FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is generally related to E-Cigarettes. More particularly, the present
invention is related to a recharging pack to recharge battery of e-cigarettes.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
An electronic cigarette or E-Cigarettes are becoming very popular nowadays providing almost
similar experience as that of smoking a conventional cigarette. An e-cigarette is a batterypowered
vaporizer which provides a flavor and a feel similar to tobacco smoking. E-cigarettes
may be categorized into three main categories: cigalikes, those that look like cigarettes and may
be either disposable or with rechargeable batteries; tank systems or Vapor Tank Modules
(VTMs) with refillable liquid tanks; and mods, assembled from basic parts or by altering existing
products. All of the e-cigarettes types use rechargeable batteries except disposable types.
The major components of an E-cigarette are: a power unit or a battery; a heater; and a cartridge
or a clearomizer containing an E-liquid.
E cigarettes are broadly classified as cig-alikes and vapor tank modules (VTM’s). Cig-alikes
come as either disposables or rechargeables whereas most VTM’s are rechargeable devices. In
disposable format, all the parts are embodied in one unit. Once the battery gets drained the whole
unit has to be disposed. On the other hand, the rechargeable units are made of two to three parts
depending on the configuration of the cigarettes. The first unit may comprise of a light emitting
diode (LED), a power unit or a battery, and an electronic circuit. Whereas, the second unit may
comprise a cartridge or a clearomizer that contains the e-liquid. Further, heater and e-liquid are
part of the cartomizer or clearomizer.
While some other rechargeable formats of E cigarettes are made of three separate parts: 1) a
power unit/a battery; 2) only heater; 3) a cartridge containing E liquid. VTM’s are of larger
format with varying battery capacity. In a VTM, a consumer has the option to fill the clearomizer
with an e-liquid of his/her choice with a specific flavor.
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A rechargeable unit requires charging of the power unit/battery and a rechargeable battery can be
charged and discharged several hundred times. The charging of the power unit can be done
directly connecting it to a power source through a suitable cable or an USB connector connected
to a PC. It can also be charged through a PCC (otherwise known as Personal charging case). A
PCC can store the entire E cigarette and/or individual components of an E – cigarette. PCC
contains a battery with a battery capacity several times that of an individual rechargeable ecigarette
and a VTM.
It is seen from the conventional cigarette packs that another battery or a power unit must be used
to recharge the battery of the e-cigarettes. These packs, for example a PCC, has their own built in
battery which can be charged through a charging cable and later the charged battery of the PCC
charges the E- cigarette battery that is held within the PCC.
Therefore, there exists a need for a charging pack for the e-cigarettes that can directly recharge
the battery of the cigarettes. Further, the charging pack may comprise a charging unit or a
charging circuit that can recharge the battery of the e-cigarettes, avoiding the need of battery
within the charging pack altogether. Thereby, reducing the cost of the pack when compared with
personal charging case.
SUMMARY OF INVENTION
Therefore, an objective of the present invention is to develop a charger pack for recharging the
battery of the e-cigarettes, where the charger pack comprises an inbuilt charging circuitry to
recharge the battery.
Another objective of the present invention is to directly recharge the battery of the e-cigarette
whenever the charger pack is connected to an external power source.
A yet another objective of the present invention is to provide a charger pack that may be
connected to an external power source through a charging cable of any of the electronic products
like a mobile phone, or a tablet and the like.
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Yet another objective is to eliminate the chances of a USB charger, connecting the PC / laptop,
being lost by a user as it is a small part.
Yet another objective is to reduce the cost of the charger pack by eliminating the battery inside.
A probable objective of the present invention is to provide an additional separate compartment
for holding the cartomizer in the pack.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 illustrates front view of a charger pack to hold and recharge battery of an e-cigarette, in
accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2A illustrates a perspective view of the charger pack, with its top cover opened, showing
two slots A & B provided in the body of the charger pack to hold a full e-cigarette and a battery
of the e-cigarette, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2B illustrates a perspective view of the charger pack with its top cover opened showing two
slots A & B provided in the body of the charger pack holding an e-cigarette in slot B and battery
of the e-cigarette in slot A for charging, in accordance with an embodiment of the present
invention.
