公开(公告)号：US20240251862A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18685386

申请日：2022-08-29

Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.

Inventor： Rui Nuno BATISTA ,  Ricardo CALI ,  Cheng PENG

IPC: A24F40/485 ,  A24F40/10 ,  A24F40/30 ,  A24F40/42 ,  A24F40/465

CPC classification number: A24F40/485 ,  A24F40/10 ,  A24F40/30 ,  A24F40/42 ,  A24F40/465

Abstract: A mouthpiece for inhaling an aerosol is provided, including: an airflow channel for the aerosol extending through the mouthpiece; and a flavor compartment including at least one flavoring agent configured to flavor the aerosol, the flavor compartment being in fluid communication with the airflow channel in a central portion of the airflow channel, a cross-sectional area of the airflow channel in the central portion increasing in a flow direction through the airflow channel, and the airflow channel having a frustoconical shape at a downstream end of the mouthpiece. An aerosol-generating system including the mouthpiece and a cartridge containing an aerosol-forming substrate is also provided.

公开(公告)号：US20240032590A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-01

申请号：US18256148

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: A24F40/30 ,  A24F40/10 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24F40/485 ,  A24F40/465 ,  A24F40/46 ,  A24D1/20

CPC classification number: A24F40/30 ,  A24F40/10 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24F40/485 ,  A24F40/465 ,  A24F40/46 ,  A24D1/20

Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device for simultaneously generating an aerosol from first and second aerosol-forming substrates, the device including a device housing defining: first and second substrate receiving portions to respectively receive the first and the second substrates; a primary airflow path extending through the first portion; and a secondary airflow path extending through the device such that, in use, the secondary airflow path is in fluidic communication with the second substrate received in second receiving portion, the secondary airflow path merging with the primary airflow path at a junction downstream of the first portion; an aerosol-generating article including the first substrate and being receivable in the first portion; and a cartridge including the second substrate and being receivable in the second portion, the article defining a rod and an exterior wall of the rod including a fluid-permeable portion downstream of the first substrate.

公开(公告)号：US20240008547A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-11

申请号：US18253134

申请日：2021-11-19

Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.

Inventor： Rui Nuno Rodrigues Alves BATISTA ,  Ricardo CALI ,  Oleg MIRONOV

IPC: A24F40/465 ,  H05B6/10 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24D1/00 ,  A24D1/20

CPC classification number: A24F40/465 ,  H05B6/105 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24D1/002 ,  A24D1/20

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate; and an induction heating element including a susceptor configured to heat, the susceptor being arranged as multiple elongate elements forming a hollow tubular arrangement with gaps between individual elongate elements, the susceptor including a thermally deformable element arranged in the cavity, and the thermally deformable element being configured to thermally deform during a heating operation to contact and hold the aerosol-generating article received in the cavity during a heating operation. A system including the aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-generating article is also provided.

公开(公告)号：US20240000137A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-04

申请号：US18253114

申请日：2021-11-19

Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.

Inventor： Rui Nuno Rodrigues Alves BATISTA ,  Ricardo CALI

IPC: A24D1/20 ,  A24D3/02 ,  A24F40/46

CPC classification number: A24D1/20 ,  A24D3/0216 ,  A24F40/46

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a substrate portion containing an aerosol-forming substrate; and a capsule portion containing a carrier material, one or more breakable capsules being embedded in the carrier material, the one or more breakable capsules containing one or more active agents, at least parts of the one or more breakable capsules being arranged at an outer surface of the aerosol-generating article. An aerosol-generating system, including an aerosol-generating device including a cavity and a heating element, and the aerosol-generating article, is also provided.

公开(公告)号：US20230181115A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-15

申请号：US17923695

申请日：2021-05-04

Applicant: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.

