Aerosol-generating system and method for controlling the same

    公开(公告)号:US11033053B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-15

    申请号:US16328406

    申请日:2017-09-13

    摘要: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating article including at least one component incorporating an aerosol-forming substrate; a luminescent material having a temperature-dependent phosphorescence characteristic; a heater configured to heat the luminescent material and the at least one component; and an aerosol-generating device including a support configured to at least partially receive the aerosol-generating article, a light source configured to illuminate and to excite the luminescent material, a detector configured to detect a temperature-dependent phosphorescence characteristic of the excited luminescent material, and electrical hardware configured to control heating by the heater based on the detected characteristic. A method for controlling the aerosol-generating system is also provided.

    Suspector assembly and aerosol-generating article comprising the same

    公开(公告)号:US10856583B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-08

    申请号:US16327903

    申请日:2017-08-31

    IPC分类号: A24F47/00 H05B6/10

    摘要: The invention refers to an aerosol-generating article comprising a susceptor assembly (1). The susceptor assembly for heating an aerosol-forming substrate comprises a first susceptor material (11) having an elongate shape and being coated with a coating material (3). The assembly further comprises a second susceptor material provided in the form of a plurality of susceptor particles (12) and having a second Curie temperature below 500 degree Celsius, wherein the susceptor particles are embedded in the coating material.

    ELECTRICAL HEATING ASSEMBLY, AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RESISTIVELY HEATING AN AEROSOL-FORMING SUBSTRATE

    公开(公告)号:US20200163386A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-28

    申请号:US16603401

    申请日:2018-06-27

    摘要: The present invention relates to an electrical heating assembly of an aerosol-generating device for resistively heating an aerosol-forming substrate. The heating assembly comprises a control circuit configured to provide an AC driving current. The heating assembly further comprises an electrically resistive heating element for heating the aerosol-forming substrate. The heating element is operatively coupled with the control circuit and configured to heat up due to Joule heating when passing an AC driving element provided by the control circuit current through the heating element. The present invention further relates to an aerosol-generating device for use with an aerosol-forming substrate, wherein the aerosol-generating device comprises a heating assembly according to the invention. The invention also provides a method for resistively heating an aerosol-forming substrate by passing an AC driving current through a resistive heating element.

    Cartridge for an aerosol-generating system

    公开(公告)号:US10555556B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-11

    申请号:US15117663

    申请日:2014-12-15

    摘要: A cartridge for use in an aerosol-generating system is provided, including a liquid storage portion including a housing configured to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, the liquid storage portion including at least two parts in fluid communication with each other; a first part of the liquid storage portion including a heater assembly, a first capillary material, provided in contact with the heater assembly, and a second capillary material in contact with the first capillary material and spaced apart from the heater assembly by the first capillary material; and a second part of the liquid storage portion including a container configured to hold the liquid aerosol-forming substrate in liquid form to supply the liquid to the second capillary material.

    Inductive heating device for heating an aerosol-forming substrate

    公开(公告)号:US10477894B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-19

    申请号:US15121548

    申请日:2015-05-21

    发明人: Oleg Mironov

    摘要: An inductive heating device (1) comprises: a device housing (10), a DC power source (11), a power supply electronics (13) comprising a DC/AC inverter (132) including a Class-E power amplifier with a transistor switch (1320), a transistor switch driver circuit (1322), and an LC load network (1323) configured to operate at low ohmic load (1324), the LC load network (1323) comprising a shunt capacitor (C1) and a series connection of a capacitor (C2) and an inductor (L2), and a cavity (14) arranged in the device housing (10), the cavity (14) having an internal surface shaped to accommodate at least a portion of the aerosol-forming substrate (20), wherein the cavity (14) is arranged such that the inductor (L2) is inductively coupled to the susceptor (21) of the aerosol-forming substrate (20) during operation.

    Aerosol-forming article comprising magnetic particles

    公开(公告)号:US10463080B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-05

    申请号:US16040218

    申请日:2018-07-19

    发明人: Oleg Mironov

    摘要: An aerosol-forming article for use in an electrically heated aerosol-generating device is provided, the aerosol-forming article including a mouthpiece, an aerosol-forming substrate, and a plurality of magnetic particles including a magnetic material having a Curie temperature of between 60 degrees Celsius and 200 degrees Celsius. An electrically heated aerosol-generating device for receiving the aerosol-forming article is also provided, the device including a heater element configured to heat the aerosol-forming article, an inductor, and a controller configured to measure an inductance of the inductor and to control a supply of electrical current to the heater element in response to the measured inductance.

    AEROSOL-FORMING SUBSTRATE AND AEROSOL-DELIVERY SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20190320720A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-24

    申请号:US16433060

    申请日:2019-06-06

    摘要: There is described an aerosol-forming substrate for use in combination with an inductive heating device. The aerosol-forming substrate comprises a solid material which is capable of releasing volatile compounds that can form an aerosol upon heating of the aerosol-forming substrate and at least a first susceptor material for heating the aerosol-forming substrate. The at least first susceptor material is arranged in thermal proximity of the solid material. The aerosol-forming substrate further comprises at least a second susceptor material which has a second Curie-temperature which is lower than a first Curie-temperature of the first susceptor material. The second Curie-temperature of the second susceptor material corresponds to a predefined maximum heating temperature of the first susceptor material. There is also described an aerosol-delivery system.

    SUSPECTOR ASSEMBLY AND AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE COMPRISING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20190216133A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-18

    申请号:US16327903

    申请日:2017-08-31

    IPC分类号: A24F47/00 H05B6/10

    CPC分类号: A24F47/008 H05B6/108

    摘要: The invention refers to an aerosol-generating article comprising a susceptor assembly (1). The susceptor assembly for heating an aerosol-forming substrate comprises a first susceptor material (11) having an elongate shape and being coated with a coating material (3). The assembly further comprises a second susceptor material provided in the form of a plurality of susceptor particles (12) and having a second Curie temperature below 500 degree Celsius, wherein the susceptor particles are embedded in the coating material.

    Inductively heatable tobacco product

    公开(公告)号:US10327473B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-25

    申请号:US14899223

    申请日:2015-05-21

    发明人: Oleg Mironov

    摘要: The inductively heatable tobacco product for aerosol-generation comprises an aerosol-forming substrate containing a susceptor in the form of a plurality of particles. The aerosol-forming substrate is a crimped tobacco sheet comprising tobacco material, fibers, binder, aerosol-former and the susceptor in the form of the plurality of particles.