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Utility
Aerosol-generating Device Having Holding Mechanism
14 Dec 23
An aerosol-generating device for heating an aerosol-generating article is provided, the device including: a housing having an opening; a chamber within the housing to receive at least a portion of the article through the opening; a heater assembly within the housing and including a heating element to heat at least a portion of the chamber; a mechanism including at least one member at or proximate to the opening and configured to move between a first position in which the article can be inserted into the chamber via the opening, and a second position in which the member has reduced a size of the opening relative to a size of the opening when the member is in the first position; and at least one guide track along which the member is configured to slide when the member moves between the first and the second positions.
Michael Elliott DOYLE
Filed: 24 Aug 23
Utility
Heater Tube with Thermal Insulation and Electrical Isolation
14 Dec 23
A heating assembly for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the heating assembly including: a substrate layer that is an electrically isolating substrate layer; and a heating element arranged on a first portion of the substrate layer, the substrate layer including a second portion on which the heating element is not disposed, the substrate layer being rolled into a tubular shape, such that the first portion of the substrate layer is positioned as an inner layer, the second portion of the substrate layer being positioned as an outer layer surrounding the first portion of the substrate layer, and the heating element being arranged between the first portion of the substrate layer and the second portion of the substrate layer.
Michel BESSANT, Silviu Natanael PANTEA, Johannes Petrus Maria PIJNENBURG, Jun Wei YIM, Grégori ISCHI, Marco DELL’ANNA, Stefano PICCIN, Omar RISPOLI, Sandro SARTOR
Filed: 25 Oct 21
Utility
Aerosol-generating Article Having a Low-rtd Substrate and an Upstream Section
14 Dec 23
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate having a length of between 8 millimetres and 16 millimetres and a resistance-to-draw (RTD) of between 4 millimetres H2O and 10 millimetres H2O; a downstream section provided downstream of the rod of aerosol-generating substrate, the downstream section including at least one hollow tubular segment; and an upstream element provided upstream of the rod of aerosol-generating substrate and abutting an upstream end of the rod of aerosol-generating substrate, the upstream element having a length of between 2 millimetres and 8 millimetres and being formed of a hollow tubular segment defining a longitudinal cavity providing an unrestricted flow channel.
Jerome UTHURRY
Filed: 26 Aug 21
Utility
Aerosol-generating Device, System and Method
14 Dec 23
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a vibratable transducer configured to aerosolise a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; and a controller coupled to the transducer, the controller being configured to provide a driving signal for vibrating the transducer, in which all or part of the driving signal defines a sensory output of the transducer detectable by at least one of an auditory sense of a user and a touch sense of a user, and adjust the driving signal such that the sensory output is indicative of a state of the aerosol-generating device.
Leander DITTMANN, Robert EMMETT
Filed: 4 Nov 21
Utility
Aerosol-generating System with Low Resistance to Draw and Improved Flavour Delivery
14 Dec 23
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating article configured to produce an inhalable aerosol upon heating, the article extending from a mouth end to a distal end and including: an aerosol-generating element, and a downstream section located downstream of the element, the downstream section extending from a downstream end of the element to the mouth end of the article, the downstream section including a hollow tubular element and a resistance-to-draw of the downstream section being less than about 10 mm H2O; and an aerosol-generating device having distal and mouth ends, the device including: a body extending from the distal to the mouth end, the body defining a device cavity to removably receive the article at the mouth end, and a heater to heat the element when the article is received within the device cavity, and to externally heat the article when received within the device.
Jerome UTHURRY
Filed: 7 Oct 21
Utility
Capsule with Susceptor Particles and Carrier
14 Dec 23
A capsule for an aerosol generating article is provided, the capsule including: an active agent; susceptor particles configured to be heatable upon inductive heating; and one or both of a carrier gel or a carrier liquid, the susceptor particles being dispersed in the one or both of the carrier gel or the carrier liquid, and the susceptor particles having a particle size of about 10 μm to 70 μm.
Rui Nuno Rodrigues Alves BATISTA, Valerio OLIANA
Filed: 16 Dec 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
Utility
Aerosol-generating system with biosensor
12 Dec 23
An aerosol-generating system has a biosensor configured to detect a biological characteristic of the user.
Robert Emmett, Rui Nuno Batista, Michel bessant, Riccardo Riva Reggiori, Nazan Gunduz
Filed: 13 Mar 19
Utility
Inductive heating device, aerosol-delivery system comprising an inductive heating device, and method of operating same
12 Dec 23
An inductive heating device heats an aerosol-forming substrate including a susceptor.
Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik, Oleg Mironov, Oleg Fursa
Filed: 30 Aug 22
Utility
Aerosol-generating Device with Thermally Insulated Heater
7 Dec 23
A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a heating chamber configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate; a heater casing arranged around the heating chamber, the heater casing being arranged radially distanced from the heating chamber; a first connecting wall and a second connecting wall; and an air-tight hollow space defined between the heating chamber, the heater casing, and the first and the second connecting walls, the air-tight hollow space being filled with a gaseous composition at ambient pressure, and a heating element being arranged at least partly around the heating chamber.
