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Aerosol-generating Device with Heating Zone Insulation
21 Jul 22
An aerosol-generating device is provided for heating an aerosol-forming substrate in a substantially cylindrical aerosol-generating article, the device including: a longitudinally extending cavity to receive a distal portion of the article, the cavity having a longitudinal axis and defined by a base, side walls extending from the base, and an opening at an opposite end of the cavity to the base, internal surfaces of the side walls defining a stabilising portion of the cavity having a first diameter, and a heating portion of the cavity being located between the stabilising portion and the base, the heating portion having a second diameter greater than the first diameter, and the internal surfaces further defining a locating portion at a distal end of the cavity, the heating portion being disposed between the stabilising and locating portions, the locating portion having a third diameter substantially equal to the first diameter.
Sebastien CAPELLI, Robert EMMETT, Eva Saade LATORRE
Filed: 22 Apr 20
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Cartridge
14 Jul 22
A cartridge for housing an aerosol-forming substrate includes a body comprising a side wall and a bottom wall; and a cavity inside the body.
Frederic Nicolas
Filed: 24 Jun 20
Utility
Novel Aerosol-generating Substrate
14 Jul 22
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-generating substrate including: a homogenised plant material including at least 2.5 percent by weight of eucalyptus particles on a dry weight basis, an aerosol former, a binder, at least 0.04 mg of eucalyptol per gram of the substrate, on a dry weight basis, at least 0.2 mg of eucalyptin per gram of the substrate, on a dry weight basis, and at least 0.2 mg of 8-desmethyleucalyptin per gram of the substrate, on a dry weight basis.
Daniel ARNDT, Prisca CAMPANONI, Arno KNORR, Gerhard LANG, Jean-Pierre SCHALLER
Filed: 20 May 20
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Aerosol Generating System with Multiple Inductor Coils
14 Jul 22
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a housing having a chamber configured to receive at least a portion of an aerosol-forming article; a first helical inductor coil disposed at least partially around the chamber; a second helical inductor coil disposed at least partially around, or adjacent to, the chamber; and an elongate susceptor element configured to be inductively heatable by one or both of the first and the second helical inductor coils to heat at least a portion of an aerosol-forming substrate which is part of the aerosol-forming article, when the aerosol-forming substrate is at least partially received in the chamber.
Oleg MIRONOV, Jerome Christian COURBAT, Tony REEVELL, Enrico STURA
Filed: 31 Mar 22
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Aerosol-generating System Comprising a Fluid Permeable Susceptor Element
14 Jul 22
A cartridge is provided for an electrically heatable aerosol-generating system, the cartridge including: an aerosol-forming substrate including a liquid held in a capillary material; and a susceptor element including first and second fluid-permeable portions, the first fluid-permeable portion being disposed on a first side of the capillary material, and the second fluid-permeable portion being disposed on a second side of the capillary material opposite to the first side such that the capillary material is located in between the first and the second fluid-permeable portions of the susceptor element, the susceptor element being electrically isolated from other electrically conductive components.
Oleg MIRONOV, Ihar Nikolaevich ZINOVIK, Michel THORENS
Filed: 30 Mar 22
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Inductive Component and Method for Adjusting an Inductance
14 Jul 22
An inductive component is provided, including: a winding; and a plurality of adjustment bodies configured to adjust an inductance of the inductive component, the adjustment bodies including a ferromagnetic material and surrounding at least some regions of the winding, the inductance being adjusted via a shape and/or a position and/or a number of the adjustment bodies, and a filling body including a non-magnetic material is disposed between at least two of the adjustment bodies.
