Abstract: An aerosol-generating article for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the article including: substantially planar upper and lower surfaces, the substantially planar upper and lower surfaces being vertically spaced from each other by a height defined in a z direction; an aerosol-forming substrate; and a laminated structure disposed between the substantially planar upper and lower surfaces, the laminated structure including two or more layers overlying each other, the layers including paper or cardboard, the laminated structure defining at least part of an air flow path through the article between distal and proximal ends of the article, the laminated structure further defining a frame, the frame defining one or more cavities, the air flow path extending through the one or more cavities, and at least 50% wt of the article being paper or cardboard.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the aerosol-generating article including: a substantially planar upper surface and a substantially planar lower surface, the substantially planar upper surface and the substantially planar lower surface being vertically spaced from each other by a height defined in a z direction; a wrapper and an aerosol-forming substrate, the wrapper being arranged over the upper surface and the lower surface to at least partially encircle the substrate and form an exterior surface of the article; and a planar frame positioned between an upper layer and a lower layer, the upper surface defining an external surface of the upper layer and the lower surface defining an external surface of the lower layer, the planar frame defining a cavity, an air flow path being defined through the article in an x/y plane, the air flow path extending through the cavity.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating article configured to produce an inhalable aerosol upon heating and extending from a mouth end to a distal end and including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate, and a downstream section located downstream of the rod and extending from a downstream end of the rod to the mouth end; and an aerosol-generating device including: a body defining a heating chamber to removably receive the rod when the article is inserted into the device, and a heater assembly arranged along the heating chamber to heat the rod when the article is received within the device, the rod having an initial density less than 250 mg/cc prior to insertion of the article, and a cross-section of the heating chamber is such that upon insertion of the rod, the rod is compressed to a final density of at least 1.5 times an initial density.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a first element including an aerosol-forming substrate; and a tubular element positioned downstream of the first element, the tubular element including an end wall of a folded end portion of the tubular element, the end wall defining a plurality of openings configured to fluidly connect an interior of the tubular element and an exterior of the tubular element. An electrically heated aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating article and an aerosol-generating device is also provided.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate having a length of between 8 mm and 16 mm; an upstream element provided upstream of the rod of aerosol-generating substrate, the upstream element having an external diameter of between 6 mm and 8 mm; a hollow tubular element provided downstream of the rod of aerosol-generating substrate, an internal volume defined by the hollow tubular element being at least 300 cubic millimetres; and a ventilation zone configured to provide ventilation into the aerosol-generating article, the ventilation zone being located between 12 mm and 20 mm upstream from a downstream end of the aerosol-generating article. An aerosol-generating system including an aerosol-generating article and an aerosol-generating device is also provided.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article for generating an inhalable aerosol is provided, including a capsule including: a capsule outer wall defining an internal cavity; first particles and second particles within the internal cavity, the first particles including an aerosol-forming substrate; the second particles including a susceptor material and no aerosol-forming substrate; at least one of the following: the first and the second particles having first and second cross-sectional dimensions being a diameter of the particles and being the same, respectively, the first and the second particles having a spherical shape, having a first and a second mass, and having a first and a second density being the same, respectively, a ratio of a total number of first particles to second particles being between 0.2 to 1 and 5 to 1, or a ratio of a total mass of first particles to second particles being between 0.2 to 1 and 5 to 1.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article for generating an inhalable aerosol upon heating is provided, the aerosol-generating article including: a capsule including: a capsule outer wall defining an internal cavity, and a first aerosol-generating substrate within the internal cavity of the capsule, at least one of an aerosol former, a flavorant, and a second aerosol generating substrate provided within the capsule outer wall, on a surface of the capsule outer wall, or both within the capsule outer wall and on a surface of the capsule outer wall. An aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating article and an aerosol-generating device is also provided. A method of manufacturing an aerosol-generating article is also provided.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate having a rod width and a rod length, a ratio of the rod width to the rod length being between 0.5 to 0.56, and a total dry mass of the rod of aerosol-generating substrate being less than or equal to 220 milligrams. An aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating article and an aerosol-generating device is also provided.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article for generating an inhalable aerosol upon heating is provided, the aerosol-generating article including: a hollow tubular element; and a capsule mounted within the hollow tubular element at an upstream end of the hollow tubular element, the capsule including: a capsule outer wall defining an internal cavity having a volume of at least 250 cubic millimetres, and a solid aerosol-generating substrate within the internal cavity of the capsule, the solid aerosol-generating substrate including nicotine and an aerosol former, the aerosol former content of the aerosol-generating substrate being at least 15 percent by weight, on a dry weight basis, and the density of the solid aerosol-generating substrate within the capsule being at least 0.1 milligrams per cubic millimetre of the internal cavity, the hollow tubular element defining an empty cavity downstream of the capsule.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article (1) comprising: a first element (10) comprising an aerosol-forming substrate (12); and a hollow tubular element (100) disposed downstream of the first element (10). The hollow tubular element (100) comprises: a peripheral portion (110) defining a hollow inner region (120) of the hollow tubular element (100); and a support element (130) formed from a sheet and extending from a first point (131) at the peripheral portion (110) across the hollow inner region (120) to a second point (132) at the peripheral portion (110). The hollow tubular element (100) has an average weight of about 10 milligrams per millimetre length or less.

