Abstract: An aerosol generating device is provided. The aerosol generating device includes: a body defining a first insertion space having an upper opening; a heater holder configured to be coupled to a heater and inserted into the first insertion space and defining a second insertion space having an upper opening; and an extractor configured to be inserted into the second insertion space and defining a third insertion space having an upper opening.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of generating an aerosol, performed by an electronic device, the method including measuring a temperature of a vibrator of a cartridge connected to the electronic device, determining a property of a liquid in the cartridge based on the measured temperature, determining a control factor of the vibrator according to the determined property, and generating an aerosol by controlling the vibrator based on the control factor.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a vaporizer configured to generate aerosol from an aerosol generating material, a medium accommodating portion in which a medium through which the aerosol generated by the vaporizer passes is accommodated, a path through which the aerosol generated by the vaporizer flows, and a chamber located between the path and the medium accommodating portion, having an inner diameter greater than an inner diameter of the path, and configured to deliver the aerosol supplied from the path to the medium accommodating portion.

Abstract: A non-combustion-type aerosol generating article according to an embodiment includes a first filter segment, a medium segment disposed downstream of the first filter segment, and a second filter segment disposed downstream of the medium segment, in which the medium segment has a longitudinal hollow and is manufactured by being solidified after medium slurry is molded into a cylindrical shape.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a heater configured to heat a cigarette, a sensor unit configured to sense a parameter related to an operation of the heater, and a microcontroller unit configured to initialize the sensor unit when a heating event of the heater is initiated, attempt to communicate with the initialized sensor unit and determine whether communication with the sensor unit is normal, and when the communication with the sensor unit is determined to be abnormal, reattempt communication with the sensor unit.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a main body including a cartridge fastening area, a cartridge detachably fastened to the cartridge fastening area, and a temperature sensor positioned to face the cartridge fastening area in the main body and including an infrared sensor, wherein the cartridge includes a reservoir configured to store an aerosol generating material, a transmission member configured to receive the aerosol generating material from the reservoir, a vibrator assembly configured to atomize the aerosol generating material by vibrating the transmission member, a housing configured to accommodate the reservoir, the transmission member, and the vibrator assembly and including a sensor hole formed at a position opposite to the temperature sensor, and a lens positioned between the sensor hole and the temperature sensor.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a housing, an accommodation portion located inside the housing and comprising an accommodation space configured to accommodate at least a portion of an aerosol generating article, and a coil arranged to surround at least one region of an outer circumferential surface of the accommodation portion and configured to generate an alternating magnetic field when power is supplied thereto, wherein the coil includes a first coil having a first resistance value, and a second coil arranged to be spaced apart from the first coil in a first direction in which the accommodation portion extends and having a second resistance value different from the first resistance value.

Abstract: An operating method of a terminal includes transmitting a purchase request signal of a digital recipe to a server, receiving the digital recipe from the server, transmitting a control signal including the digital recipe to an electronic device connected to the terminal, receiving a notification of completion of smoking using the digital recipe from the electronic device, and in response to the notification of completion of smoking, updating an available use of the digital recipe.

Abstract: A charging device for an aerosol generating device including a first charging pin and a second charging pin spaced apart from the first charging pin by a first interval includes a charging station on which a plurality of charging pads is arranged to be spaced apart from each other and a controller configured to detect, among the plurality of charging pads, one charging pad to which the first charging pin is connected and another charging pad to which the second charging pin is connected, and supply power to the detected charging pads, wherein two adjacent charging pads among the plurality of charging pads are spaced apart by a second interval that is less than or equal to the first interval.

Abstract: A method of determining a temperature of a vibrator included in a cartridge, includes: when the vibrator of the cartridge is coupled to a driving circuit of the electronic device, supplying a signal to the driving circuit; determining a phase difference between a current and a voltage between both ends of the vibrator and a shunt resistor; determining a reactance component of the vibrator based on a resistance value of the shunt resistor and the phase difference; and determining a temperature of the vibrator based on the reactance component.

