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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2024
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Oleg Mironov, Neuchatel, CH;
Rui Nuno Batista, Morges, CH;
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including a main component and a cartridge that is removably coupled to the main component, the cartridge including a liquid storage portion containing a liquid aerosol-forming substrate and a fluid-permeable electric heater assembly, and the main component includes a power supply, the heater assembly including: an electrically insulating substrate, an aperture being formed in the substrate, and a heater element fixed to the substrate, the heater element spanning the aperture and including a plurality of electrically conductive filaments connected to first and second electrically conductive contact portions, the first and the second contact portions being disposed on opposite sides of the aperture to one another, the first and the second contact portions being configured to allow contact with the power supply, and the heater assembly being provided at an end of the cartridge that is opposite to a mouthpiece portion of the system.