515 patents
Utility
Inspection station and method for inspecting sheet material
16 Jan 24
The invention relates to an inspection station for crimped sheet material.
Rui Nuno Batista, Ricardo Cali
Filed: 4 Mar 20
Utility
Cartridge for an aerosol-generating system comprising an alkaloid source comprising a liquid alkaloid formulation
16 Jan 24
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the cartridge including: a first compartment containing an alkaloid source, the alkaloid source including a liquid alkaloid formulation having a polyhydric alcohol content of at least about 10 percent by weight and an alkaloid content of at least about 10 percent by weight; and a second compartment containing an acid source.
Irene Taurino, Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik
Filed: 28 Jun 19
Utility
Aerosol-generating device having a movable component for transferring aerosol-forming substrate
16 Jan 24
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including a storage container containing a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; a heating element spaced from the container for vaporising the substrate to form an aerosol; a transfer element between the container and the heating element to receive and retain the substrate, and to be coupled with the heating element to supply the received substrate to the heating element, at least one of the transfer element and the heating element being movable between a loading position and a heating position, such that when the movable element is in the loading position, the transfer element is in fluid communication with the outlet of the container and/or with the heating element, and such that when the movable element is in the heating position, the transfer element is in fluid communication with the heating element and the heating element is activated to vaporise the substrate retained in the transfer element.
Jerome Christian Courbat, Oleg Mironov, Enrico Stura
Filed: 6 Jun 19
Utility
Aerosol-generating device with detachably insertable heating compartment
16 Jan 24
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a housing having a chamber, an induction coil around at least part of the chamber; a heating compartment to receive an aerosol-generating article, being detachably insertable into the chamber, and including a cavity to receive the article; and a heating element arrangeable within and extending into the cavity in a longitudinal direction, configured to penetrate an aerosol-forming substrate included in the article and received in the cavity, the compartment further including a first open end to receive the article, and a second, base end opposite the first open end, the first open end and the base end connected by side surfaces including openings and locking elements, and the chamber including recesses corresponding to the locking elements to facilitate a snap-fit when the compartment is inserted into the chamber, the compartment further including a press button to allow release of the snap-fit connection.
Oleg Mironov, Oleg Fursa, Jerome Christian Courbat, Tony Reevell, Andreas Michael Rossoll, Enrico Stura
Filed: 30 Aug 22
Utility
Method for filling a package with packs
16 Jan 24
A method for filling a package with a group of pairs of packs, comprising supplying a group of pairs of packs simultaneously from a transport device to a package, vertically spacing the two packs of each pair of packs of the group of pairs of packs from each other in the package, and horizontally spacing each pair of packs from each other in the package.
Fiorenzo Draghetti, Stefano Minoccari
Filed: 13 Jan 21
Utility
Aerosol-generating device with modular induction heater
16 Jan 24
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: an induction heater configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate, the induction heater including an induction coil and a heating element, the heating element being arrangeable within the induction coil, and the induction coil having a varying pitch.
Enrico Stura, Oleg Mironov, Oleg Fursa, Tony Reevell
Filed: 31 Jan 22
Utility
Susceptor assembly for inductively heating an aerosol-forming substrate
9 Jan 24
A susceptor assembly for inductively heating an aerosol-forming substrate includes a first susceptor and a second susceptor.
Andreas Rossoll, Oleg Fursa
Filed: 9 May 22
Utility
Heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system
9 Jan 24
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the cartridge including: a liquid storage portion configured to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; and a heater assembly including an electrical heating element configured to heat the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to form an aerosol, and a capillary body configured to convey the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to the electrical heating element, the electrical heating element being disposed at a porous outer surface of the capillary body.
Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik, Jerome Courbat
Filed: 17 Jul 20
Utility
Power management method and system for a battery powered aerosol-generating device
9 Jan 24
A method for controlling power supplied to an aerosol-generating element of an aerosol-generating device is provided, the aerosol-generating device including a controller and a battery configured to deliver power to the aerosol-generating element and to the controller, and the method including steps of: measuring at least one first characteristic of the battery, the first characteristic being a temperature or an internal resistance of the battery; and deactivating or disabling the aerosol-generating device if the measured temperature is less than a minimum temperature or the measured internal resistance of the battery is greater than a maximum internal resistance.
Jacques Robert, Michel Bessant, Riccardo Riva Reggiori
Filed: 10 Jan 22
Utility
Methods for detecting heater conditions in an aerosol-generating system
9 Jan 24
An electrically operated aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a heating element configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate proximate to the heating element; a power supply; and electric circuitry in communication with the element and the power supply, and configured to regulate the supply of power during a plurality of discrete heating cycles in response to user inputs, determine a maximum electrical resistance of the heating element during each heating cycle, calculate a rolling average value of the resistance for n preceding heating cycles, n being an integer greater than 1, compare the resistance with the calculated value, determine an adverse condition when the resistance is greater than the calculated value by more than a threshold value, the threshold value being stored in the memory, and control the power supplied based on whether there is the adverse condition or to provide an indication based on whether there is the adverse condition.
Stephane Bilat, Guillaume Colotte, Daryl Ng Wai Leong, Ho Keat Chang
Filed: 29 May 19
Utility
Dry powder formulations and methods of use
9 Jan 24
The subject technology relates generally to pulmonary delivery of NSAIDs, such as aspirin.
