Philip Morris USA Inc.

Chrysalis Technologies Incorporated

Philip Morris Inc.

Philip Morris Products S.a.

John Louis Felter

Kenneth A Cox

William J Crowe

Douglas D McRae

David E Sharpe

Rajiv Gupta

David Keeler

Clinton E Blake

Mark T Capps

Mohammad R Hajaligol

Grier S Fleischhauer

Mary Ellen Counts

Willie G Houck, Jr

Robert L Ripley

Patrick H Hayes

Robert E Lee

Ashok H Solanky

H Neal Nunnally

Brett W Stevenson

Pamela Davis

Clint Blake

Mark E Watson

Ashok Solanky

David H Keeler

A programmable aerosol generator forms a volatilized liquid by supplying a material in liquid form to a flow passage and heating the flow passage, such that the material volatilizes and expands out of an outlet of the channel. The volatilized material, if desired, mixes with ambient air such that volatilized material condenses to form the aerosol. An apparatus and method for generating such a volatilized liquid, as well as the control and methods of heating, are disclosed as an analytical tool useful for experimental use, a tool useful for production of commercial products or an inhaler device.

Method and apparatus for generating a volatilized liquid

An electrically heated cigarette smoking device includes a heater unit, heater blades for applying heat to portions of a cigarette that is supported within the heater unit, the heater unit having an opening adapted to receive an end of a cigarette and adapted to position the end of the cigarette in proximity to the heater blades, and the heater unit defining at least part of a suction flow passage through which ambient air is drawn into contact with the cigarette when a smoker draws on the cigarette positioned in the heater unit. The heater unit is mounted within a partition that positions the heater unit relative to the housing and at least partially defines a bypass flow passage in fluid communication with ambient air surrounding the housing, the partition further defining a flow diverting passage leading from the bypass flow passage to the suction flow passage and through which ambient air is drawn from the bypass flow passage when a smoker puffs on a cigarette inserted in the heater unit opening. A flow sensor is positioned in the flow diverting passage to provide a signal indicative of a smoker taking a puff on the cigarette.

Electrically heated cigarette smoking system with internal manifolding for puff detection

An aerosol generator includes an induction heating arrangement to vaporize fluid contained in a fluid passage. The vapor is then expelled from the fluid passage into the air creating a mist that forms the aerosol. The aerosol generator includes an excitation coil that inductively heats a heating element which transfers heat to the fluid in the fluid passage. The fluid passage can be located in a metal tube which can be removably mounted in the aerosol generator.

Aerosol generator having inductive heater and method of use thereof

A novel electrical smoking system and method of establishing resistance to draw upon a cigarette while smoking a cigarette in an electrical smoking system comprising the step of operatively interposing a frit between a source of ambient air and the cigarette.

Heater fixture of an electrical smoking system

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Chester, VA, United States of America

John Louis Felter