Abstract: An aerosol provision device includes a spring, wherein a first end of the spring is connected to the lid at a first pivot point and the first end is rotatable about the first pivot point as the lid moves between the open and closed positions. A second end of the spring is connected to the housing at a second pivot point and the second end is rotatable about the second pivot point as the lid moves between the open and closed positions. The spring is configured such that the spring biases the lid towards the open position when the lid is between the open position and the intermediate position, and the spring biases the lid towards the closed position when the lid is between the intermediate position and the closed position.

Abstract: An aerosol provision devices are described. One such device comprises a receptacle configured to receive aerosol generating material, wherein the receptacle comprises a susceptor which is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field. The device further comprises an insulating member extending around the susceptor, wherein the insulating member is positioned away from the receptacle to provide an air gap around the susceptor. The device further comprises an inductor coil extending around the insulating member such that the insulating member is positioned between the inductor coil and the susceptor, wherein the inductor coil is configured to generate the varying magnetic field.

Abstract: An aerosol provision device comprises a haptic component configured to provide haptic feedback, a battery configured to power the haptic component, and an electrically insulating resilient member in contact with the haptic component and positioned between the battery and the haptic component.

Abstract: An aerosol provision device includes a battery support including a main portion defining a longitudinal axis, a first end portion at a first end of the main portion along the longitudinal axis and a second end portion at a second end of the main portion along the longitudinal axis. The first and second end portions extend away from a first side of the main portion in a first direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The device further includes a battery supported between the first and second end portions and a heater assembly, comprising an inductor coil. The device further includes a printed circuit board (PCB) engaged with a second side of the main portion and positioned between the main portion and the heater assembly, wherein ends of the inductor coil are connected to the PCB.

Abstract: An aerosol provision device comprises a tubular heater component configured to receive an article comprising aerosol generating material, wherein the heater component is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field. The device further comprises an inductor coil extending around the heater component, wherein the inductor coil is configured to generate the varying magnetic field. The heater component has an internal diameter of between about 5 mm and about 10 mm.

Abstract: An aerosol provision device comprises a heater component configured to receive aerosol generating material, wherein the heater component is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field and an insulating member extending around the heater component, wherein the insulating member comprises a thermoplastic having a melting point greater than about 300° C. The device further comprises at least one coil extending around the insulating member such that the insulating member is positioned between the at least one coil and the heater component, wherein the at least one coil is for generating the varying magnetic field.

Abstract: An aerosol provision device includes at least one inductor coil for generating a varying magnetic field and a susceptor assembly arranged to receive aerosol generating material. The susceptor assembly is heatable by penetration with the varying magnetic field and includes a first portion defining an opening at one end of the susceptor assembly, where the opening has a first internal cross section. The susceptor assembly further includes a second portion adjacent to the first portion. The second portion has a second internal cross section that is less than the first internal cross section.

Abstract: An aerosol provision device comprises a battery, a battery support configured to engage and hold the battery and a resilient component adhered to the battery support and arranged between the battery support and the battery. The device further comprises a temperature sensor at least partially contained within the resilient component, wherein the temperature sensor is configured to measure a temperature of the battery. At least one of the temperature sensor and resilient component abuts the battery.

Abstract: A method of forming an aerosol provision device inductor coil comprises providing a litz wire comprising a plurality of wire strands, wherein each of the plurality of wire strands comprise a bondable coating. The method further comprises forming an inductor coil from the litz wire on a support member, wherein the inductor coil has a predetermined shape. The method further comprises activating the bondable coating such that the inductor coil substantially retains the predetermined shape, and removing the inductor coil from the support member.

Abstract: Aerosol provision devices comprising a heater component are disclosed. In one device, the heater component (132) comprises a first portion (202) having a first outer cross section and a second portion (204) having a second outer cross section. The device further comprises a support (136) comprising a receptacle (210) engaged with the second portion of the heater component to hold the heater component. The receptacle has an inner cross section corresponding to the second outer cross section of the heater component to prevent rotation of the heater component relative to the support.