FIG. 3 illustrates a perspective view of the charger pack showing a micro USB socket to charge
the power unit or battery of an e-cigarette, and an indicator, such as an LED, to indicate the
charging status of the battery, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 illustrates a front sectional view of the charger pack to show the internal arrangement of
holding of complete E–cigarette and to charge the power unit / battery, in accordance with an
embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5A illustrates an exemplary charger pack with a hinged lid cover, in accordance with an
embodiment of the present invention.
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FIG. 5B illustrates the charger pack of FIG. 5A with its hinged lid cover opened, in accordance
with an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5C illustrates a charging point of the charger pack of FIG. 5A, such as a micro USB socket,
for charging a battery of an e-cigarette, and an indicator to show the charging status of the
battery of the e-cigarette, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 illustrates aninternal arrangement of the charger pack of FIG. 5A holding complete E –
cigarette and to charge the power unit / battery, in accordance with an embodiment of the present
invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS
This patent describes the subject matter for patenting with specificity to meet statutory
requirements. However, the description itself is not intended to limit the scope of this patent. The
principles described herein may be embodied in many different forms like shown in the FIGs.5A,
5B, 5C and 6.
Illustrative embodiments of the invention now will be described more fully hereinafter with
reference to the accompanying drawings, in which some, but not all embodiments of the
invention are shown. Indeed, the invention may be embodied in many different forms and should
not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are
provided so that this disclosure will satisfy applicable legal requirements. Like numbers refer to
like elements throughout.
The present invention provides a Charger Pack to recharge a battery/a power unit of an ecigarette.
The Charger Pack comprises a charging circuit to recharge an E cigarette battery from
an external power source. Unlike the other packs that are generally available for E - cigarettes as
PCC (Personal charging case) has its own built in battery which can be charged through a
charging cable and later the charged battery of the PCC charges the E- cigarette battery within
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the PCC. The Charger Pack, of the present invention, when connected to an external power
source charges the battery of the e-cigarettes through its charging circuitry directly
The novel Charger Pack to recharge a battery/a power unit of an e-cigarette comprising a body
and a lid cover, wherein the body comprises:
1. a charging circuit to recharge an e-cigarette battery from an external power
source,
2. a built-in battery which can be charged through a charging cable;
3. a circuit to transmit the charge in the battery to the e-cigarette.
The charger pack of the present invention comprises;
1. a slot or compartment to hold one full e-cigarette and;
2. another slot or compartment to charge a power unit or a battery of the e-cigarette.
3. Optionally, comprising additional compartments to hold one or more components
of the e-cigarettes, such as cartomizer or a cartridge or power unit or the complete E -
cigarette.
FIG. 1 illustrates a front view of a charger pack to recharge battery of an e-cigarette, in
accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The charger pack 100 comprises a
charging circuit and a slot or compartment to hold one full e-cigarette and another slot or
compartment to charge a power unit or a battery of the e-cigarette. In an embodiment, the
charger pack 100 may also comprise additional compartments to hold one or more components
of the e-cigarettes, such as cartomizer or a cartridge or power unit or the complete E - cigarette.
A cartridge or a cartomizer or a clearomizer contains an e-liquid that is vaporized by a heater to
simulate a smoking effect. Hereinafter, a cartridge or a cartomizer or a clearomizer may be used
interchangeably.
The charger pack 100 may be connected to an external power source through a charging cable
that provides current to the charging circuit of the pack 100. In turn, the charging circuit
recharges the battery of the e-cigarette that is kept in one of the compartments of the charger
pack 100. In this way, the charger pack 100 directly recharges the battery of the e-cigarette
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whenever connected to an external power source. In an embodiment of the present invention, the
charging cable may be a conventional cable used to recharge any of the electronic products like a
mobile phone, or a tablet and the like. In another embodiment, the charging cable can also be
USB cables which are widely used along with Personal computers or laptop to connect mobiles
or tabs, etc.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the charger pack 100 may comprise an
additional compartment to just hold the battery/the power unit of the e-cigarette and not the full
cigarette and recharge the battery.
FIG. 2A illustrates a perspective view of the charger pack, with its top cover opened, showing
two slots A & B provided in the body of the charger pack to hold a full e-cigarette and battery of
the e-cigarette, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The charger pack
100 includes at least one compartment in its body 101 to hold one full e-cigarette and other
components of the e-cigarette individually, such as a cartomizer, a heater, a battery and others.
