Patents by Inventor Javier BALLESTEROS
Javier BALLESTEROS has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240090565Abstract: An article (and a method of manufacturing an article) for use with a non-combustible aerosol provision system is described. The article may comprise a rod of aerosol generating material and a hollow tube in axial alignment with the rod of aerosol generating material. The hollow tube may have a weight less than 8.5 mg/mm in an axial direction. The hollow tube may comprise a plurality of layers of a sheet material. The hollow tube may be provided adjacent to and in abutment with the rod of aerosol generating material, wherein the hollow tube has a length in an axial direction of 5 mm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2021Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Pablo Javier BALLESTEROS GOMEZ, Ninizam BIN MAJININ, Divya KUMARAN A/L SIVARETNAM, Andrei GRISHCHENKO, James FORSHAW, Mark AUSTIN
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Publication number: 20240041092Abstract: The invention relates to an aerosol generating material comprising cut tobacco material and cut plant material, the cut plant material having an average particle size of at least about 0.25 mm. The invention further relates to non-combustible aerosol provision systems and consumables comprising the aerosol generating material, as well as to methods for preparing the aerosol generating material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Pablo Javier BALLESTEROS GOMEZ, Brandhika RIKO VINERSIANO, Bayu YODHANA PUTRA, Mohammad NOVAN HIDAYAT, Tanti KARTIKA DEWI
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Publication number: 20230225420Abstract: An aerosol generating device for generating aerosol from an aerosol generating material is disclosed. The aerosol generating device includes a first heating unit and a second heating unit both arranged to heat, but not burn, an aerosol generating material in use. A controller is arranged to control the first and second heating units wherein during the course of a session the controller is arranged to set the first heating unit: (i) a target operating temperature T1 during a time period t1-t2; (ii) a target operating temperature T2 during a time period t2-t3; (iii) a target operating temperature T3 during a time period t3-t6; and (iv) a target operating temperature T4 during a time period t6-t7; wherein temperature T1>T2>T3>T4 and time t0<t1<t2<t3<t4<t5<t6<t7.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Benjamin Zainuddin, Sylwia Kuzmicka, Divya Kumaran Sivaretnam, Pablo Javier Ballesteros Gomez
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Patent number: 11528933Abstract: In one aspect an aerosol-generating device comprising a smoking article and a heat source is described. The smoking article includes a smokable material and a cooling agent, the smokable material including a tobacco component. The heat source is disposed to heat, but not burn the smokable material in use. The cooling agent comprises a compound or a combination of compounds according to either of the following formulae, racemates, enantiomers and salts thereof (I, II).Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: NICO VENTURES TRADING LIMITEDInventors: Pablo Javier Ballesteros Gomez, Jeremy Phillips, Mark Forster, Hans-Josef Chadjim
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Publication number: 20220001120Abstract: Provided herein is a method of generating aerosol from an aerosol-generating substrate using an aerosol-generating device with at least one heat source disposed to heat, but not burn, the aerosol-generating substrate in use. The aerosol-generating substrate has first and second portions having substantially the same composition, and/or has first and second portions and there is no physical separation between the portions. The method includes heating the aerosol-generating substrate in the aerosol-generating device, so that a temperature profile of the first portion of the aerosol-generating substrate during heating is different from a temperature profile of the second portion of the aerosol-generating substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Pablo Javier BALLESTEROS GOMEZ, Jeremy PHILIPS
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Patent number: 11141548Abstract: Provided herein is a method of generating aerosol from an aerosol-generating substrate using an aerosol-generating device with at least one heat source disposed to heat, but not burn, the aerosol-generating substrate in use. The aerosol-generating substrate has first and second portions having substantially the same composition, and/or has first and second portions and there is no physical separation between the portions. The method includes heating the aerosol-generating substrate in the aerosol-generating device, so that a temperature profile of the first portion of the aerosol-generating substrate during heating is different from a temperature profile of the second portion of the aerosol-generating substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2017Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITEDInventors: Pablo Javier Ballesteros Gomez, Jeremy Phillips
