Abstract: An inductive component is provided, including: a winding; and a plurality of adjustment bodies configured to adjust an inductance of the inductive component, the adjustment bodies including a ferromagnetic material and surrounding at least some regions of the winding, the inductance being adjusted via a shape and/or a position and/or a number of the adjustment bodies, and a filling body including a non-magnetic material is disposed between at least two of the adjustment bodies.

Abstract: An electrically heatable aerosol-generating device to heat an aerosol-forming substrate is provided, the device including: a receiving cavity to removably receive an aerosol-generating article including the substrate; an electrical heater to heat the substrate when the article is received in the cavity; and a state detector to detect a presence of at least one specific state in the cavity and including a radiation emitter to emit radiation into the cavity, and a radiation sensor to detect a portion of the emitted radiation being reflected from an interior of the cavity and indicative of the presence of the specific state, the emitter and the sensor are arranged outside the cavity such that the emitter and the sensor are not in fluid communication with the interior of the cavity, and at least a part of the detector is arranged close to or adjacent to a distal end portion of the cavity.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating device configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate; and an exterior sleeve, the device including a device housing and a plurality of internal components contained within an interior space enclosed by the housing, the housing including an external surface and at least one bent or bendable portion, bent or bendable into or towards the interior space to interact with one of the internal components, and the exterior sleeve covering the at least one bent or bendable portion. A kit including the aerosol-generating device and at least one exterior sleeve, and a method of manufacturing an aerosol-generating system, are also provided.

Abstract: A fluid permeable heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system includes a base including an opening through the base and an electrically conductive filament arrangement over the opening. The base includes a solid aerosol-forming substrate on the base. A cartridge includes a cartridge body including a reservoir within the cartridge body. A heater assembly is arranged at one end of the cartridge body.

Abstract: An electronic aerosol-generating device includes a housing extending between first and second ends along a longitudinal axis. The second end of the housing defines a cavity for receiving a consumable containing an aerosol generating substrate. The device further includes a heating component comprising a heating element extending along the longitudinal axis within the cavity and configured to penetrate into the aerosol generating substrate when the consumable is inserted into the cavity. The heating element comprises a material having a Curie temperature of less than 500° C. The device also includes an inductor comprising an inductor coil positioned to transfer magnetic energy to the heating element. The inductor is configured to induce eddy currents and/or hysteresis losses in the heating element. The device further includes a power supply operably connected to the inductor and control electronics operably connected to the power supply and configured to control heating of the heating element.

Abstract: A fluid permeable heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system includes a base including an opening through the base and an electrically conductive filament arrangement over the opening. The base includes a solid aerosol-forming substrate on the base. A cartridge includes a cartridge body including a reservoir within the cartridge body. A heater assembly is arranged at one end of the cartridge body.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: an aerosol-forming substrate; and a susceptor configured to heat the aerosol-forming substrate, the susceptor including a first susceptor material and a second susceptor material being different from the first susceptor material, the second susceptor material being plated, deposited, or welded onto the first susceptor material, the susceptor being an elongate susceptor having a length dimension that is greater than a width dimension thereof or than a thickness dimension thereof, and the second susceptor material having a Curie temperature that is lower than 500° C. An aerosol-generating system is also provided, including: an electrically-operated aerosol-generating device having an inductor configured to produce an alternating magnetic field, and the aerosol-generating article. A method of using the aerosol-generating article is also provided.

Abstract: A case for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the case including: a case housing; a case power supply; a holder to receive the aerosol-generating device, the holder being movably coupled to the case housing and configured for both rotational movement relative to the case housing and translational movement relative to the case housing, and being movable relative to the case housing between an open position to receive the device and a closed position configured to store the device; a case electrical connector to supply power from the case power supply to the device when the device is received within the holder and when the holder is in each of the open and closed positions; an input; and case control circuitry to receive data from the input and to transmit a signal to the device by the connector, the signal being indicative of a state of the input.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a plurality of elements assembled within a wrapper in the form of a rod having a mouth end and a distal end upstream from the mouth end, the plurality of elements including an aerosol-forming substrate disposed at or towards the distal end of the rod; and a susceptor configured to heat the aerosol-forming substrate, the susceptor including a first susceptor material and a second susceptor material being different from the first susceptor material, the second susceptor material being plated, deposited, or welded onto the first susceptor material, the susceptor being an elongate susceptor having a length dimension that is greater than a width dimension thereof or than a thickness dimension thereof, the susceptor being disposed in a radially central position within the aerosol-forming substrate, and the second susceptor material having a Curie temperature that is lower than 500° C.

