Philip Morris Products S.a.

Altria Client Services LLC

Altria Client Sendees LLC

Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik

Oleg Mironov

Keethan Dasnavis Fernando

Patrick Charles Silvestrini

Irene Taurino

Oleg Fursa

Jerome Christian Courbat

Guillaume Frederick

Michel Thorens

Rui Nuno Batista

Jean-Marc Widmer

Gerard Zuber

Stephane Antony Hedarchet

Eric Force

Tony Reevell

Antonino Lanci

Philipp Bernhard

Evan Jochnowitz

Hannes Merz

Dominique Paul Gabriel Stohr

Pascal Manuel Loser

Guido Peter Schellenberg

Guillame Frederick

Olivier Greim

Julien Plojoux

Johannes Petrus Maria Pijnenburg

Onur Dayioglu

Gennaro Campitelli

Noori Moyad Brifcani

Gianpaolo D'Ambra

Farhang Mohseni

Fabiana Spadaro

Olivier Blättler

Filip Tack

Gianpaolo D'ambra

Jérôme Courbat

Stéphane Hedarchet

This disclosure relates to flavoured nicotine powder inhalers where the nicotine powder is delivered at air flow rates that mimic a smoking regime.

Flavoured nicotine powder inhaler

The invention relates to a heater for generating an inhalable aerosol in an aerosol-generating device. The heater comprises at least two meshes. The meshes are arranged to be distanced from each other so that the meshes are configured for enabling wicking of aerosol-forming substrate between the meshes.

Heater with at least two adjacent metal meshes

An electrically heatable aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device and a cartridge configured to be used with the aerosol-generating device, the aerosol-generating device including: a device housing, an inductor coil, and a power supply connected to the inductor coil and configured to provide a high-frequency oscillating current to the inductor coil; and the cartridge including: a cartridge housing configured to engage the device housing and containing an aerosol-forming substrate, the cartridge housing having an external surface surrounding the aerosol-forming substrate, and a fluid-permeable susceptor element. A cartridge for an electrically heatable aerosol-generating system is also provided.

Aerosol-generating system comprising a fluid permeable susceptor element

An aerosol-generating system comprising: a liquid storage portion for holding a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; an atomiser in fluid connection with the liquid storage portion; a conductivity sensor; a power supply; and control electronics. The conductivity sensor comprises at least two electrodes () and is arranged to sense the electrical conductivity of liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the liquid storage portion. The control electronics are configured to: control a supply of power from the power supply to the atomiser for atomising liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the liquid storage portion; and control a supply of power from the power supply to the electrodes () of the conductivity sensor, the supply of power being provided to the conductivity sensor as an alternating voltage. The control electronics are further configured to: receive one or more measurements indicative of the conductivity of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the conductivity sensor; and determine the nicotine concentration of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate based on one or more of the measurements from the conductivity sensor.

Aerosol-generating device and system with conductivity sensor

An aerosol-generating device includes a housing having a first end defining a mouthpiece, a second end, and a cavity defined between the first end and the second end. The device also includes a reservoir within the cavity. The reservoir is configured to store a liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The device also includes an atomizer and a valve within the mouthpiece of the housing. The valve has a first side and an second side. The second side of the valve includes a hydrophilic coating, a hydrophobic coating, or both a hydrophilic coating and a hydrophobic coating.

Aerosol-generating device with reduced leakage

There is described an aerosol-forming substrate for use in combination with an inductive heating device. The aerosol-forming substrate comprises a solid material which is capable of releasing volatile compounds that can form an aerosol upon heating of the aerosol-forming substrate and at least a first susceptor material for heating the aerosol-forming substrate. The at least first susceptor material is arranged in thermal proximity of the solid material. The aerosol-forming substrate further comprises at least a second susceptor material which has a second Curie-temperature which is lower than a first Curie-temperature of the first susceptor material. The second Curie-temperature of the second susceptor material corresponds to a predefined maximum heating temperature of the first susceptor material. There is also described an aerosol-delivery system.

Aerosol-forming substrate and aerosol-delivery system

The invention relates to a cartridge () configured for usage with an aerosol-generating device. The cartridge comprises an impermeable capsule () configured to hold liquid aerosol-generating substrate. At least a portion of the capsule is configured as a heat-perforatable portion ().

