Patents Assigned to G+ (S.A.R.L.)
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Patent number: 12266488Abstract: A switchgear apparatus configured for operation at voltages up to 72.5 kV includes a vacuum interrupter assembly having a fixed contact and a movable contact configured to move relative to the fixed contact between a closed position in which the movable contact is in contact with the fixed contact and an open position in which the movable contact is spaced from the fixed contact. The switchgear apparatus also includes an electromagnetic actuator configured to move the movable contact between the open position and the closed position, a manual trip assembly movable from an initial position to an actuated position to move the movable contact from the closed position to the open position, and a mechanical interlock assembly configured to prevent the movable contact from moving from the open position to the closed position when the manual trip assembly is in the actuated position.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: G & W ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Arturas Dauksas, Alexander Kiefer, Janet Ache, Blair S. Kerr
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Patent number: 12266490Abstract: A switchgear apparatus includes a vacuum interrupter assembly having a movable contact and a stationary contact, a main housing surrounding the vacuum interrupter assembly, and a first terminal electrically coupled to one of the movable contact and the stationary contact, the first terminal extending from the main housing along a first axis. The switchgear apparatus also includes a second terminal electrically coupled to the other of the movable contact and the stationary contact, the second terminal extending from the main housing along a second axis, and a mounting head couplable to the main housing in a plurality of orientations about the first axis.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: G & W ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Arturas Dauksas, Vincent Marec, Janet Ache, Blair S. Kerr
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Patent number: 12262739Abstract: An aerosol-generating system includes a cigarette and an aerosol-generating apparatus. The cigarette includes a medium part including a tobacco material, a flavor unit including a flavoring material and a moisturizer, and a wrapper configured to wrap the medium part and the flavor unit. The aerosol-generating apparatus includes a first heater arranged on a portion corresponding to the medium part and configured to directly heat the medium part and indirectly heat the flavor unit by using heat transmitted through the wrapper, and a processor configured to control the first heater to make the aerosol-generating apparatus operate in a smoke-free mode in which no visible smoke is generated.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Sun Hwan Jung, Sung Hoon Ha, Chan Min Kwon
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Patent number: 12262734Abstract: An aerosol generating article and an aerosol generating system, which include a composite heat source, are provided. An aerosol generating article includes: a first portion including a composite heat source; a second portion adjacent to the first portion and including at least one of an aerosol generating material and a tobacco material; a third portion including a cooling material; and a fourth portion including a filter material, wherein the first portion, the second portion, the third portion, and the fourth portion are sequentially arranged along a longitudinal direction of the aerosol generating article.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Eun Mi Jeoung, Sung Jong Ki, Young Joong Kim, In Su Park, John Tae Lee, Sun Hwan Jung
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Patent number: 12262733Abstract: Provided herein is a smoking article from which sound is generated. The smoking article according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a filter portion and a smoking material portion, and a sound-generating material including a carbohydrate material may be added to the smoking material portion. The sound-generating material may generate sound as the material burns, and the sound may further provide an auditory effect during smoking. In this way, an improved smoking experience may be provided to the smoker.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Min Hee Hwang, Soo Ho Kim, Chang Jin Park, Won Ho Kim, Jong Yeol Kim, Han Joo Chung, Yong Sook Jin
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Publication number: 20250106378Abstract: To provide an additional image to a user, an electronic device receives data on a smoking event from an external device, generates image data including at least one graphic object corresponding to the smoking event based on data on the received smoking event, and provides an additional image to a user by outputting the image data on a display, wherein the additional image and a real scene corresponding to a field of view of the user are simultaneously observed by the user through the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2023Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Wonkyeong LEE, Min Kyu KIM, Paul Joon SUNWOO
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Publication number: 20250098769Abstract: The aerosol generating device may include a heating structure configured to generate heat by surface plasmon resonance, and a concentrator configured to focus light on the heating structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2023Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Wonkyeong LEE, Min Kyu KIM, Pau Joon SUNWOO
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Publication number: 20250098740Abstract: The aerosol generating device includes a housing, a mouth side end, at least one cartridge configured to store an aerosol forming substrate, and an aerosol generator connected to the cartridge and configured to generate an aerosol, wherein the aerosol generator includes a substrate including a plate shape, at least one transducer disposed on the substrate, and an atomization region on a surface of the substrate, in which an aerosol is generated, wherein the substrate is disposed in the housing to form an acute angle with respect to a central axis that is parallel to a longitudinal direction of the housing, and the transducer is configured to convert an electrical signal into a surface acoustic wave (SAW), and the SAW is transferred to the atomization region through the substrate to aerosolize the aerosol forming substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2023Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Chul Ho JANG, Gyoung Min GO, Jangwon SEO, Jin Chul JUNG
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Publication number: 20250098789Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is disclosed. The aerosol-generating device of the disclosure includes a heater configured to heat an aerosol-generating substance, a resistive element, a memory configured to store data on the resistance of the heater, and a controller. The controller calculates the resistance of the resistive element, and determines a resistance corresponding to the calculated resistance of the resistive element to be the resistance of the heater based on the data stored in the memory. The resistance of the resistive element exceeds the resistance of the heater.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2022Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventor: Sangkyu PARK
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Publication number: 20250098733Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a flavored sheet, a filter for an aerosol generating article, and a wrapper including a cooling block, and an aerosol generating article including the same, and the cooling block includes a cooling agent A, a cooling agent B, and a cooling agent C in a specific combination.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2023Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: In Beom SONG, Ji Seob WOO, Kyung Bin JUNG, Ick Joong KIM, Geon Chang LEE, Ho Rim SONG, Changgook LEE