Michel BESSANT, Silviu Natanael PANTEA, Johannes Petrus Maria PIJNENBURG, Jun Wei YIM, Grégori ISCHI, Jun Jie HOW, Dennis Yape DELA PAZ
Filed: 25 Oct 21
Utility
Nicotine and Cellulose Containing Sheet
7 Dec 23
A heatable aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol generating rod, the aerosol generating rod including a sheet for an aerosol-generating device, the sheet including: cellulosic material including cellulose powder, a weight ratio of cellulose powder to total cellulosic material in the sheet on a dry weight basis being greater than about 1:2; one or more nicotine salts; and at least one aerosol former, the sheet having an aerosol former content of at least 10% by weight on a dry weight basis, the sheet including no tobacco material, and a weight ratio of aerosol former to nicotine salt in the sheet on a dry weight basis being between and 3:1.
Corinne DEFOREL, Judith WALLER, Gerard ZUBER
Filed: 10 Aug 23
Utility
Method and Apparatus for Manufacturing a Component of an Aerosol Generating Article
7 Dec 23
An apparatus for manufacturing a component of an aerosol-generating article is provided, the apparatus including: a conveyor configured to convey a band of material through the apparatus along a first path; and a device disposed along the first path, the device including: one or more nozzles configured to apply additive to the band of material, when the band of material passes the device, and a device body including a contact surface configured to contact the conveyed band of material as the band of material passes the device, the contact surface having a convex profile as viewed in a direction of the first path at the device; and a funnel having a first open end configured to receive the band of material and a second open end providing an exit point for the band of material, the first open end being positioned downstream of the device.
Matteo BALBONI, Daniele SASSI
Filed: 26 Oct 21
Utility
an Inductively Heated Aerosol-generating System Providing Efficient and Consistent Heating of a Planar Susceptor Element
7 Dec 23
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a liquid reservoir; a susceptor assembly including a susceptor element in fluid communication with the liquid reservoir such that liquid from the liquid reservoir is conveyed to the susceptor element in use, the susceptor element being substantially planar and extending parallel to a first plane; first and second inductor coil, the first coil positioned on a first side of the susceptor assembly and extending parallel to the first plane, the second coil positioned on a second side of the susceptor assembly opposite the first side and extending parallel to the first plane, in which the susceptor element is positioned between, and substantially equidistant from, the first and the second coils; and control circuitry connected to the first and the second coils and configured to provide alternating current to the first and the second coils.
Guillaume FREDERICK, Ihar Nikolaevich ZINOVIK (deceased)
Filed: 21 Sep 21
Utility
Method for Detecting the Presence of Liquid In a Vibrating Membrane Nebulizer
7 Dec 23
The present invention provides a vibrating membrane nebulizer with an aerosol generator comprising a vibrator and a membrane, a reservoir for liquid to be aerosolized, a channel and an optical sensor for detecting the presence of aerosol in the channel.
Martin HUBER, Manual FREY, Maximilian LACHER, Sebastian SCHWENDNER, Tobias KOLB, Tobias HOFFMANN, Yannic WEISER, Jonas TRINKHAUS
Filed: 15 Oct 21
Utility
Inspection Device for the Quality Control of Rod-shaped Articles
7 Dec 23
The present invention relates to an inspection device for the quality control of rod-shaped articles, the device comprising: ⋅a drum (4) defining an outer surface (13,40) and including a plurality of seats (41), each seat (41) of the plurality adapted to receive a rod-shaped article; ⋅an inductive sensor (5) located at a seat (41) of the plurality, the inductive sensor (5) including a coil (51) defining an inner volume (50) large enough to receive therein an end of the rod-shaped article, the inductive sensor (5) being adapted to sense a characteristic of a susceptor (12) in the rod-shaped article; ⋅wherein the coil (51) includes a first semi-coil and a second semi-coil, the first semi-coil and/or the second semi-coil being movable from a first operative position where the first semi-coil and the second semi-coil are in contact to each other forming the coil (51) where current can flow to a second operative position where the first semi-coil and the second semi-coil are separated from each other and no current can flow, and vice-versa; ⋅the first semi-coil being located below the outer surface (13,40) of the drum (4) and the second semi-coil being located above the outer surface (13,40) of the drum (4); and ⋅an actuator (6) adapted to move the first semi-coil and the second semi-coil from the first operative position to the second operative position and vice-versa.
Eugenio Navacchia, Ivano Montoleone
Filed: 20 Oct 21
Design
Aerosol generating device
5 Dec 23
Alexander Farrow
Filed: 15 Apr 20
Utility
Moulded cartridge assembly
5 Dec 23
There is provided a cartridge (300) for a handheld aerosol-generating system, comprising: a cartridge body (305) comprising an outer wall (325) and an inner airflow tube (320) within the outer body, wherein the inner airflow tube is spaced from the outer wall; and a reservoir (340) of aerosol-forming substrate between the outer wall and the inner airflow tube; wherein the outer wall and inner airflow tube are connected to one another through one or more ribs (326) extending between the outer wall and inner airflow tube, and wherein the outer wall, inner airflow tube and one or more ribs are integrally moulded.
Oleg Mironov, Jerome Christian Courbat, Enrico Stura
Filed: 24 May 19
Utility
Smoking article having hidden indicia
5 Dec 23
Smoking articles include a marking that includes an indicia that is hidden when viewed from certain angles and visually distinct when viewed from other angles.
Leonardo Nappi
Filed: 24 Feb 14
Utility
Tableted cannabinoid chewing gum with layered structure
5 Dec 23
A tableted chewing gum composition for oral administration of cannabinoids includes a plurality of particles, including a first population of particles having water-insoluble gum base and a second population of particles having water-soluble chewing gum ingredients.
Heidi Ziegler Bruun, Dorthe Schackinger Boesen, Ane Eriksen
Filed: 27 Aug 20