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EP3984385B1 - Vaporisateur, récipient consommable correspondant, système de vaporisateur correspondant et procédé permettant d'obtenir des informations sur un récipient consommable - Google Patents

Vaporisateur, récipient consommable correspondant, système de vaporisateur correspondant et procédé permettant d'obtenir des informations sur un récipient consommable Download PDF

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EP3984385B1
EP3984385B1 EP20202587.0A EP20202587A EP3984385B1 EP 3984385 B1 EP3984385 B1 EP 3984385B1 EP 20202587 A EP20202587 A EP 20202587A EP 3984385 B1 EP3984385 B1 EP 3984385B1
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Layth Sliman BOUCHUIGUIR
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
    • A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
    • A24F40/40—Constructional details, e.g. connection of cartridges and battery parts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
    • A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
    • A24F40/40—Constructional details, e.g. connection of cartridges and battery parts
    • A24F40/42—Cartridges or containers for inhalable precursors
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
    • A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
    • A24F40/50—Control or monitoring
    • A24F40/53—Monitoring, e.g. fault detection

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  • the present invention is directed to personal vaporizing devices, such as electronic cigarettes. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a vaporizer, a consumable container therefore, a vaporizer system thereof comprising the vaporizer and the consumable container, and a method of obtaining information by the vaporizer about the consumable container.
  • Electronic cigarettes are an alternative to conventional cigarettes. Instead of generating a combustion smoke, they vaporize a liquid, which can be inhaled by a user.
  • the liquid typically comprises an aerosol-forming substance, such as glycerin or propylene glycol that creates the vapor.
  • Other common substances in the liquid are nicotine and various flavorings.
  • the electronic cigarette is a hand-held inhaler system, comprising a mouthpiece section, a liquid store, and a power supply unit. Vaporization is achieved by a vaporizer or heater unit which typically comprises a heating element in the form of a heating coil and a fluid transfer element. The vaporization occurs when as the heater heats up the liquid in the wick until the liquid is transformed into vapor.
  • the electronic cigarette may comprise a chamber in the mouthpiece section, which is configured to receive disposable consumables in the form of capsules. Capsules style consumable containers comprising the liquid store and the vaporizer are often referred to as "cartomizers".
  • CN 11095991 A discloses an electronic cigarette including a tobacco/cigarette rod and a cartridge inserted into the tobacco rod.
  • the cartridge includes a PCB module with an authentication circuit.
  • the tobacco/cigarette rod 12 includes pins and a main control module.
  • the main control module detects data information of the authentication circuit 112 electrically connected to the connectors in the PCB module to identify the cartridge.
  • a similar electronic cigarette is known from WO 2019/129866A in which the detection system is mechanically, magnetically or optically actuated.
  • the electronic cigarette and the cartridge provided in the prior art is complex in structure. Having a complex IC module in the cartridge also increases the cost of the consumable container.
  • the present invention provides a smoking article for an aerosol generation device, which solves some of or all of the above problems.
  • the invention is directed to a vaporizer configured to be connected to a consumable container for vaporizing a consumable contained in the consumable container, a vaporizer connecting surface of the vaporizer being connected to a consumable container connecting surface of the consumable container when the vaporizer is connected to the consumable container, wherein the vaporizer comprises one or more detecting units comprising a resilient member on the vaporizer connecting surface, on which the resilient member can take a projected or retracted position, configured to detect one or more aspects of the shape of the consumable container connecting surface encoding information about the consumable container, by detecting whether or not or to which extent the resilient member is in a projected or retracted position when the vaporizer is connected to the consumable container.
  • the information about the consumable container can be obtained by the vaporizer in a simple and economical way.
  • the resilient member is configured to detect indentations and/or protrusions arranged on a predetermined area of the consumable container connecting surface.
  • the detecting units are arranged on a main level and/or in a recess underneath the main level of the vaporizer connecting surface.
  • the resilient member is configured to detect different depth and/or height levels of the indentations and/or protrusions. With this arrangement, more complex data can be encoded on the one or more aspects of the shape of the consumable container.
  • the vaporizer comprises a decoding unit configured to decode the information encoded by the one or more aspects of the shape of the consumable container connecting surface.
  • the resilient member is a pogo pin.
  • the information is further determined by detecting if the pogo pin is electronically connected with a conducting surface of the container.
