Abstract: A method for charging a rechargeable battery of a device, such as an electronic cigarette, involves acquiring historical data relating to the rechargeable battery from a memory unit in the device, wherein the historical data relate to at least one previous charging operation. The method involves measuring one or more parameters related to the charging of the rechargeable battery during a charging period in which a charging voltage is applied and determining a state of health of the rechargeable battery based on the one or more measured parameters and the historical data. An action is then performed on the device based on the determined state of health.

Abstract: A heating assembly for a vapour generating device includes: a heating chamber arranged to hold an aerosol generating medium; a heater arranged, in use, to provide heating to the heating chamber; and an ejector arranged to controllably eject, in use, the aerosol generating medium from the heating chamber. A vapour generating device includes the heating assembly; and a vapour passage to carry vapour generated in the heating chamber from the heating chamber to an air outlet, wherein at least a portion of the vapour passage is formed by the ejector.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mouthpiece portion for an electronic cigarette, the mouthpiece portion comprising a liquid store having a housing and being configured to store a liquid to be vaporized; a main vapor channel extending through the liquid store, between a vaporization chamber and a vapor outlet opening; a mouthpiece comprising a vapor inlet and a vapor outlet; wherein the mouthpiece portion is configured to provide a relative rotatable movement between the mouthpiece and the housing of the liquid store, between a first position and a second position; and wherein the mouthpiece portion is configured to be open and only dispense vapor through the mouthpiece vapor outlet when the mouthpiece portion is in the first position, in which the vapor outlet opening of the main vapor channel is aligned with the vapor inlet of the mouthpiece.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device including: a housing having a mouth end and an opposing end, the opposing end having a vent hole; a battery within the housing, the battery having a vent point in an outer surface of the battery, the vent point arranged such that fluid is released preferentially from the vent point during degassing of the battery; and a fluid directing arrangement within the housing. The fluid directing arrangement is configured to define a fluid flow path from the vent point of the battery to the vent hole of the housing.

Abstract: A mouthpiece portion of an electronic cigarette includes a cartridge comprising a liquid store having a housing configured to store a liquid to be vaporized, the cartridge comprising a main vapor channel extending therethrough, between an air inlet opening through a vaporization chamber and to a vapor outlet opening; a mouthpiece connectable to a main body of the electronic cigarette, the mouthpiece comprising a vapor channel for receiving vapor from the main vapor channel of the cartridge. The cartridge is axially displaceable by a consumer with respect to the mouthpiece in the axial direction A thereof and movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position both the air inlet opening and the vapor outlet opening of the cartridge are open, and in the second position both the air inlet opening and the vapor outlet opening of the cartridge are closed.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a planar heating element including a mesh of electrically conductive fibres, a heating rod in contact with a central portion of the planar heating element to provide a central region of high current density, thereby providing a temperature gradient across the planar heating element during use, a liquid store, and a liquid transport element arranged between the liquid store and the planar heating element and configured to transport liquid from the liquid store to the planar heating element under capillary action during use, wherein the liquid transport element is arranged in contact with an edge portion of the mesh.

Abstract: A liquid detecting system for an electronic cigarette includes a light source; a light detector; a liquid store including an internal cavity for holding liquid; and a light guide optically coupled to the light source and detector such that light emitted from the source propagates towards the detector along an optical path including an internal reflection within the light guide at a boundary with the cavity, such that light received by the detector along the optical path varies depending on contents of the cavity. Also provided are a liquid cartridge and an electronic cigarette including the system, a method for determining contents of the liquid cartridge and a computer readable medium including executable instructions which, upon execution by a device, cause the method to be performed.

Abstract: The present invention includes an aerosol generating device comprising a main body configured to receive an aerosol generating article. The main body includes an outer casing having an inner surface and an outer surface; an inner casing having an inner surface and an outer surface; an inner cover having an inner surface and an outer surface; an outer cover having an inner surface and an outer surface, the outer cover being positioned over the inner cover, a periphery of the outer cover contacting a periphery of the outer casing wherein the inner surfaces of the outer casing and the outer cover entirely cover the outer surfaces of the inner casing and the inner cover and wherein the outer casing forms a single piece.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a smoking article (1) comprising an information code (101). More specifically, a smoking article for use in an aerosol generation device (2), comprises a machine-readable pattern (101) representing coded data on a surface area (102) of a layer comprised by the smoking article, wherein the pattern is formed by a plurality of recesses in and/or protrusions from the surface area, or perforations of the layer in the surface area.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette system including a liquid capsule having a reservoir for holding vaporizable material, a holder-facing surface, a vapor pipe with an vapor inlet at the holder-facing surface, an inhalation opening, a liquid exit port arranged at the holder-facing surface, and a capsule holder for removably receiving the liquid capsule. The capsule holder including a capsule accommodating opening, a heating device, and a mesh for being soaked with the vaporizable material. When the liquid capsule and the capsule holder are interconnected to each other, a fluid chamber is formed between an outer surface the capsule accommodating opening and the holder-facing surface and when the liquid capsule and the capsule holder are interconnected to each other, a fluidic connection path is formed from the reservoir to the fluid chamber via the liquid exit port, to reach the inhalation opening.