Cartridge for an aerosol-generating device with impermeable capsule

An aerosol-generating article may include a base layer, at least one aerosol-forming substrate positioned on the base layer, and a cover layer overlying the at least one aerosol-forming substrate and secured to the base layer so that the at least one aerosol-forming substrate is sealed between the base layer and the cover layer. The cover layer includes a polymeric film comprising at least one of a plurality of micropores and a plurality of microperforations.

Aerosol-generating article having a cover layer

A split airflow system for an electrically heatable smoking system for generating aerosol is provided, the system having a downstream end, the system including: a first channel defining a first flow route; and a second Channel defining a second flow route, the first flow route directing ambient air from outside the split airflow system to the downstream end of the split airflow system, the second flow route directs ambient air from outside the split airflow system towards a substantially flat, fluid-permeable heating element before conveying the ambient air to the downstream end, and the first channel and the second channel define a total volume of ambient air passing through the split airflow system and the first channel provides at least 50 percent of the total volume of ambient air passing through the split airflow system.

Split airflow system for an electrically heated smoking system and method for guiding an airflow inside an electrically heated smoking system

A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the heater assembly including: a fluid-permeable heating element configured to vaporise a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; and a transport material configured to transport liquid aerosol-forming substrate to the fluid-permeable heating element, the transport material having a thickness defined between a first surface of the transport material and an opposing second surface of the transport material, the first surface being arranged in fluid communication with the fluid-permeable heating element and the second surface being arranged to receive liquid aerosol-forming substrate, the second surface of the transport material being provided with at least one hole that extends into the transport material to a depth corresponding to at least a part of the thickness of the transport material to define a formed fluid channel for the liquid aerosol-forming substrate, and the first surface of the transport material being convex.

Heater assembly with pierced transport material

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.

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

A cartridge assembly for an aerosol-generating system including a housing having an air outlet and an air inlet upstream of the housing air outlet; and a cartridge disposed within the housing. The cartridge includes a fluid-permeable heating element within a cartridge body; a cartridge air inlet; a cartridge air outlet; and an airflow path extending from the cartridge air inlet to the cartridge air outlet, via the fluid-permeable heating element. At least a portion of the cartridge may move between a first position, in which air from the housing air inlet is blocked from flowing to the housing air outlet, via the cartridge air inlet, the fluid-permeable heating element, and the cartridge air outlet; and a second position, in which an unrestricted airflow path exists from the housing air inlet to the housing air outlet, via the cartridge air inlet, the fluid-permeable heating element, and the cartridge air outlet.

Cartridge assembly for an aerosol-generating system with leak prevention

A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system, the cartridge including a housing, a storage compartment, an air flow passage, a fluid permeable aerosol-generating element, and a removable seal. The housing having a mouth end opening and an air inlet. The storage compartment is within the housing. The storage compartment is configured to contain a liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The air flow passage extending from the air inlet to the mouth end opening. The fluid permeable aerosol-generating element is within the housing. The fluid permeable aerosol-generating element has a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, the second surface being in fluid communication with the storage compartment. The removable seal has a seal portion and a tab portion, the seal portion in the air flow passage over the first surface of the fluid permeable aerosol-generating element, and the tab portion extending outwardly from the housing through the air inlet.

Cartridge for an aerosol-generating system

The method includes first defining at least one channel within a first housing of a heater assembly, the at least one channel extending from a first end to a second end of the first housing, second defining a cavity in the first end of the first housing, third defining a first reservoir in the second end of the first housing, the at least one channel being in fluid communication with the first reservoir, and fourth defining an opening within a first wall within the first housing, the opening causing the first reservoir and the cavity to be in communication with each other.

Method of making heater assembly with at least one channel defined within first housing

The method includes first defining a reservoir within at least one first housing, the reservoir having a first part and a second part and being configured to contain a pre-vapor formulation, second defining at least one channel that is configured to communicate the pre-vapor formulation from the first part to the second part, third defining an airflow path within the at least one first housing, and first configuring a heater that is fluid permeable to heat and at least partially vaporize the pre-vapor formulation, the heater being on an end of the second part, the heater having a first surface that faces the first part, a first portion of the first surface being in direct communication with a second portion of the airflow path.

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