Patents Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A.
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Patent number: 11918029Abstract: An apparatus (100) for crimping a band of material and a method of crimping and shaping a band of material is disclosed. The apparatus (100) comprising a crimping portion (1) comprising a first crimping roller (2) defining a first rotational axis and a second crimping roller (3) defining a second rotational axis, wherein the first and second crimping rollers are configured to allow a band of material to pass therebetween and towards an adjacent apparatus; and an adjustment portion (20) configured to adjust the position of at least one of the first and second rotational axes relative to the position of the adjacent apparatus to thereby adjust the tension in the band of material between the crimping portion and the adjacent apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Rui Nuno Batista, Pietro Davide LaPorta
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Patent number: 11918026Abstract: An aerosol generating article (10) for use with an aerosol generating device includes an aerosol forming substrate (20) an aerosol cooling element (40) and an acid. The article may optionally include one or both of a filter and a support element (30). The aerosol cooling element, the filter, if present, and the support element, if present, are downstream of the aerosol forming substrate. The acid is downstream of the aerosol forming substrate and is positioned to interact with aerosol from the aerosol forming substrate when the aerosol generating article is used with the aerosol generating device. The acid may be in or on one or more of the aerosol cooling element, the filter, and the support element. The acid may selectively remove ammonia from aerosol generated by the article during use.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2018Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventor: Gerhard Lang
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Patent number: 11919023Abstract: A mesh for an atomizer assembly is provided, including a first surface, a second surface, and a plurality of nozzles extending between the first surface and the second surface, the first surface being at least partially coated with a hydrophilic coating or the second surface being at least partially coated with a hydrophobic coating, the plurality of nozzles defining an inner surface, and the inner surface being at least partially coated with the hydrophilic coating. An atomizer assembly for an aerosol-generating device, and an aerosol-generating device comprising an atomizer assembly, are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Dara Bayat, Michel Bessant, Jerome Christian Courbat, Olivier Dubochet, Ivar Kjelberg, Philippe Niedermann, Pascal Andre Daniel Jean Pratte
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Patent number: 11918038Abstract: A shisha device comprises a cooling element (13) disposed along an airflow channel to cool an aerosol. The cooling element unit utilizes active cooling and may additionally utilize passive cooling. The cooling element may comprise a conduit (21) comprising a thermally conductive material. The cooling element may be integrally formed with an accelerating element (14) disposed along the airflow channel. Cooling may occur before or during acceleration of the aerosol by the accelerating element. The cooling may contribute to the condensation in the aerosol.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Robert Emmett, Jean-Pierre Schaller, Ana Isabel Gonzalez Florez, Jakub Bialek
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Patent number: 11915563Abstract: A vending apparatus includes an interface configured to allow a user to select a consumable for use in an aerosol generating device. A first compartment stores the selected consumable. A dispenser apparatus is configured to dispense the selected consumable from the first compartment to the user. A controller is operably coupled to the user interface and the dispenser apparatus and is configured to cause the dispenser to retrieve the selected consumable from the first compartment and to dispense the selected consumable to the user. A communication apparatus is operably coupled to the controller and is configured to receive data regarding the aerosol generating device.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Cyrille Poindron, Louis-Philippe Vancraeynest, Guido Janeke, Loic Samson
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Patent number: 11910828Abstract: An elongated aerosol-generating device to receive an aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a heater to heat the article, to penetrate an internal portion of article, and extending longitudinally with respect to the device; and an extractor to extract the article received in the device, the extractor being slidable within the device and between an operating position with the heater in contact with the article, and an extraction position with the heater separated from article, the extractor being removable from the device and including a cavity to receive the article, a first aperture defined through an end-wall of the cavity to allow the heater to penetrate the cavity when the extractor is moved between the positions, in which the extractor further defines an air-flow channel to allow air flow into the cavity, an inlet of the air-flow channel being positioned radially-outward of the first aperture.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Boris Mahler, Dani Ruscio, Olivier Greim
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Patent number: 11910839Abstract: A case for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the case including a housing; a holder to receive a portion of the device, the holder being movably couplable to the housing and movable relative to the housing between an open position configured to receive the device and a closed position configured to store the device; a holder position detector configured to detect whether the holder is in the open position or the closed position, the holder position detector including circuitry configured to determine a position of the holder relative to the housing; a power supply; an electrical connector configured to electrically connect the power supply to an aerosol-generating device received in the holder; and power supply control circuitry configured to control a supply of power from the power supply to the device received in the holder and connected to the electrical connector.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Roland Antonopoulos, Kok Hwa Liew, Franck Pourrat