Kambiz Yadidi
Filed: 11 Dec 18
Utility
Aerosol-generating article having meltable element
9 Jan 24
An aerosol-generating article for an aerosol-generating device having a heating element, is provided, the article including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate; and a heat control component disposed downstream of the rod of aerosol-generating substrate and including a meltable element arranged within the heat control component such that one or more longitudinal airflow channels are provided through the heat control component, and the meltable element is configured to melt when heated above a threshold temperature such that upon melting of the meltable element the one or more longitudinal airflow channels through the heat control component are blocked such that airflow through the aerosol-generating article is substantially prevented.
Tony Reevell
Filed: 8 Apr 19
Utility
Aerosol-generating system comprising a fluid permeable susceptor element
2 Jan 24
A cartridge for an electrically heatable aerosol-generating system is provided, the system including an aerosol-generating device, the cartridge configured to be used with the device, the device including a device housing defining a cavity to receive the cartridge, an inductor coil around or adjacent to the cavity, and a power supply connected to the coil and to provide a high-frequency oscillating current; the cartridge including: a cartridge housing to engage the device housing and containing an aerosol-forming substrate, the cartridge housing having an external surface, at least part of which is formed by a fluid permeable susceptor element that is electrically isolated from any other electrically conductive components; a first capillary material in the cartridge housing in contact with the susceptor element; and a second capillary material in the cartridge housing in contact with the first material, the first material having a higher thermal decomposition temperature than the second material.
Oleg Mironov, Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik, Michel Thorens
Filed: 24 Feb 23
Utility
Activatable and reclosable cartridge assembly for an aerosol-generating system
2 Jan 24
A reclosable cartridge assembly (10) for use in an aerosol-generating system comprises: a cartridge (12) extending longitudinally between end walls (22, 26); a housing (30, 32) enclosing the cartridge (12) and comprising: an upstream portion with an end wall (22) comprising an opening (42); and a downstream housing portion (32) with an end wall comprising an opening (44).
Philipp Bernhard, Antonino Lanci, Hannes Merz, Patrick Charles Silvestrini, Irene Taurino, Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik
Filed: 20 Jun 19
Utility
Aerosol-generating system, aerosol forming device and a cartridge therefor
2 Jan 24
A cartridge (1) for an aerosol generating device, comprising a first cavity (13) containing a nicotine source and a second cavity (14) containing a lactic acid source, the first cavity and the second cavity defining an inner space between the cavities and an outer periphery of the cavities; and a susceptor comprising one or more susceptor elements, wherein the susceptor is arranged such that the susceptor is partly positioned in the inner space (16) between the cavities, and partly positioned in the outer periphery of the cavities, the outer periphery of the cavities being a space between the cavity walls and the cartridge walls.
Irene Taurino, Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik
Filed: 7 Jun 19
Utility
Aerosol generating system with enhanced aerosol delivery
2 Jan 24
A cartridge for use in an aerosol-generating system, the cartridge comprising: a first compartment having a first air inlet and a first air outlet, the first compartment containing a nicotine source; and a second compartment having a second air inlet and a second air outlet, the second compartment containing an acid source; wherein the first compartment comprises a first air flow channel extending from the first air inlet, or the first air outlet, longitudinally along at least a portion of the first compartment, wherein the first air flow channel is adjacent to and in fluid communication with the nicotine source; or wherein the second compartment comprises a second air flow channel extending from the second air inlet, or the second air outlet, longitudinally along at least a portion of the second compartment, wherein the second air flow channel is adjacent to and in fluid communication with the acid source; or wherein the first compartment comprises a first air flow channel extending from the first air inlet, or the first air outlet, longitudinally along at least a portion of the first compartment, wherein the first air flow channel is adjacent to and in fluid communication with the nicotine source; and the second compartment comprises a second airflow channel extending from the second air inlet, or the second air outlet, longitudinally along at least a portion of the second compartment, wherein the second air flow channel is adjacent to and in fluid communication with the acid source.
Irene Taurino
Filed: 26 Jun 19
Utility
Flavoured moist oral pouched nicotine product comprising monoglyceride
19 Dec 23
The present disclosure relates to an oral pouched nicotine product comprising a moist filling material and a saliva-permeable pouch of a packaging material enclosing the moist filling material, wherein the moist filling material comprises a particulate non-tobacco material; a non-encapsulated non-particulate flavouring agent; a nicotine source; a pH adjusting agent; a monoglyceride; and tobacco material within the range of from 0% to % by weight, based on the total weight of the moist filling material.
Jenny Kannisto, MÃ¥rten Kindvall, Lars Jonsson
Filed: 14 Dec 18
Utility
Pouched product for oral use, sealing method, sealing device, method and apparatus for manufacturing a pouched product for oral use
19 Dec 23
Described is a pouched product for oral use with a filling material and a saliva-permeable pouch.
Lotte Gibson, Jonas Lindberg
Filed: 20 Oct 21
Utility
Cartridge for an aerosol-generating system
12 Dec 23
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
Aerosol generating articles
12 Dec 23
A filter part (1, 1′) for use in an aerosol generating article and a method of manufacturing the filter part (1, 1′).
Rui Nuno Batista, Eva Ferrari, Yves Jordil, Poh Yoke Tritz
Filed: 25 Feb 19