Patents Assigned to Japan Tobacco Inc.
  • Publication number: 20240057683
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device including a plurality of boards including a first board. The power supply unit also includes a control unit configured to control supply of power to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source using the power supplied from a power supply, a resistor arranged in a path to which a current output from the power supply flows, and a measurement circuit configured to measure a state of the power supply using the resistor. The resistor and the measurement circuit are arranged on the first board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsunari AOYAMA, Hiroshi KAWANAGO, Toru NAGAHAMA, Takashi FUJIKI, Ryo YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240057679
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generating device, includes a power supply, a heater connector connected to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source by consuming power supplied from the power supply, thermistors, thermistor connectors connected to the thermistors, a first circuit board, and a second circuit board separate from the first circuit board. The heater connector is disposed on the second circuit board of the first circuit board and the second circuit board. The number of the thermistor connectors disposed on the first circuit board is larger than the number of the thermistor connectors disposed on the second circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsunari AOYAMA, Yasunobu INOUE, Hiroshi KAWANAGO, Toru NAGAHAMA, Takashi FUJIKI, Yuki MASUDA, Ryo YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240057681
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device includes a connector to which a heater for heating aerosol source is connected, a control unit for controlling supply of power to the heater and charge operation of the power supply, and a measurement circuit for measuring state of the power supply. The control unit has a first terminal for receiving information having correlation with the state of the power supply and acquires first index according to the information supplied to the first terminal. The measurement circuit has a second terminal for receiving information having correlation with the state of the power supply and generates second index according to the information supplied to the second terminal and provides the second index to the control unit. The control unit controls the charge operation of the power supply in accordance with the first index and the second index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Tatsunari AOYAMA, Hiroshi KAWANAGO, Toru NAGAHAMA, Takashi FUJIKI, Ryo YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240049772
    Abstract: Provided is a non-combustion-heating flavor inhalation article that achieves a uniform balance of each component supplied to a user from the beginning to the end of use. The non-combustion-heating flavor inhalation article includes an aerosol producing rod and a mouthpiece segment. The aerosol producing rod includes a first segment including an aerosol producing base material and a second segment including a flavor component. The mouthpiece segment includes a cooling segment and a filter segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Manabu YAMADA, Hiroshi SHIBUICHI
  • Publication number: 20240049803
    Abstract: An aerosol generating apparatus of the present disclosure comprises an operation device to detect an input operation by a user, and a heater configured to atomize an aerosol source. The apparatus unlocks a locked state of the apparatus if the input operation satisfies an operation condition determined by the user. If an action state of the apparatus is a predetermined state in which heating of the heater cannot be started, the apparatus does not unlock the locked state of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Ryo YOSHIDA, Tatsunari AOYAMA, Hiroshi KAWANAGO, Toru NAGAHAMA, Takashi FUJIKI
  • Publication number: 20240049769
    Abstract: The invention is a tobacco composition containing (A) a tobacco material and (B) a saturated fatty acid additive, wherein: the component (B) is selected from the group consisting of saturated fatty acids that have a molar mass of 200 to 350 g/mol, esters of such saturated fatty acids, and combinations thereof; and the tobacco composition contains the component (B) at 0.01 to 3 mass % per dry weight in the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Shunsuke YOKOTE, Kimitaka UCHII, Masaki ROKUGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240049768
    Abstract: Provided is a tobacco sheet for non-combustion heating type flavor inhalers, which has high bulkiness. The tobacco sheet for non-combustion heating type flavor inhalers contains a fibrous material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro KOIDE, Kimitaka UCHII, Takahiro MATSUDA, Ayaka HASHIMOTO, Manabu YAMADA, Hiroshi SHIBUICHI, Tetsuya MOTODAMARI, Toru SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20240049766
    Abstract: Provided is a tobacco sheet for a non-combustion-heating-type flavor inhaler, the tobacco sheet including a fibrous material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro KOIDE, Kimitaka UCHII, Takahiro MITSUDA, Ayaka HASHIMOTO, Daisuke NANJO, Moeka NAGAYAMA, Katsunoi MURAKOSHI, Tetsuro SHIBUYA, Yui NAKAYAMA, Shunsuke YOKOTE, Masaki ROKUGAWA, Hajime NISHINO
  • Publication number: 20240049776
    Abstract: Provided is a non-combustion heating-type tobacco which is rod shaped and comprises a tobacco rod part and a mouthpiece part. The mouthpiece part comprises a filter segment which includes a filter filter-material. The filter filter-material has a Y-shape in a circumferential direction cross-section, and is made of fibers having a single-fiber denier of 8-12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventor: Tetsuya MOTODAMARI
  • Publication number: 20240049787
    Abstract: To obtain a smoking system that provides easiness to feel reaching at an end of a chamber and easiness to expect reaching at the end of the chamber when a flavor generating article is inserted into the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Tateki SUMII, Ryo TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240049775