Abstract: Disclosed is a driving circuit of an electronic device, the driving circuit including a power supply configured to supply a signal to the driving circuit when a vibrator of a cartridge is connected to the driving circuit of the electronic device, one or more diodes configured to rectify a signal supplied to the vibrator of the cartridge, voltage dividing resistors configured to divide a voltage of the signal rectified by the one or more diodes, and a voltage measurement system configured to measure a target voltage across a first dividing resistor among the voltage dividing resistors.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a housing including an accommodation space for accommodating at least a portion of an aerosol generating article, a heater configured to heat the aerosol generating article inserted into the accommodation space, a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the heater, a battery configured to supply power to the heater, and a processor electrically connected to the heater and the battery, wherein the processor is configured to obtain at least one of data associated with an initial temperature of the heater, which is measured through the temperature sensor, and data associated with a final heating profile of the heater, and control power supply from the battery to the heater, based on the obtained data. Various embodiments may be made.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cartridge includes plasma-treating at least a portion of a region of a storage of a cartridge, applying an adhesive to the region of the storage which is plasma-treated, and sealing the storage by coupling a cover to the region of the storage to which the adhesive is applied.

Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol generating device includes a reservoir configured to store an aerosol generating material, a wick configured to receive the aerosol generating material from the reservoir, a vibrator configured to vibrate the wick to atomize the aerosol generating material, and a reinforcing member including an atomization space communicating with the wick, wherein the reinforcing member includes a first opening that communicates with the atomization space, and a pressing surface configured to press the wick while contacting a partial area of the wick.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device according to an embodiment includes a heater, a battery configured to supply power to the heater, a communication interface connected to an external device, and a controller configured to communicate with the external device only when an external input is received in a state in which a connection between the communication interface and the external device is detected.

Abstract: A tool string includes a perforating gun, a first electrical connector defining a receptacle and includes a first electrical contact positioned in the receptacle, and a sub including a sub housing including first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a central passage extending between the first end and the second end, and a bulkhead connector positionable in the central passage to form a pressure barrier along the central passage, the bulkhead connector including an outer housing defining a radially outer periphery of the bulkhead connector, and a second electrical contact positioned along the outer periphery of the bulkhead connector and configured to establish radially directed electrical contact with the first electrical contact of the first electrical connector irrespective of the angular orientation of the second electrical contact relative to the first electrical contact.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention are directed to a door securement device for securing a door to a door frame having a front door frame wall, the door having a first fastener attached thereto and the frame having a second fastener attached thereto. The door securement device can include a top wall, a first side wall extending substantially perpendicularly outwardly from the top wall, a second side wall extending substantially perpendicularly outwardly from the top wall, and substantially perpendicularly from the first side wall. The door securement device can also include a first slot defined in the first side wall and a second slot defined in the second side wall. The first and second slot portions can be sized and shaped to retain respective heads of the first and second fasteners.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an aerosol generating apparatus includes a heater for generating an aerosol by heating an aerosol generating material; and a controller for controlling electric power supplied to the heater. The controller controls a frequency of an electric power signal to be changed over time within a certain range when the frequency of the electric power signal supplied to the heater is lower than or equal to a preset frequency.

Abstract: A system for manipulating the control stick of an aircraft including: (1) a platform having an aperture, wherein the control stick is positioned within an area defined by the aperture; (2) a first sidewall secured to and extending perpendicular to the platform; (3) a second sidewall, opposing the first sidewall, secured to and extending perpendicular to the platform; (4) a first elongate member extending between the first and second sidewall, positioned on a first side of the control stick; (5) a second elongate member extending between the first sidewall and the second sidewall, positioned on a second side of the control stick, wherein the first side of the control stick opposes the second side of the control stick; (6) a first actuator configured to move the first elongate member along a first path; and (7) a second actuator configured to move the second elongate member along a second path.

Abstract: A device for evaluating integrity of an underground structure by using electromagnetic waves includes a plurality of main reinforcing bars arranged in a vertical direction in an underground structure, a plurality of measurement cables extending vertically to be adjacent to the main reinforcing bars, respectively, at least one impedance change unit which is provided on each of the measurement cables, is electrically connected to the measurement cable, and has a characteristic impedance different from a characteristic impedance of the measurement cable, and an electromagnetic wave measurement unit for detecting a change point of a characteristic impedance as a defect point of the underground structure by providing an electromagnetic wave by using, as a signal transmission line, one of the plurality of measurement cables and one of the plurality of main reinforcing bars, or one pair of measurement cables selected from the plurality of measurement cables.