Oleg FURSA, Juergen FREY, Stefan WEBER
Filed: 27 May 20
Utility
an Aerosol-generating System and Haptic Output Elements for an Aerosol-generating System
30 Jun 22
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a housing including an air inlet, an air outlet, and an airflow path extending therebetween; an aerosol-generating element disposed within the housing and configured to generate an aerosol within the airflow path; a plurality of haptic output elements; a circuit operably coupled to the plurality of haptic output elements and configured to independently actuate each haptic output element of the plurality of haptic output elements; and a first sensor coupled to the housing and configured to generate a first status signal responsive to a user holding the aerosol-generating device, the circuit being further configured to actuate a first haptic output element of the plurality of haptic output elements responsive to the first status signal.
Simon DESNERCK, Torsten Richard Mathias TINGSTROM, Ezequiel Valdez ROJAS
Filed: 12 May 20
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Aerosol-generating Film
30 Jun 22
An aerosol-generating film having a tobacco content of less than 1 percent by weight is provided, the aerosol-generating film including: a cellulose based film-forming agent; a non-cellulose based thickening agent; water; nicotine; and a polyhydric alcohol, a content of cellulose based film-forming agent being at least about 14 wt percent weight and less than or equal to about 26 wt percent, and a content of water being less than about 30 wt percent and a content of polyhydric alcohol is at least about 30 wt percent.
Sebastien CAPELLI, Jean-Yves VOLLMER
Filed: 18 Mar 20
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Aerosol-generating Device with Protected Air Inlet
30 Jun 22
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including an aerosolisation chamber configured to receive an aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate; an air inlet configured such that ambient air may flow therethrough and into the aerosol-generating device; and an airflow path fluidly connecting the air inlet with the aerosolisation chamber, the air inlet being disposed in a recessed portion of an outer surface of the aerosol-generating device, and the recessed portion having a length of more than 10 mm and being configured to prevent blocking of the air inlet by a user.
Robert EMMETT, Eva SAADE LATORRE
Filed: 24 Apr 20
Utility
Aerosol-generating Device with Movably Attached Mouthpiece
30 Jun 22
The invention relates to an aerosol-generating device comprising a mainbody (10) and a mouthpiece (12).
Jun Wei Yim
Filed: 24 Apr 20
Utility
Casting Apparatus and Method to Check a Thickness of a Cast Sheet
30 Jun 22
Michel Borloz, Yann Richard
Filed: 18 Mar 22
Utility
Aerosol-generating System and Aerosol-generating Article Comprising an Aerosol-forming Substrate
23 Jun 22
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating article and an aerosol-generating device, the article having an upstream end and a downstream end, and defines a longitudinal direction and includes an upstream segment and a downstream segment, the upstream segment includes an aerosol-forming substrate having a substrate outer surface with a substrate outer diameter, the downstream segment having a downstream segment outer diameter greater than the substrate outer diameter, the device including a device cavity inner surface having a device cavity inner diameter, the device cavity being configured to receive at least the aerosol-forming substrate, the device further including at least one heating element, and when the aerosol-forming substrate is received in the device cavity, an airflow passage is defined between the substrate outer surface and the device cavity inner surface.
Clement BESSO, Nazan GUNDUZ
Filed: 27 Feb 20
Utility
Aerosol-generating System with Charging Device
23 Jun 22
An electrically operable aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a charging device including a primary power source; and an elongated aerosol-generating device including a secondary power source, the charging device having a docking arrangement configured to engage with the aerosol-generating device, the docking arrangement including a docking space defined between a first end, and an opposing second end spaced from and fixed relative to the first end, the docking space accommodating a longitudinal dimension of the aerosol-generating device, and a latching projection is configured to extend from the first end or the second end to engage with a distal end or a proximal end of the aerosol-generating device.
Raphael HOLZHERR, Hankak LEE
Filed: 10 Mar 22
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Aerosol-generating Article Comprising an Aerosol-generating Film
23 Jun 22
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a tubular carrier element defining a longitudinally extending internal cavity; and a layer of an aerosol-generating film applied to a portion of an inner surface of the tubular carrier element, such that an outer surface of the aerosol-generating film is exposed to the internal cavity of the tubular carrier element, the aerosol-generating film including at least 25 percent by weight of a polyhydric alcohol, and a thickness of the layer of the aerosol-generating film being between 0.05 millimeter and 1.0 millimeter.
