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公开(公告)号:US20240423278A1
公开(公告)日:2024-12-26
申请号:US18669163
申请日:2024-05-20
Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
Inventor: Jerome Christian COURBAT , Oleg MIRONOV , Tony REEVELL , Andreas Michael ROSSOLL , Enrico STURA
Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating device, including a housing including ventilation holes, a heating chamber defining a heating zone and being sized to receive at least a portion of an aerosol-forming substrate within the heating zone, an induction element disposed around, or adjacent to, the heating zone, a power supply, and a controller connected to the induction element and configured to provide an alternating electric current to the induction element to generate an alternating magnetic field within the heating zone, the induction element being configured to be controlled to sequentially provide a first alternating magnetic field having a first frequency for a first period of time followed by a second alternating magnetic field having a second frequency for a second period of time.
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公开(公告)号:US20230210188A1
公开(公告)日:2023-07-06
申请号:US17998273
申请日:2021-05-12
Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
Inventor: Jerome Christian COURBAT , Oleg MIRONOV , Ozgur OZSUN
IPC: A24F40/485 , A24F40/10 , A24F40/42 , A24F40/44 , F16J15/3284 , H01F7/08
CPC classification number: A24F40/485 , A24F40/10 , A24F40/42 , A24F40/44 , F16J15/3284 , H01F7/081
Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided for an aerosol-generating device, the aerosol-generating article including: a liquid reservoir including a reservoir outlet and being configured to store an aerosol-forming liquid; a sealing member reversibly transferrable between an open configuration and a closed configuration so as to open or sealingly close the reservoir outlet, respectively; and an actuator member operatively coupled to the sealing member and being configured to transfer the sealing member at least from the closed configuration into the open configuration, in which the actuator member is a thermally driven actuator member comprising a bi-metal, and in which the sealing member is displaceable or deformable between the closed configuration and the open configuration.
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公开(公告)号:US20230111200A1
公开(公告)日:2023-04-13
申请号:US17768797
申请日:2020-10-14
Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
Inventor: Oleg MIRONOV , Jerome Christian COURBAT , Enrico STURA
IPC: A24F40/465 , H05B6/10 , H05B6/36 , A24F40/20
Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided for generating an aerosol by inductive heating of an aerosol-forming substrate, the device including: a device housing including a cavity to removably receive the substrate; first and second induction coils arranged and configured to generate an alternating magnetic field within first and second sections of the cavity, respectively; and a control circuit to selectively drive the first and the second coils to selectively generate an alternating magnetic field within the first and the second sections, respectively, the circuit including: a first LC resonator circuit including the first coil and a first capacitor, and a second LC resonator circuit including the second coil and a second capacitor, the first and the second circuits having a first and a second resonance frequency, respectively, and a driving oscillator circuit including a common oscillator coil to selectively generate an alternating magnetic oscillator field. An aerosol-generating system is also provided.
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公开(公告)号:US20220395024A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-15
申请号:US17624536
申请日:2020-07-02
Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
Inventor: Jerome Christian COURBAT , Oleg MIRONOV , Enrico STURA
IPC: A24F40/465 , A24F40/40 , A24F40/50 , A24F40/51 , H01F27/30 , H05B6/06 , H05B6/10 , H05B6/36 , A24F40/20
Abstract: An inductive heater assembly for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the assembly including: at least one inductor coil configured to generate a varying magnetic field when a varying electric current flows through the coil; at least one susceptor arranged to be penetrated by the magnetic field generated by the coil to heat the susceptor; at least one temperature sensor arranged to determine a temperature of the susceptor, the temperature sensor includes first and second resistive sensing elements, the first element being connected to the second element, and the first element being positioned relative to the second element such that a current induced in the first element by the magnetic field opposes a current induced in the second element by the magnetic field. An aerosol-generating device including the inductive heater assembly, control circuitry, and a power source, is also provided.
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公开(公告)号:US20220369713A1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-24
申请号:US17624482
申请日:2020-07-03
Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
Inventor: Jerome Christian COURBAT , Oleg MIRONOV , Enrico STURA
IPC: A24F40/465 , A24F40/50
Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: an inductive heating arrangement to heat an aerosol-forming substrate and including: a susceptor arrangement heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field, a first LC circuit having a resonance frequency and including a first inductor coil and capacitor, and a second LC circuit having the same resonance frequency and including a second inductor coil and capacitor; and a controller to drive the first and second circuits with respective first and second currents for generating respective first and second alternating magnetic fields for heating respective first and second portions of the susceptor, supply the first and currents with the resonance frequency a different frequency, respectively, supply the first current to the first circuit during a first phase to increase the first portion to a first operating temperature, and supply the first current with resonance frequency of the circuits during the first phase.
