Philip Morris Products S.a.

Jerome Uthurry

Alen Kadiric

Alexandre Malgat

Ivan Prestia

Yves Jordil

Daniele Sanna

Fabien Duc

Robert William Emmett

Gennaro Campitelli

Leonardo Nappi

Mirko Minzoni

Fabio Cantieri

Ahmet Dincer

Luca Natali

Eva Saade Latorre

Massimiliano Bertoldo

Enrico Guidotti

Domenico Costanzo

Guillaume Bastien Baur

Edoardo Montanari

Loi Mark C Figueroa

Chrystele Houphouet-Boigny

Enrique Dalmau

Gianpaolo D'ambra

Hüseyin Efe Senyilmaz

Alexis Julien Louvet

Valerio D'AMBROGI

Chrystophe Schaller

Dirk Günter Reimann

Eric Schaub

Anthony Bruchet

An aerosol-generating article for producing an aerosol upon heating is provided, the article including: a rod of aerosol-forming substrate; and a filter positioned downstream of the rod, in which the rod and the filter are assembled within a wrapper, the article further including first and second air ingress zones located on the wrapper, the first and the second air ingress zones each being configured to allow an ingress of air into an interior of the article, the first air ingress zone including a substantially porous portion of the wrapper, the substantially porous portion having a porosity of at least 3000 Coresta Units, and a level of air ingress into the interior of the article through the first zone is greater than a level of air ingress into the interior of article through the second zone. An aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating article and an aerosol-generating device is also provided.

Aerosol-generating article having a plurality of air ingress zones

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 extractor for extracting an aerosol-forming substrate from an aerosol-generating device is provided, the extractor including: a first component configured to connect to the aerosol-generating device, the first component including a base and one or more side walls extending from the base to define a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate; and a second component configured to connect to the first component, the second component defining a cylindrical cavity or a circular aperture configured to receive a mouthpiece article for the aerosol-generating device. An aerosol-generating device comprising the extractor, and a system comprising the extractor, are also provided.

Extractor for an aerosol-generating device

The invention relates to a mouthpiece () for an aerosol-generating device. The mouthpiece () comprises an inlet portion () configured for receiving an aerosol and an outlet portion () configured for outflow of the aerosol. An airflow path () connects the inlet portion () and the outlet portion (). The airflow path () comprises an inner wall (). The inner wall () of the airflow path () is at least partially lined with a capillary material (). The capillarity of the capillary material () increases towards the inlet portion ().

Mouthpiece for aerosol-generating device with woven fiber liner

A aerosol-generating article is provided, including a plurality of components assembled within a wrapper to form a rod having a mouth end and a distal end upstream from the mouth end, the plurality of components including: an aerosol-forming substrate comprising plant material and an aerosol former, the aerosol-forming substrate having an aerosol former content of between 5% and 30% by weight on a dry weight basis; and a filter segment downstream of the aerosol-forming substrate, the filter segment including fibres of at least about 12 denier per filament.

Aerosol-generating article having fibrous filter segment and hollow, tubular support element located immediately downstream the aerosol-forming substrate

An aerosol-generating device is provided, including a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate; an electrical heater configured to heat the substrate when the aerosol-forming substrate is received within the cavity; a power supply; and a controller configured to: control a supply of power from the power supply to the heater during a first time period and a second time period after the first time period, determine a rate of increase in temperature of the heater during the first time period by determining a time taken for a temperature of the heater to increase from a first predetermined temperature to a second predetermined temperature during the first time period, and adjust the supply of power from the power supply to the heater during the second time period based on the determined rate of increase in temperature during the first time period.

Aerosol-generating device having temperature-based control

The invention relates to a smoking article () comprising a tobacco rod () and a filter, the filter comprising a filter unit () comprising a first segment () of filtration material; a second segment comprising a tubular element () of filtration material upstream of the first segment (), the tubular element () having an outer diameter (D) and an inner diameter (D). An inner surface of the tubular element () is substantially air impermeable. The second segment further comprises a frangible or irreversibly collapsible flow restrictor () disposed in the tubular element (). When the flow restrictor () is in a substantially unbroken or non-collapsed state, the filter unit () has a first RTD. When the flow restrictor () is broken or collapsed, the filter unit () has a second RTD, the second RTD being smaller than the first RTD.

Smoking article with combined ventilation and filtration efficiency adjustment

There is provided an aerosol-generating article () comprising an aerosol-generating substrate () and a mouthpiece (). The mouthpiece () comprises at least one segment of filter material (), a breakable capsule () containing an aqueous liquid (), and a plurality of microencapsulated flavourant particles () dispersed within the at least one segment of filter material (). Each of the microencapsulated flavourant particles () comprises a flavourant encapsulated within a shell comprising a water sensitive material, such that the plurality of microencapsulated flavourant particles () are adapted to release a flavourant upon contact with the liquid () contained within the breakable capsule ().

Aerosol-generating article having dispersed flavourant

A smoking article () with variable ventilation comprises a mouthpiece () circumscribed by a first wrapper () and a second wrapper (). The first wrapper () and the second wrapper () are substantially air impermeable and are movable relative to one another between a low ventilation configuration and a high ventilation configuration. The mouthpiece () comprises a first airflow pathway () through the first wrapper () or the second wrapper () and a second airflow pathway () through the first wrapper () or the second wrapper (). In the low ventilation configuration airflow into the mouthpiece () through the first airflow pathway () is restricted and airflow into the mouthpiece () through the second airflow pathway () is substantially unrestricted. In the high ventilation configuration airflow into the mouthpiece () through the first airflow pathway () and the second airflow pathway () is substantially unrestricted.

Smoking article with a ventilated mouthpiece comprising first and second airflow pathways

The present invention relates to a smoking article having a movable vapour release portion to allow the vapour release portion to be isolated from, or exposed to, a smoke pathway. The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such smoking articles. In particular, there is provided a smoking article comprising a first segment, a second segment, and an aerosol generating substrate coupled to the first and second segments. At least one of the first and second segments comprises a vapour release portion, whereby the first and second segments are movable relative to each other from a first configuration to a second configuration, whereby in the first configuration the vapour release portion is substantially isolated from an airflow pathway and in the second configuration the vapour release portion is exposed to the airflow pathway.

Smoking article with movable vapour release component

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Neuchatel, Switzerland

Jerome Uthurry