Global Patent Index - EP 4240185 A1

EP 4240185 A1 20230913 - AEROSOL GENERATION DEVICE, ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLY AND CONTROLLING METHOD

Title (en)

AEROSOL GENERATION DEVICE, ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLY AND CONTROLLING METHOD

Title (de)

AEROSOLERZEUGUNGSVORRICHTUNG, ZUGEHÖRIGE ANORDNUNG UND STEUERUNGSVERFAHREN

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF DE GÉNÉRATION D'AÉROSOL, ENSEMBLE ASSOCIÉ ET PROCÉDÉ DE COMMANDE

Publication

EP 4240185 A1 20230913 (EN)

Application

EP 21802737 A 20211104

Priority

  • EP 20206188 A 20201106
  • EP 2021080661 W 20211104

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2022096584A1] The present invention relates to an aerosol generation device (10) comprising: a vaporizable material storage portion (24); a tobacco article socket (26); a flow channel (28) extending between flow inlet and outlet (28A, 28B) and defining a vaporizable material channel part (28C) passing through said storage portion and a socket channel part (28D) passing through said socket; a heating system for heating a vaporizable material and a tobacco article (14) to form mixed aerosol, comprising a vaporizable material heater (46) and a tobacco article heater (48) surrounding a tobacco article-receiving hole (42) and being integrated into a delimiting wall (40) delimiting said hole or adjacent to said wall; wherein the tobacco article heater comprises heating sections (51 to 55) arrangedalong said hole. The aerosol generation device comprises a control unit (32) for controlling the activation of the heating sections according to a predefined heating profile during a vaping session.

IPC 8 full level

A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A24F 40/10 (2020.01 - US); A24F 40/20 (2020.01 - US); A24F 40/30 (2020.01 - EP US); A24F 40/46 (2020.01 - EP US); A24F 40/485 (2020.01 - US); A24F 40/50 (2020.01 - EP); A24F 40/57 (2020.01 - US); A24F 40/10 (2020.01 - EP); A24F 40/20 (2020.01 - EP)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2022096584 A1 20220512; CN 116419685 A 20230711; EP 4240185 A1 20230913; JP 2023547059 A 20231109; US 2023397661 A1 20231214

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 2021080661 W 20211104; CN 202180075213 A 20211104; EP 21802737 A 20211104; JP 2023523085 A 20211104; US 202118035230 A 20211104