Patents Assigned to Japan Tobacco Inc.
  • HEAT-NOT-BURN TOBACCO PRODUCT AND HEAT-NOT-BURN TOBACCO STICK
    Publication number: 20230380493
    Abstract: A heat-not-burn tobacco product includes an electric heating device and a tobacco stick. The tobacco stick is provided with a tobacco rod part having a tobacco filling that includes cut tobacco and a mouthpiece coaxially connected to the tobacco rod part. The electric heating device has a hollow tube heater defined so as to form therein a heating chamber. The hollow tube heater has a compression cylinder part that compresses the tobacco rod part from the outer circumferential side when the tobacco stick is inserted, and a heating wall part that is formed by at least a part of the compression cylinder part and that heats the tobacco rod part from the outer circumferential side. The tobacco filling is wrapped with rolling paper with the cut tobacco in a randomly oriented state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Manabu YAMADA, Yasunobu INOUE, Tateki SUMII
  • HEAT-NOT-BURN TOBACCO PRODUCT AND HEAT-NOT-BURN TOBACCO STICK
    Publication number: 20230380491
    Abstract: This heat-not-burn tobacco product is provided with an electric heating device and a tobacco stick. The tobacco stick is provided with: a tobacco rod part having a tobacco filler including cut tobacco; and a mouthpiece part coaxially connected to the tobacco rod part. The electric heating device has a hollow piping heater shaped to form a heating chamber in the inside thereof. The hollow piping heater has: a compression tube part that compresses the tobacco rod part from the outer circumferential side when the tobacco stick is inserted; and a heating wall part that is at least partially formed by the compression tube part and heats the tobacco rod part from the outer circumferential side. The tobacco filler is rolled in rolling paper such that the cut tobacco is in a randomly oriented state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Manabu YAMADA, Yasunobu INOUE, Tateki SUMII
  • INHALATION DEVICE, BASE MATERIAL, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20230371602
    Abstract: An inhalation device provided with: an AC power generation unit that generates AC power; an accommodation unit capable of accommodating in an inner space thereof a base material containing an aerosol source and a susceptor thermally proximal to the aerosol source; a plurality of electromagnetic induction sources that generate a variable magnetic field in the inner space by using the AC power supplied from the AC power generation unit; a plurality of switches that toggle between whether or not the AC power is supplied to each of the plurality of electromagnetic induction sources; and a control unit that controls each of the plurality of switches such that a total value of voltages respectively applied to the plurality of electromagnetic induction sources is no greater than a first threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro ONO, Kazutoshi SERITA, Reijiro KAWASAKI, Hiroshi TEZUKA
  • Power supply unit for aerosol inhaler, aerosol inhaler, power supply control method of aerosol inhaler, and power supply control program of aerosol inhaler
    Patent number: 11824379
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol inhaler includes: a power supply that is able to discharge power to a load for generating an aerosol from an aerosol generation source; and a control unit that is configured to control at least one of charging and discharging of the power supply such that the power supply does not become one or both of a fully charged state and a discharging termination state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Manabu Yamada, Takeshi Akao
  • Flavor inhaler
    Patent number: 11819052
    Abstract: A flavor inhaler comprising: a tubular holder that extends from a mouthpiece end to a distal end; a combustion type heat source that is provided at the distal end, contains activated carbon, and carries a first flavorant; and a flavor source that is held in the holder and carries a second flavorant, wherein the first flavorant contains at least one selected from the group consisting of anethole, 2-pinene, 3-citronellol, linalyl acetate, limonene, anisaldehyde, 4-terpineol, 2-?-pinene, jasmone, sabinene, linalool, 1,8-cineole, phenethyl alcohol, and myristicin, and the second flavorant contains at least one selected from the group consisting of ?-terpinene, ?-terpinene, nerol, geraniol, and decanal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Takuma Nakano, Takeshi Akiyama, Takashi Oda, Masaaki Suzuki, Takayuki Nakazono
  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20230368266
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an access means accessing a database recording a plurality of words indicating, for each of a plurality of objects, flavor or aroma of an object; a presenting means presenting to a user an object to be used from among a set of determined objects in order; a display control means for causing a display means to display a plurality of words obtained from the database indicating the flavor or aroma of the object to be used; a receiving means receiving a selection of the flavor or aroma sensed by user using the object to be used and the input of the preference; and an output means outputting words that shows the tendency of the user's preference according to the selection and the input, in a case that the selection and the input are received regarding all the objects that constitute the set of determined objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Toshiharu KURISU, Shin WATANABE
