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US 12,220,000 · App. 17/895,077 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Power supply unit for aerosol inhaler

Inventors: Yasuhiro Ono (Tokyo, JP); Minoru Kitahara (Tokyo, JP); Shujiro Tanaka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
A24F40/51A24F40/10A24F40/40A24F40/57A24F40/90H01M10/425H01M10/46H01M10/486H01M50/569H02J7/0068A24F40/20A24F40/30H01M2220/30H02J2207/20
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Patent No.
US 12,220,000
App. No.
17/895,077
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power supply unit for an aerosol inhaler includes: a power supply configured to supply power to a load that atomizes an aerosol source; a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the power supply; a controller; and a circuit board. The circuit board includes: a first surface; a second surface; a power supply layer in which a power supply path is formed; and a ground layer. The power supply layer and the ground layer are provided between the first surface and the second surface. The temperature sensor is mounted on the second surface, and at least one of the power supply path and the ground path is not formed in a region which overlaps the temperature sensor as viewed from a first direction, the first direction being a direction in which the first surface and the second surface are opposed to each other.

Claims (15)

1. A power supply unit for an aerosol inhaler comprising:

a power supply configured to supply power to a load that atomizes an aerosol source;

a controller configured to control at least one of charging of the power supply and discharging to the load; and

a circuit board on which a plurality of elements including the controller are mounted,

wherein

the circuit board having a first portion and a second portion connected via a connection portion wherein the first portion is shorter than the second portion, and the first portion, the second portion, and the connection portion form an L-shaped surface where the plurality of elements are mounted,

a width of the first portion is defined by a first side surface and a second side surface of the first portion, and a width of the second portion is defined by a third side surface and a fourth side surface of the second portion, wherein the first side surface is continuous with a fifth side surface of the connection portion, the third side surface is continuous with a sixth side surface of the connection portion, and the second side surface and fourth side surface form an inner corner of the circuit board,

the load is arranged in a region adjacent to the inner corner of the circuit board and defined by the second side surface of the first portion and the fourth side surface of the second portion of the circuit board different from the L-shaped surface of the circuit board.

2. The power supply unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first portion comprises a connector coupled to the load.

3. The power supply unit according to claim 2 , wherein the circuit board comprises circuit elements below the connector at the first potion.

4. The power supply unit according to claim 3 , wherein the circuit elements include a switch and a capacitor.

5. The power supply unit according to claim 3 , wherein the connector and the circuit elements are arranged on a same surface of the first portion of the circuit board.

6. The power supply unit according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is arranged across the connection portion and the second portion.

7. The power supply unit according to claim 6 , wherein a portion of the controller arranged in the connection portion is larger than a portion of the controller arranged in the second portion.

8. The power supply unit according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of emitting elements are arranged in the second portion.

Priority Claims (3)
JP 2020-118745 · Jul 9, 2020 · national
JP 2020-118746 · Jul 9, 2020 · national
JP 2020-217704 · Dec 25, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17371108 · Jul 9, 2021
Related Publication 20220400770A1 · Dec 22, 2022
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