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Publication number: 20240057671Abstract: A method for controlling aerosol production in an aerosol-generating device including an inductive heating arrangement and a power source to provide power, including: performing, during a first heating phase, a calibration process for defining first and second calibration values associated with respective first and second calibration temperatures of a susceptor to heat an aerosol-forming substrate; and during a second heating phase, controlling power to maintain a target operating value within the values, controlling the power to cause an increase of susceptor temperature, monitoring a value associated with current, interrupting power when the value reaches a first extremum corresponding to the second calibration value, monitoring the value until it reaches a second extremum corresponding to the first calibration value, and in response to determining that the value reached a minimum, repeating the steps, the calibration values corresponding to values associated with current measured during a first repetitionType: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2021Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Yannick BUTIN, Lucas GATTONI, Farhang MOHSENI, Milica NESOVIC, Enrico STURA
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Publication number: 20240058314Abstract: A composition including anatabine or a salt thereof is provided for treating a nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2)-regulated disorder.) A composition including anatabine or a salt thereof is also provided for prophylactic treatment of a subject requiring NRF2 activation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2022Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Julia HOENG, Carine POUSSIN, Dimitrios MESSINIS
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Patent number: 11903407Abstract: The inductively heatable tobacco product for aerosol-generation comprises an aerosol-forming substrate containing a susceptor in the form of a plurality of particles. The aerosol-forming substrate is a crimped tobacco sheet comprising tobacco material, fibers, binder, aerosol-former and the susceptor in the form of the plurality of particles.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventor: Oleg Mironov
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Patent number: 11903422Abstract: An electrically heatable aerosol-generating device for an aerosol-generating article is provided, the device including a device housing including a receiving cavity within a proximal portion of the device to receive at least a portion of the aerosol-generating article; a separating wall disposed adjacent to a distal end of the cavity, separating the cavity within the proximal portion from a distal portion of the device; at least one electrical heating device configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate within the article when the article is received in the cavity; and sensing circuitry including a field generator disposed within the distal portion adjacent to the separating wall, the sensing circuitry being configured to measure a change of at least one property of the field generator caused by a presence of an indicator arranged within the article when the article is received in the cavity. An aerosol-generating system is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Oleg Mironov, Jerome Christian Courbat, Enrico Stura
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Patent number: 11903413Abstract: A shisha consumable article (101) for use with an external assembly such as a shisha assembly is described. The shisha consumable article includes a housing (110) defining a first compartment (112) and a second compartment (114) being adjacent to the first compartment. The second compartment is adjacent to, and sealed or air impermeable from, the first compartment. A combustible heat source (120) is contained within the first compartment and an aerosol-forming substrate (130) is contained within the second compartment.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Samuel Bonnely, Angelos Kolyris, Stuart Michael Ruan Jones, John Antony Stephenson, Yaan Thomas Kinally, Michael Paton, David Cross, Didier Goedertier, Francois Ceppi
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Patent number: 11910510Abstract: The aerosol-generating article (9) comprises a casing (8) and a plurality of aerosol-generating particles (1) arranged in the casing. The aerosol-generating particles of the plurality of aerosol-generating particles comprise a core of susceptor material, which core of susceptor material is coated with aerosol-forming substrate. Also disclosed is an aerosol-forming pellet (3) and a method for forming aerosol-generating pellets. The method comprises the steps of providing a plurality of particles, filling the plurality of particles into a cavity of a predefined shape and compacting the plurality of particles in the cavity, thereby forming an aerosol-generating pellet having the shape of the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.Inventors: Noelia Rojo-Calderon, Rui Nuno Batista
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Publication number: 20240049781Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generator housing; and a piezoelectric transducer having an elliptical shape and including a first region and a second region, the second region being electrically isolated from the first region, and the piezoelectric transducer being secured to the aerosol-generator housing at a single attachment point positioned only within the first region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2021Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Sergey VERLINSKI, Mikayel PILOYAN
