1446 patents
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Utility
Hybrid aerosol-generating element and method for manufacturing a hybrid aerosol-generating element
22 Aug 23
The hybrid aerosol-generating element for use in an aerosol-generating article includes a liquid retention material for holding an aerosol-forming liquid and a solid aerosol-forming substrate arranged next to the liquid retention material.
Oleg Mironov
Filed: 19 Apr 17
Utility
Aerosol-generating Device Providing Gesture Initiation of a Status Query
17 Aug 23
An aerosol-generating device is provided for generating an aerosol during a usage session, the aerosol-generating device including: an indicator system; a motion detector; and a controller; the motion detection unit being configured to detect movement of the device and to identify a first gesture and a second gesture different from the first gesture, in which, in response to the first gesture being identified by the motion detector, the controller is configured to control the indicator system to output a user detectable indication indicative of progress of the usage session, and in which, in response to the second gesture being identified by the motion detector, the controller is further configured to control the indicator system to output a user detectable indication indicative of the number of usage sessions available.
Valerio OLIANA
Filed: 30 Jun 21
Design
Charger housing
15 Aug 23
Alexander Farrow
Filed: 29 Apr 22
Utility
Aerosol-generating article with an insulated heat source
15 Aug 23
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-forming substrate; a combustible heat source; at least one layer of ceramic paper circumscribing at least a portion of a length of the combustible heat source; one or more airflow pathways along which air may be drawn through the aerosol-generating article for inhalation; and one or more non-combustible, substantially air impermeable barriers between the combustible heat source and the aerosol forming substrate.
Fabien Duc
Filed: 31 May 17
Utility
Aerosol-generating systems and methods for guiding an airflow inside an electrically heated aerosol-generating system
15 Aug 23
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a liquid storage portion including a container to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate and defining an opening at an end thereof; a fluid-permeable heater assembly extending across a first pair of opposite side portions of the opening along a plane transverse to a longitudinal axis of the liquid storage portion and including an arrangement of one or more filaments, and a capillary material between the liquid storage portion and the arrangement and being configured to convey the substrate to the filaments; and conductive contacts in a main housing and making electrical contact with corresponding contacts of the heater assembly, the liquid storage portion being at a first side of the heater assembly, and a portion of a first airflow channel being at a second side of the heater assembly, and the first airflow channel including several channel portions upstream of the heater assembly.
Oleg Mironov, Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik, Keethan Dasnavis Fernando
Filed: 1 Jun 21
Utility
Aerosol-generating device with easy clean heating chamber
15 Aug 23
An aerosol-generating device configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate to form an inhalable aerosol is provided, the aerosol-generating device including a heating chamber configured to heat the aerosol-forming substrate, the heating chamber including a first end having an opening, a second end having a base, and a side wall extending between the opening and the base, a cavity being defined by inner surfaces of the base and the side wall, and a peripheral portion of the base being contoured to provide a chamfered or filleted intersection between the inner surfaces of the base and the side wall; a heating assembly; and a power supply.
Dani Ruscio, Keethan Dasnavis Fernando, Boris Mahler, Patrick Mauroux
Filed: 18 Dec 18
Utility
Solid pharmaceutical tablet
15 Aug 23
The invention relates to a solid pharmaceutical tablet for oral delivery, the tablet comprising calcium carbonate in an amount of more than 30% by weight of the tablet and organic water-insoluble components in an amount of more than 20% by weight of the tablet, wherein the tablet is designed to be masticated into a coherent residual containing the organic water-insoluble components, and wherein the tablet is adapted to release more than 80% of the calcium carbonate within 5 minutes of mastication.
Jesper Neergaard
Filed: 19 Mar 21
Utility
Aerosol-generating system with charging device and aerosol-generating device with end contacts
15 Aug 23
An electrically operable aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a charging device including a primary power source and a housing to retain the power source; and an aerosol-generating device including a secondary power source and having proximal and distal ends and a body extending therebetween, the charging device having a docking arrangement including a docking space between a first end and an opposing second end spaced therefrom, the first and second ends being walls of the housing, electrical contacts on at least one of the proximal or distal ends of the device to engage with corresponding electrical contacts on at least one of the first and second ends of the docking arrangement, and the electrical contacts include a positive and a negative electrical contact, at least one of which being an annular electrical contact, arranged concentrically on the at least one of the proximal or distal ends.
Raphael Holzherr, Hankak Lee
Filed: 4 Mar 22
Utility
Systems, Devices, and Methods for Unlocking Aerosol-generating Devices
10 Aug 23
An aerosol-generating device (102) comprising a controller comprising one or more processors.
Gregory André Cristian, Andrew McLauchlan
Filed: 23 Jun 21
Utility
Systems, Devices, and Methods for Unlocking Aerosol-generating Devices
10 Aug 23
A method comprising maintaining a database of user accounts and aerosol-generating devices associated with the user accounts.
