Altria Client Services LLC

Philip Morris Products S.a.

Eric Hawes

Raymond W Lau

Terry Bache

Alistair Douglas Bramley

Berina Yerkic-Husejnovic

Rangaraj S Sundar

Zack W Blackmon

Jarrett Keen

Niall Gallagher

Ryan Newcomb

Terrance Theodore Bache

Traci Martin

George Stafford

Ryan Mcginley

Cristian Popa

Nicola Westgarth-Flynn

Yannick Hourmand

Patrick Good

Jose Jesus Paolo Montalvan

Christopher S Tucker

Ali A Rostami

Gregory James Griscik

Geoffrey Brandon Jordan

Barry Scott Smith

David R Schiff

Sean Sundberg

James Yorkshades

Mik Dahl

Jon Jarantilla

Galen Salvador

Jeroen Kok

Dwight David Williams

Danielle R Crawford

Douglas A Burton

Christopher R Newcomb

Thien Hoang Nguyen

David Alvarez

Zack Blackmon

Carl Patrick Kite

Charles Lester Dendy

Bipin R Patil

Melissa Burroughs

Anthony Dibitonto

Mark Breneman

Jamie Nicholson

Dean Twite

Ben Sharp

Adam Parrott

Munmaya K Mishra

San Li

Yezdi B Pithawalla

Shaoyong Yu

Chris Phelan

Marc Sauriol

Nicolas D Castro

John Paul Muring

Dmitriy S Kirzhner

Gerd Kobal

Srinivasan Janardhan

Loi Ying Liu

Chris Carrick

Chris Simpson

Robert Arents

William Wykeham

John Glenn Edelen

James D Anderson, Jr

Byron Bell

Ryan Alan Bailey

Mathieu Dominic Turpault

Jason W Flora

William Eugene Rabbitt

Tony Gatta

Tom Murray

Guy Moseley

Carl Roy Stevens

Jonathan D Albert

Maria Del Carmen Jarquin

Rebecca Secrist

Marc Suriol

Chris Phlean

Guillaume Michel

Thomas Tran

Nicola Westgarth-flynn

Jason Zerweck

Joe Montalvan

Display screen having a graphical user interface

In some example embodiments, a reservoir assembly may include a reservoir and an isolation structure. The reservoir may hold a pre-vapor formulation. The reservoir may include a first fluid port extending through a housing of the reservoir, where the first fluid port may enable fluid communication between the reservoir and an exterior of the reservoir assembly. The reservoir may be coupled to a vaporizer assembly that includes a second fluid port configured to enable fluid communication between the reservoir and vaporizer assembly, or the reservoir may be coupled to a vaporizer connector assembly that includes a second fluid port configured to enable fluid communication between the reservoir and an exterior through the vaporizer connector assembly. The isolation structure may move in relation to the reservoir and the vaporizer connector assembly to a position where it exposes one of the fluid ports and covers the other.

E-vaping device

A capsule for a heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating device may include a housing and a heater within the housing. The housing has interior surfaces defining a chamber configured to hold an aerosol-forming substrate. In addition, the housing has exterior surfaces constituting a first face, an opposing second face, and a side face of the capsule. The first face and the second face of the capsule are permeable to an aerosol. The heater has a first end section, an intermediate section, and a second end section. The first end section and the second end section of the heater may be external segments constituting parts of the side face of the capsule. The intermediate section of the heater is an internal segment disposed within the chamber of the housing.

Capsules including internal heaters, heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating devices, and methods of generating an aerosol

A method of controlling a heater of a device including a removable container that stores a material includes detecting, from the removable container, power information indicating a first operating point and a second operating point; and supplying power to the heater based on the detected power information by, determining a first amount of power based on the first operating point, supplying the first amount of power to the heater during a first operation mode of the heater, determining a second amount of power based on the second operating point, and supplying the second amount of power to the heater during a second operation mode of the heater, the second amount of power being higher than the first amount of power, the device being a non-nicotine e-vaping device or a heat-not-burn aerosol-generating device, the material being a non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation or an aerosol-forming substrate.

Heating engine control algorithm for non-nicotine e-vapor device

A charging system for an aerosol-generating device includes a processor and a memory in communication with the processor and configured to store instructions is provided. The instructions define at least one of a disable mode, an intra-session mode, or an inter-session mode. The processor is configured to execute the instructions to cause the charging system to detect when the device is connected to a charging device; activate a power source charger in response to the connection to the charging device; identify a selected mode; enable or disable a heater of the capsule dependent upon the selected mode; if the heater is enabled, display a first display indicating the connection of the charging device; if the heater is enabled, detect if a session of the aerosol-generating device is ongoing; and if the session is ongoing, enable or suspend charging in response to the identification of the selected mode.

