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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2021
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Enrico Stura, Palezieux-Village, CH;
Maxime Chateau, Montlebon, FR;
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
An aerosol-generating device for heating an aerosol-forming substrate to form an inhalable aerosol when heated, the device including: a cavity configured to removably receive at least a portion of an article, including the substrate to be heated; an electrical heating arrangement including an electronic circuitry and a heating element operatively coupled to the electronic circuitry configured to heat the substrate when the article is received in the cavity; and a controller including a temperature sensor configured to output a signal indicative of a temperature or a temperature increase of at least one portion of the electronic circuitry during operation of the heating arrangement, the controller being configured to detect a presence, absence, or displacement of the article in the cavity in response to the signal indicating that the temperature or the temperature increase has breached a predefined temperature threshold or a predefined temperature increase threshold, respectively.
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