Philip Morris Products S.a.

Philip Morris USA Inc.

Alexandre Malgat

Frederic Lavanchy

Stephane Roudier

Rui Nuno Batista

Cedric Meyer

Laurent Poget

Ana Carolina Borges De Couraca

Noori Moyad Brifcani

Andreas Hofenauer

Christoph Sorg

David Croll

Rolf Gericke

Oleg Mironov

Mirko Minzoni

Jerome Christian Courbat

Stephane Antony Hedarchet

Johannes Petrus Maria Pijnenburg

Fabien Duc

Ali Murat Saygili

Judith Waller

Evan Jochnowitz

Jerome Uthurry

Samuel Bonnely

Jeremy Peter Clements

Gerhard Lang

Thomas Gladden

Aline Vuarnoz-Bize

Frédéric Lavanchy

Lucio Maria Rondinara

Michele Andrea Cattoni

Jérôme Uthurry

Patrick-Charles Silvestrini

Ana Carolina Borges COURAÇA

Ana Carolina Borges De COURAÇA

Stéphane Antony Hedarchet

An aerosol-generating article for producing an inhalable aerosol when heated is provided, the aerosol-generating article including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate; a wrapper circumscribing at least the rod; and at least one heat-expandable element disposed on an outer surface of the wrapper. An aerosol-generating system is also provided, including the aerosol aerosol-generating article and an electrically operated aerosol-generating device.

Aerosol generating article with heat-expandable centering element

An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a plurality of elements assembled in the form of a rod having a mouth end and a distal end upstream from the mouth end, the plurality of elements including an aerosol-forming substrate with an elongate susceptor arranged longitudinally within the aerosol-forming substrate, a plug element being located upstream of and adjacent the aerosol-forming substrate within the rod, the plug element preventing direct physical contact with a distal end of the elongate susceptor arranged longitudinally within the aerosol-forming substrate.

Aerosol-generating article

An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a plurality of elements assembled in the form of a rod having a mouth end and a distal end upstream from the mouth end, the plurality of elements including an aerosol-forming substrate and a plug element disposed upstream of the aerosol-forming substrate, the plug element being cylindrical and formed from a non-inductively-heatable material; a susceptor material arranged in thermal communication with the aerosol-forming substrate; and a layer of inductively-heatable material arranged in contact with the non-inductively-heatable-material. An aerosol-generating system and a method of generating an aerosol from an aerosol-generating article are also provided.

Aerosol-generating article comprising a heatable element

A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an electrically insulating support having an aperture; an electrical heating element disposed across the aperture in the electrically insulating support, being configured to heat a liquid aerosol-forming substrate to form an aerosol, and being substantially flat; capillary material, wherein a portion of the capillary material is in contact with the electrical heating element, and the capillary material is configured to convey the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to the electrical heating element; and two electrical contacts respectively connected to ends of the electrical heating element, the two electrical contacts supported by the electrically insulating support. An aerosol-generating system including an aerosol-generating device and a cartridge is also provided.

Cartridge for an aerosol-generating system

An aerosol generating article () includes a retractable heat source (). The aerosol generating article has a tubular body () positioned at the proximal end () of the aerosol generating article. A combustible heat source is positioned at the distal end () of the aerosol generating article. An aerosol generating substrate () is downstream of the combustible heat source. The combustible heat source is slideable from an extended position to a retracted position having a shorter article length. An entire length of the combustible heat source retracts into the tubular body in the retracted position.

Retractable heat source for aerosol generating article

An aerosol-generating system is provided, including a medicament source and a volatile delivery enhancing compound source. The volatile delivery enhancing compound source includes a first sorption element, a second sorption element downstream of the first sorption element, and a volatile delivery enhancing compound sorbed on the first sorption element and the second sorption element, wherein a rate of release of the volatile delivery enhancing compound from the first sorption element is greater than a rate of release of the volatile delivery enhancing compound from the second sorption element.

