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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2022
Applicant:

Kt&g Corporation, Daejeon, KR;

Inventors:

Chul Ho Jang, Daejeon, KR;

Gyoung Min Go, Daejeon, KR;

Hyung Jin Bae, Daejeon, KR;

Jang Won Seo, Daejeon, KR;

Min Seok Jeong, Daejeon, KR;

Jong Seong Jeong, Daejeon, KR;

Jin Chul Jung, Daejeon, KR;

Assignee:

KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to a wick-heater assembly comprising a porous wick for absorbing a liquid aerosol-generating substrate, wherein the porous wick comprises a plurality of porous beads; and a heater for heating the absorbed liquid aerosol-generating substrate to generate an aerosol, wherein the heater is located embedded in one side of the porous wick or in the porous wick, and comprises a flat heating pattern in which a horizontal pattern and a vertical pattern are alternately repeated and connected, and wherein the spacing (A) between the vertical patterns in the heating pattern is greater than the diameter (B) of the porous bead; and an aerosol-generating device comprising the same.


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