Patents Assigned to Philips Morris Products S.A.
  • Patent number: 11910839
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Roland Antonopoulos, Kok Hwa Liew, Franck Pourrat
  • Publication number: 20240057671
    Abstract: 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 repetition
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Yannick BUTIN, Lucas GATTONI, Farhang MOHSENI, Milica NESOVIC, Enrico STURA
  • Publication number: 20240058314
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Julia HOENG, Carine POUSSIN, Dimitrios MESSINIS
  • Patent number: 11903407
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventor: Oleg Mironov
  • Patent number: 11903422
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Oleg Mironov, Jerome Christian Courbat, Enrico Stura
  • Patent number: 11903413
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 11910510
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
    Inventors: Noelia Rojo-Calderon, Rui Nuno Batista
  • Publication number: 20240049781
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Sergey VERLINSKI, Mikayel PILOYAN
  • Publication number: 20240049794
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Ana Isabel GONZALEZ FLOREZ, Tahereh GHAZAANY, Mike ROBERTS
  • Publication number: 20240049791
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Rui Nuno Rodrigues Alves BATISTA, Valerio OLIANA, Alexandra SEREDA, Gianluca BONGIOVANNI, Bekele Alemu BEDASSO
  • Publication number: 20240049790
    Abstract: 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 re
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Oleg FURSA, Fabien ZUCHUAT, Vladimir KISELEV, Antoine TORBEY MEOUCHI, Timothy GOODENOUGH
  • Publication number: 20240049795
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Rui Nuno Rodrigues Alves BATISTA, Valerio OLIANA, Alexandra SEREDA, Gianluca BONGIOVANNI, Bekele Alemu BEDASSO
  • Publication number: 20240054042
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Eric MARIACHER, Maxime CHATEAU
  • Patent number: 11896048
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Rui Nuno Batista, Eva Ferrari, Yves Jordil, Poh Yoke Tritz
  • Patent number: 11896058
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating system, and aerosol-generating device, and a charging case for an aerosol-generating device are provided. The system includes an aerosol-generating device; an ambient air quality sensor; and a controller. The device includes a housing having a chamber to receive an aerosol-forming substrate; and a heating assembly to heat the substrate when the substrate is received in the chamber. The ambient air quality sensor is arranged to sense a property of the ambient air in the vicinity of the system and the controller is connected to the ambient air quality sensor and is configured to receive ambient air quality readings from the ambient air quality sensor and to output an ambient air quality signal based on one or more of the readings of the ambient air quality sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Michel Bessant, Filip Tack
  • Patent number: 11896059
    Abstract: A method of controlling heating in an aerosol-generating system including a heater is provided, the method including: a first control step in which a predetermined power is provided to the heater and a resistance of the heater is determined, the determined resistance being indicative of a temperature of the heater; monitoring for a predetermined condition, and upon detection of the predetermined condition, recording a resistance of the heater; determining a target resistance corresponding to a target temperature of the heater based on the recorded resistance; and a second control step in which the predetermined power provided to the heater is controllably adapted to drive the resistance of the heater towards the target resistance such that the heater is driven towards the target temperature corresponding to the target resistance. An aerosol-generating system and a controller for an aerosol-generating system are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventor: Stephane Bilat
  • Patent number: 11896062
    Abstract: An electrically operated aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating article including at least one component incorporating a taggant within a material of the component, the taggant including an identifiable spectroscopic signature; a cavity configured to at least partially receive the aerosol-generating article; at least one heating element; a power supply configured to supply power to the at least one heating element; electrical hardware connected to the power supply and the at least one heating element; and a detector configured to detect a presence of the aerosol-generating article in the cavity and to distinguish the aerosol-generating article from other articles configured for use with the aerosol-generating system, based on the taggant incorporated within the material of the aerosol-generating article, in which the electrical hardware is configured to establish a heating protocol for the heating element based on the particular aerosol-generating article distinguished by the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Felix Fernando, Dominique Bernauer
  • Patent number: 11897670
    Abstract: A container (1) for consumer goods, the container comprises an outer sleeve (20) and inner box (10) disposed within the outer sleeve (20), and configured to be slidable with respect to the outer sleeve (20) between: a first position, in which the interior of the inner box (10) cannot be accessed by a user; and a second position, in which the interior of the inner box (10) can be accessed by a user. The container (1) having a locking mechanism for preventing the inner box (10) from sliding from the first position to the second position, when the inner box (10) is in the first position in the outer sleeve (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Onur Dayioglu, Julie Polier, Luiz Andre Rodrigues, Digvijay Singh
  • Patent number: 11896047
    Abstract: A sheet is provided, including a fibrous material, one or more nicotine salts, and a binder, at least about 20% by weight of the one or more nicotine salts being monoprotic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Corinne Deforel, Judith Waller, Gerard Zuber
  • Patent number: D1014244
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventor: Paul Silcox