公开(公告)号：US10757969B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-01

申请号：US16733483

申请日：2020-01-03

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Rui Nuno Batista ,  Stephane Antony Hedarchet

IPC: A24F40/40 ,  H05B1/02

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device may include a housing having flexible portion along its length. The flexible portion is configured to transition between a relaxed or unloaded configuration and a flexed or deflected configuration. A flexible heating element and mouthpiece may also be disposed in the housing. When the housing is in a relaxed or unloaded configuration, the flexible heating element and the mouthpiece are at least partially longitudinally aligned with the flexible portion of the housing.

公开(公告)号：US10645972B2

公开(公告)日：2020-05-12

申请号：US15493821

申请日：2017-04-21

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Rui Nuno Batista

IPC: A24F47/00 ,  H05B1/02 ,  G01N33/00 ,  H05B3/26 ,  G01N27/14

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device includes an electrical power supply, a cavity structure configured to receive an aerosol-generating article, and a plurality of semiconductor heaters within the cavity structure. Each of the plurality of semiconductor heaters includes a substrate layer and a heating layer on the substrate layer. The heating layer is a continuous layer. The aerosol-generating device includes a controller configured to control a supply of electrical power from the electrical power supply to each of the plurality of semiconductor heaters.

公开(公告)号：US10555552B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-11

申请号：US15607977

申请日：2017-05-30

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Rui Nuno Batista ,  Laurent Manca

IPC: A24F47/00 ,  A24B15/167 ,  A61L9/03 ,  A61L9/014

Abstract: An electrically heated aerosol-generating device includes a main housing having a cavity, a closure body engageable with the main housing to enclose a cartridge in the cavity, and a heater assembly. The heater assembly includes an elongate piercing assembly configured to extend into the open-ended passage of the cartridge and one or more electric heaters. The piercing assembly has a first hollow shaft portion connected to the main housing and a second hollow shaft portion connected to the closure body. The first and second hollow shaft portions have first and second piercing surfaces configured to breakthrough first and second frangible seals when the cartridge is enclosed in the cavity.

公开(公告)号：US10524515B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-07

申请号：US16257775

申请日：2019-01-25

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Rui Nuno Batista ,  Stephane Antony Hedarchet

IPC: A24F47/00 ,  H05B1/02

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device may include a housing having flexible portion along its length. The flexible portion is configured to transition between a relaxed or unloaded configuration and a flexed or deflected configuration. A flexible heating element and mouthpiece may also be disposed in the housing. When the housing is in a relaxed or unloaded configuration, the flexible heating element and the mouthpiece are at least partially longitudinally aligned with the flexible portion of the housing.

公开(公告)号：US10398174B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-03

申请号：US15388742

申请日：2016-12-22

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Shaun Phillips ,  Bruce Renfrew ,  Ben Mazur ,  Ben Bright ,  Rui Nuno Batista

IPC: A61M15/06 ,  A24F47/00 ,  H05B1/02 ,  F04B43/04 ,  F04B23/02 ,  F04B53/10 ,  F04B13/02 ,  F04B17/03 ,  F04B19/00

Abstract: An aerosol-generating system may include a liquid storage portion configured to hold liquid aerosol-forming substrate, a vaporizer including a heating element with an internal passage at least partially defined by a surface of the heating element, and a micro pump configured to deliver liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the liquid storage portion to the internal passage of the heating element, such that the vaporizer is configured to heat the delivered liquid aerosol-forming substrate at the internal passage to a temperature sufficient to volatilize at least a part of the delivered liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The micro pump may be configured to deliver a particular amount of liquid aerosol-forming substrate to the internal passage based on the micro pump performing an individual pump cycle.

公开(公告)号：US10238148B2

公开(公告)日：2019-03-26

申请号：US15474317

申请日：2017-03-30

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Laurent Manca ,  Rui Nuno Batista

IPC: A24F47/00 ,  B05B7/16 ,  B05B7/24

CPC classification number: A24F47/008 ,  B05B7/1686 ,  B05B7/2464

Abstract: An atomizing assembly includes a tubing section having an inlet end and an outlet end. The inlet end of the tubing section is connectable to a liquid storage portion, and the outlet end of the tubing section is in fluid communication with an atomizing nozzle. The tubing section is configured to deliver a flow of liquid aerosol-forming substrate through the atomizing nozzle. The atomizing nozzle includes an air channel configured to establish an air flow through the nozzle. The air flow is mixed with the flow of liquid aerosol-forming substrate.