FIG. 2A shows two compartments A and B to hold the full e-cigarette and battery of the e -
cigarette. In an embodiment, the charger pack 100 may also hold more than one e-cigarette and
recharge more than one battery at a time using the charging circuit of the charger pack 100.
FIG. 2B illustrates a perspective view of the charger pack, with its top cover opened, showing
two slots/compartments A & B provided in the body of the charger pack holding an e-cigarette in
slot B and battery of the e- cigarette in slot A for charging, in accordance with an embodiment of
the present invention. According to the FIG. 2B, the compartment A of the charger pack 100
holds a power unit/battery 202 of the e-cigarette, and the compartment B holds a full e-cigarette
204. While the power unit/battery 202 of an e – cigarette is held in the charger pack 100 and the
pack 100 is connected to the external power source through a charging cable, the charging circuit
of the charger pack 100 recharges the battery 202 of an e-cigarette directly.
FIG. 3 illustrates a perspective view of the charger pack showing a micro USB socket to charge
the power unit or battery of an e-cigarette, and an indicator, such as an LED, to indicate the
charging status of the battery, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The
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charger pack 100 comprises a charging point 302 to which a charging cable connects for
charging the power unit or battery of an E – cigarette. In an embodiment, the charging point 302
is a micro USB socket to connect a micro USB cable for charging the battery.
Further, the charger pack 100 comprises an indicator 304 that shows the charging status and
battery charge level status of the e-cigarette. In another embodiment, the indicator may be an
LED indicator or an LCD display indicating the status by showing different color of light, or by
showing the percentage of the battery charge. It may be obvious to a person skilled in the art that
a charger pack may incorporate any conventional method present to show the battery charge
level status.
FIG. 4 illustrates a front sectional view of the charger pack to show the internal arrangement of
holding of complete E – cigarette and to charge the power unit / battery, in accordance with an
embodiment of the present invention. The charger pack 100 comprises a slot A that holds and
charges a battery 400 of an e-cigarette; and a slot B that holds an e-cigarette 402.The battery 400
is screwed to a screw connector 404 mounted on a Charging circuit PCB 406. On the other end
of the Charging circuit PCB 406 is a charging point 408, such as a micro USB socket 408, as
illustrated. A charging cable will be connected to the micro USB socket 408 to charge the power
unit / battery 400. Charging circuit 406 does the function of charging the power unit / battery 400
when power is received through the micro USB socket 408. Arrangement of holding the
complete E – cigarette 402) is also shown in the FIG. 4. An indicator 410, such as an LED 410
gives the indication of the charging status and battery charge level status with different color for
each condition.
An example of other modification of the charger pack 100 is shown in FIGs. 5A, 5B, 5C and 6.
Fig 5A illustrates a charger pack 500 having a body 502 and a hinged lid cover 504. FIG. 5B
illustrates the charger pack 500 of FIG. 5A with its hinged lid cover 504 opened showing slots or
compartments containing complete E – cigarette 506, a power unit / a battery 508 and cartomizer
510. FIG. 5C illustrates a charging point of the charger pack 500 of FIG. 5 for charging a battery
of an e-cigarette; and an indicator 514 to show the charging status of the battery of e-cigarette. In
an embodiment, the charging point 512 is a micro USB socket for charging through any micro
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USB charging cable and the indicator 514 is an LED indication showing the status of charging
when the pack is connected to a power source through a charging cable.
FIG. 6 illustrates aninternal arrangement of the charger pack of FIG. 5A holding complete E –
cigarette and to charge the power unit / battery, in accordance with an embodiment of the present
invention. The internal arrangement of the charger pack 500 shows three slots A, B and C
holding battery/ power unit 600, an e-cigarette 602 and a catromizer 604 respectively. The
charger pack 500 holds and charges the power unit / battery 600 which is screwed to a screw
connector 606 mounted on a Charging circuit PCB 608. On the other end of the Charging circuit
PCB 608 is a charging point 610, such as a micro USB socket 610, as illustrated in the FIG. 6.A
charging cable is connected to the micro USB socket 610to charge the power unit / battery 600.
