Aerosol-generating systems with usage determination

    公开(公告)号:US12059040B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-13

    申请号:US15438052

    申请日:2017-02-21

    Inventor: Tony Reevell

    Abstract: An electrically operated aerosol generating system may include a storage portion configured to store an aerosol forming substrate, at least one heating element configured to heat the aerosol forming substrate, a sensor configured to detect an activation of the system, a clock, and electric circuitry connected to the sensor. A usage parameter associated with operation of the system may be measured and compared, to a threshold value. A usage profile of the system may be determined based on the comparison. Such operations may be repeated at different times of day. An operating mode of the system may be selectively executed based on the determined usage profile associated with the current time of day. A monitoring procedure may be ended when the measured usage parameter exceeds a threshold value, and the duration of the monitoring procedure may be compared to a threshold duration to determine the usage profile.

    Aerosol-generating system having variable airflow

    公开(公告)号:US11684730B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-27

    申请号:US16988977

    申请日:2020-08-10

    Inventor: Tony Reevell

    Abstract: An aerosol-generating system may include a cartridge, a vaporiser section configured to receive the cartridge, and a power supply section configured to supply electrical power to the vaporiser section. The cartridge may include a cartridge housing containing a solid aerosol-forming substrate and defining a cartridge air inlet that extends through a wall portion of the cartridge housing. The vaporiser section may include a vaporiser housing containing an electric heater and a liquid aerosol-forming substrate and defining a vaporiser air outlet that extends through a wall portion of the vaporiser housing. The cartridge wall portion is configured to abut the vaporiser wall portion when the cartridge is received within the vaporiser section. The cartridge configured to be rotatable with respect to the vaporiser section to vary the amount of overlap between the cartridge air inlet and the vaporiser air outlet.

    Cartridge with a capacity sensor
    47.
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    公开(公告)号:US11602019B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-07

    申请号:US15264881

    申请日:2016-09-14

    Inventor: Tony Reevell

    Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system includes a sensor including a capacitor with a first capacitor plate and a second capacitor plate, a storage portion for storing an aerosol-forming substrate, and a vaporizer. The storage portion is between the first capacitor plate and the second capacitor plate. The permittivity of the liquid storage portion changes upon a change of the volume f the liquid aerosol-forming substrate held in the liquid storage portion. The sensor is configured to measure the capacitance of the capacitor. The measured capacitance relates to a corresponding permittivity of the aerosol-forming substrate held in the storage portion so that the amount of the volume of the aerosol-forming substrate held in the storage portion is determinable from the measured capacitance.

    Aerosol-generating devices
    48.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11596179B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-07

    申请号:US15949415

    申请日:2018-04-10

    Inventor: Tony Reevell

    Abstract: An aerosol-generating device comprises a device housing comprising a first receiving chamber configured to receive and accommodate a first consumable and a second receiving chamber configured to receive and accommodate a second consumable. The device further comprises a power source in an internal space defined by the device housing and a controller configured to control aerosolization of an aerosol-forming substrate in a consumable in one of the first receiving chamber and in the second receiving chamber. At least the second receiving chamber includes electrical contacts configured to be detachably connected to a battery based on the separate power source being in the second receiving chamber such that the electrical contacts provide additional power from the separate power source to the aerosol-generating device.

    Vapor-generating system having an external cartridge

    公开(公告)号:US11425795B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-23

    申请号:US16915146

    申请日:2020-06-29

    Inventor: Tony Reevell

    Abstract: A vapor-generating system includes a cartridge including a first vapor-forming substrate, the cartridge having an annular shape and at least one end configured to abut a flange and at least partially cover a device air inlet, and a vapor-generating device having an outer surface that defines the flange, the vapor-generating device being configured to be overlain by the cartridge such that the cartridge is coupled against the flange, the vapor-generating device including a liquid storage section containing a second vapor-forming substrate, the second vapor-forming substrate being a liquid substrate, and a power supply section, the liquid storage section being configured to removably attach to the power supply section such that at least one of the flange and the device air inlet are defined by outer surfaces of the liquid storage section and the power supply section.

    Aerosol-generating system comprising a modular assembly

    公开(公告)号:US10856579B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-08

    申请号:US15845062

    申请日:2017-12-18

    Inventor: Tony Reevell

    Abstract: An aerosol-generating system includes a plurality of cartridges and an aerosol-generating device. At least one cartridge of the plurality of cartridges includes a first aerosol-forming substrate, the plurality of cartridges are configured for selective connection to each other to form a cartridge assembly. The aerosol-generating device includes a storage including a second aerosol-forming substrate in the storage, an electric heater configured to heat a portion of the second aerosol-forming substrate from the storage section during use of the aerosol-generating system, and a power supply housing, the power supply housing including a power supply and a controller, the controller configured to control a supply of electrical power from the power supply to the electric heater, the aerosol-generating device being configured to receive the cartridge assembly at a downstream end of the aerosol-generating device.

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