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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2020
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Jean-Claude Schneider, Auvernier, CH;
Julien Plojoux, Geneva, CH;
Felix Fernando, Wokingham, GB;
Olivier Greim, Villars-Burquin, CH;
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
An aerosol-generating smoking device, is provided, including: a heater configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate, the heater including an electrically resistive heating element and a heater substrate, the electrically resistive heating element including a first portion formed from a first material and a second portion formed from a second material different than the first material, configured such that, when an electrical current is passed through the electrically resistive heating element, the first portion is heated to a higher temperature than the second portion as a result of the electrical current.