Mouth piece of an electronic smoking device having a tempering element
First Claim
1. A mouthpiece for an electronic smoking device, the mouthpiece comprising:
- an elongated housing having an attachment port at a first end and an inhalation port at an opposing second end;
a central passage formed as a hollow channel through the housing, the central passage in communication with the attachment port and the inhalation port;
contact terminals for connecting to a battery of the electronic smoking device;
conductive elements connected to the contact terminals, the conductive elements being configured for connecting, to the battery; and
a tempering element electrically connected to the conductive element and located along the central passage, the tempering element for heating the air in the central passage, and wherein tempering element is configured to operate below a temperature at which the aerosol evaporates.
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to electronic smoking devices and in particular electronic cigarettes. A mouthpiece for an electronic smoking device has an elongated housing having ports at opposite ends; a central passage formed as a hollow channel through the housing in communication with the ports, contact terminals for connecting to a battery of the electronic smoking device and conductive elements connected to the contact terminals, the conductive elements being configured for connecting, to the battery, an tempering element for tempering an aerosol produced by the electronic smoking device. Using the tempering element, aerosol passing through the central passage can be tempered and loss of aerosol due to condensation is reduced.
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19 Claims
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1. A mouthpiece for an electronic smoking device, the mouthpiece comprising:
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an elongated housing having an attachment port at a first end and an inhalation port at an opposing second end; a central passage formed as a hollow channel through the housing, the central passage in communication with the attachment port and the inhalation port; contact terminals for connecting to a battery of the electronic smoking device; conductive elements connected to the contact terminals, the conductive elements being configured for connecting, to the battery; and a tempering element electrically connected to the conductive element and located along the central passage, the tempering element for heating the air in the central passage, and wherein tempering element is configured to operate below a temperature at which the aerosol evaporates. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An electronic smoking device comprising:
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a battery portion including a battery and first contact terminals electrically coupled to the battery; a mouthpiece adapted to attach to the battery portion, the mouthpiece including; an elongated housing having an attachment port at a first end and an inhalation port at an opposing second end; a central passage formed as a hollow channel through the housing in communication with the attachment port and the inhalation port; a tempering element located in the central passage and adapted to heat air in the central passage to reduce condensation of an aerosol, wherein tempering element is configured to operate below a temperature at which the aerosol evaporates; second contact terminals coupled to the elongated housing and configured to connect to the first contact terminals; and conductive elements connected to the second contact terminals and the tempering element, the conductive elements configured for connecting the battery to the tempering element for heating the air in the central passage. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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