Sebastien CAPELLI, Onur DAYIOGLU, Jean-Yves VOLLMER
Filed: 18 Mar 20
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Aerosol-generating Article Comprising a Mouth-end Cooling Element
23 Jun 22
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate including an aerosol former, the substrate having an aerosol former content of greater than 10 percent on a dry weight basis; a hollow tubular support element positioned immediately downstream of the rod; an aerosol-cooling element downstream of the support element, the aerosol-cooling element extending all the way to a downstream end of the article, the aerosol-cooling element including a hollow tubular segment having a transverse wall at a location between an upstream end and a downstream end of the hollow tubular segment, such that it defines a first cavity upstream of the transverse wall and a second cavity downstream of the transverse wall, and the transverse wall including one or more openings establishing a fluid communication between the first cavity and the second cavity.
Rui Nuno BATISTA, Enrico GUIDOTTI
Filed: 27 May 20
Utility
Aerosol-generating Article Having a Recessed Supporting Component
23 Jun 22
An aerosol-generating article for producing an inhalable aerosol upon heating is provided, including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate; a mouthpiece segment including a plug; a tubular support element between the rod and the segment and being in longitudinal alignment therewith, arranged immediately downstream of the rod, defining an airflow conduit, and including a cylindrical peripheral wall, a portion of the element projecting inwardly and delimited at an upstream end by a surface spaced from a transverse plane tangent to an upstream end surface of the wall; and a recess defined by the element and being between a downstream end surface of the rod and an upstream end surface of the element, extending longitudinally from a downstream end of the recess to the segment, being less than 10 percent of a length of the article, and a cross-sectional area of the recess changing along a length of the recess.
Stefanos PAPAKYRILLOU
Filed: 12 Mar 20
Utility
Aerosol-generating Device with Article Locking for Heating
23 Jun 22
According to the invention there is provided an aerosol-generating device comprising a receiving region configured to receive an aerosol-generating article comprising aerosol-generating substrate.
Takeshi Mikayama, Nicolas Frederic, Poindron Cyrille
Filed: 31 Mar 20
Utility
Cartridge with a Heater Assembly for an Aerosol-generating System
16 Jun 22
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating device including a power source; and a cartridge removably coupled to the aerosol-generating device, the cartridge including: a liquid storage portion including a housing having an open end and containing a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, a heater assembly at the open end of the housing and including a planar electrical heating element to heat the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to form an aerosol, and a capillary material in contact with the planar electrical heating element and being configured to convey the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to the planar electrical heating element, the liquid storage portion being at a first side of the heater assembly and an airflow channel being at a second side of the heater assembly, and the power source of the aerosol-generating device is to supply power to the heater assembly.
Ihar ZINOVIK (Deceased), Oleg MIRONOV, Keethan Dasnavis FERNANDO
Filed: 8 Mar 22
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Modulation of Nitrate Levels In Plants Via Mutation of Nitrate Reductase
16 Jun 22
A plant cell comprising: (a) a polynucleotide sequence encoding a nitrate reductase polypeptide comprising a contiguous polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 or SEQ ID NO: 7, wherein methionine is substituted for an amino acid that reduces nitrate reductase activity in the plant cell as compared to a control plant cell; (b) a polypeptide sequence encoded by the polynucleotide sequence set forth in (a); or (c) a construct, vector or expression vector comprising the polynucleotide sequence set forth in (b).
Lucien Bovet, Prisca Campanoni, Simon Goepfert
Filed: 16 Dec 19
Utility
Forming Apparatus and Method for Forming a Continuous Tubular Rod from a Continuous Tow Material
16 Jun 22
The forming apparatus comprises a forming device with a tubular element adapted to form continuous tow material into a continuous tubular rod.
Massimiliano Bertoldo, Fabio Cantieri, Ivan Prestia
Filed: 24 Mar 20