Patent ID: 11931507
Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. A method of operating an electronic vapor provision device, wherein
the electronic vapor provision device comprises a body and a vaporizer, wherein the device body comprises a battery assembly comprising a power cell and a computer; and
the vaporizer is releasably connectable to the body;
the method comprising the computer checking whether the vaporizer is connected to the battery assembly, and in response detecting the vaporizer being connected to the battery assembly, the computer causes the electronic vapor provision device to enter or remain in a normal operation mode, wherein the body comprises first and second battery assembly terminals configured such that when the vaporizer is connected to the body, the first battery assembly terminal is connected to a first vaporizer connection terminal and the second battery assembly terminal is connected to a second vaporizer connection terminal, and wherein the body further comprises a capacitor, and the computer is configured to first charge the capacitor and then detect whether the vaporizer is connected to the body by determining whether the capacitor is discharged.