Abstract: A hollow tubular element (100) for an aerosol-generating article (1), the hollow tubular element (100) comprising: a peripheral portion (110) providing a curved outer surface of the hollow tubular element (100), and defining a hollow inner region (120) of the hollow tubular element (100); and an internal projection (130) extending into the hollow inner region (120). The hollow tubular element (100) is formed from a sheet, the sheet comprising: a first part and a second part adjacent to the first part with a first fold line (141) therebetween. The first part of the sheet forms at least part of the peripheral portion (110) of the hollow tubular element (100). The entirety of the first part of the sheet forms at least part of the curved outer surface of the hollow tubular element (100).

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a substrate portion including an aerosol-forming substrate; a ventilation portion downstream of the substrate portion and including perforations in a sidewall of the ventilation portion to allow ambient air into the ventilation portion through the perforations; and a front plug upstream of the substrate portion and including a humidity sensitive material that expands when subjected to an increasing humidity so a resistance to draw of the front plug increases and that shrinks when subjected to a decreasing humidity so the resistance to draw decreases, the material expanding by at least 10% when subjected to a humidity increase from a relative humidity of 50% to 75%, the material including ethylene vinyl acetate resin, super absorbent polymer, and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), or including cellulose acetate and polyesters, or including acrylamide and CMC, or including hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber or acrylate copolymer and CMC.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article for an aerosol-generating device to generate an inhalable aerosol is provided, the aerosol-generating article including: an article upstream end and an article downstream end, an article length extending from the article upstream end to the article downstream end; an aerosol-forming substrate including a first planar layer and a second planar layer; and one or more corrugated elements arranged between the first planar layer and the second planar layer, the one or more corrugated elements together extending at least 70% of the article length.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating article including a rod of aerosol-generating substrate having a rod width of less than or equal to 7 millimetres; and an aerosol-generating device including a heating element in the form of a pin configured for insertion into the rod of aerosol-generating substrate of the aerosol-generating article, the pin having a pin width that is greater than or equal to 2.5 millimetres.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article for producing an aerosol upon heating is provided, the article including: a rod of aerosol-forming substrate; and a filter positioned downstream of the rod, in which the rod and the filter are assembled within a wrapper, the article further including first and second air ingress zones located on the wrapper, the first and the second air ingress zones each being configured to allow an ingress of air into an interior of the article, the first air ingress zone including a substantially porous portion of the wrapper, the substantially porous portion having a porosity of at least 3000 Coresta Units, and a level of air ingress into the interior of the article through the first zone is greater than a level of air ingress into the interior of article through the second zone. An aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating article and an aerosol-generating device is also provided.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating device for an aerosol-generating article, the device including: a heating chamber configured to receive the article, and a heater assembly arranged along a portion of the heating chamber defining a heating zone; and the article to be received in the heating chamber, the article including: a first aerosol-generating segment including a first aerosol-generating substrate, and a second aerosol-generating segment including a second aerosol-generating substrate, the first substrate including between 5 and 30% by weight of glycerol on a dry weight basis, the system being configured such that when the article is fully received within the heating chamber: at least 90 percent of a length of the second segment is within the heating zone, the first segment being located upstream of the second segment, and a length of the first segment being less than the length of the second segment.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article for producing an inhalable aerosol when heated is provided, the aerosol-generating article including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate; a wrapper circumscribing at least the rod; and at least one heat-expandable element disposed on an outer surface of the wrapper. An aerosol-generating system is also provided, including the aerosol aerosol-generating article and an electrically operated aerosol-generating device.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: an aerosol-generating rod configured to produce an inhalable aerosol upon heating; a downstream section provided downstream of the aerosol-generating rod and extending to the downstream end of the aerosol-generating article; and a ventilation zone at a location along the downstream section, the aerosol-generating rod including a first aerosol-generating segment including a first aerosol-generating substrate, and a second aerosol-generating segment located upstream of the first aerosol-generating segment and including a second aerosol-generating substrate, a total combined length of the and the second segments being at least 20 millimetres, a ratio of the total combined length of the first and the second segments to an overall length of the article being less than or equal to 0.6, and the article having a ventilation level of at least 40 percent.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: an aerosol-generating rod configured to produce an inhalable aerosol upon heating, the aerosol-generating rod including a first aerosol-generating segment including a first aerosol-generating substrate, the first aerosol-generating substrate including tobacco and having a bulk density of less than 400 mg per cubic centimetre, and a second aerosol-generating segment at a location upstream of the first aerosol-generating segment and including a second aerosol-generating substrate, the second aerosol-generating substrate having a bulk density of at least 500 mg per cubic centimetre, the second aerosol-generating substrate having a higher aerosol-former content than the first aerosol-generating substrate, and a ratio of a length of the first aerosol-generating segment to a length of the second aerosol-generating segment being no more than 0.6.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a cavity to receive an aerosol-forming substrate; an electrical heater to heat the substrate within the cavity; a rechargeable power supply to provide first and second experiences without intermediate recharge therebetween; and a controller to control a supply of power to the heater, determine a rate of increase in temperature of the heater during a first time period of the first experience by determining a time taken for a temperature of the heater to increase from a first to a second predetermined temperature during the first time period, and prevent power being supplied to the heater in a second experience, if the rate of increase in temperature is below a predefined rate threshold, and if the second experience is initiated before expiry of a predefined time interval from the first experience. An aerosol-generating system, and a method of controlling the device, are also provided.