitable material or combination of materials, also referred to herein as wicking materials. Examples of suitable materials may be, but not limited to, glass, ceramic- or graphite-based materials.
• the dispensing interface 30 may have any suitable capillarity drawing action to accommodate pre-vapor formulations having different physical properties such as density, viscosity, surface tension and vapor pressure.
• the heater 24 may include a wire coil that at least partially surrounds the trunk 34 of at least one dispensing interface.
• the wire may be a metal wire.
• the wire coil may extend fully or partially along the length of the trunk 34.
• the wire coil may further extend fully or partially around the circumference of the trunk 34.
• the wire coil may or may not be in contact with dispensing interface 30 to which the wire coil is coupled.
• the heater 24 may be formed of any suitable electrically resistive materials.
• suitable electrically resistive materials may include, but not limited to, titanium, zirconium, tantalum and metals from the platinum group.
• suitable metal alloys include, but not limited to, stainless steel, nickel, cobalt, chromium, aluminum-titanium-zirconium, hafnium, niobium, molybdenum, tantalum, tungsten, tin, gallium, manganese and iron-containing alloys, and super-alloys based on nickel, iron, cobalt, stainless steel.
• the heater 24 may be formed of nickel aluminide, a material with a layer of alumina on the surface, iron aluminide and other composite materials, the electrically resistive material may optionally be embedded in, encapsulated or coated with an insulating material or vice-versa, depending on the kinetics of energy transfer and the external physicochemical properties required.
• the heater 24 may include at least one material selected from the group including at least one of stainless steel, copper, copper alloys, nickel-chromium alloys, super alloys and combinations thereof.
• the heater 24 may be formed of nickel-chromium alloys or iron- chromium alloys.
• the heater 24 may be a ceramic heater having an electrically resistive layer on an outside surface thereof.
• the heater 24 may heat one or more pre-vapor formulations in the dispensing interface 30 by thermal conduction. Alternatively, heat from the heater 24 may be conducted to the one or more pre-vapor formulations by a heat conductive element or the heater 24 may transfer heat to the incoming ambient air that is drawn through the e-vaping device 60 during vaping, which in turn heats the pre-vapor formulation by convection.
• the cartridge 70 may be replaceable. In other words, once the pre-vapor formulation of the cartridge 70 is depleted, only the cartridge 70 may be replaced.
• An alternate arrangement may include an example embodiment where the entire e- vaping device 60 may be disposed once one or more of the reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N are depleted.
• the e-vaping device 60 may be about 80 millimetres to about 1 10 millimetres long and about 7 millimetres to about 8 millimetres in diameter.
• the e-vaping device may be about 84 millimetres long and may have a diameter of about 7.8 millimetres.
• FIG. 2A shows a dispensing interface 30 including a transverse divider according to some example embodiments.
• FIG. 2B shows a dispensing interface 30 including a parallel divider according to some example embodiments.
• the dispensing interfaces 30 shown in FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B may be included in any of the embodiments of dispensing interfaces 30 included herein, including the dispensing interfaces 30 shown in FIG. 1 B and FIG. 1 C.
• a dispensing interface 30 includes multiple wicks coupled together to form a trunk.
• the dispensing interface 30 may include a divider partitioning separate wicks from direct contact with each other, so that different pre-vapor formulations drawn to the trunk via separate wicks are restricted from mixing prior to vaporization of the different pre-vapor formulations. As a result, a risk of chemical reactions between the pre-vapor formulations is mitigated.
• a dispensing interface 30 includes separate wicks 42-1 to 42-N extending into separate reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N and are coupled at respective end surfaces to form the trunk 34 of the dispensing interface 30. As shown in FIG. 2A, a dispensing interface 30 includes separate wicks 42-1 to 42-N extending into separate reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N and are coupled at respective end surfaces to form the trunk 34 of the dispensing interface 30. As shown in FIG.
• a transverse divider 35A may interpose between the end surfaces of the wicks 42-1 to 42-N, so that the transverse divider 35A extends transverse to the wicks 42-1 to 42-N at the trunk 34 and mitigates mixing of different pre-vapor formulations drawn to the trunk 34 by the separate wicks 42-1 to 42-N.
• a heater 24 may be wrapped around a portion of the trunk 34, so that the heater 24 is wrapped around the transverse divider 35A.