  • the pogo pins are capable of supplying a power to the consumable container.
  • the vaporizer comprises an operation unit, which is configured to check a table stored in the vaporizer against data obtained by detecting the one or more aspects of the shape of the consumable container connecting surface.
  • the invention is also directed to a consumable container configured to be connected to a vaporizer as described and containing a consumable for being vaporized in the vaporizer, the consumable container comprising a consumable container connecting surface being connected to a vaporizer connecting surface of the vaporizer when the consumable container is connected to the vaporizer, the shape of the consumable container connecting surface having one or more aspects which encode information about the consumable container.
  • At least parts of the consumable container connecting surface are made of a conductible material.
  • the consumable container is powered by an electrical connection between the consumable container connecting surface and the vaporizer connecting surface of the vaporizer.
  • the one or more aspects of the shape of the consumable container connecting surface comprises indentations and/or protrusions at a predetermined area of the consumable container connecting surface.
  • the information is encoded by the presence of absence of indentations and/or protrusions on the consumable container connecting surface, and/or the depth and/or height levels of the different indentations and/or protrusions.
  • the invention is further directed to a vaporizer system comprising a vaporizer and a consumable as described.
  • the invention is also directed to a method of obtaining information about a consumable container as described, configured to be connected to a vaporizer as described, comprising the step of:
  • the information is decoded by checking a table stored in the vaporizer against data obtained by the detection.
  • the method comprises the step of indicating at least some of the obtained information to the user.
  • the information is indicated by activating one or more LEDs comprised by the vaporizer.
  • the term "vaporizer system”, “inhaler” or “electronic cigarette” may include an electronic cigarette configured to deliver an aerosol to a user, including an aerosol for smoking.
  • the illustrated embodiments of the vaporizer system in this invention are schematic, and it is also possible to combine some of the parts to single units which will be apparent to a person skilled in the art.
  • the electronic cigarette 3 can be used as a substitute for a conventional cigarette.
  • the electronic cigarette 3 has a vaporizer main body 1 comprising a container seating, an LED light 110, a power supply unit, and an electrical circuitry.
  • a container seating is configured to receive removable consumable container 2 comprising a vaporizing e-liquid.
  • the e-liquid may comprise an aerosol-forming substance such as propylene glycol and/or glycerol and may contain other substances such as nicotine and acids.
  • the e-liquid contained in the consumable container 2 may also comprise different types of flavorings such as tobacco, menthol or fruit flavor.
  • the container seating is preferably in the form of a cavity configured to receive the consumable container 2 as shown in figure 1c .
  • the consumable container 2 comprises an e-liquid chamber unit portion, on the insertion side, and a mouthpiece portion 210, on the opposite side of the insertion side.
  • the mouthpiece section 210 has a tip-shaped form with an air outlet at one end to correspond to the ergonomics of the user's mouth.
  • the e-liquid chamber unit 204 is located at the opposite end of the consumable container 2 to the mouthpiece portion 210.
  • the chamber unit 204 shown in more detail in figure 2a , may have a transparent wall, in which elements well known to the skilled person such as a tubular vapor channel, liquid uptake portions, a heating element and a fluid transfer element etc. are configured.
  • Figure 1c shows the surfaces through which the consumable container 2 contacts the vaporizer when the consumable container 2 is connected to the vaporizer 1 for use. They comprise a first consumable container connecting surface 221, on a distal end of the chamber unit 204 to the mouthpiece portion 210, and a second consumable container connecting surface 220, on an end of the mouthpiece portion close to the chamber unit 204.
  • the consumable container 2 may have only one surface connecting the vaporizer main body 1.
  • the consumable container 2 On the first consumable container connecting surface 221, the consumable container 2 is configured with two power terminals 45, and air inlets 35.
  • an information coding area (shown in the square of broken lines in figures 1c , 2a , 4a and 4b ) is shaped with one or more aspects which encode information about the consumable container.
  • multiple protrusions 201 are provided and shaped on the second consumable container connecting surface 220.
  • indentations 201 in arc shapes which have a size that can contain the resilient members therein without connecting when the vaporizer main body 1 and the consumable container 2 are connected, are provided and shaped on the second consumable container connecting surface 220.
  • both indentations and protrusions 201 are shaped on the consumable container connecting surface.
  • the protrusions and/or indentations 201 have one or more aspects in the form of a machine-readable pattern representing coded authentication information.
