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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2020
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Stefanos Papakyrillou, Neuchatel, CH;
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
An aerosol-generating article for producing an inhalable aerosol upon heating is provided, including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate; a mouthpiece segment including a plug; a tubular support element between the rod and the segment and being in longitudinal alignment therewith, arranged immediately downstream of the rod, defining an airflow conduit, and including a cylindrical peripheral wall, a portion of the element projecting inwardly and delimited at an upstream end by a surface spaced from a transverse plane tangent to an upstream end surface of the wall; and a recess defined by the element and being between a downstream end surface of the rod and an upstream end surface of the element, extending longitudinally from a downstream end of the recess to the segment, being less than 10 percent of a length of the article, and a cross-sectional area of the recess changing along a length of the recess.