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公开(公告)号:US20210244103A1
公开(公告)日:2021-08-12
申请号:US17259618
申请日:2020-06-25
Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
Inventor: Jerome Christian COURBAT , Oleg MIRONOV , Enrico STURA
IPC: A24F40/51 , A24F40/465 , A24F40/20 , H05B6/10 , H05B6/12 , H05B6/36 , G01K7/02 , G01K7/18 , G01K1/02
Abstract: A method is provided for measuring a temperature of a susceptor of an inductive heating arrangement configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate, the inductive heating arrangement including: a cavity to receive the substrate, at least one inductor coil configured to generate a varying magnetic field when a varying electric current flows through the at least one inductor coil, at least one susceptor arranged relative to the at least one inductor coil such that the at least one susceptor is heatable by penetration of the varying magnetic field, the at least one susceptor being configured to heat the substrate, and at least one temperature sensor; and the method including: providing the at least one temperature sensor in thermal contact with the at least one susceptor, and measuring the temperature of the at least one susceptor when the varying electric current does not flow through the at least one inductor coil.
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公开(公告)号:US20210161208A1
公开(公告)日:2021-06-03
申请号:US17263007
申请日:2019-07-30
Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
Inventor: Oleg MIRONOV , Andreas Michael ROSSOLL , Jerome Christian COURBAT , Enrico STURA , Roberto MANCINI
IPC: A24F40/465 , A24C5/01 , A24D1/20 , A24F40/20
Abstract: An inductively heatable aerosol-generating article for an inductively heating aerosol-generating device is provided, the article including: an aerosol-forming rod segment having a cylindrical shape with a constant outer cross-section including an elongate susceptor element and an aerosol-forming substrate surrounding the susceptor element so as to define the cylindrical shape of the rod segment, the susceptor element including at least one narrower portion at each extreme end of the susceptor element, and the narrower portion at each extreme end including a reduced transverse cross-section as compared to one or more portions of the susceptor element along a length extension of the susceptor element including a maximum transverse cross-section of the susceptor element. A method is also provided for manufacturing inductively heatable aerosol-forming rod segments in a continuous rod-forming process including usage of a continuous susceptor profile having reduced transverse cross-sections at periodically spaced positions along its length extension.
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公开(公告)号:US20200221772A1
公开(公告)日:2020-07-16
申请号:US16836511
申请日:2020-03-31
Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
Inventor: Oleg MIRONOV , Jerome Christian COURBAT , Tony REEVELL , Enrico STURA
Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, including a housing having a chamber configured to receive at least a portion of an aerosol-forming article; a first coil disposed at least partially around, or adjacent to, the chamber; and a second coil disposed at least partially around, or adjacent to, the chamber, with an inductance of the first coil being between 1.1 and 2 times greater than an inductance of the second coil.
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公开(公告)号:US20240225129A9
公开(公告)日:2024-07-11
申请号:US18546025
申请日:2022-02-15
Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
Inventor: Jerome Christian COURBAT , Robert William EMMETT , Ana Isabel GONZALEZ FLOREZ , Roberto MANCINI , Enrico TURRINI
IPC: A24F40/57 , A24F40/465 , A24F40/53 , H05B6/50
CPC classification number: A24F40/57 , A24F40/465 , A24F40/53 , H05B6/50
Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-forming substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode; an aerosol-generating device including a power supply, and a controller configured to connect to the first electrode and the second electrode; and a capacitor including the first electrode, the second electrode, and at least a portion of the aerosol-forming substrate, the controller being configured to supply an alternating voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode for dielectrically heating the aerosol-forming substrate, measure or determine an electrical property between the first electrode and the second electrode, and control heating of the aerosol-forming substrate based on the measured or determined electrical property.
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公开(公告)号:US20240130437A1
公开(公告)日:2024-04-25
申请号:US18546025
申请日:2022-02-15
Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
Inventor: Jerome Christian COURBAT , Robert William EMMETT , Ana Isabel GONZALEZ FLOREZ , Roberto MANCINI , Enrico TURRINI
IPC: A24F40/57 , A24F40/465 , A24F40/53 , H05B6/50
CPC classification number: A24F40/57 , A24F40/465 , A24F40/53 , H05B6/50
Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-forming substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode; an aerosol-generating device including a power supply, and a controller configured to connect to the first electrode and the second electrode; and a capacitor including the first electrode, the second electrode, and at least a portion of the aerosol-forming substrate, the controller being configured to supply an alternating voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode for dielectrically heating the aerosol-forming substrate, measure or determine an electrical property between the first electrode and the second electrode, and control heating of the aerosol-forming substrate based on the measured or determined electrical property.
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