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Electronic smoking device with a heating element having a modified surface

US11812791B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Fontem Ventures B.V. · NL

Inventors

Martin J. Wensley · San Francisco, US
Stefan Biel · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 3, 2018
Grant date	Nov 14, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 23, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05B2203/021
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

It is provided an electronic smoking device (10) which comprises a liquid reservoir (34), a battery (18) and a heating element (28) adapted to atomize liquid of the liquid reservoir (34). The heating element (28) has a modified surface (50) that comprises a plurality of structures (51) adapted to provide a capillary force on liquid of the liquid reservoir (34) when applied onto the heating element (28).

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