Patent SG-11201807091W-A (SG)
Title: E-vaping device cartridge with internal conductive element
Inventor: SMITH BARRY S
IPC: A24F40/53
Filed: 2017-03-10
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property -, Organization 111111110111101110101011111 HO 11111011101 101I I 1001111111011111011110111111 International Bureau 0.. .... .. ..... ..or::,„, (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date WO 2017/153579 Al 14 September 2017 (14.09.2017) WIP0 I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every A24F 47/00 (2006.01) kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, (21) International Application Number: BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, PCT/EP2017/055685 DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, (22) International Filing Date: HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, 10 March 2017 (10.03.2017) KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, (25) Filing Language: English NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, (26) Publication Language: English RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, (30) Priority Data: ZA, ZM, ZW. 15/067,537 11 March 2016 (11.03.2016) US (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (71) Applicant: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A. kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, [CH/CH]; Quai Jeanrenaud 3, 2000 Neuchatel (CH). GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, (72) Inventors: SMITH, Barry S.; 601 East Jackson Street, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, Richmond, Virginia 23219 (US). CADIEUX, Ed; 601 East DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, Jackson Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219 (US). CO- LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, BLER, Patrick; 601 East Jackson Street, Richmond, Vir- SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, ginia 23219 (US). GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). (74) Agent: DOWLING, Ian; Reddie & Grose LLP, The White Chapel Building, 10 Whitechapel High Street, London El Published: 8QS (GB). — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) = (54) Title: E-VAPING DEVICE CARTRIDGE WITH INTERNAL CONDUCTIVE ELEMENT 70 k , .. 22 2 27-2 26-2 26-1 17 84 44 92- N \" 72 44a 91 /, AiiPT 95 l 13 64 15 61 -4 -.--- AN 12 „ — - \-48 - ZZ7 Il / tz. 5 , IN 16 14 kin en kin ,-, IN 1-1 (57) : A cartridge (70) for N dispensing interface (30) to which a heating element (24) is coupled. The conductive element (31) may have a greater temperature coefficient of electrical resistivity than the heating element (24). The dispensing interface (30) may include a fibrous wicking materi- C al, and the conductive element (31) ... ing interface (30) may be determined based on monitoring an electrical resistance of the conductive element (31). 30 i 18 92-2 4 84 93 17 96 6 31 27-1 98 44a 92-1, 99-1 99-2 t” 60 FIG. //3 an e-vaping device (60) includes a conductive element (31) extending through an interior of a may be woven through an interior of the fibrous wicking material. A temperature of the dispens -