Aerosol-generating system comprising a delivery enhancing compound source and a medicament source

The aerosol-generating device comprises a device housing (), a mouthpiece () associated to the device housing, a receiving chamber () configured to receive from external to the device at least a portion of a sheet of aerosol-forming substrate in a non-rolled form and configured to accommodate a cylindrically shaped of aerosol-forming substrate and a holder () for holding the sheet of aerosol-forming substrate. The device further comprises a rolling device () for receiving a flat or non-rolled sheet of aerosol-forming substrate and for rolling the sheet of aerosol-forming substrate around the holder from the non-rolled form into a cylindrically shaped aerosol-forming substrate.

Aerosol-generating device and method for using a sheet of aerosol-forming substrate in an aerosol-generating device

A cartridge for use in an aerosol-generating system is provided, including a liquid storage portion including a housing configured to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, the liquid storage portion including at least two parts in fluid communication with each other; a first part of the liquid storage portion including a heater assembly, a first capillary material, provided in contact with the heater assembly, and a second capillary material in contact with the first capillary material and spaced apart from the heater assembly by the first capillary material; and a second part of the liquid storage portion including a container configured to hold the liquid aerosol-forming substrate in liquid form to supply the liquid to the second capillary material.

There is provided a heated aerosol-generating article for use with an aerosol-generating device having a heating element, the heated aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate and a breachable air-flow barrier assembled within a wrapper to form a rod having a mouth end and a distal end upstream from the mouth end, in which the breachable air-flow barrier is positioned to substantially prevent air being drawn through the aerosol-forming substrate when a user draws on the mouth end of the rod, and in which the aerosol-forming substrate comprises a gathered sheet of aerosol-forming material.

Heated aerosol generating article with air-flow barrier

A smoking article includes a sheet material including a fibrous layer formed of cellulosic fibres and at least 50% by weight of inorganic filler material having a particle size in range of from 0.1 microns and 50 microns, wherein the sheet material has a tensile strength of at least 900 N/m. The fibrous layer includes a binder material, such as an organic binder material. The organic binder material can be a cellulosic binder material. A coating layer may be provided on at least one side of the fibrous layer.

Smoking article with heat resistant sheet material

An aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-forming substrate including aerosol-forming material and a tobacco-containing wrapper around and in contact with the aerosol-forming material, the wrapper having an aerosol former content of between about 5% and about 30% by weight of the total weight of the wrapper; a combustible heat source upstream of the aerosol-forming substrate; and a heat-conducting element around and in contact with at least a portion of the wrapper.

Aerosol-generating article comprising an aerosol-forming substrate and a heat-conducting element

A wrapper for a heat-not-burn article including an aerosol-forming tobacco substrate is provided, the wrapper including a sulphide scavenger compound, the sulphide scavenger compound being a metal salt, the metal salt being a carbonate, chloride, sulphate, hydroxide, nitrate, malate, acetate, citrate, or bromide, and the sulphide scavenger compound being based on a transition metal.

Aerosol-generating article having improved wrapper

A heated aerosol-generating article for use with an aerosol-generating device is provided, in the form of a rod having a mouth end and a distal end upstream from the mouth end. An aerosol-forming substrate is located upstream of the mouth end within the rod and the distal end of the heated aerosol-generating article is spanned by a non-flammable thermally-conductive material to reduce the propensity for ignition of the article.

Heated aerosol generating article with thermal spreading endpiece

There is provided a multi-segment component for an aerosol generating article, the multi-segment component including a combustible heat source having at least one shaped recess on an outer surface thereof; an aerosol-forming substrate downstream of the combustible heat source; a wrapper circumscribing the combustible heat source along at least part of a length of the combustible heat source; and an inorganic glue located between the combustible heat source and the wrapper, the inorganic glue at least partially filling the at least one shaped recess.

Multi-segment component for an aerosol-generating article

The aerosol-generating article () comprises a plurality of elements assembled in the form of a rod having a mouth end () and a distal end () upstream from the mouth end. The plurality of elements comprises an aerosol-forming substrate () with an elongate susceptor () arranged longitudinally within the aerosol-forming substrate. A plug element () is located upstream of and adjacent the aerosol-forming substrate within the rod. The plug element () thereby prevents direct physical contact with a distal end of the elongate susceptor () arranged longitudinally within the aerosol-forming substrate ().

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