  • the protrusions and/or indentations 201 may also contain information about the consumable or the container 2, such as the types thereof or relative setting data of the vaporizer 1 for the container 2.
  • the encoding method for the aspects of the shape formed on the consumable container connecting surface 210 is discussed below.
  • At least a part of the protrusions is made of a conductible material and integrated with a power inlet of the consumable container 2 so that at least a part of the protrusions 201 can serve as power terminals 202 of the consumable container 2, with the benefit of no need of setting another power source to the container 2 and a more compact design.
  • Figure 2b shows a closer schematic view of the container seating, looking at it from the vaporizer main body 1 in the insertion direction.
  • the container seating is provided with connection portions 103 and 105 configured to hold the container firmly to the container seating 2 in a snap fit and magnetic fit way.
  • the connection portion could also for instance be an interference fit, a screw fit, or a bayoneted fit.
  • the container seating further comprises a pair of electrical connectors 104 configured to engage with corresponding power terminals 202 on the consumable container 2.
  • the vaporizer main body 1 may comprise at least two surfaces which contact the consumable container 2 when the consumable container 2 is connected to the vaporizer 1 for use.
  • the first vaporizer connecting surface 121 is located where the electrical connectors 104 are arranged.
  • the second vaporizer connecting surface 120 has a detecting area (shown in the square with broken lines) arranged thereon, with at least one or more detecting units 101.
  • the consumable container 2 may have only one surface connecting the vaporizer main body 1, on which the detecting area is arranged.
  • the detecting area is arranged on a predetermined area of the vaporizer connecting surface 120.
  • the detecting area, together with the information coding area are arranged at opposite regions of the vaporizer connecting surface 120 and the consumable connecting surface 220, so that the consumable container 2 can be detected independent of the direction in which the consumable container 2 is inserted in the vaporizer seating.
  • the detecting area may be arranged on the entire surface, namely on the entire circle surface of the second vaporizer connecting surface 120.
  • the detecting units 101 comprise a resilient member connected with a sensor.
  • the detecting units 101 arranged in the detecting area of the vaporizer correspond to the one or more aspects of the shape of the consumable container connecting surface.
  • the resilient members are configured to detect one or more aspects of the shape of the consumable container connecting surface encoding information about the consumable container, by detecting whether or not or to which extent the resilient member is in a projected or retracted position when the vaporizer main body 1 is connected to the consumable container 2.
  • Figure 2c shows an exploded schematic view of the detecting unit 101 according to an embodiment of the invention in detail.
  • the detecting unit 101 may be assembled from a barrel 1011, a plunger head 1012, a ball 1013, a spring 1014 and a pressure sensor 1015.
  • the resilient member may be completely made of metal.
  • the decoding unit is configured to decode the information encoded by the one or more aspects of the shape of the consumable container connecting surface.
  • the decoding unit decodes the information by determining which ones of the resilient members 101 are pressed down (retracted) when the vaporizer 1 is connected to the consumable container 2.
  • the decoding unit decodes the information by determining how far the resilient members are pressed down, namely by detecting the strength of the pressure by means of the pressure sensor 1015, when the vaporizer 1 is connected to the consumable container 2.
  • the resilient members may be configured to detect different depth and/or height levels of the indentations and/or protrusions 201 which are encoded with and represent different information.
  • the decoding unit is further electronically connected to an operation unit in the vaporizer, which is configured to check a table stored in the vaporizer against obtained pressure data.
  • the pressure sensor, the decoding unit and the operation unit can be of any type that exists in the prior art.
  • the ball 1013 is configured inside the detecting unit 101 so as to stabilize the contacting areas for a better performance.
  • the senor 1015 may be a sensor which senses whether the plunger head 1012 has been electronically connected with a conducted surface of the container 2 so as to determine which ones of the resilient members have been pressed down.
  • the resilient members are pogo pins.
  • the detecting units 101 are arranged on a main level and/or in a recess underneath the main level of the vaporizer connecting surface.
  • the detecting unit in projected position may be partially arranged above the vaporizer main level of the connecting surface 120.
  • the plunger head 1012 is exposed on the vaporizer connecting surface 120 and is pressed down if the container connecting surface 220 on the container connecting surface 220 touches the plunger head when the container 2 is installed and fixed on the vaporizer.
