Systems for generating vapor for user inhalation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11903425-B2
Application number	US-201815733295-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 19, 2018
Priority date	Dec 22, 2017
Publication date	Feb 20, 2024
Grant date	Feb 20, 2024

Abstract

Described is provided a vapor provision system for generating a vapor for user inhalation, the system including a housing, a first user input mechanism configured to provide a first input to control a first aspect of vapor generation and located on a first side of the housing, and a second user input mechanism configured to provide a second input to control a second aspect of vapor generation and located on a second side of the housing, the second side of the housing opposite to the first side of the housing, wherein the first user input mechanism and the second user input mechanism are different types of user input mechanisms.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vapor provision system for generating a vapor for user inhalation, comprising:
a housing;
a first user input mechanism configured to provide a first input to control a first aspect of vapor generation and located on a first side of the housing;
a second user input mechanism configured to provide a second input to control a second aspect of vapor generation and located on a second side of the housing, the second side of the housing opposite to the first side of the housing,
wherein the first user input mechanism and the second user input mechanism are different types of user input mechanisms; and
wherein activation of the first user input mechanism is configured to activate vapor generation by the vapor provision system as the first aspect of the vapor generation and activation of the second user input mechanism simultaneously with activation of the first user input mechanism is configured to modify an aspect of the vapor generation as the second aspect of the vapor generation.

2. The vapor provision system of claim 1 , wherein the second user input mechanism is configured to provide at least three different control inputs.

3. The vapor provision system of claim 1 , wherein the first input mechanism comprises a push switch and the second user input mechanism comprises a slidable switch.

4. The vapor provision system of claim 1 , wherein the first user input mechanism comprises a switch having two distinct input states corresponding to different control inputs and the second user input mechanism comprises a switch having at least three input states corresponding to different control inputs, wherein each of the at least three input states is configured to influence an aspect of the vapor generation.

5. The vapor provision system of claim 1 , wherein activation of the first user input mechanism is configured to activate vapor generation by the vapor provision system as the first aspect of vapor generation and activation of the second user input mechanism is configured to set an aspect of the vapor generation as the second aspect of vapor generation.

6. The vapor provision system of claim 4 , wherein the second aspect of vapor generation includes a magnitude of power capable of being supplied to a heater of the vapor provision system or an operating temperature of the heater.

7. The vapor provision system of claim 4 , wherein the second aspect of vapor generation includes airflow through the vapor provision system.

8. The vapor provision system of claim 4 , wherein the vapor provision system includes a plurality of heaters and the second aspect of vapor generation includes selecting to provide power to any one or more of the plurality of heaters.

9. The vapor provision system of claim 1 , wherein the first user input mechanism and the second user input mechanism are arranged on the respective first side and second side of the housing such that the user is able to actuate both the first user input mechanism and the second user input mechanism with a single hand during normal use of the vapor provision system.

10. The vapor provision system of claim 1 , wherein the first side of the housing is an upper side of the vapor provision system and the second side of the housing is a lower side of the vapor provision system when held to a mouth of the user in normal use.

11. The vapor provision system of claim 1 , wherein the first user input mechanism and the second user input mechanism are separated from one another by at least 45 mm along an axis of extent of the vapor provision system.

12. The vapor provision system of claim 1 , wherein the first user input mechanism and the second user input mechanism are located along a central longitudinal axis of the respective first side and the second side of the housing.

13. The vapor provision system of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the vapor provision system is selected from the group consisting of less than 10 cm, less than 7 cm, less than or equal to 5 cm, less than or equal to 4 cm, and less than or equal to 3 cm.

14. A vapor provision system for generating a vapor for user inhalation, comprising:
a housing;
a first user input means configured to provide a first input to control a first aspect of vapor generation and located on a first side of the housing; and
a second user input means configured to provide a second input to control a second aspect of vapor generation and located on a second side of the housing, the second side of the housing opposite to the first side of the housing,
wherein the second user input means is a different type of means than the first user input means, and
wherein activation of the first user input means is configured to activate vapor generation by the vapor provision system as the first aspect of the vapor generation and activation of the second user input means simultaneously with activation of the first user input means is configured to modify an aspect of the vapor generation as the second aspect of the vapor generation.

Assignees

• Nicoventures Trading Ltd

Inventors

• Leadley David

Classifications

• A24F40/50 Primary

  Control or monitoring · CPC title

• A24F40/46

  Shape or structure of electric heating means · CPC title

• A24F40/60

  Devices with integrated user interfaces · CPC title

• A24F40/10

  Devices using liquid inhalable precursors · CPC title

• A24F47/00 Primary

  Smokers' requisites not otherwise provided for · CPC title