Battery system for electronic vapor communication device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9936736-B2
Application number	US-201615276246-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 26, 2016
Priority date	Sep 24, 2015
Publication date	Apr 10, 2018
Grant date	Apr 10, 2018

Abstract

A system, method, and device comprising a hybrid electronic communication vapor device comprising an electronic communication device and an electronic vapor device wherein the electronic vapor device is powered by at least one of battery, charging, and power system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic vapor device comprising:
a device processor operable for controlling the electronic vapor device;
at least one container for storing a vaporizable material;
a vaporizing component operatively coupled to the device processor and controlled in part by the device processor, wherein the vaporizing component is in fluid communication with the at least one container for receiving at least a portion of the vaporizable material therefrom, wherein the vaporizing component is operable to vaporize the vaporizable material received therein;
at least one vapor outlet coupled to the vaporizing component and configured to receive vapor generated by the vaporizing component, the at least one vapor outlet operable to expel the generated vapor from the electronic vapor device;
a vaporizing power source operatively coupled to the vaporizing component, wherein the vaporizing power source is operable to generate a supply of power for operation of the vaporizing component; and
an input/output connector operatively coupled to the device processor and configured to operatively connect the device processor to an input/output port of an associated electronic communication device, wherein the input/output connector is operable to receive at least one of a plurality of power signals generated by a power source of the associated electronic communication device, a plurality of data signals generated by the associated electronic communication device, and combinations thereof, wherein the input/output connector is operable to transmit the received power signals to the vaporizing power source and to transmit the received data signals to the device processor for processing thereof.

2. The electronic vapor device of claim 1 , wherein the vaporizing power source is selected from the group of power sources consisting of at least one of: a battery source, a connection to an electrical power source, and combinations thereof.

3. The electronic vapor device of claim 2 wherein the battery source is selected from the group of battery sources consisting of at least one of: lithium-ion batteries, thin film lithium-ion batteries, lithium-ion polymer batteries, nickel-cadmium batteries, nickel metal hydride batteries, lead-acid batteries, and combinations thereof.

4. The electronic vapor device of claim 1 , wherein the input/output connector is selected from the group of connectors consisting of: a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port, a micro-USB port, a mini-USB port, a lightening port, a dock connector, and a wireless charging area.

5. The electronic vapor device of claim 1 , wherein the associated electronic communication device is selected from the group of electronic communication devices consisting of: a portable computing device, a smartphone, a mobile phone, a music player, and an electronic gaming device.

6. The electronic vapor device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of data signals transmitted from the associated electronic communication device comprises at least one command for controlling at least one operation of the electronic vapor device.

7. The electronic vapor device of claim 6 , wherein the at least one command comprises at least one of: a command for controlling an amount of vaporizable material to be vaporized by the vaporizing component, a command for controlling an amount of generated vapor to be expelled from the vapor outlet, a command for controlling a timing for vaporizing an amount of vaporizable material, and combinations thereof.

8. A system for operating an electronic vapor device in conjunction with an electronic communication device comprising:
the electronic vapor device comprising:
a first processor operable for controlling the electronic vapor device,
at least one container configured to store a vaporizable material,
a vaporizing component operatively coupled to the first processor and controlled in part by the first processor, wherein the vaporizing component is in fluid communication with the at least one container for receiving at least a portion of the vaporizable material therefrom, wherein the vaporizing component is operable to vaporize the vaporizable material received therein,
at least one vapor outlet coupled to the vaporizing component and configured to receive a vapor generated by the vaporizing component, wherein the at least one vapor outlet is operable to expel the generated vapor from the electronic vapor device,
a vaporizing power source operatively coupled to the vaporizing component, wherein the vaporizing power source is operable to generate a supply of vaporizing power for operation of the vaporizing component, and
an input/output connector operatively coupled to the first processor and configured to operatively connect the first processor to an input/output port of an associated electronic communication device, wherein the input/output connector is operable to receive at least one of a plurality of power signals generated by a power source of the associated electronic communication device, a plurality of data signals generated by the associated electronic communication device, and combinations thereof, wherein the input/output connector is operable to transmit the received power signals to the vaporizing power source and to transmit the received data signals to the first processor for processing thereof; and

the electronic communication device comprising,
a second processor operable for controlling the electronic communication device, wherein the second processor is further operable to generate a plurality of data signals for transmission to the electronic vapor device,
a device power source operatively coupled to the second processor and operable to generate a supply of power for at least the operation of the electronic communication device,
an input/output port operatively coupled to the second processor and configured to operatively connect the second processor to the input/output connector of the electronic vapor device, wherein the input/output port is operable to transmit at least one of a plurality of power signals generated by the device power source, a plurality of data signals generated by the second processor, and combinations thereof to the electronic vapor device.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the vaporizing power source is selected from the group of power sources consisting of at least one of: a battery source, a connection to an electrical power source, and combinations thereof.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the battery source is selected from the group of battery sources consisting of at least one of: lithium-ion batteries, thin film lithium-ion batteries, lithium-ion polymer batteries, nickel-cadmium batteries, nickel metal hydride batteries, lead-acid batteries, and combinations thereof.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the input/output connector is selected from the group of connectors consisting of: a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port, a micro-USB port, a mini-USB port, a lightening port, a dock connector, and a wireless charging area.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the electronic communication device is selected from the group of electronic communication devices consisting of: a portable computing device, a smartphone, a mobile phone, a music player, and an electronic gaming device.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein at least one of the plurality of data signals transmitted from the electronic communication device comprises at least one command for controlling at least one operation of the electronic vapor device.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the at least one command comprises at least one of: a command for controlling an

Assignees

• Lunatech Llc

Inventors

• Cameron John David
• Becker Dean
• Fein Gene

Classifications

• H01M10/0525

  Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries · CPC title

• H02J7/34

  Parallel operation in networks using both storage and other DC sources, e.g. providing buffering (H02J7/14 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02J7/35

  with light sensitive cells · CPC title

• H01M10/0565

  Polymeric materials, e.g. gel-type or solid-type · CPC title

• H01M10/06

  Lead-acid accumulators (semi-lead accumulators H01M10/20) · CPC title