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

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; a reservoir chamber proximal the vaporization chamber to store the liquid; a liquid-conveying susceptor arrangement to convey the liquid from the reservoir chamber into the vaporization chamber and to be inductively heated with the device in order to vaporize the liquid within the vaporization chamber; a vapor-conveying conduit providing a fluid communication for vaporized liquid from the vaporization chamber to a region proximal the reservoir chamber; a septum forming a common wall of the vaporization chamber and the reservoir chamber, the septum including a filling hole for filling the liquid into the reservoir chamber via the vaporization chamber; and a plug-shaped distal end cap forming a distal end wall of the vaporization chamber.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a housing having a chamber, an induction coil around at least part of the chamber; a heating compartment to receive an aerosol-generating article, being detachably insertable into the chamber, and including a cavity to receive the article; and a heating element arrangeable within and extending into the cavity in a longitudinal direction, configured to penetrate an aerosol-forming substrate included in the article and received in the cavity, the compartment further including a first open end to receive the article, and a second, base end opposite the first open end, the first open end and the base end connected by side surfaces including openings and locking elements, and the chamber including recesses corresponding to the locking elements to facilitate a snap-fit when the compartment is inserted into the chamber, the compartment further including a press button to allow release of the snap-fit connection.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: an induction heater configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate, the induction heater including an induction coil and a heating element, the heating element being arrangeable within the induction coil, and the induction coil having a varying pitch. An aerosol generating system is also provided, including the aerosol generating device and an aerosol generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate.

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 for vaporizing aerosol-forming liquid therein; a reservoir chamber proximal the vaporization chamber to store aerosol-forming liquid; a liquid-conveying susceptor arrangement to convey liquid from the reservoir chamber into the vaporization chamber and to be inductively heated in use with the device in order to vaporize liquid within the vaporization chamber; a vapor-conveying conduit providing a fluid communication for vaporized liquid from the vaporization chamber to a region proximal the reservoir chamber; and a proximal end cap forming at last a proximal end wall member of the reservoir chamber and including a through hole in which a proximal end portion of the vapor-conveying conduit is supported.

Abstract: A susceptor assembly for inductively heating an aerosol-forming substrate includes a first susceptor and a second susceptor. At least a portion of an outer surface of the second susceptor comprises an anti-corrosion covering and at least a portion of an outer surface of the first susceptor is exposed. An aerosol-generating article can include an aerosol-forming substrate and the susceptor assembly.

Abstract: A stick-shaped aerosol-generating article for an inductively heating aerosol-generating device is provided, the article including: a mouthpiece; a cartridge including a vaporization chamber at a distal end portion of the cartridge to vaporize aerosol-forming liquid therein, the chamber including an air inlet, a reservoir chamber proximal the vaporization chamber to store aerosol-forming liquid, a liquid-conveying susceptor arrangement to convey aerosol-forming liquid from the reservoir chamber into the vaporization chamber and to be inductively heated with the device in order to vaporize liquid within the vaporization chamber, a vapor-conveying conduit providing a fluid communication for vaporized liquid from the vaporization chamber to a region proximal the reservoir chamber, such that apart from the air inlet and the fluid communication, the vaporization chamber is fully enclosed by wall members; and a first wrapper circumferentially wrapped around the vaporization chamber and the reservoir chamber, and aro

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; a reservoir chamber proximal the vaporization chamber; a liquid-conveying susceptor arrangement to convey the liquid from the reservoir chamber into the vaporization chamber and to be inductively heated with the device to vaporize the liquid; a vapor-conveying conduit providing fluid communication for vaporized liquid to a region proximal the reservoir chamber, a proximal end portion of the conduit passing through, ending integrally in, or supported in a through hole of a proximal end wall of the reservoir chamber; a distal end cap forming a distal wall of the vaporization chamber; a proximal end cap forming the proximal end wall; and a cartridge sleeve forming a circumferential outer side wall of the vaporization chamber and of the reservoir chamber.

Abstract: An inductive heating device heats an aerosol-forming substrate including a susceptor. The device includes a device housing, a DC power source for providing a DC supply voltage and a DC current, power supply electronics including a DC/AC converter, the DC/AC converter including an LC load network including a series connection of a capacitor and an inductor having an ohmic resistance, a cavity in the device housing for accommodating a portion of the aerosol-forming substrate to inductively couple the inductor of the LC load network to the susceptor. The inductor is embedded in the device housing at a proximal end of the device housing to surround the cavity which is also arranged at the proximal end of the device housing. A microcontroller determines from the DC supply voltage and the DC current an apparent ohmic resistance, and from the apparent ohmic resistance the temperature of the susceptor.

Abstract: The aerosol-generating device (200) comprises a device housing comprising a cavity having an internal surface forming part of a receiving chamber (230) for receiving at least a portion of an aerosol-generating article (10). A plurality of ribs (2301) extends into the cavity and are arranged along an internal sidewall of the receiving chamber and in an oblique manner relative to a longitudinal axis (2300) of the receiving chamber. The retention ribs are configured for contacting at least a portion of the aerosol-generating article.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided for an inductively heatable aerosol-generating device, the article including a liquid reservoir to store aerosol-forming liquid; and a liquid-conveying susceptor assembly to convey the aerosol-forming liquid into a region outside the liquid reservoir and for inductively heating the aerosol-forming liquid under an influence of an alternating magnetic field to generate an aerosol, the assembly including a filament bundle of inductively heatable filaments including first and second soaking sections and an intermediate section therebetween, the soaking sections being arranged at least partially in the liquid reservoir and the intermediate section being arranged outside the liquid reservoir, the filaments being parallel to each other along the intermediate section, and the soaking sections differing from each other in at least one of a number of fibers therein, a surface property of the filaments therein, or a length thereof