Charging systems for aerosol-generating devices

Aerosol-generating capsule

Display screen with a graphical user interface

A non-combustible aerosol system includes a heater configured to supply heat to a heating chamber and a housing configured to be inserted into the heating chamber. The housing defines an internal volume for containing a solid substrate. The housing includes a plurality of internal structures extending from a first end of the housing to a second end of the housing, the plurality of internal structures extending through the internal volume, the plurality of internal structures being configured to heat the solid substrate to generate an aerosol by conducting the heat supplied by the heater to the internal volume.

Non-combustible aerosol system and pre-aerosol formulation housing

At least one example embodiment discloses a pod for an electronic vapor (e-vapor) apparatus. The pod includes a pre-vapor formulation compartment configured to hold a pre-vapor formulation therein, a device compartment in fluidic communication with the pre-vapor formulation compartment, the device compartment including a processor configured to monitor the pre-vapor formulation compartment and identify the pre-vapor formulation and a vapor channel extending from the device compartment and through the pre-vapor formulation compartment.

Pod assembly, dispensing body, and e-vapor apparatus including the same

A charger assembly is configured to charge the electronic vaping device. The charger assembly includes a base including a housing defining a port. The port is configured to receive a tip end of an electronic vaping device. The port includes a magnetic electrical contact centrally positioned at a bottom of the port and a first pin positioned at the bottom of the port. The charger assembly also includes a microprocessor electrically connected to the magnetic electrical contact and the first pin.

Charger assembly and charging system for an electronic vaping device

A capsule for a heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating device may include a first heater, a second heater, and a frame sandwiched between the first heater and the second heater, and a cannabinoid-containing material. The frame may define open spaces therein and have a rigidity that is adequate to support the first heater and the second heater. The open spaces within the frame may be interconnected and sized for aerosol-permeability and capillary action.

Capsules, heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating devices, and methods of generating an aerosol

A capsule may include a housing, an aerosol-forming substrate, and a heater. The housing defines inlet openings, outlet openings, and a chamber between the inlet openings and the outlet openings. The chamber may have a longest dimension extending from at least one of the inlet openings to a corresponding one of the outlet openings. The aerosol-forming substrate is within the chamber of the housing. The heater is embedded in the housing. The heater includes a first end section, an intermediate section, and a second end section. The intermediate section is disposed within the aerosol-forming substrate in the chamber. An aerosol-generating device may include a device body with a lid configured to open to permit an insertion of the capsule and configured to close to engage the capsule within the device body.

Heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating devices and capsules

A method of controlling a hot wire anemometer (HWA) of a nicotine e-vaping device includes controlling, by a first PID controller, a level of power applied by the nicotine e-vaping device to the HWA based on a temperature of a heated element of the HWA and a temperature setpoint; generating a puff detection signal indicating whether or not a puff is currently occurring with respect to the nicotine e-vaping device; and while the puff detection signal indicates that a puff is not currently occurring with respect to the nicotine e-vaping device, detecting, by a second PID controller, a change in an ambient temperature of the HWA, and controlling, by the second PID controller, the temperature setpoint such that the temperature setpoint changes in response to the detected change in the ambient temperature of the HWA.

Hot wire anemometer air flow measurement, puff detection and ambient temperature tracking

A nicotine e-vaping device includes a heater, a power control circuit, and a memory module. The heater element is configured to heat nicotine pre-vapor formulation. The power control circuit is coupled to the heater element through a wire. The power control circuit is configured to apply a pulse width modulated power signal to the heater element through the wire, and to receive information over the wire. The memory module is configured to detect a plurality of pulses in the pulse width modulated power signal, record information based on the detected plurality of pulses, and output the recorded information to the power control circuit via the wire.

Nicotine electronic vaping device

A method of controlling a hot wire anemometer (HWA) of a non-nicotine e-vaping device includes controlling, by a first PID controller, a level of power applied by the non-nicotine e-vaping device to the HWA based on a temperature of a heated element of the HWA and a temperature setpoint; generating a puff detection signal indicating whether or not a puff is currently occurring with respect to the non-nicotine e-vaping device; and while the puff detection signal indicates that a puff is not currently occurring with respect to the non-nicotine e-vaping device, detecting, by a second PID controller, a change in an ambient temperature of the HWA, and controlling, by the second PID controller, the temperature setpoint such that the temperature setpoint changes in response to the detected change in the ambient temperature of the HWA.

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Glen Allen, VA, United States of America

Eric Hawes