    Abstract: Provided is a paper filter for a flavor inhalation product, the paper filter having a rod-form filter medium and a rolled paper that rolls up the filter medium, wherein: the filter medium includes a wave-shaped paper sheet in which peaks and troughs are arranged in an alternating manner and so as to be continuous in a long-axis direction; the draw resistance in an airflow direction ranges from 0.2 mm H2O/mm to 1.0 mm H2O/mm; and the hardness in a direction perpendicular to the long axis ranges from 80.0% to 95.0%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventor: Tetsuya MOTODAMARI
  • Publication number: 20240049767
    Abstract: Provided is a tobacco sheet for a non-combustion heating-type fragrance inhaler including a tobacco material, wherein a cross-section of the tobacco sheet in the thickness direction has a wavy shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiro KOIDE, Kimitaka UCHII, Daisuke NANJO, Moeka NAGAYAMA, Katsunori MURAKOSHI, Tetsuro SHIBUYA, Yui NAKAYAMA, Shunsuke YOKOTE, Masaki ROKUGAWA, Hajime NISHINO
  • Patent number: 11901752
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device is provided. The power supply unit includes an internal power supply configured to hold power supplied to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source, a connector connectable to an external power supply, a controller configured to control power supply from the internal power supply to the heater, and a first transistor positioned on a first power supply path between the connector and a positive electrode of the internal power supply. A current from the connector is supplied to a source of the first transistor. A current from a drain of the first transistor is supplied to the positive electrode of the internal power supply. The controller controls a voltage of a gate of the first transistor to adjust power supplied from the external power supply to the internal power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventor: Takao Aradachi
  • Publication number: 20240041093
    Abstract: Provided is a tobacco-flavored liquid manufacturing method that includes processing a tobacco liquid extract using a material containing an inorganic porous body, and removing microorganisms from the tobacco liquid extract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventor: Ryosuke NAGASE
  • Publication number: 20240041106
    Abstract: An aerosol generator (3) according to the present invention is provided with: an aerosol source storage part (31) that includes a liquid first aerosol source and a first absorber for absorbing the first aerosol source, the first absorber including a tobacco material; and, an aerosol generation part (32) that includes a liquid second aerosol source and a second absorber for absorbing the second aerosol source, the second absorber including a tobacco material and contacting the first absorber. The speed at which the second absorber sucks up the first aerosol source is higher than the speed at which the first absorber sucks up the first aerosol source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Atsuya SHIRAI, Manabu TAKEUCHI, Kosuke OTA
  • Publication number: 20240041118
    Abstract: This aerosol generation system is provided with a power supply unit for supplying electric power; and a heating unit for heating a substrate containing an aerosol source. The heating unit is inserted into the substrate and comprises: an electric resistor that generates heat using electric power supplied from the power supply unit; two electric insulators sandwiching the electric resistor; and a first rigid body and a second rigid body that differ in size and that sandwich the electric resistor and the two electric insulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Manabu YAMADA, Yasunobu INOUE
  • Publication number: 20240041133
    Abstract: The present invention provides an innovative method for manufacturing a flavor inhaler cartridge and an innovative cooling unit used in a flavor inhaler cartridge. A method for manufacturing a flavor inhaler cartridge includes feeding a cooling unit sheet used as a material of a cooling unit, cutting the cooling unit sheet along a second direction perpendicular to a first direction in which a plurality of ridge portions extends and cutting the cooling unit sheet along the first direction so as to separate the cooling unit sheet at a predetermined interval in the second direction, spacing at least two cooling units adjacent in the first direction, which are generated from the cut cooling unit sheet, apart from each other in the first direction, and disposing the flavor source between the at least two cooling units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventor: Hitoshi TAMBO
  • Publication number: 20240041105
    Abstract: Provided is a coolant for heat-not-burn tobacco, which comprises a polyhydric alcohol and a porous granular base material, wherein the polyhydric alcohol is impregnated into the granular base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Masahiro CHIDA, Toshitaka UMETSU, Katsunori MURAKOSHI
  • Publication number: 20240041117
    Abstract: An aerosol generation system including: an accommodating unit into which an aerosol generation article is to be inserted; a heating unit for heating the aerosol generation article inserted into the accommodating unit; and an electric power supply unit for supplying the heating unit with electric power, wherein the heating unit includes a film-shaped electrical insulating unit having one or more cutouts and an electrical resistance unit disposed on the electrical insulating unit and producing heat with electric power supplied from the electric power supply unit, and the heating unit is disposed around the accommodating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Manabu YAMADA, Yasunobu INOUE
  • Publication number: 20240041130
    Abstract: Provided is a flavor inhaler comprising a casing, an atomizer that is housed in the casing and that generates heat, a temperature sensor that is located near the atomizer, and a wire that is electrically connected to the temperature sensor, wherein the wire extends from the temperature sensor so as to be away from the atomizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Yasunobu Inoue, Hiroki Nakaae, Manabu Yamada