  • the plunger head 1012 is not pressed down if the plunger head 1012 fits in an indentation 201 of the container connecting surface 220 when the container 2 is connected to the vaporizer main body 1.
  • the detecting unit 101 in projected position is arranged entirely in a recess formed by the connecting surface 120, and therefore underneath the main level of the vaporizer connecting surface 120. The detecting unit 101 is pressed down (retracted) when a protrusion on the container connecting surface 220 touches the plunger head 1012 when the container 2 is connected to the vaporizer main body 1.
  • the information may be encoded by the presence of absence of indentations and/or protrusions 201 on the consumable container connecting surface, and/or the depth and/or height levels of the different indentations and/or protrusions 201 as shown in figures 3c to 3e .
  • the pattern of the indentations and/or protrusions 201 may represent binary-coded data. Any known binary coded formats can be used, such as ASCII, Unicode, GBK, GBK2312, UTF-8. Any kind of information related to the consumable container 2 can be encoded by the indentations and/or protrusions 201.
  • the information is encoded as binary data.
  • the vaporizer may be switched on manually, or automatically if at least one of the detection units are pressed down and/or if the detection units are electronically connected with the consumable container surface 220.
  • the positions of the resilient members are detected, in particular which ones of the resilient members of the vaporizer are retracted and/or if the detection units are electronically connected with the consumable container surface 220 (S101).
  • the information coded by the consumable container surface 220 is decoded, e.g. by checking a table stored in a memory unit of the vaporizer against the result of the detection (S102, S 103).
  • At least some of the decoded information may be indicated to the user by adjusting the intensity of the light color emitted by the LED light 110.
  • the LED light 110 of figure 1 may be activated with a light with red intensified in colors, indicating a type A consumable container is connected, if a first and a second detecting units 101 are pressed down (retracted) or electronically connected, while the other detecting units 101 fit in the indentations 201 and remain in their projected position without touching the consumable container connecting surface (shown in figure 4a ).
  • the LED light 110 may be activated with a light with blue intensified in colors, indicating a type B consumable container is connected, if a third and a forth detecting units 101 are pressed down or electronically connected, or a light with green intensified in colors, indicating a type C consumable container is connected, if a fifth and a sixth detecting units 101 are pressed down or electronically connected (S104).
  • the vaporizer may be set up or configured in a mode which corresponds to the type of the consumable container.
  • the retraction levels of resilient members are detected as well, i.e. how far the resilient members are pressed down (S101).
  • the connected consumable connecter 2 is authenticated by checking if the protrusions 201 on the container connecting surface 220 connect and press the detecting units 101 in a predefined pattern.
  • a first protrusion sticks out from the container connecting surface 220 by a first length so that a first detecting unit 101 is fully pressed down to its fully retracted position, and then outputs data "A" to the decoding unit.
  • a second protrusion sticks out from the container connecting surface 220 by a second length so that a second detecting unit 101 is half-way pressed down to its half-way retracted position, and then outputs data "B". No protrusions are at the positions corresponding to a third and a fourth detecting units 101, the detecting units 101 are not pressed down and in their projected position, and then output data "C" (S102). It is determined if the connected consumable container 2 is authentic by checking if data "ABCC" represents consumable container 2 being authentic in a table stored in the vaporizer (S103). The operation of the vaporizer system 3 is activated if the consumable container is determined to be authentic (S104).

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  1. Un vaporisateur (1) configuré pour être relié à un conteneur de consommable (2) pour vaporiser un consommable contenu dans le conteneur de consommable (2), une surface de liaison de vaporisateur (120) du vaporisateur (1) étant reliée à une surface de liaison de conteneur de consommable (220) du conteneur de consommable (2) lorsque le vaporisateur (1) est relié au conteneur de consommable (2), dans lequel le vaporisateur (1) comprend une ou plusieurs unités de détection (101) comprenant un organe élastique sur la surface de liaison de vaporisateur (120), sur laquelle l'organe élastique peut prendre une position saillante ou rétractée, configurées pour détecter une ou plusieurs aspects de la forme de la surface de liaison de conteneur de consommable (220) qui codent une information relative au conteneur de consommable (2), par détection si l'organe élastique est ou non, ou dans quelle proportion, dans une position saillante ou rétractée lorsque le vaporisateur (1) est relié au conteneur de consommable (2).
