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Granted Patent B2
US 12,433,326 · App. 17/763,059 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Aerosol generating article and aerosol generating system including the same

Inventors: Tae Kyung Lee (Daejeon, KR); Chan Min Kwon (Daejeon, KR); Sun Hwan Jung (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
A24D1/20A24D3/04A24D3/061A24F40/10A24F40/46A24F40/50
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Patent No.
US 12,433,326
App. No.
17/763,059
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An aerosol generating article includes: a first segment impregnated with a first liquid composition; a second segment impregnated with a second liquid composition that is different from the first liquid composition; a cooler configured to cool aerosol by allowing the aerosol, generated from the first segment or the second segment, to pass through the cooler; and a filter configured to filter the aerosol by allowing the aerosol having passed through the cooler to pass through the filter, wherein at least a portion of the filter is recessed to thereby form a cavity in the filter.

Claims (23)

1. An aerosol generating article comprising:

a first segment impregnated with a first liquid composition;

a second segment impregnated with a second liquid composition that is different from the first liquid composition;

a cooler configured to cool aerosol by allowing the aerosol, generated from the first segment or the second segment, to pass through the cooler; and

a filter configured to filter the aerosol by allowing the aerosol having passed through the cooler to pass through the filter,

wherein at least a portion of the filter is recessed to thereby form a cavity in the filter,

wherein a wound paper sheet is filled in each of the first segment and the second segment, and

wherein a filling density of the sheet filled in the first segment is higher than the filling density of the sheet filled in the second segment.

2. The aerosol generating article of claim 1 , wherein each of the first liquid composition and the second liquid composition includes a tobacco extract.

3. The aerosol generating article of claim 2 , wherein the tobacco extract of the first liquid composition is nicotine salts, and

wherein the tobacco extract of the second liquid composition is freebase nicotine.

4. The aerosol generating article of claim 1 , wherein an amount of the first liquid composition impregnated in the first segment is less than an amount of the second liquid composition impregnated in the second segment.

5. The aerosol generating article of claim 1 , wherein the filter includes a flavor material adding a flavor to the aerosol having passed through the cooler.

6. The aerosol generating article of claim 1 , wherein the filter includes:

a first filter portion connected to the cooler and including cellulose acetate; and a second filter portion connected to the first filter portion, and

wherein at least a portion of the second filter portion is recessed in a direction toward the cooler to thereby form the cavity in the second filter portion.

7. The aerosol generating article of claim 6 , wherein the cavity extends in a longitudinal direction of the aerosol generating article, and a cross-sectional area of the cavity increases as the cavity extends in the longitudinal direction of the aerosol generating article.

8. The aerosol generating article of claim 6 , wherein the second filter portion includes a projector projecting from an inner surface of the second filter portion toward the cavity and changing circulation of the aerosol in the cavity.

9. An aerosol generating system comprising:

the aerosol generating article of claim 1 ; and

an aerosol generating device including an accommodation space configured to accommodate the aerosol generating article and a heating element configured to heat the aerosol generating article.

10. The aerosol generating system of claim 9 , wherein the heating element is configured to surround the first segment and the second segment when the aerosol generating article is inserted into the aerosol generating device.

11. The aerosol generating system of claim 9 , wherein a length of the heating element is less than a sum of a length of the first segment and a length of the second segment.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2022
From: LEE, TAE KYUNG; KWON, CHAN MIN; JUNG, SUN HWAN
To: KT&G CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059384/0739 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0135518 · Oct 19, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240108059A1 · Apr 4, 2024
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