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Utility
Heater Comprising a Part Manufactured by Additive Manufacturing
27 Jan 22
A method of manufacturing a heater for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the method including: forming a heater body including a heater body frame and a heating element, the heater body defining at least a portion of a boundary of a heating chamber configured to receive an aerosol-generating article such that the heating element is configured to heat the heating chamber, at least part of the heater body frame being manufactured by additive manufacturing.
Simon DESNERCK, Louis-Philippe VANCRAEYNEST, Pieter VAN LANCKER
Filed: 11 Nov 19
Utility
Aerosol-generating Article Having Biodegradable Filtration Material
27 Jan 22
There is provided an aerosol-generating article (10) comprising an aerosol-generating substrate (12) and a filter (14) in axial alignment with the aerosol-generating substrate (12).
Thierry Joyeux, Ping Li, Stefanos Papakyrillou
Filed: 5 Dec 19
Utility
Aerosol Generating Article for Use with an Aerosol Generating Device
27 Jan 22
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a fluid guide to allow movement of fluid, the guide having proximal and distal ends and inner and outer longitudinal regions separated by a barrier, the inner longitudinal region including an inner longitudinal passageway between the distal and proximal ends, and the outer longitudinal region including an outer longitudinal passageway that communicates external fluid through an aperture to the distal end so external fluid can travel along the outer passageway to the distal end of the fluid guide; a tubular element including a gel including an active agent, the tubular element having proximal and distal ends and being disposed at the distal end of the fluid guide; and a cavity between the distal end of the fluid guide and the proximal end of the tubular element.
Gennaro CAMPITELLI, Gianpaolo D'AMBRA, Onur DAYIOGLU
Filed: 16 Dec 19
Utility
Heater Shell of Heater Assembly for an Aerosol-generating Device
27 Jan 22
The present invention relates to a heater assembly for an aerosol-generating device.
Johannes Petrus Maria Pijnenburg
Filed: 8 Oct 19
Utility
Aerosol Generating System and Cartridge with Leakage Protection
27 Jan 22
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a reservoir holding an aerosol-generating substrate in condensed form; a housing including an air inlet, an air outlet, an airflow passage extending therebetween, and a chamber; a liquid-permeable heating element extending parallel to the passage, one side of the heating element in fluidic communication with the reservoir and an opposite side in fluidic communication with the chamber, the heating element to heat the substrate in condensed form to generate a vapour within the chamber; and a gas-permeable element extending generally parallel to the passage, one side of the gas-permeable element in fluidic communication with the chamber and an opposite side element in fluidic communication with the airflow passage, the gas-permeable element to allow transport of the vapour into the passage and to inhibit transport of the condensed form into the passage, and the vapour at least partially condensing into an aerosol within the passage.
Ali Murat SAYGILI
Filed: 6 Dec 19
Utility
System, Apparatus and Method of Manufacturing a Tubular Element for Use with an Aerosol Generating Article
27 Jan 22
A system, apparatus and method of manufacturing a tubular element (500) for use in an aerosol generating article.
Gennaro Campitelli, Gianpaolo D'Ambra, Onur Dayioglu
Filed: 16 Dec 19
Utility
Aerosol-generating Device Comparator
20 Jan 22
An apparatus is provided, including: a housing; a first assessment section defining a first airflow pathway and including a first conduit including inlet and outlet ends, the inlet end to receive a mouth end of an aerosol-generating system or a smoking article, a first pump in fluid communication with the first conduit outlet end and to draw fluid through the first conduit from the inlet end to the outlet end, and a first cover arranged on the housing; and a second assessment section defining a second airflow pathway and including a second conduit including inlet and outlet ends, the inlet end to receive a mouth end of an aerosol-generating device or a smoking article, a second pump in fluid communication with the second conduit outlet end and to draw fluid through the second conduit from the inlet end to the outlet end, and a second cover arranged on the housing.