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Publication number: 20250098764Abstract: An aerosol generating device is provided. The aerosol generating device includes: a pipe having an elongated shape defining an insertion space, wherein the pipe comprises a bottom portion positioned relative to a lower portion of the insertion space; and a heater configured to heat the insertion space, wherein the bottom portion is recessed downward relative to the insertion space.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2023Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Hwikyeong AN, Daenam HAN
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Publication number: 20250098782Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is disclosed. The aerosol-generating device of the disclosure includes a battery, a temperature sensor configured to provide an output corresponding to the temperature of the battery, a voltage conversion circuit configured to convert a first voltage output from the battery, a heater configured to heat an aerosol-generating substance based on a second voltage output from the voltage conversion circuit, and a controller configured to determine the temperature of the battery using the temperature sensor. The controller adjusts the level of the second voltage based on the temperature of the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2023Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Sangkyu PARK, Hanseul RYU, Hwikyeong AN, Jaemin LEE, Daenam HAN
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Publication number: 20250098777Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating device which determines a type of a liquid included in a cartridge, transmits a signal identifying the type of the liquid to a terminal, receives a control signal including information about the liquid from the terminal, controls an operation of the electronic device based on the control signal, and transmits an inhalation completion notification to the terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2023Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Jang Won SEO, Gyung Min GO, Chul Ho JANG, Jin Chul JUNG
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Publication number: 20250098785Abstract: An aerosol generating device and a system including the same are provided. The aerosol generating device includes: a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating substance; a communication interface to perform communication with an external device; and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to: in a state where a communication link is established with the external device through the communication interface, check whether authentication for a user is completed; based on the authentication not being completed, restrict use of at least one function including a heating function that supplies power to the heater; and based on the authentication being completed, release a restriction on the use of the at least one function.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2022Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Yonghwan KIM, Dongsung KIM, Hunil LIM, Seoksu JANG
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Publication number: 20250098768Abstract: Disclosed is an aerosol generating system including a cigarette and an aerosol generating device. The cigarette includes a first substrate section and a second substrate section which include a non-tobacco material sheet containing an aerosol generating material, and the aerosol generating device includes a single heater disposed so that a heating area of the first substrate section is different from a heating area of the second substrate section.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Sung Jong KI, Young Joong KIM, In Su PARK, John Tae LEE, Sun Hwan JUNG, Eun Mi JEOUNG
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Publication number: 20250098748Abstract: One or more embodiments relate to an aerosol generating device including a main body, a separation member detachably coupled to the main body, an accommodation hole penetrating the separation member and configured to accommodate an external device electrically connected to the aerosol generating device, and a separation guide hole connected to the accommodation hole and extending in a direction different from a direction in which the accommodation hole extends so that a separation tool for separating the separation member from the main body is inserted into the separation guide hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2023Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Dong Sung KIM, Hun II LIM, Young Bum KWON, Yong Hwan KIM
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Publication number: 20250098744Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a main body including a semi-exterior portion having an accommodation space into which a cigarette is inserted, a cartridge detachably coupled to the semi-exterior portion, an antenna arranged on a surface of the semi-exterior portion to face a surface of the cartridge, a sensor configured to sense a capacitance of the antenna, and a controller electrically connected to the sensor. The controller is configured to determine, based on the capacitance, a residual quantity of an aerosol generating material in the cartridge and whether or not the cartridge is detached.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2023Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Ju Eon PARK, Tae Hun KIM, Sung Wook YOON, Hyung Jin JUNG, Jung Ho HAN
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Publication number: 20250098736Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cigarette filter including lyocell tow including a bundle of lyocell fibers, a moisturizer, and a binder, a smoking article including the cigarette filter, and a method of producing the cigarette filter.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2023Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicants: KT & G CORPORATION, KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Kyengbae MA, Ki Jin AHN, Jin YANG, Bong Su CHEONG, Sunghoon HA, Seung Dong SEO, Jeong Hun LEE, Jong Cheol JEONG, Sang Woo JIN, Yeong Nam HWANG
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Publication number: 20250089768Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a heater, a printed circuit board (PCB), an electrical line configured to connect the heater and the PCB, and a thermal insulator. The thermal insulator includes a thermally insulating housing, a flange protruding from a second surface of the thermally insulating housing, a passage through which the electrical line passes, wherein the passage is defined in the flange, a first seal surrounding the flange, and a second seal overlapping the first seal and the electrical line.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2023Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Dong Sung KIM, Yong Hwan KIM, Youngbum KWON, Hunil LIM
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Publication number: 20250089800Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a housing including an accommodation space, a cartridge detachably coupled to the accommodation space of the housing, and including a storage, in which an aerosol generating material is stored, and an atomizer configured to vaporize the aerosol generating material, a sensor arranged in a portion adjacent to the accommodation space of the housing and configured to detect capacitance of the storage, a cover arranged between the cartridge and the sensor and configured to protect the sensor, and a processor electrically connected to the sensor, wherein the processor is configured to detect a remaining amount of the aerosol generating material stored in the storage, based on the capacitance of the storage detected by the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2023Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Tae Hun KIM, Ju Eon PARK, Sung Wook YOON, Hyung Jin JUNG, Jung Ho HAN