Abstract: Described herein is an aerosol-generating device for generating aerosol from an aerosol-generating material. The aerosol-generating device comprises a heating assembly having a mouth end and a distal end. The heating assembly comprises: a first induction heating unit arranged to heat, but not burn, the aerosol-generating material in use; a second induction heating unit arranged to heat, but not burn, the aerosol-generating material in use, the first induction heating unit being disposed closer to the mouth end of the heating assembly than the second induction heating unit; and a controller for controlling the first and second induction heating units. The heating assembly is configured such that at least one induction heating unit reaches a maximum operating temperature within 20 seconds of supplying power to the at least one induction heating unit.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a heater arrangement in a device arranged to heat smokable material is described. The method includes implementing a heater control loop, which control loop performs steps in one or more successive control periods. The control steps include determining a current remaining on time for a heating element of a heater arrangement based on the current rate of change of temperature, a target temperature and a current temperature of a zone of the device arranged to heat smokable material.

Abstract: An apparatus arranged to heat smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material has a housing. The housing has a first opening at a first end through which smokable material can pass so as to be received within and removed from the apparatus in use. The housing has a second opening at a second end opposed from the first end. The housing further has a chamber between the first and second openings. At least one heater is arranged within the housing for heating smokable material removably received within the chamber in use.

Abstract: An apparatus arranged to heat smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material has a housing. The housing has a first opening at a first end through which smokable material can pass so as to be received within and removed from the apparatus in use. The housing has a second opening at a second end opposed from the first end. The housing further has a chamber between the first and second openings. At least one heater is arranged within the housing for heating smokable material removably received within the chamber in use. A user can access the chamber through at least the second opening to clean within the apparatus.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an aerosol provision apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilise at least one component of the smokable material, and said aerosol provision apparatus is described.

Abstract: An apparatus arranged to heat smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material. The apparatus includes a housing; the housing having an insertion point at one end through which a consumable article including smokable material can be removably inserted into the apparatus; and at least one heater arranged within the housing for heating the smokable material within the consumable article. The housing includes ventilation around the outside of the consumable article at the insertion point to enable at least one heated volatilized component from the smokable material to exit the apparatus or air to enter the apparatus.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material, the apparatus including a thermal insulator including an inner wall at least partially defining a heating zone for receiving at least a portion of an article including smokable material, wherein the inner wall includes heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field to heat the heating zone; an outer wall; and an insulation region bound by the inner wall and the outer wall, wherein the insulation region is evacuated to a lower pressure than an exterior of the insulation region; and a magnetic field generator for generating a varying magnetic field that penetrates the inner wall in order to heat the inner wall in use.

Abstract: An apparatus arranged to heat smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material is described. In an example, the apparatus comprises at least one thin-film heater constructed and arranged to heat smokable material contained in use within the apparatus. The thin-film heater has a plurality of heating regions for heating different portions of smokable material contained in use within the apparatus. At least a first heating region of the thin-film heater has a different watt density from at least a second heating region of the thin-film heater.

Abstract: An apparatus arranged to heat smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material. The apparatus includes a housing, the housing having a first opening at a first end through which a consumable article containing smokable material can be removably inserted into the apparatus; at least one heater arrangement arranged within the housing for heating smokable material within the consumable article when in use and a hollow chamber between the first opening and the at least one heater arrangement. The hollow chamber surrounds at least a portion of the consumable article when the consumable article is inserted into the device and an inner wall of the chamber and the at least a portion of the consumable article define an air gap there between. Hot vapors that escape the consumable article in use can condense on the inner wall of the hollow chamber.

Abstract: An apparatus arranged to heat smokable material to volatilize at least one component of said smokable material is described. An example of the apparatus includes a housing for receiving smokable material; and at least one heater arranged within the housing for heating smokable material removably received within the housing in use. The heater has first and second ends and a hollow central portion in which smokable material is received in use, and is formed from a sheet which is rolled into a tube and sealed along its length to prevent air entering or leaving the heater other than through at least one of the first and second ends.