  • Power supply unit for aerosol generation device
    Patent number: 11812789
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device through which flavored aerosol is inhaled includes: a power supply configured to discharge electricity to an atomizer configured to atomize an aerosol source and a heater configured to heat a flavor source that adds a flavor component to aerosol generated from the aerosol source; and a processing device configured to acquire a flow rate of inhalation of a user. When the inhalation of the user is detected, the processing device discharges electricity from the power supply to the atomizer so as to generate aerosol. The processing device controls power to be discharged to the heater based on the flow rate such that a concentration of a flavor component contained in a fluid inhaled by the user becomes a target value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventor: Keiji Marubashi
  • Heater assembly and container
    Patent number: 11805813
    Abstract: A heater assembly comprises a container including a cylindrical portion that forms a chamber in which a flavor generating article is contained, and a heater arranged in a peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion. The container includes a first channel extending along a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion and located adjacently to the chamber in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion, and a second channel extending through the chamber along the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical portion. The first channel is in communication with the second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Manabu Yamada, Manabu Takeuchi, Yasunobu Inoue, Kimitaka Uchii, Tateki Sumii
  • Flavor-containing sheet for smoking article and smoking article comprising the same
    Patent number: 11805803
    Abstract: A flavor-containing sheet for a smoking article, the sheet comprising a thickening polysaccharide, a flavor, an emulsifier, and a filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Sugyo, Yasuo Tanaka
  • FLAVOR FILLER AND FLAVOR INHALER
    Publication number: 20230346003
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flavor filler for a flavor inhaler, the flavor filler including: porous cellulose particles having a porosity of at least 40%; and flavor layers carried on the outer surfaces of the porous cellulose particles and containing particles containing flavor components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Ryutaro TSURUIZUMI, Yuichiro FUKUMURA
  • Aerosol generating apparatus
    Patent number: 11800899
    Abstract: An aerosol generating apparatus comprises: a power source; a load configured to have an electric resistance value that varies according to a temperature and atomize an aerosol source or heat a flavor source when supplied with power from the power source; a feed circuit that is electrically connected to the power source and the load and includes a voltage conversion unit capable of converting an output voltage of the power source and outputting the converted output voltage to the load; and a control unit configured to acquire a measurement value corresponding to a current value of a current flowing through the load and control power supply to the load, wherein, in accordance with the measurement value, the control unit controls the feed circuit such that the measurement value becomes smaller than the target value or values included in the target range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Manabu Yamada, Takeshi Akao, Kazuma Mizuguchi
  • TOBACCO PLANT AND TOBACCO PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20230320309
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tobacco plant and the like. The tobacco plant of the present invention contains nitrate reductase in which an amino acid residue corresponding to position 525 in an amino acid sequence corresponding to SEQ ID NO: 2 or 4 is mutated from proline to an amino acid residue other than proline. In one embodiment, the tobacco plant has one or more properties of the following (a) to (c): (a) the activity of the nitrate reductase under the dark condition is 80% or more of the activity of the nitrate reductase under the light condition; (b) an individual is essentially equivalent to a control in growth; and/or (c) nitric acid decreases as compared with the control, wherein the control is a tobacco plant containing nitrate reductase consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 or 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Shoichi SUZUKI, Ryo OKADA, Soichiro NOGUCHI
  • Inhalation component generation device, method for controlling inhalation component generation device, and program
    Patent number: 11771140
    Abstract: An inhalation component generation device includes a load configured to vaporize or atomize an inhalation component source with electric power from a power supply, and a control unit configured to be capable of acquiring a value related to an operation amount of the load and a voltage value of the power supply. The control unit is configured to be capable of estimating or detecting at least one of degradation and failure of the power supply based on the value related to the operation amount of the load operated in a period in which the acquired voltage value of the power supply is in a predetermined voltage range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi Akao, Takuma Nakano, Hajime Fujita, Manabu Yamada