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Publication number: 20210267268Abstract: An aerosol generating component for a tobacco heating device includes an aerosol generating material, a mouthpiece downstream of the aerosol generating material, a first wrapper comprising a first sheet material and surrounding at least a portion of the aerosol generating material and a second wrapper comprising a second sheet material and surrounding at least a portion of the mouthpiece. The thermal conductivity of the first sheet material is higher than the thermal conductivity of the second sheet material. There is also described a mouthpiece for an aerosol generating component for a tobacco heating device, the mouthpiece comprising one or more wrappers wherein at least one of the one or more wrappers comprises a sheet material having a density in the range 0.2 g/cm3 to 0.45 g/cm3.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Richard Hepworth, Pablo Javier Ballesteros Gomez, Peter James Branton
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Publication number: 20210219601Abstract: A filter for an aerosol generating device is disclosed. The filter contains a breakable capsule and the breakable capsule includes an aerosol modifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Will England, Pablo Javier Ballesteros Gomez, Thomas Woodman, Jeremy Phillips, Richard Hepworth
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Publication number: 20210100283Abstract: Described herein is an aerosol generating assembly including a heater and an aerosolizable material, wherein the heater is arranged to heat the aerosolizable material in use, wherein the aerosolizable material includes at least two sections having different compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2018Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventors: Pablo Javier BALLESTEROS GOMEZ, Jeremy PHILLIPS
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Publication number: 20210093001Abstract: There is provided an apparatus arranged to heat aerosol-generating material to volatilize at least one component of the aerosol-generating material. The apparatus includes a housing including a first opening and a chamber including a first section and a second section. A first consumable article including aerosol-generating material can be inserted through the first opening to be received within the first section of the chamber in use. The apparatus further includes a heater arrangement within the housing for heating the aerosol-generating material received within the first section of the chamber in use to generate a flow of aerosol. The second section of the chamber is upstream of the first section of the chamber and is configured to receive a second consumable article comprising a flavorant.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2019Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Jeremy PHILLIPS, Pablo Javier BALLESTEROS GOMEZ
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Patent number: 10864931Abstract: This system includes a ground ATC and an on board ATC, which is switched from an “active” mode toward a “standby” mode and vice versa by a wake-up unit. In the “standby” mode, only the following components remain powered: odometry device; a main computer; a radio communication device between the on board ATC and the ground ATC; the wake-up unit. The main computer is programmed so as, in the “standby” mode, to verify that the movement of the train measured by the odometry device from the switching from the “active” mode to the “standby” mode is zero and, in the affirmative, to send the ground ATC an instantaneous position of the train using the radio communication device.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIESInventors: Andy Prestail, Javier Ballesteros
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Publication number: 20200079333Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for optimizing electric energy consumption of a plurality of vehicles connected to a same electric energy supply section. The method includes a step for determining (110) a preferred driving profile of a vehicle based on a current position of the vehicle and a destination of the vehicle, each preferred driving profile including a plurality of timeslots and for each timeslot, a desired traction value and/or a desired braking value. The method further includes steps for sending (120) of the preferred driving profile to an ATS system, acquisition (130) by an ATO system of the vehicle of an optimized driving profile generated by the ATS system, and application (140) of the optimized driving profile to the driving of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Javier BALLESTEROS, Felipe PAIVA
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Publication number: 20190380379Abstract: In one aspect an aerosol-generating device comprising a smoking article and a heat source is described. The smoking article includes a smokable material and a cooling agent, the smokable material including a tobacco component. The heat source is disposed to heat, but not burn the smokable material in use. The cooling agent comprises a compound or a combination of compounds according to either of the following formulae, racemates, enantiomers and salts thereof (I, II).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2017Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Pablo Javier BALLESTEROS GOMEZ, Jeremy PHILLIPS, Mark FORSTER, Hans-Josef CHADJIM
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Patent number: 10435053Abstract: When an event prevents a train from moving along a route in a nominal direction, this method makes it possible to cause it to circulate in an opposite direction by: selecting (120) an origin zone and an output signal; drawing (130) a pseudo-route on the successive zones between the origin zone and the output signal; opening (140) the pseudo-route by associating a sub-route with each zone, corresponding to the reservation of said zone for said train; informing (150) the train that it must circulate in the opposite direction; determining (160) a movement authorization for the train from sub-routes that are open and a list of obstacles that is updated regularly; sending (180) the movement authorization to the train, the determination (160) and transmission (170) steps being iterated until the train crosses the output signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2018Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIESInventors: Mathieu Bresson, Javier Ballesteros
