Altria Client Services LLC

Philip Morris Products S.a.

Fabien Duc

Michel Bessant

Alain Tabasso

Bruce Renfrew

Zachary Elliott

Hossein Ostadi

Eva Saade Latorre

Shaun Phillips

Saad Ali

Robert William Emmett

Alexandre Malgat

Johannes Petrus Maria Pijnenburg

Ali Murat Saygili

Jacques Robert

Jerome Uthurry

Robert Emmett

Samuel Bonnely

Philip Sturzenegger

Urs Gonzenbach

Simon Nussbaumer

Chiara Spadaro

Anna Canal Ponsico

Lucien Suarez

Giuseppe Gaudio

Jérôme Uthurry

Laurent Edouard Poget

The vaporizer includes a tube element defining an inner volume for receiving an amount of liquid aerosol-forming substrate, a mesh in the inner volume of the tube element, and a heater outside, the heater including an electrical resistive heater, and the heater is configured to heat the mesh and the received amount of liquid aerosol-forming substrate to a temperature sufficient to volatilize at least a part of the received amount of liquid aerosol-forming substrate.

Vaporizer for an aerosol-generating system and vaporizing method

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 electronic aerosol-generating smoking device includes a main body having a heating region for heating aerosol-forming substrate. The main body includes a front housing defining a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate, and a heater in the main body and configured to heat the aerosol-forming substrate in the cavity. At least a portion of an internal surface of the main body is at least one of a hydrophobic and super-hydrophobic surface.

Electronic aerosol-generating smoking device

The present invention relates to a cleaning tool configured for cleaning a heating element of an aerosol-generating device. The cleaning tool comprises a mechanical actuator element, one or more cleaning elements, and a driving element. The driving element is configured to transmit a mechanical driving force from the actuator element to the cleaning element. The driving element comprises one or more gears. The present invention relates to an aerosol-generating device together with a cleaning tool and a method for cleaning a heating element of an aerosol-generating device.

Cleaning tool for heating element with gears

A vaporizer assembly includes a tube having a first end with an inlet opening and a second end with an outlet opening. The vaporizer assembly also includes a heater element configured to vaporize liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The heater element is at the second end of the tube. The first end of the tube is fluidly connectable with a liquid storage portion. When the first end of the tube is fluidly connected with the liquid storage portion, the liquid aerosol-forming substrate can flow from the liquid storage portion through the inlet opening into the tube. The outlet opening of the tube includes perforations having a width ranging from about 1 micrometer to about 500 micrometers.

Vaporiser assembly for an aerosol-generating system

A multi-segment component for an aerosol-generating article is provided, the multi-segment component including: a combustible heat source; an aerosol-forming substrate downstream of the combustible heat source; and a wrapper circumscribing a rear portion of the combustible heat source and at least a front portion of the aerosol-forming substrate, a front portion of the combustible heat source extending beyond the wrapper so that the front portion of the combustible heat source is exposed during use; and an intumescent coating on all or part of the front portion of the combustible heat source, the intumescent coating being configured to form a heat insulating layer on the front portion of the combustible heat source in response to heating by the combustible heat source.

Multi-segment component with intumescent coating

A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system includes a perforated glass substrate and a heater element. The heater element is provided in the glass substrate, on the glass substrate, or both in and on the glass substrate. The heater element includes a plurality of parallel strips between alternating rows of the perforations.

Heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system

There is provided an aerosol generating article () comprising a combustible heat source () having an upstream portion and a downstream portion. The aerosol generating article further comprises an aerosol-forming substrate () downstream of the heat source () and a wrapper () circumscribing an upstream portion of the aerosol-forming substrate () and the downstream portion of the combustible heat source (). The aerosol generating article () further comprises a non-combustible coating () provided on the upstream portion of the combustible heat source () and not on the downstream portion of the combustible heat source (), the non-combustible coating having a thickness of between about 30 micrometres and about 250 micrometres.

Aerosol generating article with non-combustible coating

Vaporizer for an aerosol-generating system with vaporizing method

An aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-forming substrate; a combustible heat source; at least one layer of ceramic paper circumscribing at least a portion of a length of the combustible heat source; one or more airflow pathways along which air may be drawn through the aerosol-generating article for inhalation; and one or more non-combustible, substantially air impermeable barriers between the combustible heat source and the aerosol forming substrate.

Aerosol-generating article with an insulated heat source

An aerosol-generating system provided, including an electrically operated aerosol-generating element; a first electrochemical energy storage device (EESD) configured to supply electrical power to the aerosol-generating element; and an EESD temperature control system including at least one temperature sensor positioned to sense a temperature of the first EESD and an electrical heater configured to heat the first EESD, wherein the EESD temperature control system operates the electrical heater dependent on an output from the at least one temperature sensor.

Battery powered aerosol-generating device comprising a temperature dependent battery pre-heating

A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system includes a glass substrate including perforations and a heater element. The heater element may be located in the glass substrate, on the glass substrate, or both in and on the glass substrate. The heater element may include a plurality of parallel strips and a plurality of transversal strips. The plurality of parallel strips and the plurality of transversal strips form a grid.

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