  • FLAVOR INHALER
    Publication number: 20230301352
    Abstract: The present invention prevents a member constituting a flavor inhaler from being broken. The flavor inhaler includes a housing, a containing unit contained in the housing and configured to contain a consumable, a tubular unit surrounding the containing unit, and a holding unit holding the tubular unit movably in an axial direction of the tubular unit or a first direction perpendicular to the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Tateki SUMII, Yasunobu INOUE, Manabu YAMADA
  • FLAVOR INHALER
    Publication number: 20230301357
    Abstract: To obtain a flavor inhaler including an accommodating portion exhibiting high workability. A flavor inhaler includes an accommodating portion that accommodates at least a part of a flavor generating article, and the accommodating portion includes a tubular portion that surrounds a circumference of the flavor generating article and an abutting portion that is formed of a member different from the tubular portion and abuts the flavor generating article accommodated in the accommodating portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Tateki SUMII, Yasunobu INOUE, Manabu YAMADA, Keisuke MORITA
  • Power supply unit for aerosol inhaler
    Patent number: 11758945
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol inhaler includes: a power supply capable of supplying power to a load capable of generating aerosol from an aerosol source; and a housing accommodating the power supply, in which the housing accommodates at least one power reception coil capable of receiving the power in a wireless manner in both a case where the housing is placed horizontally and a case where the housing is placed vertically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Tatsuta, Hajime Fujita
  • Power supply unit for aerosol inhaler
    Patent number: 11764675
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol inhaler includes: a power supply; a first DC/DC converter; a second DC/DC converter; and a circuit board. As viewed from a first direction perpendicular to a surface of the circuit board on which the first DC/DC converter and the second DC/DC converter are mounted, at least a portion of the circuit board includes: a connection portion; a first portion extending from the connection portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a second portion extending from the connection portion in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. The first DC/DC converter is mounted on the first portion, and the second DC/DC converter is mounted on the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ono, Minoru Kitahara, Shujiro Tanaka
  • Inhalation component generating device, control circuit, and control method and control program of inhalation component generating device
    Patent number: 11744291
    Abstract: An inhalation component generating device includes: a power supply; a load group including a load configured to evaporate or atomize an inhalation component source by power from the power supply; and a control circuit configured to be able to acquire a voltage value of the power supply. The control circuit performs: a process (a1) of acquiring a closed circuit voltage value of the power supply in a closed circuit state in which the power supply and the load group are electrically connected; and a process (a2) of comparing the acquired closed circuit voltage value and a first reference voltage value, and determining that the power supply is in a small residual amount state in a case where the closed circuit voltage value is smaller than or is equal to or smaller than the reference voltage value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi Akao, Manabu Yamada, Hajime Fujita
  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING FORMULATION OF COMBINATION CONSISTING OF MULTIPLE CANDIDATE SUBSTRATES OF SMELL, TASTE, OR SOMATIC SENSATION AND REPRODUCING SMELL, TASTE, OR SOMATIC SENSATION OF TARGET SUBSTANCE
    Publication number: 20230273203
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, a program, and a system for determining a formulation of a combination consisting of multiple candidate substrates of smell, taste, or somatic sensation and reproducing a smell, taste, or somatic sensation of a target substance, and a method for producing a mixture that reproduces a smell, taste, or somatic sensation of a target substance, from a combination consisting of multiple candidate substrates of smell, taste, or somatic sensation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Ippei SHIMOMURA, Yosuke MISONO
  • Filtered smoking article
    Patent number: 11737491
    Abstract: A filtered smoking article includes a smoking body, a filter including a filter member and an air-permeable paper, and having a flavor capsule arranged therein, and a tipping paper. The flavor capsule includes a capsule body, and a colored content liquid containing a flavor component. The air-permeable paper is arranged to be opposed to a region in which the colored content liquid is released when the flavor capsule is crushed, and has an air permeability of 1,000 C.U. to 30,000 C.U. The tipping paper is impermeable to the colored content liquid, and includes at least three transparent parts. Each of the transparent parts is arranged to be opposed to the region in which the colored content liquid is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Motodamari