US Patent Issued to JT International on May 12 for "Electronic cigarette device with temperature-activated battery vent port" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,464, issued on May 12, was assigned to JT International SA (Geneva).

"Electronic cigarette device with temperature-activated battery vent port" was invented by Andrew Robert John Rogan (Forres, Great Britain) and Alec Wright (Guildford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An e-cigarette device includes a housing configured to hold a battery, a vent port arranged in the housing, and a safety valve means arranged on the vent port, wherein the safety valve means is configured to open and/or close the vent port partially and/or completely depending on the temperature within the housing. As the vent port opens automatically when t...