Rehouven Walter Libine
Filed: 22 Jun 21
Utility
Heated Aerosol-generating Device and Method for Generating Aerosol with Consistent Properties
10 Aug 23
A method of controlling aerosol production in an aerosol-generating device is provided, the device including: a heater including a heating element to heat an aerosol-forming substrate, and a power source to provide power to the element, the method including: providing power to the element; and controlling the power provided such that in a first phase, the power is provided to the element such that a temperature of the element increases from an initial temperature to a first target temperature, in a second phase, the power is provided such that the temperature reduces to a second target temperature lower than the first temperature, and in a third phase, the power is provided such that the temperature increases to a third temperature, the first phase being ended in response to the element reaching the first target temperature or at a predetermined time following the element reaching the first target temperature.
Arkadiusz KUCZAJ
Filed: 17 Apr 23
Utility
Aerosol-generating Device with Means for Detecting the Presence, Absence, or Displacement of an Aerosol-generating Article In a Cavity of the Device
10 Aug 23
An aerosol-generating device for heating an aerosol-forming substrate to form an inhalable aerosol when heated, the device including: a cavity configured to removably receive at least a portion of an article, including the substrate to be heated; an electrical heating arrangement including an electronic circuitry and a heating element operatively coupled to the electronic circuitry configured to heat the substrate when the article is received in the cavity; and a controller including a temperature sensor configured to output a signal indicative of a temperature or a temperature increase of at least one portion of the electronic circuitry during operation of the heating arrangement, the controller being configured to detect a presence, absence, or displacement of the article in the cavity in response to the signal indicating that the temperature or the temperature increase has breached a predefined temperature threshold or a predefined temperature increase threshold, respectively.
Enrico STURA, Maxime CHATEAU
Filed: 21 Jun 21
Utility
Flavoured moist oral pouched nicotine product comprising triglyceride
8 Aug 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, such as microcrystalline cellulose, a flavouring agent, a nicotine source, a pH adjusting agent, and within the range of from about 0.5 to about 20% by weight, based on total weight of the filling material, of triglyceride.
Thord Hassler, Mårten Kindvall, Lars Jonsson, Jenny Kannisto
Filed: 24 Apr 18
Design
Packaging
8 Aug 23
Emmanuelle Clement
Filed: 3 Sep 21
Design
Cap removal device
8 Aug 23
Alexander Farrow
Filed: 5 Oct 21
Design
Arrangement of snuff packages in a snuff container
8 Aug 23
Patrik Söderström, Daniel Hafstad
Filed: 7 Jun 22
Design
Aerosol generating device
8 Aug 23
Alexander Farrow
Filed: 16 Sep 22
Utility
Aerosol-generating Device and Method with Puff Detection
3 Aug 23
A method of operating an aerosol-generating device is provided, the device including a power supply to supply power to generate the aerosol, and a controller, the method including: monitoring a parameter indicative of aerosol generation during operation of the device; and analysing the monitored parameter to identify a user puff defined by a puff start and end, the analysing including calculating first and second characteristics of the monitored parameter, and analysing the first and the second characteristics to determine the puff start and end, the parameter indicative of aerosol generation representing power supplied by the power supply, the first and the second characteristics respectively being a first and a second moving average value of the monitored parameter computed on a first and a second time window having a first and a second time window duration, the second time window duration being different from the first time window duration.
Oleg MIRONOV, Enrico STURA, Maxime DUCROS, Daniela HAU
Filed: 30 Jun 21
Utility
an Aerosol-generating Device and System Comprising a Dynamic Near-field Communication Module
3 Aug 23
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a near-field communication device configured to communicate with an external device, the near-field communication device being configured to store a message including a list of records, the list including a first record associated with a first operation to be executed by the external device and a second record associated with a second operation to be executed by the external device, the first operation being different from the second operation; and a controller configured to monitor a state of the aerosol-generating device, and in response to detecting a predetermined state of the aerosol-generating device, configure the list of records to define an order of the first record and the second record in the list.
Yannick BUTIN, Raphael HOLZHERR
Filed: 24 Jun 21
Utility
Aerosol-generating Article with Liquid-conveying Susceptor Assembly
3 Aug 23
An aerosol-generating article is provided for an inductively heatable aerosol-generating device, the article including a liquid reservoir to store aerosol-forming liquid; and a liquid-conveying susceptor assembly to convey the aerosol-forming liquid into a region outside the liquid reservoir and for inductively heating the aerosol-forming liquid under an influence of an alternating magnetic field to generate an aerosol, the assembly including a filament bundle of inductively heatable filaments including first and second soaking sections and an intermediate section therebetween, the soaking sections being arranged at least partially in the liquid reservoir and the intermediate section being arranged outside the liquid reservoir, the filaments being parallel to each other along the intermediate section, and the soaking sections differing from each other in at least one of a number of fibers therein, a surface property of the filaments therein, or a length thereof
Jerome Christian COURBAT, Oleg FURSA, Oleg MIRONOV, Ozgur OZSUN
Filed: 12 May 21