Abstract: The present disclosure concerns an aerosol generation device comprising a wicking element, a heating assembly configured to heat the wicking element, a removable capsule configured to contain a vaporizable material and having an aperture through which the vaporizable material can flow. The device comprises a valve arranged on the removable capsule, the valve having a closed position in which the aperture is closed to retain the vaporizable material in the removable capsule and an open position in which the aperture is open to release the vaporizable material from the removable capsule toward the wicking element. The heating assembly is configured to operate a drying cycle of the wicking element upon detection of a valve position by a valve detector.

Abstract: An aerosol generation system comprises a consumable (100) comprising a vaporizable material, a heating device comprising a heating receptacle (200) for receiving, in use, the consumable and comprising a heating element (204). At least one intermediate element (500) is positioned between the consumable and the heating element for absorbing vaporizable material and for acting as a heatshield between the heating and the consumable.

Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a vaporizer element (1) for an aerosol generating device including a structure (3) defining a chamber (5) configured for removably receiving at least a portion of a consumable therein, the consumable being removable from the structure and containing at least one vaporizable material. The structure comprises at least one wick structure (7) for receiving the at least one vaporizable material, the at least one wick structure extending along at least an inner portion of the structure to define at least a portion of the chamber. The vaporizer element includes first and second heating means (37, 39) comprising a braided conductor heating element or a meshed structure, the wick structure extending fully or partially therebetween.

Abstract: A consumable article for an aerosol generating device includes at least two capsules configured to contain a vaporizable material and each containing a heating element for aerosolising the vaporizable material through an electric actuation of the heating element, wherein the article includes a positive pole bus and a negative pole bus, wherein each heating element is individually connected to the positive pole bus and to the negative pole bus through a positive contact and a negative contact of the heating element, wherein the relative position of the positive and negative contacts of the heating element with respect to the positive pole bus and negative pole bus allows to set the temperature of the heating element in use.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device (001) comprises a conically shaped heating element (300) configured to generate aerosol by evaporating a vaporizable material (200) on a convex slanted surface, and a heat source (320) configured to be positioned inside the conically shaped heating element, and configured to provide a heat gradient when in use along the convex slanted surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a heater (10) for an aerosol generation device, which is intended to connect with a consumable article (20) of e-liquid. The heater comprises a plurality of elongated heating elements (12) configured to engage with corresponding grooves (22) arranged on a surface of a shell (21) of the consumable article at a time of connecting. The present disclosure also concerns a consumable article for an aerosol generation device, which is intended to connect with the heater. The consumable article is configured to contain an e-liquid and has a shell comprising grooves arranged on the surface of the configured to engage with corresponding elongated heating elements arranged on the heater at a time of connecting. The disclosure also concerns a system (30) comprising the heater and the consumable article.

Abstract: An aerosol generating system includes a frusto-conically shaped heating element configured to generate aerosol by evaporating a vaporizable material on a convex slanted surface, and a capsule configured to contain vaporizable material, the capsule including a frusto-conically shaped cavity with a concave slanted surface configured to mate with the heating element. The system further includes a layer of a wick, a mesh or another type of porous element having a thickness configured to fill at least a part of a gap between the convex and concave surfaces when the heating element is mated with the cavity. A diameter of the top surface of the heating element is configured to be smaller than a diameter of the bottom surface of the cavity such that the gap between the convex and concave surfaces corresponds to the thickness of the porous element when the top surface is in contact with the bottom surface.

Abstract: A vaporizable material capsule includes a container wall having a volume for holding the vaporizable material, the container wall having a first opening, a movable element that is slidably attached to the container wall, the movable element having a second opening, wherein the movable element is configured to slide relative to the container wall such that in an open position, a location of the second opening at least partially matches with a position of the first opening, to form a fluidic passage for the vaporizable material via the first and second openings, and in a closed position, the location of the second opening does not match a location with the first opening to close the fluidic passage for the vaporizable material.

Abstract: An aerosol generating system comprises a conically shaped heating element (101) configured to generate an aerosol by evaporating a vaporizable material on a slanted surface (104), and a vaporizable material capsule (102) configured to contain a vaporizable material (103), whereby the vaporizable material capsule comprises a conically shaped contacting element having a slanted surface (105) configured to mate with the conically shaped heating element in use.

Abstract: A heating element (1) for an aerosol generating device, the heating element comprising a heating body (10) extending from a first end (10a) to a second end (10b) and provided with at least first and second electric contact parts (12, 13) wherein the eating body (10) is plate-shaped and comprises an opening (11) forming a substantially central airflow passage in the plate-shaped body (10); wherein the heating element is configured to provide a heating gradient between an outer periphery of the plate-shaped body (10) and the opening (11) therein; wherein the heating element further comprises a mesh material (14) on at least one side of the plate-shaped body (10). A thickness of the plate-shaped body measured in a transversal cross-section thereof perpendicular to sides of the plate-shaped body is variable from the outer periphery of the plate to the opening, and gradually diminishes between the outer periphery and the opening.