公开(公告)号：US20240306724A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-19

申请号：US18670884

申请日：2024-05-22

Applicant: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.

Inventor： Rui Nuno BATISTA ,  Ricardo CALI ,  Nikita KARELIN

IPC: A24F40/51 ,  A24D1/20 ,  A24F40/70 ,  A24F40/95 ,  G01N21/25 ,  H02J7/00

CPC classification number: A24F40/51 ,  A24D1/20 ,  A24F40/70 ,  A24F40/95 ,  G01N21/255 ,  H02J7/0044

Abstract: An aerosol-generating system has an optical sensor disposed on a portion of an exterior surface of the aerosol-generating system. The optical sensor is configured to output sensor data. A controller is operably coupled to the optical sensor. The controller is configured to manipulate one or more operating parameters of an aerosolizer element of the aerosol-generating system based on the optical sensor data.

公开(公告)号：US20240090576A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-21

申请号：US18253295

申请日：2021-11-19

Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.

Inventor： Rui Nuno Rodrigues Alves BATISTA ,  Ricardo CALI

IPC: A24F40/465 ,  A24F40/20

CPC classification number: A24F40/465 ,  A24F40/20

Abstract: A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a heating chamber configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate; a first set of two or more susceptors configured to heat a first heating zone of the heating chamber; and a second set of two or more susceptors configured to heat a second heating zone of the heating chamber, the first heating zone and the second heating zone being arranged at different longitudinal positions of the heating chamber. An aerosol-generating device including the heater assembly, and an aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-generating article, are also provided.

公开(公告)号：US20240041127A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-08

申请号：US18258817

申请日：2021-12-17

Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.

Inventor： Rui Nuno Rodrigues Alves BATISTA ,  Ricardo CALI ,  Daria TZIMOULIS ,  Adela SAHRAOUI

IPC: A24F40/51 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24F40/05

CPC classification number: A24F40/51 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24F40/05 ,  B05B17/0646

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a heating cavity configured to accommodate an aerosol-generating article; an airflow path into which ambient air is drawn and through which air flows to reach the heating cavity through the aerosol-generating device; one or both of a humidity sensor and a temperature sensor arranged in the airflow path and configured to provide for an output indicative of a temperature in the airflow path; a controller configured to receive the output; and a vaporizer in communication with the airflow path, the controller being further configured to control operation of the vaporizer on the basis of the received output to increase a humidity of air in the airflow path. A method of moisturizing air in the aerosol-generating device is also provided. An aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-forming substrate is also provided.

公开(公告)号：US20240032603A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-01

申请号：US18256945

申请日：2021-12-10

Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.

Inventor： Rui Nuno Rodrigues Alves BATISTA ,  Ricardo CALI ,  Valerio OLIANA ,  Alexandra SEREDA ,  Gianluca BONGIOVANNI ,  Bekele Alemu BEDASSO

IPC: A24F40/485 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24D1/20

CPC classification number: A24F40/485 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24D1/20

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device configured for heating an aerosol-generating article so as to generate an inhalable aerosol from an aerosol-forming substrate of the aerosol-generating article is provided, the aerosol-generating device including: a housing including a cavity configured to receive the aerosol-generating article, the housing being configured to define a cooling air flow path extending from outside of the housing, through an interior of the housing, to an air-permeable portion of a wall of the cavity, the wall being tubular, the air-permeable portion of the wall including at least one annular air-permeable band being configured to radially channel an air flow from the cooling air flow path into the cavity around a periphery of the tubular wall of the cavity. An aerosol-delivery system including the aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-generating article defining a rod is also provided. An aerosol-generating article for an aerosol-generating device is also provided.

公开(公告)号：US20230404164A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-21

申请号：US18255596

申请日：2021-12-08

Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.

