853 patents
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Utility
Heater Assembly with Anchoring Legs
4 Nov 21
The invention relates to a heater assembly for generating an inhalable aerosol.
Benjamin Luke Mazur, Charley Ann Millard, Angelo D'Onofrio
Filed: 13 Aug 19
Utility
Clove-containing Aerosol-generating Substrate
28 Oct 21
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-generating substrate including homogenised plant material formed of particulate plant material, the particulate plant material including between 10 percent and 40 percent by weight clove particles and between 60 percent and 90 percent by weight tobacco particles, based on dry weight of the particulate plant material, and the homogenised plant material further including an aerosol former and a binder.
Corinne DEFOREL, Gerhard LANG, Celine LESUFFLEUR, Aline VUARNOZ-BIZE
Filed: 8 Oct 19
Utility
Electrically Heated Aerosol-generating System
28 Oct 21
A controller is provided for an electrically heatable aerosol-generating device including a heating element and a rechargeable power supply to power the heating element, the controller being configured to control a supply of power from the rechargeable power supply to the heating element, and to prevent power being supplied to the heating element when a temperature reading is below a pre-determined lower temperature threshold.
Raphael HOLZHERR
Filed: 7 Jul 21
Utility
Aerosol-generating Article
21 Oct 21
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a plurality of elements assembled in the form of a rod having a mouth end and a distal end upstream from the mouth end, the plurality of elements including an aerosol-forming substrate with an elongate susceptor arranged longitudinally within the aerosol-forming substrate, a plug element being located upstream of and adjacent the aerosol-forming substrate within the rod, the plug element preventing direct physical contact with a distal end of the elongate susceptor arranged longitudinally within the aerosol-forming substrate.
Alexandre Malgat, Mirko Minzoni
Filed: 2 Jul 21
Utility
Shisha Cartridge with Absorbent Carrier
21 Oct 21
A shisha cartridge (200) comprises a body defining a cavity (218).
Robert Emmett, Ana Isabel Gonzalez Florez
Filed: 21 Aug 19
Utility
an Inductively Heatable Cartridge for an Aerosol-generating System and an Aerosol-generating System Comprising an Inductively Heatable Cartridge
21 Oct 21
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the cartridge including: a first compartment having a first air inlet and a first air outlet, and containing a nicotine source including a first carrier material impregnated with nicotine; and a second compartment having a second air inlet and a second air outlet, and containing an acid source including a second carrier material impregnated with an acid, one of the first and the second compartments including a pair of susceptor elements being arranged in contact with the first and the second carrier materials, respectively, within the first and the second compartments, respectively, and the first and the second carrier materials being respectively arranged between the pair of susceptor elements.
Irene TAURINO, lhar Nikolaevich ZINOVIK
Filed: 31 Jul 19
Utility
Smoking Article Filter for Easy Extinguishing
21 Oct 21
There is provided a smoking article comprising a tobacco rod, a filter and tipping material attaching the tobacco rod and the filter.
Martha Martha, Nicolas Cusnir, Alen Kadiric, Charles Kuersteiner
Filed: 29 Jun 21
Utility
Aerosol-generating Article with Improved Outermost Wrapper
14 Oct 21
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: an aerosol-forming substrate configured to be heated to generate an aerosol, the aerosol-generating article not including an aerosol-forming substrate that is configured to be combusted to produce smoke; and an outermost wrapper around at least a portion of the aerosol-forming substrate, an outer surface of the outermost wrapper forming at least part of an outer surface of the aerosol-generating article, the outermost wrapper including a metallized substrate including a substrate layer and a metal layer radially outward of the substrate layer, and the substrate layer being coated with the metal layer by vapour deposition.
Farhang Mohseni
Filed: 23 Jun 21
Utility
Aerosol-generating Device for Use with an Aerosol-generating Article Comprising Means for Article Identification
14 Oct 21
Oleg MIRONOV, Jerome Christian COURBAT, Enrico STURA
Filed: 16 Aug 19
Utility
Aerosol-generating Device for Use with an Aerosol-generating Article Comprising Means for Article Identification
14 Oct 21
An electrically heatable aerosol-generating device for an aerosol-generating article is provided, the device including a device housing including a receiving cavity within a proximal portion of the device to receive at least a portion of the aerosol-generating article; a separating wall disposed adjacent to a distal end of the cavity, separating the cavity within the proximal portion from a distal portion of the device; at least one electrical heating device configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate within the article when the article is received in the cavity; and sensing circuitry including a field generator disposed within the distal portion adjacent to the separating wall, the sensing circuitry being configured to measure a change of at least one property of the field generator caused by a presence of an indicator arranged within the article when the article is received in the cavity.
Oleg MIRONOV, Jerome Christian COURBAT, Enrico STURA
Filed: 16 Aug 19
Utility
Apparatus for Crimping a Band of Material
14 Oct 21
An apparatus (100) for crimping a band of material and a method of crimping and shaping a band of material is disclosed.