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Publication number: 20240049794Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided for heating an aerosol-forming substrate to generate an aerosol, the aerosol-generating device including: an electromagnetic field generator configured to generate radio-frequency (RF) electromagnetic radiation having a predetermined frequency composition; a resonant chamber including a peripheral wall configured to be substantially opaque to RF electromagnetic radiation within the resonant chamber; and a filling arranged within an interior of the resonant chamber so as to circumscribe a substrate cavity defined within the resonant chamber, the substrate cavity being configured to receive the aerosol-forming substrate, the electromagnetic field generator being coupled to the resonant chamber so as to convey the RF electromagnetic radiation generated by the electromagnetic field generator to the resonant chamber, and the filling having a relative permittivity of greater than one.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2021Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Ana Isabel GONZALEZ FLOREZ, Tahereh GHAZAANY, Mike ROBERTS
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Publication number: 20240049791Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the cartridge being engageable with and disengageable from the device, the cartridge including: a mouthpiece; a housing including a susceptor material, the housing defining a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate; and an ejector, a portion of the ejector being slideable within the cavity so as to eject the aerosol-forming substrate from the cavity. An aerosol-generating system including an aerosol-generating device and the cartridge is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2021Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Rui Nuno Rodrigues Alves BATISTA, Valerio OLIANA, Alexandra SEREDA, Gianluca BONGIOVANNI, Bekele Alemu BEDASSO
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Publication number: 20240049790Abstract: A cartridge for a stick-shaped aerosol-generating article is provided, the article being for an inductively heating aerosol-generating device, the cartridge including: a vaporization chamber at a distal end portion of the cartridge to vaporize aerosol-forming liquid therein; a reservoir chamber proximal the vaporization chamber to store aerosol-forming liquid; a septum forming a common wall member of the chambers; a liquid-conveying susceptor arrangement to convey aerosol-forming liquid from the reservoir chamber into the vaporization chamber and to be inductively heated to vaporize aerosol-forming liquid within the vaporization chamber; and a vapor-conveying conduit providing a fluid communication for vaporized aerosol-forming liquid from the vaporization chamber to a region proximal the reservoir chamber, the septum including a through hole, which the vapor-conveying conduit passes through or is supported in at a distal end portion, and including a filling hole for filling aerosol-forming liquid into the reType: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2021Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Oleg FURSA, Fabien ZUCHUAT, Vladimir KISELEV, Antoine TORBEY MEOUCHI, Timothy GOODENOUGH
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Publication number: 20240049795Abstract: An aerosol-generating device for generating an aerosol from an aerosol-forming substrate is provided, the aerosol-generating device including: a cavity having an opening configured to receive the aerosol-forming substrate, the cavity being defined by side walls extending away from the opening; a cavity base configured to support the aerosol-forming substrate, or an aerosol-generating article including the aerosol-forming substrate, when received in the cavity, the cavity base being arranged to be longitudinally movable within the side walls defining the cavity; a push rod configured to move the cavity base, the push rod protruding from a body of the aerosol-generating device when the aerosol-forming substrate, or the aerosol-generating article including the aerosol-forming substrate, is positioned within the cavity; and at least one induction coil located external to the cavity and arranged to generate a fluctuating magnetic field.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2021Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Rui Nuno Rodrigues Alves BATISTA, Valerio OLIANA, Alexandra SEREDA, Gianluca BONGIOVANNI, Bekele Alemu BEDASSO
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Publication number: 20240054042Abstract: A system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating device and/or a charging device associated with an aerosol-generating device; a near-field communication module including a nonvolatile memory; and a controller configured to receive an indication of an error occurrence and to update an error data log stored in the nonvolatile memory by storing an error data entry associated with the error occurrence to the error data log, the error data entry being configured to be read by an external device even when the aerosol-generating device and/or the charging device including the near-field communication module is not powered. A method for maintaining error data on an aerosol-generating device and/or a charging device associated with an aerosol-generating device is also provided. A method for recovery of error data from an aerosol-generating device and/or a charging device associated with an aerosol-generating device is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2022Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Eric MARIACHER, Maxime CHATEAU
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Patent number: 11896048Abstract: A filter part (1) for use in an aerosol generating article and a method of manufacturing the filter part (1). The filter part (1) includes an aerosol permeable core (11) surrounded by a sleeve (12). The sleeve (12) is formed of linear, axially oriented fibres and the core (11) is formed of expanded, randomly oriented fibres. The method includes forming two or more strips (2a, 2b) into segments surrounding a conveying path, bringing the segments together into a sleeve former (7) to form the sleeve (12) and introducing loose fibres (52) between the segments upstream of the sleeve former (7) such that they are drawn therein in a random orientation and compressed between the segments as they are brought together to form a filter rod (8) with an aerosol permeable core (11) within the sleeve (12). The filter rod (8) is then cut to form the filter part (1).Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Rui Nuno Batista, Eva Ferrari, Yves Jordil, Poh Yoke Tritz