  2. Le vaporisateur (1) selon la revendication précédente, dans lequel l'organe élastique est configuré pour détecter des indentations et/ou des reliefs (201) agencés sur une zone prédéterminée de la surface de liaison de conteneur de consommable (220).
  3. Le vaporisateur (1) selon la revendication précédente, dans lequel les unités de détection (101) sont agencées sur un niveau principal et/ou dans un creux au-dessous du niveau principal de la surface de liaison de vaporisateur (120) .
  4. Le vaporisateur (1) selon la revendication précédente, dans lequel l'organe élastique est configuré pour détecter des niveaux différents de profondeur et/ou de hauteur des indentations et/ou des reliefs (201).
  5. Le vaporisateur (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le vaporisateur (1) comprend une unité de décodage configurée pour détecter l'information codée par les un ou plusieurs aspects de la forme de la surface de liaison de conteneur de consommable (220).
  6. Le vaporisateur (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'organe élastique est une broche Pogo.
  7. Le vaporisateur (1) selon la revendication précédente, dans lequel en outre une information est déterminée en détectant si la broche Pogo est électroniquement reliée à une surface conductrice du conteneur.
  8. Le vaporisateur (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le vaporisateur (1) comprend une unité opérationnelle, qui est configurée pour rechercher dans une table stockée dans le vaporisateur (1) des données obtenues par détection des un ou plusieurs aspects de la forme de la surface de liaison de conteneur de consommable (220).
  9. Un conteneur de consommable (2) configuré pour être relié à un vaporisateur (1) selon l'une des revendications précédentes et contenant un consommable destiné à être vaporisé dans le vaporisateur (1), le conteneur de consommable (2) comprenant une surface de liaison de conteneur de consommable (220) qui est reliée à une surface de liaison de vaporisateur (120) du vaporisateur (1) lorsque le conteneur de consommable (2) est relié au vaporisateur (1), la forme de la surface de liaison de conteneur de consommable (220) possédant un ou plusieurs aspects qui codent une information relative au conteneur de consommable (2).
  10. Le conteneur de consommable (2) selon la revendication précédente, dans lequel au moins des parties de la surface de liaison de conteneur de consommable (220) sont réalisées en un matériau pouvant être conducteur.
  11. Le conteneur de consommable (2) selon les revendications 9 ou 10, dans lequel les un ou plusieurs aspects de la forme de la surface de liaison de conteneur de consommable (220) comprennent des indentations et/ou des reliefs (201) sur une zone prédéterminée de la surface de liaison de conteneur de consommable (220).
  12. Le conteneur de consommable (2) selon la revendication précédente, dans lequel l'information est codée par la présence ou l'absence d'indentations et/ou de reliefs (201) sur la surface de liaison de conteneur de consommable (220), et/ou par les niveaux de profondeur et/ou de hauteur des différentes indentations et/ou reliefs (201).
  13. Un système de vaporisateur (3) comprenant un vaporisateur selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8 et un conteneur de consommable selon l'une des revendications 9 à 12.
  14. Un procédé d'obtention d'une information relative à un conteneur de consommable (2) selon l'une des revendications 9 à 12, configuré pour être relié à un vaporisateur (1) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8, comprenant les étapes de :
    détection de ceux des organes élastiques du vaporisateur (1) qui sont enfoncés, et/ou du degré auquel un organe élastique est enfoncé, lorsque le vaporisateur (1) est relié au conteneur de consommable (2), et
    le décodage de l'information sur la base de la détection,
    dans lequel l'information est de préférence décodée par confrontation d'une table stockée dans le vaporisateur (1) avec les données obtenues par la détection.
  15. Le procédé selon la revendication 14, comprenant en outre l'étape d'indication à l'utilisateur d'au moins certaines des informations obtenues.
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TW110133432A TW202215990A (zh) 2020-10-19 2021-09-08 汽化器、消耗品容器、汽化器系統以及用於獲得關於消耗品容器資訊之方法
US18/030,881 US20240023607A1 (en) 2020-10-19 2021-10-12 Vaporizer, Consumable Container Therefore, Vaporizer System Thereof and Method of Obtaining Information About a Consumable Container
PCT/EP2021/078166 WO2022084102A1 (fr) 2020-10-19 2021-10-12 Vaporisateur, récipient à produit consommable associé, système vaporisateur associé et procédé d'obtention d'informations sur un récipient à produit consommable

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