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Publication number: 20190193766Abstract: Disclosed is a method, implemented in a supervision system for trains of the “communication-based train management” type, which includes the steps, carried out by a zone controller, including: during nominal operation, periodically saving an image of a current operational situation on an external memory; and, after a downtime period and rebooting of the zone controller: establishing an image of the operational situation after rebooting; recovering, from the external memory, the most recent saved image as image of the operational situation before failure; collecting information on the crossing of borders of the zone associated with the zone controller during the downtime period; and verifying the coherence of the image of the operational situation after rebooting from the image of the operational situation before failure and crossing information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Javier BALLESTEROS, Mathieu BRESSON
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Publication number: 20190185035Abstract: A method for locating a railway vehicle in a railway network, including first detection devices detecting the passage of a railway vehicle in a first perimeter, second detection devices detecting the passage of a railway vehicle in a second perimeter and a centralized server, includes the following steps: detection, by one of the first detection devices, of the passage of the railway vehicle and sending of a first detection signal; detection, by one of the second detection devices, of the passage of the railway vehicle and sending of a second detection signal; and reception of the signals by the centralized server and determination of the position of the railway vehicle on the railway network by intersection of the first perimeter and the second perimeter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventor: Javier BALLESTEROS
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Publication number: 20190174819Abstract: A filter for an aerosol generating device is disclosed. The filter contains a breakable capsule and the breakable capsule includes an aerosol modifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2017Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Will ENGLAND, Pablo Javier BALLESTEROS GOMEZ, Thomas WOODMAN, Jeremy PHILLIPS, Richard HEPWORTH
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Publication number: 20190159517Abstract: Provided herein is a method of generating aerosol from an aerosol-generating substrate using an aerosol-generating device with at least one heat source disposed to heat, but not burn, the aerosol-generating substrate in use. The aerosol-generating substrate has first and second portions having substantially the same composition, and/or has first and second portions and there is no physical separation between the portions. The method includes heating the aerosol-generating substrate in the aerosol-generating device, so that a temperature profile of the first portion of the aerosol-generating substrate during heating is different from a temperature profile of the second portion of the aerosol-generating substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2017Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Pablo Javier BALLESTEROS GOMEZ, Jeremy PHILIPS
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Publication number: 20190116874Abstract: A smoking article for use with an apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material, the article includes a body of smokable material and a filter assembly. The filter assembly includes a cooling segment of between 20 mm and 30 mm in length for cooling the volatilized at least one component of the smokable material, a filter segment adjacent to the cooling segment for filtering the volatilized at least one component of the smokable material and a mouth end segment adjacent to the filter segment for being received in a mouth of a user. The cooling segment is located between the body of smokable material and the filter segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Will ENGLAND, Tom WOODMAN, Jeremy PHILLIPS, Pablo Javier BALLESTEROS GOMEZ
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Publication number: 20190116875Abstract: A smoking article for insertion into an apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material, the smoking article including a body of smokable material and a filter assembly. The filter assembly includes a cooling segment, a filter segment adjacent to the cooling segment and a mouth end segment adjacent to the filter segment for being received in a mouth of a user. The smoking article is arranged so that when the smoking article is fully inserted into the apparatus a first section of the cooling segment is within the apparatus and a second section of the cooling segment extends outside of the apparatus. The second section of the cooling segment includes a ventilation region to enable air to pass into the cooling segment to mix with the volatilized at least one component of the smokable material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Will ENGLAND, Tom WOODMAN, Jeremy PHILLIPS, Pablo Javier BALLESTEROS GOMEZ