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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2021
Applicant:
Kt&g Corporation, Daejeon, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01);
Abstract
According to an embodiment, an aerosol generating apparatus includes an accommodation portion configured to accommodate an aerosol generating article, a pressure sensor configured to detect pressure in the accommodation portion, and a controller configured to determine whether the aerosol generating article is inserted into or removed from the accommodation portion and whether a user's puff has occurred on the aerosol generating article, based on whether pressure detected by the pressure sensor is increased or reduced from a reference value.