Inventor： Ricardo CALI ,  Tobias LIPP ,  Toney Moses RAJAN

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/083 ,  A61B5/103

CPC classification number: A61B5/6891 ,  A61B5/0836 ,  A61B5/1036

Abstract: The invention relates to a system to detect a first gas, the system comprising: a mattress assembly defining a support surface including: o a first array of gas sensors, each gas sensor of the first array being adapted to measure an amount of a first gas in the surrounding of a portion of the support surface and adapted to output data indicative of the measured amount of the first gas, so that the amount of the first gas in a first array of surface portions of the support surface is sensed over time; and o a transmitter adapted to send a signal to an external device containing data indicative of the measured amount of the first gas. The invention relates also to a method to detect the first gas.

公开(公告)号：US20230092209A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-23

申请号：US17904920

申请日：2021-02-25

Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.

Inventor： Ricardo CALI ,  Irene TAURINO ,  Toney Moses RAJAN

IPC: A24F40/85 ,  A24F40/46

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a heating element to heat an aerosol-generating article to generate an aerosol; and a cleaning apparatus arranged to cooperate with the heating element and to clean a surface of the heating element, in which the cleaning unit includes at least one piezoelectric element, and in which the piezoelectric element is configured to generate cold plasma to clean the surface of the heating element. A method for cleaning a heating element of an aerosol-generating device, and a method for manufacturing an aerosol-generating device, are also provided.

公开(公告)号：US20220386697A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-08

申请号：US17624429

申请日：2020-06-25

Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.

Inventor： Rui Nuno BATISTA ,  Ricardo CALI

IPC: A24F40/465 ,  H05B6/10 ,  H05B6/44 ,  A24F40/20

Abstract: An inductive heating element for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the inductive heating element including: a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate to be heated by the inductive heating element; a first susceptor; a second susceptor; and an intermediate element disposed between the first susceptor and the second susceptor, the intermediate element being gas permeable, the intermediate element including at least one of: a thermally insulative material configured to thermally insulate the first susceptor from the second susceptor, and an electrically insulative material configured to electrically insulate the first susceptor from the second susceptor. An inductive heating arrangement and an aerosol-generating device are also provided.

公开(公告)号：US20220338546A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-27

申请号：US17761529

申请日：2020-09-16

Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.

Inventor： Rui Nuno BATISTA ,  Ricardo CALI

IPC: A24F40/465 ,  A24F40/50

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate; and an induction heating arrangement including an induction coil and a susceptor assembly, the susceptor assembly including a central susceptor arrangement arranged centrally within the cavity, and a peripheral susceptor arrangement arranged distanced from and around the central susceptor arrangement, and the central susceptor arrangement including at least two central susceptors. A system is also provided, including the aerosol-generating device, and an aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate.

公开(公告)号：US20220322752A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-13

申请号：US17642529

申请日：2020-09-01

Applicant: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.

Inventor： Matteo BOLOGNA ,  Ricardo CALI ,  Audrey CALLY ,  Marc A.F. VAN DEN BOOGAART ,  Vincent DUCRET ,  Christina Evgenia KATSI

IPC: A24F40/95

Abstract: A cover for a device-holder portion of a charging case including a coupler and a storage portion. The coupler may be operable to releasably retain the cover to an external wall of the device-holder portion. The storage portion may define a storage volume in the cover for storing at least one item.

公开(公告)号：US20220240586A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-04

申请号：US17624526

申请日：2020-07-03

Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.

Inventor： Rui Nuno BATISTA ,  Ricardo CALI ,  Jerome Christian COURBAT ,  Oleg MIRONOV ,  Enrico STURA

IPC: A24F40/465 ,  A24F40/57 ,  H05B6/40 ,  H05B6/44

Abstract: An inductive heating arrangement is provided, including: a first inductor coil to generate a first varying magnetic field when a varying electric current flows through the first coil; a second inductor coil to generate a second varying magnetic field when a varying electric current flows through the second coil; and a tubular-shaped flux concentrator around the first coil and to distort the first field, including a main portion around the first coil and having an inner diameter, first and second ends, a first end portion having an inner diameter smaller than that of the main portion, and a second end portion having an inner diameter smaller than that of the main portion, an inner surface of the flux concentrator defining an annular channel between the first and second end portions, and the first inductor coil being disposed within the annular channel between the first and second end portions.