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Granted Patent B2
US 10,531,688 · App. 15/687,246 · Granted Jan 14, 2020

Non-burning type flavor inhaler

Inventor: Kei Oishi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
A24F47/008A24F47/002
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Patent No.
US 10,531,688
App. No.
15/687,246
Granted
Jan 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

This non-combusting flavor inhaler is provided with: an atomization unit that is configured to atomize an aerosol source without entailing combustion; a power source that stores power that is supplied to the atomization unit; and a control unit that is configured to control power supply to the atomization unit using a mode selected from among a plurality of modes. The plurality of modes include a plurality of operation modes for generating an aerosol from the atomization unit, and a restriction mode for restricting driving of the atomization unit, said mode being decided separately from the plurality of operation modes.

Claims (36)

1. A non-burning type flavor inhaler comprising:

an atomizer configured to atomize an aerosol source without burning;

a power source configured to accumulate power to be supplied to the atomizer; and

a controller configured to control a power supply to the atomizer in a mode selected from among a plurality of modes,

wherein the plurality of nodes include a plurality of operation modes wherein the atomizer generates an aerosol, and a restriction mode wherein drive of the atomizer is restricted,

wherein each operation mode has a total amount of aerosol indicating an amount of the aerosol generated from the atomizer in a puff action series which is a series of puff actions repeated by a predetermined number, and

a difference between the total amount of aerosol of two operation modes in the plurality of operation modes is at least 2.0 mg.

2. A non-burning type flavor inhaler comprising:

an atomizer configured to atomize an aerosol source without burning;

a power source configured to accumulate power to be supplied to the atomizer; and

a controller configured to control a power supply to the atomizer in a mode selected from among a plurality of modes,

wherein the plurality of modes include a plurality of operation modes wherein the atomizer generates an aerosol, and a restriction mode wherein drive of the atomizer is restricted,

wherein each operation mode has a standard amount of aerosol indicating an amount of the aerosol generated from the atomizer in a single puff action, and

wherein the standard amounts of aerosol of two operation modes in the plurality of modes have a difference of at least 0.3 mg.

3. A non-burning type flavor inhaler comprising:

an atomizer configured to atomize an aerosol source without burning;

a power source configured to accumulate power to be supplied to the atomizer; and

a controller configured to control a power supply to the atomizer in a mode selected from among a plurality of modes,

wherein the plurality of modes include a plurality of operation modes wherein the atomizer generates an aerosol, and a restriction mode wherein drive of the atomizer is restricted,

wherein each operation mode has an aerosol amount per unit time indicating an amount of the aerosol generated from the atomizer in a unit time,

wherein a difference between the aerosol amount per unit time of two operation modes in the plurality of operation modes is at least 0.15 mg/sec.

4. The non-burning type flavor inhaler according to claim 1 , comprising:

a light emitting element configured to emit light in a mode selection state, wherein

the mode selection state is an instantaneous state at a timing of mode switching from one mode to another mode, or a state from the timing until a certain period has elapsed, and

a light emitting state of the light emitting element in the mode selection state is different from a light emitting state of the light emitting element immediately before the timing.

5. The non-burning type flavor inhaler according to claim 1 , comprising:

an operation interface configured to switch a mode for controlling the power supply to the atomizer by a user operation, wherein

the operation interface is constituted by a push button, and

the user operation is pressing the push button.

6. The non-burning type flavor inhaler according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller does not supply power to the atomizer from a timing of selecting any mode from the plurality of modes until the lapse of a certain period, but supplies power to the atomizer after the lapse of the certain period.

7. The non-burning type flavor inhaler according to claim 1 , comprising:

a sensor configured to output a response value that changes in accordance with air inhaled from a non-mouthpiece end toward a mouthpiece end,

wherein the controller identities whether or not a puff action is performed based on the response value.

8. The non-burning type flavor inhaler according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of operation modes are switched in an order in accordance with a predetermined switching order, and

wherein the two operation modes are adjacent in the predetermined switching order.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2017
From: OISHI, KEI
To: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
Reel/Frame 043427/0395 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2015055908 · Feb 27, 2015
Related Publication 20170347704A1 · Dec 7, 2017
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