公开(公告)号：US20240373915A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-14

申请号：US18683097

申请日：2022-08-18

Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.

Inventor： Rui Nuno BATISTA

IPC: A24F40/40 ,  A24D1/20 ,  A24F7/02 ,  A24F40/20 ,  A24F40/85 ,  A61L2/10

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a cavity including an upstream portion with an upstream opening and a downstream portion with a downstream opening; a mouthpiece configured to be retractable into the downstream portion of the cavity; and a sterilization radiation source configured for irradiating at least parts of the downstream portion of the cavity for sterilizing the mouthpiece, the cavity being configured to receive an aerosol-generating article through the upstream opening into the upstream portion, the cavity being further provided with a connection element slidably mounted within the cavity and configured to retract the mouthpiece in the cavity and to push the aerosol-generating article out of the cavity. An aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-generating article, and a method for operating the aerosol-generating system, are also provided.

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：US20240074500A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-07

申请号：US18261338

申请日：2022-01-14

Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.

Inventor： Rui Nuno BATISTA ,  Edward KIERNAN ,  Ivan PRESTIA

IPC: A24F40/46 ,  A24F40/20 ,  H05B3/06

CPC classification number: A24F40/46 ,  A24F40/20 ,  H05B3/06 ,  H05B2203/016

Abstract: A heater assembly couplable to an aerosol-generating device body to form an aerosol-generating device is provided, the heater assembly including a heating element mount; a heating element rotatably coupled to the mount and configured to penetrate an aerosol-generating article; and a heater assembly rotation resistance mechanism configured to resist rotation of the element in a first direction relative to the mount, limit rotation of the element in the first direction relative to the mount up to a threshold torque applied to the element, and allow further rotation of the element when a torque applied to the element exceeds the threshold torque. An aerosol-generating device is also provided, including an aerosol-generating device body and a heater assembly coupled to the body, the assembly including a heating element configured to penetrate the article and to rotate relative to the mount of the device; and a rotation resistance mechanism.

公开(公告)号：US20230329324A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-19

申请号：US18247804

申请日：2021-10-07

Applicant: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.

Inventor： Rui Nuno BATISTA ,  Valerio OLIANA ,  Alexandra SEREDA ,  Gianluca BONGIOVANNI ,  Bekele BEDASSO

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

CPC classification number: A24D1/027 ,  A24D1/20 ,  A24F40/20

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: an aerosol-generating substrate; and a downstream section extending from a downstream end of the aerosol-generating substrate to a downstream end of the aerosol-generating article, the downstream section including a first ventilation zone configured to provide ventilation into the downstream section, the first ventilation zone extending from a downstream end to an upstream end, the upstream end being less than 5 millimetres from the downstream end of the substrate, a resistance-to-draw of the downstream section being less than 10 mm H2O, and the first ventilation zone including a porous portion of the downstream section having a ventilation of at least 20 percent. An aerosol-generating system including an aerosol-generating device including a heater, and an aerosol-generating article, is 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：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.

公开(公告)号：US20220232885A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-28

申请号：US17615240

申请日：2020-05-27

Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.

Inventor： Rui Nuno BATISTA ,  Enrico GUIDOTTI

IPC: A24D1/20

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided, including a rod of aerosol-generating substrate; an aerosol-cooling element downstream of the rod and including a hollow tubular segment including a peripheral wall, the segment extending along a longitudinal axis and having a downstream end in fluid communication with an upstream end, the segment further including at least one elongated protrusion extending from the peripheral wall into an interior of the segment, the protrusion extending longitudinally from an upstream position on the wall to a downstream position on the wall; and a wrapper circumscribing the rod and the aerosol-cooling element, the protrusion being a deflecting fin configured to change a direction of flow of an aerosol flowing from the upstream to the downstream end the segment, and the fin being twisted along a length of the segment.

公开(公告)号：US20220015407A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-20

申请号：US17492195

申请日：2021-10-01

Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.

Inventor： Frederic Ulysse BUEHLER ,  Rui Nuno BATISTA

IPC: A24B15/167 ,  B65D75/32 ,  A24F40/30 ,  A24F40/42

Abstract: A container for an aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a plurality of blister capsules, each blister capsule including a blister shell, a volatile liquid disposed in the blister shell, and a film configured to seal the blister shell, the film and the blister shell being frangible; and a hollow tubular canister including a first end; a second end; and a mixing chamber disposed between the first end and the second end, at least one blister capsule of the plurality of blister capsules being coupled to the first end and at least one blister capsule of the plurality of blister capsules being coupled to the second end.

公开(公告)号：US20210282461A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-16

申请号：US17261363

申请日：2019-07-24

Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.

Inventor： Rui Nuno BATISTA

IPC: A24F40/465 ,  A24F40/48

Abstract: A device for generating an aerosol is provided, including: a heating chamber configured to receive an article including an aerosol-forming substrate configured to form the aerosol, the heating chamber including an upstream end, a downstream end, and first and second major boundary surfaces, the first and the second major boundary surfaces extending in facing parallel relations and defining a principal flow axis for fluid flowing through the heating chamber; a cooling chamber in fluid communication with the heating chamber and a mouthpiece end of the device; and one or more induction coils configured to inductively heat the article and each surrounding the heating chamber, the device being configured such that, in use, fluid flow from the upstream end of the heating chamber to the downstream end of the heating chamber is in a direction substantially parallel to the principal flow axis. Methods for generating an aerosol are also provided.