Inventor： Rui Nuno Rodrigues Alves BATISTA ,  Ricardo CALI ,  Alexandra SEREDA

IPC: A24F40/51 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24F40/57 ,  A24D1/20 ,  A24D1/00 ,  H05B1/02

CPC classification number: A24F40/51 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24F40/57 ,  A24D1/20 ,  A24D1/002 ,  H05B1/0244

Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate and an aerosol-forming marker; and an aerosol-generating device configured to receive the aerosol-generating article, the aerosol-generating device including: control electronics, an electrochemical sensor switch operably coupled to the control electronics, the electrochemical sensor switch being configured to change from a first state to a second state when the electrochemical sensor switch detects an amount of the aerosol-forming marker that is above or below a predetermined threshold amount, and a heater operably coupled to the control electronics via the electrochemical sensor switch, the control electronics being configured to cause the heater to deactivate when the electrochemical sensor switch changes from the first state to the second state, and the aerosol-generating article including a reservoir containing the aerosol-forming marker, the reservoir including a capsule including an outer shell formed from a thermally degradable material.

公开(公告)号：US20230276854A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-07

申请号：US18005735

申请日：2021-07-05

Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.

Inventor： Flavie ARAMENDY ,  Ricardo CALI ,  Thomas Philipp SALVADOR

IPC: A24F40/48 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24F40/90 ,  A61L9/12

CPC classification number: A24F40/48 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24F40/90 ,  A61L9/122

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided for an aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate, the aerosol-generating device including: a heater configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate; an odour inhibition assembly including at least one chamber configured to receive at least one odour inhibition substrate; and a recess configured to receive the aerosol-generating article, the at least one chamber being isolated from the recess such that air is unable to pass from the chamber to the recess through the aerosol-generating device. An aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating device and at least one odour inhibition substrate in the at least one chamber is also provided.

公开(公告)号：US20230225411A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-20

申请号：US17998167

申请日：2021-05-07

Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.

Inventor： Rui Nuno BATISTA ,  Ricardo CALI ,  Toney Moses RAJAN

IPC: A24F40/465 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24F40/57 ,  H05B6/10

CPC classification number: A24F40/465 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24F40/57 ,  H05B6/105

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a heating arrangement including an induction coil, first, second, and third contacts; and a controller, in which the first contact is arranged contacting a proximal end of the induction coil, in which the second contact is arranged contacting a distal end of the induction coil, in which the third contact is arranged contacting the induction coil between the first and the second contacts, in which the first, the second, and the third contacts are electrically connected to the controller, in which the controller is configured to control supply of an alternating electrical current between only a pair of the first, the second, and the third contacts, and in which the first and the second contacts are fixed contacts and the third contact is configured as a movable contact. A method for heating a heating arrangement of an aerosol-generating device is also provided.

公开(公告)号：US20220338550A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-27

申请号：US17761435

申请日：2020-09-16

Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.

Inventor： Rui Nuno BATISTA ,  Ricardo CALI

IPC: A24F40/485 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24F40/465 ,  H05B6/10

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate; a first air inlet fluidly connected with the cavity and configured to enable ambient air to be drawn into the cavity; and a second air inlet fluidly connected with the cavity and configured to enable ambient air to be drawn into the cavity, the first air inlet being further configured to be fluidly connected with a central portion of the cavity, and the second air inlet being further configured to be fluidly connected with a peripheral portion of the cavity.

公开(公告)号：US20220015412A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-20

申请号：US17311836

申请日：2019-12-11

Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.

Inventor： Ricardo CALI ,  Pierre HERVE ,  Danny HIRDES ,  Andreas LOEB ,  Joern PATSCHER ,  Fabrice TESEO ,  Johan VALETTE ,  Jan VERBEECK

IPC: A24C5/34 ,  A24F40/80 ,  G01N1/24

Abstract: 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.

公开(公告)号：US20240407424A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-12

申请号：US18689185

申请日：2022-09-08

Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.

Inventor： Ricardo CALI ,  Tobias LIPP ,  Yalcin AKPINAR

IPC: A24B15/24 ,  A24B15/16 ,  A24F40/53 ,  A24F40/65

Abstract: An oral nicotine product is provided, including: a first electrode area and a second electrode area; an ingestible battery configured to provide a current to the first and the second electrode areas; and a flavor material containing nicotine. A system configured for providing an oral nicotine flavor with variable taste perception to a user is also provided, the system including: the oral nicotine product; and an external device configured to remotely control the oral nicotine product.