U.S. patent application number 14/535903 was filed with the patent office on 2015-05-07 for eco micro-electric thermal device.
The applicant listed for this patent is Victory Electronic Cigarettes, Inc.. Invention is credited to Marc Hardgrove, Brent Willis.
Application Number | 20150122278 14/535903 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 53006078 |
Filed Date | 2015-05-07 |
United States Patent
Application |
20150122278 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Hardgrove; Marc ; et
al. |
May 7, 2015 |
ECO MICRO-ELECTRIC THERMAL DEVICE
Abstract
A micro-electric thermal device that creates a perpetual, safe
and green energy source when propelled by airflow that provides
electricity to atomize a liquid within an electronic cigarette
cylinder. A pinwheel, fin or mine-turbine devices with protruding
wires rotates through a magnetic field converting mechanical energy
to electrical energy. When the electrical energy is governed it
delivers instant and constant electricity to a LED light, a micro
heating element and atomizing device, and/or other electronic
cigarette embodiments.
Inventors: |
Hardgrove; Marc; (St. Pete
Beach, FL) ; Willis; Brent; (Spring Lake,
MI) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Victory Electronic Cigarettes, Inc. |
Nunica |
MI |
US |
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Family ID: |
53006078 |
Appl. No.: |
14/535903 |
Filed: |
November 7, 2014 |
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Patent Number |
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61901137 |
Nov 7, 2013 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
131/329 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A24F 47/008
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
131/329 |
International
Class: |
A24F 47/00 20060101
A24F047/00 |
Claims
1. An electronic cigarette comprising: an outer housing having a
first end and a second end, the first end having a light emitting
diode and the second end having an aperture through which air is
inhaled by a user; at least one intake port proximate to the first
end through which air is drawn in towards to second end and out the
aperture; a rotational turbine between the intake port and
aperture, the rotation turbine spinning when air is drawn in by the
user; a direct current generator mechanically coupled to the
turbine; a heating element electrically coupled to the direct
current generator; and a fluid reservoir through which the heating
element is inserted whereby air draw in by the user creates a
vacuum inside the out housing, ambient air is drawn in through the
aperture and through the turbine which spins and turns the direct
current generator, the generator creates an electrical potential
which is transmitted to the heating element therefore vaporizing
fluid in the reservoir which is drawn through aperture and into the
mouse of the user.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates, generally, to the creation of
perpetual electricity and thermal energy in micro-electric devices.
More particularly, it relates to electronic cigarettes to replace
the battery device that currently heats a filament to atomize
and/or vaporize a liquid.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art
[0004] Electronic Cigarettes are comprised of an inhaler tip, a
liquid container system or cartridge, an atomizer, and a lithium
ion battery. The batteries in these devices add significant weight
vs. traditional cigarettes, increased size vs. traditional
cigarettes, significant cost vs. traditional cigarettes, and pose
an increased safety threat and environmental hazard.
[0005] All of these effects reduce the performance of the
electronic cigarette. The weight of the battery, which can be up to
80% of the weight of an Electronic Cigarette, and the size of the
battery significantly detracts from the traditional cigarette
replacement experience. The cost of the battery, which can comprise
up to 80% of the manufacturing cost of an electronic cigarette,
undermines the commercial potential of the device. The performance
of the battery with its limited shelf life, requirement for
frequent recharging, and limitation of continued "smoking" of the
electronic cigarette, render the electronic cigarette in its
current form a compromise. The lithium ion battery presents a
documented safety risk of explosion, both directly for consumers,
and for the transportation industry.
[0006] Thus there is a need for an environmentally friendly
micro-electric thermal generating device that is lightweight,
smaller than current electronic cigarette batteries, lower cost,
with significantly greater shelf life and no need for
recharging.
[0007] However, in view of the art considered as a whole at the
time the present invention was made, it was not obvious to those of
ordinary skill in the art that such a device was needed nor was it
obvious how such a device could be provided.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0008] The long-standing but heretofore unfulfilled need for an
environmentally friendly micro-electric thermal generating device
that enables the elimination of a battery is now met by a new,
useful, and non-obvious invention.
[0009] The novel device includes a rotating pinwheel or fins whose
motion is propelled via airflow. The pinwheel has protruding wires
or forms the wires itself, all housed within the cylinder in the
end of the electronic cigarette.
[0010] The wires pass through a magnetic field generating a small
amount of electricity.
[0011] The magnetic field is created through the placement of
either static or rotating magnets within the housing. When the
wires pass through and rotate within the magnetic field, or a
magnetic field rotates about the wires, mechanical energy is
converted into electrical energy.
[0012] The electrical energy is governed to deliver instant and
consistent power to a micro-heating element or a micro-heating
element and a light emitting diode and/or other potential
electronic cigarette features.
[0013] An important object of the invention is to reduce weight,
size, cost and downtime of electronic cigarettes, through the
elimination of the requirement for an external power source or
battery. With the replacement of the battery with a perpetual
energy source driven by airflow and magnetics, the micro-electric
thermal device, the efficiency and functionality of the electronic
cigarette and potentially other micro-electric devices can be
transformed.
[0014] An equally important object is to improve safety both for
commercial transportation and consumers through the elimination of
use of lithium ion materials.
[0015] A more specific object is to accomplish the foregoing
through the use of green energy technology, resulting in reduced
toxicity in the environment through the elimination of lithium ion
waste.
[0016] These and other important objects, advantages, and features
of the invention will become clear as this disclosure proceeds.
[0017] The invention accordingly comprises the features of
construction, combination of elements, and arrangement of parts
that will be exemplified in the disclosure set forth hereinafter
and the scope of the invention will be indicated in the claims.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0018] For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the
invention, reference should be made to the following detailed
disclosure, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in
which:
[0019] FIG. 1 is an isometric, partially sectional view of an
embodiment of the invention.
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