Rui Nuno Batista, Pietro Davide LaPorta
Filed: 19 Aug 19
Utility
Inductively Heatable Tobacco Product
7 Oct 21
The inductively heatable tobacco product for aerosol-generation comprises an aerosol-forming substrate containing a susceptor in the form of a plurality of particles.
Oleg Mironov
Filed: 22 Jun 21
Utility
Electrically Operated Smoking Device Including a System for Identifying Smoking Articles In the Device
7 Oct 21
An electrically operated smoking device configured to receive a smoking article is provided, the device including: a housing defining a cavity to at least partially receive the smoking article; and a sensing system to detect indicia on the smoking article, the sensing system being positioned on a periphery of the cavity and including a light source, a mirror, an imaging lens, and an image detector, the mirror being positioned on an internal surface of the cavity adjacent to the light source and the imaging lens.
Christiane GIMKIEWICZ, Rolf ECKERT, Edoardo FRANZI, David HASLER, Ross STANLEY
Filed: 16 Jun 21
Utility
Cartridge for an Aerosol-generating System
7 Oct 21
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the cartridge including: a liquid storage portion including a housing to contain a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; and a heater assembly including an electrically insulating element having an opening, an electrical heating element supported by the insulating element and to heat the substrate to form an aerosol, first and second electrically conductive contact portions disposed at opposite sides of the opening and to contact with a battery to supply power to the heater assembly, and a capillary material including a ceramic or a ceramic-based material and 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 fixed to the housing of the liquid storage portion.
Oleg MIRONOV, Jean-Marc WIDMER
Filed: 18 Jun 21
Utility
System for Generating an Aerosol
7 Oct 21
A device for generating an aerosol is provided, including: a heating chamber including first and second regions and being configured to receive an article for forming an aerosol, the first region being adjacent or spaced from the second region; a first induction coil configured to generate a magnetic field to heat the article received in the heating chamber, the first induction coil being arranged to selectively generate the magnetic field, in use, to heat or to induce heating of the heating chamber; a second induction coil configured to generate a magnetic field in the second region of the heating chamber; and electric circuitry configured to monitor performance of one or both of the first induction coil and the second induction coil.
Rui Nuno BATISTA, Frederic NICOLAS, Cyrille POINDRON
Filed: 24 Jul 19
Utility
System and Method for Promoting a Change In Consumer Smoking Habits
7 Oct 21
A method of assisting smoking cessation is provided, including: measuring a level of a toxicant in a user; displaying the measured level of the toxicant to the user; providing the user with a heated tobacco product or an electronic smoking device; measuring a new level of the toxicant in the user after a period of use of the heated tobacco product or the electronic smoking device; and displaying the new level of the toxicant to the user.
Robert EMMETT, Axel TEICHERT, Michel BESSANT
Filed: 29 Aug 19
Utility
Cartridge Having a Non-uniform Cavity
23 Sep 21
There is provided a cartridge (100) for use in an aerosol-generating system (10) for the generation of an aerosol comprising nicotine salt particles.
Irene Taurino, Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik
Filed: 23 Jul 19
Utility
Aerosol-generating Device Having Improved Power Supply Controller
23 Sep 21
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including an air inlet; an air outlet; an air flow passage extending between the air inlet and the air outlet; a heating element configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate; a sensor assembly in communication with the air flow passage; and a controller coupled to the sensor assembly and configured to control a supply of power to the heating element, to measure one or both of a flow rate and a pressure level within the air flow passage, an amount of power supplied to the heating element being dependent on at least one of a flow rate and a pressure level measured by the sensor assembly, a length of time between a start of a given puff and an end of the puff immediately preceding the given puff, and a puff number of the given puff.
Patrick Charles SILVESTRINI, Ihar Nikolaevich ZINOVIK
Filed: 26 Jul 19
Utility
Shisha Device for Heating a Substrate without Combustion
23 Sep 21
A shisha device for use with a cartridge containing an aerosol-generating substrate includes a vessel, a receptacle, and an electrical heating element.
Cedric Meyer, Samuel Bonnely, Angelos Kolyris, Stuart Michael Ruan Jones, John Antony Stephenson, Yaan Thomas Kinally, Michael Paton, David Cross
Filed: 7 Jun 21
Utility
Aerosol-generating System with Improved Air Flow Control
23 Sep 21
An electrically operated aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating device; an aerosol-forming cartridge including at least one aerosol-forming substrate, the aerosol-forming cartridge being at least partially received within the aerosol-generating device; at least one electric heater configured to heat the at least one aerosol-forming substrate; at least one air inlet and at least one air outlet; and an air flow channel extending between the at least one air inlet and the at least one air outlet, the air flow channel being in fluid communication with the aerosol-forming substrate, the air flow channel having an internal wall surface on which one or more flow disturbing devices are disposed, the flow disturbing devices being arranged to create a turbulent boundary layer in a flow of air drawn through the air flow channel.
Rui Nuno BATISTA, Stephane HEDARCHET, Keethan Dasnavis FERNANDO, Ihar Nikolaevich ZINOVIK
Filed: 4 Jun 21