Ricardo CALI, Pierre HERVE, Danny HIRDES, Andreas LOEB, Joern PATSCHER, Fabrice TESEO, Johan VALETTE, Jan VERBEECK
Filed: 11 Dec 19
Utility
Aerosol-generating Article with Ventilated Hollow Segment
20 Jan 22
An aerosol-generating article for producing an inhalable aerosol upon heating is provided, the article including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate; a mouthpiece segment including a plug of filtration material and being disposed downstream of and in longitudinal alignment with the rod; a hollow tubular segment between and in longitudinal alignment with the rod and the mouthpiece segment, the hollow tubular segment defining a cavity extending to an upstream end of the mouthpiece segment; and a ventilation zone at a location along the hollow tubular segment, the rod of aerosol-generating substrate including at least an aerosol former, the rod having an aerosol former content of at least 10 percent on a dry weight basis.
Jerome UTHURRY
Filed: 20 Dec 19
Utility
Aerosol-generating System Comprising a Cartridge with an Internal Air Flow Passage
20 Jan 22
An electrically heatable aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device and a cartridge, the cartridge including: a cartridge housing including an inner wall and an outer wall, the inner wall being disposed within the outer wall and defining an internal passage through which air can flow, the inner and outer walls defining a hollow space therebetween, an aerosol-forming substrate contained within the space, and a susceptor element; and the device including: a device housing defining a cavity to receive at least a portion of the cartridge, an inductor coil positioned in the device housing around or adjacent to the cavity and positioned outside of the cartridge when the cartridge is received in the cavity, and a power supply connected to the coil and to provide a high-frequency oscillating current to the coil, such that a magnetic field generated by the coil causes generation of heat in the susceptor element.
Oleg MIRONOV, Michel THORENS, lhar Nikolaevich ZINOVIK
Filed: 1 Oct 21
Utility
Smoking Article with Improved Extinguishment
20 Jan 22
A smoking article (10) comprises a tobacco rod (11) and a filter (12) in axial alignment with the tobacco rod (11).
Alen Kadiric
Filed: 29 Sep 21
Utility
Extractor for an Aerosol-generating Device
20 Jan 22
An extractor for extracting an aerosol-forming substrate from an aerosol-generating device is provided, the extractor including: a first component configured to connect to the aerosol-generating device, the first component including a base and one or more side walls extending from the base to define a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate; and a second component configured to connect to the first component, the second component defining a cylindrical cavity or a circular aperture configured to receive a mouthpiece article for the aerosol-generating device.
Domenico COSTANZO, Mirko MINZONI, Jerome UTHURRY
Filed: 12 Dec 19
Utility
Sensor for Device Aerosol-generating System
20 Jan 22
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a cartridge including a storage compartment configured to contain a liquid composition including an aerosol-forming substrate; an aerosol-generating device configured to receive the cartridge and including a power supply and control electronics operably coupled to the power supply; a light source operably coupled to the control electronics and positioned and oriented to emit light into the storage compartment, light emitted from the source is absorbed by the liquid composition; and a detector operably coupled to the control electronics and positioned and oriented to detect light emitted from the source, the source and the detector are both located adjacent to a same side of the storage compartment, and a surface of the storage compartment opposite the source is configured to absorb light emitted into the storage compartment from the source.
Stephane BILAT, Guillaume COLOTTE
Filed: 27 Nov 19
Utility
Blister Capsule, and Container, for an Aerosol-generating System
20 Jan 22
A container for an aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a plurality of blister capsules, each blister capsule including a blister shell, a volatile liquid disposed in the blister shell, and a film configured to seal the blister shell, the film and the blister shell being frangible; and a hollow tubular canister including a first end; a second end; and a mixing chamber disposed between the first end and the second end, at least one blister capsule of the plurality of blister capsules being coupled to the first end and at least one blister capsule of the plurality of blister capsules being coupled to the second end.
Frederic Ulysse BUEHLER, Rui Nuno BATISTA
Filed: 1 Oct 21
Utility
Aerosol Generating System and Cartridge with Leakage Protection
20 Jan 22
An aerosol-generating system, comprising: an aerosol generating substrate; an air inlet (16); an air outlet (28); an airflow passage (22) extending from the air inlet to the air outlet; an atomisation chamber (23) within the airflow passage; an aerosol-generating element within the atomisation chamber configured to atomize the aerosol-generating substrate to generate an aerosol; and an inlet filter (24) in the airflow passage between the air inlet and the atomisation chamber.
