A vaporizer apparatus is provided. The vaporizer apparatus includes a cartridge body and a child resistant device. The cartridge body includes an activation button and an inhalation portion. The inhalation portion is operable to allow a user to draw vapor from the cartridge body. The child resistant device includes an outer cap and an inner cap nestled within an inside chamber of the outer cap. The inner cap is coupled with the cartridge body to prevent access to the inhalation of the cartridge body. In a locked configuration, the outer cap and the inner cap are disengaged such that the outer cap is freely movable independent of the inner cap. In an unlocking configuration, the outer cap and the inner cap are engaged with one another such that movement of the outer cap detaches the child resistant device from the cartridge body.

An atomizer includes a liquid storage pipe having a liquid storage chamber, a connecting member, an adjusting member rotatably received in the connecting member, a pressing cover, and an air intake cover provided with a clamping claw capable of driving the adjusting member to rotate. A bottom wall of the connecting member is provided with a first liquid inlet hole communicating with the liquid storage chamber. The adjusting member is provided with a third liquid inlet hole corresponding to the first liquid inlet hole. The pressing cover is provided with at least one clamping groove. When the air intake cover is rotated, the clamping claw drives the adjusting member to rotate along the clamping groove, to cause the third liquid inlet hole to communicate with the first liquid inlet hole or to cause the adjusting member to close the first liquid inlet hole.

An atomizer includes a liquid storage pipe having a liquid storage chamber, a connecting member, an adjusting member rotatably received in the connecting member, a pressing cover, and an air intake cover provided with a clamping claw capable of driving the adjusting member to rotate. A bottom wall of the connecting member is provided with a first liquid inlet hole communicating with the liquid storage chamber. The adjusting member is provided with a third liquid inlet hole corresponding to the first liquid inlet hole. The pressing cover is provided with at least one clamping groove. When the air intake cover is rotated, the clamping claw drives the adjusting member to rotate along the clamping groove, to cause the third liquid inlet hole to communicate with the first liquid inlet hole or to cause the adjusting member to close the first liquid inlet hole.

An aerosol generation system for generation of an aerosol from an aerosol-forming precursor; includes an electrically operated heating system to heat the precursor to generate the aerosol; a flow path for transmission of flow, including the aerosol, to a user; the heating system arranged in fluid communication with the flow path; electrical circuitry to measure a change in a property associated with the heating system due to a cooling effect on the heating system from a user inhalation through the flow path, to determine a characteristic of the inhalation based on the measured property associated with the heating system, and to identify the user based on the determined characteristic.

An electronic cigarette battery assembly of an electronic cigarette includes a pressure sensor converting pressure information when a pressure is applied to the electronic cigarette battery assembly into sensed data, an information storage for storing preset values; and a controller for comparing the sensed data with the preset values and for controlling operating states of an atomizer based on comparison results of sensed data and preset values.

A cover assembly for an electronic cigarette includes a base, a cover, and a locking assembly. The base defines a filling hole. The cover is mounted to the base and covered on the base to seal the filling hole. The cover is moved with respected to the base to uncover the base when a force is exerted to the cover. The locking assembly locks the cover in the base, and the locking assembly is operated to unlock the cover and allow the cover to move when the force is exerted to the cover.

A system for managing a smoking substitute device including: a smoking substitute device; a mobile device on which an application is installed, wherein the smoking substitute device is configured to communicate with the application; an application server, wherein the mobile phone is configured to communicate with the application server, and wherein the application server stores validity state information associated with the smoking substitute device from which it can be determined whether the smoking substitute device is valid for use; wherein the smoking substitute device stores ID information identifying the smoking substitute device. The smoking substitute device, application and/or application server is/are configured to determine whether the smoking substitute device is valid for use based on the ID information identifying the smoking substitute device and the validity state information associated with the smoking substitute device and, if the smoking substitute device, application and/or application server determines that the smoking substitute device is not valid for use, issue a disable signal configured to disable the smoking substitute device. An associated method is also disclosed.

A smoking substitute device and a system for managing a smoking substitute device. In one example, the smoking substitute device comprises a control unit; and an interface configured to communicate with an external device. In this example, the control unit is configured to, after a predetermined action is performed using the smoking substitute device, disable the smoking substitute device when a predetermined criteria relating to usage of the smoking substitute device is met and/or a predetermined length of time has elapsed. In this example, the control unit is configured to enable the smoking substitute device when a signal indicating that an age verification test has been passed by a user of the smoking substitute device is received by the smoking substitute device. Other techniques relating to disabling the smoking substitute device are also disclosed.

A smoking substitute device and a system for managing a smoking substitute device. In one example, the smoking substitute device comprises a control unit; and an interface configured to communicate with an external device. In this example, the control unit is configured to, after a predetermined action is performed using the smoking substitute device, disable the smoking substitute device when a predetermined criteria relating to usage of the smoking substitute device is met and/or a predetermined length of time has elapsed. In this example, the control unit is configured to enable the smoking substitute device when a signal indicating that an age verification test has been passed by a user of the smoking substitute device is received by the smoking substitute device. Other techniques relating to disabling the smoking substitute device are also disclosed.

An elastic locking mechanism, an atomizer for an electronic cigarette, and an electronic cigarette are disclosed. The elastic locking mechanism includes an upper cover removably arranged on an opening end of a liquid storage assembly, a screw cap sleeved outside the upper cover, an upper engagement component arranged on the screw cap, a lower engagement component arranged on the upper cover, and an elastic element mounted between the screw cap and the upper cover to prevent the upper engagement component and the lower engagement component from engaging each other. When the screw cap is pressed down or pulled up, the elastic element is compressed or stretched so that the upper engagement component engages the lower engagement component, and the upper cover is driven to rotate together with the screw cap by rotating the screw cap.