• the heater 24 is a wire coil extending around the trunk 24 that includes portions of the separate wicks 42-1 to 42-N.
• the illustrated wire coil of heater 24 includes a spacing between each of adjacent windings of the coil around the trunk 34.
• a heater 24 that includes a wire coil winding around the trunk 34 includes separate portions coupled to separate portions 36-1 to 36-N of the trunk 34 that are formed of separate wicks 42-1 to 42-N.
• the separate portions of the wire coil may have different spacings of the wire coil.
• the separate portions of the wire coil may be configured to provide different magnitudes of heating to the different portions 36-1 to 36-N of the trunk 34, based on the different spacings of the wire coil in the separate portions of the heater 24.
• the different portions of the heater 24 may vaporize different pre-vapor formulations in the different wicks 42- 1 to 42-N at different rates.
• the divider may extend parallel to the side surfaces of separate wicks at the trunk. Such a divider may be referred to herein as a parallel divider.
• a dispensing interface 30 includes separate wicks 42-1 to 42-N extending into separate reservoirs 22-1 to 22-N and coupled at respective side surfaces to form the trunk 34.
• a parallel divider 35B may interpose between the side surfaces of the wicks 42-1 to 42-N, so that the parallel divider 35B extends in parallel to the wicks 42-1 to 42-N at the trunk 34 and mitigates mixing of different pre-vapor formulations drawn to the trunk 34 by the separate wicks 42-1 to 42-N.
• a heater 24 may be wrapped around the trunk 34, so that the heater 24 is wrapped around the parallel divider 35B.
• FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for configuring an e-vaping device to provide a combined vapor, according to some embodiments.
• the configuring may be implemented with regard to any of the embodiments of e-vaping devices included herein.
• one or more portions of the configuring are implemented by a configuror.
• the configuror may be one or more of a human operator, a machine, some combination thereof, and so forth.
• the machine may be a fabrication machine.
• the machine may be a special purpose machine configured to implement the configuring based on executing program code stored in a memory device.
• the configuror configures a cartridge (or first section) to provide a combined vapor based on simultaneous vaporization of different pre-vapor formulations at a common location within the cartridge. Such configuring is discussed in further detail below with regard to FIG. 4.
• the configuror configures a power supply section (or second section) to provide electrical power.
• the configuring of the power supply section may include one or more of installing a power supply in the power supply section, charging a power supply in the power supply section, coupling a control circuitry to the power supply section, and so forth.
• the configuror couples the cartridge and power supply section at complimentary interfaces, such that the power supply in the power supply section is electrically coupled to a heater included in the cartridge and may be operated to cause the heater to simultaneously heat different pre-vapor formulations drawn from separate reservoirs in the cartridge.
• the cartridge may be replaced with a different cartridge, and the different cartridge may include a different set of pre-vapor formulations.
• FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for configuring a cartridge, according to some example embodiments.
• the configuring 310 may be implemented with regard to any of the embodiments of e-vaping devices included herein. Such configuring includes configuring elements of a cartridge as shown with regard to the cartridge 70 in FIG. 1A, FIG. 1 B, and FIG. 1 C.
• one or more portions of the configuring are implemented by a configuror.
• the configuror may be one or more of a human operator, a machine, some combination thereof, and so forth.
• the machine may be a fabrication machine.
• the machine may be a special purpose machine configured to implement the configuring based on executing program code stored in a memory device.
• the configuror provides multiple reservoirs within a housing of the cartridge.
• the reservoirs may be bounded by separate housings.
• the reservoirs may be provided via partitioning a portion of the housing.
• the configuror couples a dispensing interface to the separate reservoirs in the housing of the cartridge. Coupling the dispensing interface to the reservoirs may include extending 430 separate roots of the dispensing interface into separate reservoirs via the portions of the cartridge.
• the dispensing interface is coupled to a gasket, where the gasket seals one end of the reservoirs, so that the separate roots extend into the separate reservoirs through an interior of the gasket.
• the configuror couples a heater to the trunk of the dispensing interface.
• the heater may be coupled to a power supply section interface of the cartridge via one or more sets of electrical leads, so that the heater may receive electrical power from a power supply coupled to the power supply section interface.

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