Ali Murat Saygili
Filed: 6 Dec 19
Utility
an Atomiser and an Aerosol-generating System Comprising an Atomiser
20 Jan 22
An atomiser for an electrically heatable aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an atomiser housing defining an air inlet and an air outlet; a reservoir portion to contain a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; an airflow passage extending in a longitudinal direction between the air inlet and outlet, the housing defining the reservoir portion and the airflow passage; a planar fluid-permeable heating element disposed between the passage and the reservoir portion so that one side of the heating element is in fluidic communication with the airflow passage and an opposite side of the heating element is in fluidic communication with liquid in the reservoir portion, the heating element extending in the longitudinal direction; and a heater mounting portion supporting the heating element and being received in the housing and disposed between the reservoir portion and the passage so that fluid can pass from the reservoir portion to the passage through the heating element.
Ali Murat SAYGILI
Filed: 6 Dec 19
Utility
Tubular Element, Comprising Porous Medium and a Wrapper, for Use with an Aerosol Generating Article
13 Jan 22
A tubular element for an aerosol-generating article is provided, the tubular element including: a wrapper that forms a first longitudinal passageway; a porous medium loaded with gel; and a susceptor disposed longitudinally within the tubular element, the gel including an active agent, wherein the wrapper including paper, and the susceptor being in contact with the porous medium loaded with the gel.
Gennaro CAMPITELLI, Gianpaolo D'AMBRA, Onur DAYIOGLU
Filed: 16 Dec 19
Utility
Aerosol-generating Article Having a Ventilated Cavity
13 Jan 22
An aerosol-generating article for producing an inhalable aerosol upon heating is provided, the article including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate; a mouthpiece segment including a plug of filtration material and being downstream of the rod and in longitudinal alignment with the rod; a hollow tubular segment between and in longitudinal alignment with the rod and the mouthpiece segment, the hollow tubular segment defining a cavity extending to an upstream end of the mouthpiece segment; and a ventilation zone along the hollow tubular segment and including one or more rows of perforations formed through a peripheral wall of the hollow tubular segment at less than about 18 millimetres from an upstream end of the hollow tubular segment, the rod including at least an aerosol former, and the aerosol-generating article having a ventilation level of at least about 10 percent.
Jerome UTHURRY
Filed: 20 Dec 19
Utility
Fault Diagnosis Apparatus for Electrically Operated Smoking Devices
6 Jan 22
A method for supplying products for electrically operated smoking systems is provided, including: delivering to a remote user device from a central server over a network connection order option information associated with a vending machine; receiving an order from the remote user device, the order including an indication of a product available from the vending machine, and user identification information; retrieving registered user information, including user authentication information associated with user identification information; receiving user authentication information from a user; and if the received user authentication information matches the retrieved user authentication information, delivering the product to the user at the vending machine.
Felix FERNANDO, Stephane HEDARCHET, Noori Moyad BRIFCANl
Filed: 22 Sep 21
Utility
Cartridge for an Aerosol-generating System
30 Dec 21
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the cartridge including: a liquid storage portion including a housing with a first opening, to contain a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; and a heater assembly including an electrically insulating support having a second opening, an electrical heating element supported by the insulating support and to heat the substrate to form an aerosol, and first and second electrically conductive contact portions disposed at opposite sides of the second opening and to connect to electrical connectors of a battery to supply power to the heater assembly, and a capillary material having first and second faces, the first face being in physical contact with the heating element and the second face being opposite the first face, the capillary material to convey the substrate to the heating element by capillary action, the heater assembly being connected to the housing of the liquid storage portion.
Oleg MIRONOV, Jean-Marc WIDMER
Filed: 8 Sep 21
Utility
Heater Array
30 Dec 21
An aerosol-generating device (100) including a heater array (120) and methods for use therewith may generate aerosol using aerosol-generating articles (130).
Pieter Van Lancker, Louis-Philippe Vancraeynest, Simon Desnerck
Filed: 12 Nov 19