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Granted Patent B2
US 12,310,407 · App. 17/492,156 · Granted May 27, 2025

Aerosol-generating system comprising a cartridge with an internal air flow passage

Inventors: Oleg Mironov (Neuchatel, CH); Michel Thorens (Moudon, CH); Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik (Peseux, CH)
Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
A24F40/465A24F40/42H05B1/0244H05B6/108A24F40/10
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Patent No.
US 12,310,407
App. No.
17/492,156
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrically heatable aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device and a cartridge, the cartridge including: a cartridge housing including an inner wall and an outer wall, the inner wall being disposed within the outer wall and defining an internal passage through which air can flow, the inner and outer walls defining a hollow space therebetween, an aerosol-forming substrate contained within the space, and a susceptor element; and the device including: a device housing defining a cavity to receive at least a portion of the cartridge, an inductor coil positioned in the device housing around or adjacent to the cavity and positioned outside of the cartridge when the cartridge is received in the cavity, and a power supply connected to the coil and to provide a high-frequency oscillating current to the coil, such that a magnetic field generated by the coil causes generation of heat in the susceptor element.

Claims (28)

1. An electrically heatable aerosol-generating system comprising an aerosol-generating device and a cartridge,

the cartridge comprising:

a cartridge housing comprising an inner wall and an outer wall, the inner wall being disposed within the outer wall and defining an internal passage through which air can flow, the inner wall and the outer wall defining a hollow space therebetween,

an aerosol-forming substrate contained within the hollow space, and

a susceptor element; and

the aerosol-generating device comprising:

a device housing defining a cavity configured to receive at least a portion of the cartridge,

an inductor coil positioned in the device housing around or adjacent to the cavity and positioned outside of the cartridge when the cartridge is received in the cavity, and

a power supply connected to the inductor coil and configured to provide a high-frequency oscillating current to the inductor coil, wherein a magnetic field generated by the inductor coil causes generation of heat in the susceptor element of the cartridge.

2. The electrically heatable aerosol-generating system according to claim 1 , wherein the susceptor element comprises a wick extending across the internal passage.

3. The electrically heatable aerosol-generating system according to claim 1 , wherein aerosol-forming substrate is a liquid aerosol-forming substrate.

4. The electrically heatable aerosol-generating system according to claim 3 , wherein the hollow space is filled with the liquid aerosol-forming substrate.

5. The electrically heatable aerosol-generating system according to claim 1 , wherein a majority of the cartridge housing comprises a material that is impermeable to liquid.

6. The electrically heatable aerosol-generating system according to claim 1 , wherein the susceptor element is provided as a sheet that extends across an opening in the cartridge housing.

7. The electrically heatable aerosol-generating system according to claim 1 , wherein the aerosol-generating device further comprises a flat spiral inductor coil.

8. The electrically heatable aerosol-generating system according to claim 1 , wherein the aerosol-generating device further comprises a plurality of inductor coils.

9. The electrically heatable aerosol-generating system according to claim 8 , wherein the aerosol-generating device further comprises two flat spiral inductor coils positioned at either side of the cavity.

10. The electrically heatable aerosol-generating system according to claim 1 , wherein the cartridge is removably receivable in the cavity.

11. The electrically heatable aerosol-generating system according to claim 1 , wherein the aerosol-generating device further comprises an inductor coil positioned around the cavity.

12. The electrically heatable aerosol-generating system according to claim 1 , wherein the cartridge further comprises a capillary element within the housing configured to convey aerosol-forming substrate to the susceptor element.

13. The electrically heatable aerosol-generating system according to claim 1 , wherein the cartridge further comprises a mouthpiece portion.

14. The electrically heatable aerosol-generating system according to claim 1 , wherein the device housing comprises a main body and a mouthpiece portion.

15. The electrically heatable aerosol-generating system according to claim 1 , wherein the aerosol-generating device is configured to provide the high frequency oscillating current to the inductor coil when a user puff is detected.

16. The electrically heatable aerosol-generating system according to claim 1 , wherein the susceptor element comprises a first material having a Curie temperature that corresponds to a predetermined operation temperature for the susceptor element.

17. The electrically heatable aerosol-generating system according to claim 16 , wherein the susceptor element further comprises a second material having a Curie temperature that is higher than the predetermined operation temperature for the susceptor element.

18. The electrically heatable aerosol-generating system according to claim 1 , further comprising electric circuitry comprising a Class-D or Class-E power amplifier.

19. The electrically heatable aerosol-generating system according to claim 1 , wherein the susceptor element is fluid-permeable.

20. The electrically heatable aerosol-generating system according to claim 1 , wherein the aerosol-forming substrate comprises one or more polyhydric alcohols.

Priority Claims (1)
EP 14169244 · May 21, 2014 · regional
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15311992
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