Consumable and aerosol provision system with thermal fuse

1 . A consumable for an aerosol provision system, the consumable comprising:

a heater configured in use to supply energy to form an aerosol from an aerosol generating medium, wherein the heater is a thermal fuse and wherein the heater is a diode, wherein the heater is made of a fuse wire designed to break at a desired temperature;

wherein the thermal fuse is configured to break at a temperature of from about 160° C. to about 270° C.

2 . The consumable according to claim 1 , wherein the diode is a light emitting diode.

3 . The consumable according to claim 1 , wherein in use the heater reaches a heating temperature of at least about 150° C.

4 . The consumable according to claim 1 , comprising at least one further heater, wherein the heater and the at least one further heater are arranged in use to supply energy to form the aerosol from different portions of the aerosol generating medium.

5 . The consumable according to claim 4 , wherein the heater has a first heating temperature and is configured to break at a first fuse temperature and the at least one further heater has a second heating temperature and is configured to break at a second fuse temperature,

wherein the first heating temperature is different to the second heating temperature and the first fuse temperature is different to the second fuse temperature.

6 . An aerosol provision system comprising:

an aerosol generating medium; and,

a heater,

the heater configured in use to supply energy to form an aerosol from the aerosol generating medium and wherein the heater is a thermal fuse configured to break at a temperature of from about 160° C. to about 270° C. and wherein the heater is a diode made of a fuse wire designed to break at a desired temperature.

7 . The aerosol provision system according to claim 6 , wherein the diode is a light emitting diode.

8 . The aerosol provision system according to claim 6 , further comprising

a body;

a mouthpiece arranged to be removable with respect to the body; and,

electrical connections arranged on the body and mouthpiece having rotational symmetry about a central connection point between the body and the mouthpiece to enable an electrical connection to be made in a plurality of connection orientations.

9 . The aerosol provision system according to claim 6 , wherein the aerosol generating medium comprises a liquid aerosol generating medium.

10 . The aerosol provision system according to claim 6 , wherein the aerosol generating medium comprises a solid aerosol generating medium.

11 . A method of providing an aerosol in an aerosol provision device, the method comprising:

providing a heater wherein the heater is a thermal fuse and wherein the heater is a diode and wherein the heater is made of a fuse wire designed to break at a desired temperature,

providing an aerosol generating medium,

heating the heater to a first temperature, wherein the first temperature is suitable for causing the generation of the aerosol from the aerosol generating material,

heating the heater to a second temperature, wherein the second temperature is suitable for causing breaking of the heater,

wherein the first temperature is lower than the second temperature,

wherein the thermal fuse is configured to break at a temperature of from about 150° C. to about 200° C.

12 . Aerosol provision means comprising:

aerosol generating means; and

a heating means, wherein

the heating means are configured in use to supply energy to form an aerosol from the aerosol generating means and wherein the heating means is a thermal fuse means, and wherein the heating means is a diode made of a fuse wire designed to break at a desired temperature configured to break at a temperature of from about 160° C. to about 270° C.