Charging circuit 608 does the function of charging the power unit / battery 600 when power is
received through the micro USB socket 610. Arrangement of holding the complete E – cigarette
602 (607) is also shown in the FIG. 6. An indicator 612, such as an LED 612 as illustrated in
FIG. 6, gives the indication of the charging status and battery charge level status with different
color for each condition. The FIG. 6 shows an additional arrangement to hold or store a
cartomizer 604. This way it can be understood that the present invention is not limited to the
disclosed embodiments, but on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and
equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
Advantageously, the present invention provides a charger pack to hold and recharge the battery
of the e-cigarettes by incorporating a charging circuit into the pack, and avoiding the need of an
in-built battery that in turn charges the battery of the e- cigarette. Further, the charger pack of the
present invention has an integral charging circuit that charges the battery of the e-cigarette,
therefore, there is no need to carry a separate USD charger. Furthermore, it also eliminates the
chances of losing a small USB charger, also since charging is integral part of the charger pack.
Also, the charger pack acts as a pack to hold a full e-cigarette and its components like
cartomizer, heater etc., while also acts as a charger to charge a battery of an e-cigarette.
Moreover, the charger pack of the present invention has lower cost as compared to other
conventional charger packs that has a separate charger leading to higher costs and chances to
lose the separate charger as it is a small unit.
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Since other modifications and changes varied to fit particular operating requirements and
environments are apparent to those skilled in the art, the invention is not considered limited to
the example chosen for purposes of disclosure, and covers all changes and modifications which
do not constitute departures from the true spirit and scope of this invention.
Having thus described the invention, what is desired to be protected by Letters Patent is
presented in the subsequently appended claims.
Although the invention has been explained in relation to its preferred embodiment, it is to be
understood that many other possible modifications and variations can be made without departing
from the spirit and scope of the invention as herein described. An example of other modifications
can be the shape of the pack, contents in the pack, position and orientations of the contents in the
pack.
As one of ordinary skill in the art may appreciate, the example system and method described
herein can be modified. For example, certain steps can be omitted, certain steps can be carried
out concurrently, and other steps can be added. Although particular embodiments of the
invention have been described in detail, it is understood that the invention is not limited
correspondingly in scope, but includes all changes, modifications and equivalents coming within
the spirit and terms of the claims appended hereto.
While the invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the
most practical and various embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be
limited to the disclosed embodiments, but on the contrary, is intended to cover various
modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended
claims.
This written description uses examples to disclose the invention, including the best mode, and
also to enable any person skilled in the art to practice the invention, including making and using
any devices or systems and performing any incorporated methods. The patentable scope the
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invention is defined in the claims, and may include other examples that occur to those skilled in
the art. Such other examples are intended to be within the scope of the claims if they have
structural elements that do not differ from the literal language of the claims, or if they include
equivalent structural elements with insubstantial differences from the literal languages of the
claims.

We Claim:
1. A novel Charger Pack to recharge a battery/a power unit of an e-cigarette comprising a
body and a lid cover, wherein the body comprises:
(i) a charging circuit to recharge an e-cigarette battery from an external power
source,
(ii) a built-in battery which can be charged through a charging cable;
(iii) a circuit to transmit the charge in the battery to the e-cigarette.
2. The charger pack as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the pack comprises
(i) a slot or compartment to hold one full e-cigarette and;
(ii) another slot or compartment to charge a power unit or a battery of the ecigarette.
(iii) Optionally, comprising additional compartments to hold one or more
components of the e-cigarettes, such as cartomizer or a cartridge or power unit
or the complete E - cigarette.
3. The charger pack as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the pack when connected to an external
power source charges the battery of the e-cigarettes through its charging circuitry
directly.
4. The charger pack as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the charging cable is a conventional
cable used to recharge any of the electronic products like a mobile phone, or a tablet and
the like, preferably, the charging cable is a USB cable.
5. The charger pack as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the pack has an indicator selected from
the group comprising an LED indicator or an LCD display indicating the status by
showing different color of light, or by showing the percentage of the battery charge.
6. The charger pack as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the lid cover may be attached to the
body by a hinge or may be removable from the body.
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7. Use of the charger pack as claimed in claim 1for charging e-cigarette.
8. The device as claimed in claim 1 along with accompanying drawings.