Abstract: An aerosol provision system for generating aerosol for user inhalation is disclosed.

Abstract: A non-combustible aerosol provision device for generating an aerosol from an article, comprising an aerosol-generating material, the device including a receptacle to receive, in use, the article; a heating system for heating the aerosol-generating material when the article is received in the receptacle, wherein at least one part of the heating system and the receptacle are relatively movable; a selector operable to select one or more portions of the aerosol-generating material, from a plurality of portions of the aerosol-generating material, for heating by the heating system; and a controller configured to cause at least the part of the heating system to move relative to the receptacle to be positioned such that, in use, the one or more portions of the aerosol-generating material is, or are, heatable by the heating system.

Abstract: A method of control for an aerosol delivery system is disclosed herein. The method generates a first version of an aerosol having at least a first property modified to a first version within a first phase of the inhalation, detects a second phase of the inhalation, and generates a second version of the aerosol having at least the first property modified to a second, different version in response to detection of the second phase of the inhalation.

Abstract: A porous element for a vapor provision system includes an elongate rod of porous ceramic material having a first end face, a second end face, and one or more side faces extending between the first end face and the second end face and defining a length of the rod; and a coating of metal applied to at least one side face over at least part of the length of the rod.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery systems, the system comprising an outer housing, a mouthpiece, an electrical power source, an aerosol generating component and a controller, wherein a portion of at least one of the mouthpiece and the outer housing is configured to move between respective first and second positions in response to the controller detecting a change in one or more operational parameters of the device.

Abstract: A method for an aerosol delivery device may include storing, during use of the aerosol delivery device and in a memory of the aerosol delivery device, information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device. The method may further include creating, using a wireless communication interface of the aerosol delivery device, a connectionless-state advertising packet that includes information relating to an identity and advertising state of the aerosol delivery device and a first set of information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device from the memory; and transmitting the advertising packet via the wireless communication interface.

Abstract: An aerosol provision system generates aerosol from an aerosol generating material for user inhalation. The system includes a computer configured to estimate user demand for an active ingredient within the generated aerosol, based on one or more inhalation actions of the user during an immediately preceding inhalation session, where an inhalation session being no more than one hour long. The computer adjusts one or more operational parameters of the aerosol provision system responsive to the estimated user demand, and adapts aerosol provion for the next inhalation action.

Abstract: A method of user characterization for an aerosol provision system is disclosed herein. The system is configured to generate aerosol from an aerosol generating material for user inhalation. The method involves detecting an airflow associated with the start of a user inhalation upon the aerosol provision system, calculating a gradient for the air flow during a first period following the start of inhalation, predicting at least one of an inhalation intensity and duration, based upon the calculated gradient, and adjusting one or more operational parameters of the aerosol provision system in response to the at least one predicted inhalation intensity and duration.

Abstract: Disclosed is an article for use with an apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material. The article includes a carrier having plural thermally-conductive portions, on which are locatable respective discrete quantities of smokable material. Between the portions of the carrier, the carrier is shaped to form a thermal barrier for inhibiting heat conduction from one or more of the portions of the carrier towards another of the portions of the carrier in use.

Abstract: Disclosed is an article for use with an apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material. The article includes a carrier having plural thermally-conductive portions, on which are locatable respective discrete quantities of smokable material. Between the portions of the carrier, the carrier is shaped to form a thermal barrier for inhibiting heat conduction from one or more of the portions of the carrier towards another of the portions of the carrier in use.

Abstract: Disclosed is a heating element (1) for a non-combustible aerosol provision device (100), the heating element (1) having a rod (10), wherein the rod (10) has a longitudinal axis, a distal end portion (13), and first and second tapered portions (11, 12) at respective longitudinal positions along the longitudinal axis. The second tapered portion (12) extends from the distal end portion (13) towards the first tapered portion (11), and a cross-sectional area of the rod (10) increases with distance from the distal end portion (130) in each of the first and second tapered portions (11, 12). A first angle between the longitudinal axis and an outer tapered surface (11s) of the first tapered portion (11) is smaller than a second angle between the longitudinal axis and an outer tapered surface (12s) of the second tapered portion (12).

Abstract: A method for an aerosol delivery device may include storing, during use of the aerosol delivery device, information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device. The method may further comprise creating, using a wireless communication interface of the aerosol delivery device, a connectionless-state advertising packet that includes information relating to an identity and advertising state of the aerosol delivery device and a first set of information recording usage characteristics of the aerosol delivery device from the memory; and transmitting the advertising packet via the wireless communication interface.

Abstract: An electronic vapor provision system comprising a light source configured to emit light, and a controller comprising a data processor configured to generate transmission data, wherein the controller is configured to control the light source to emit an optical signal for transmitting the transmission data.

Abstract: An aerosol source for an electronic vapor provision system, comprises a reservoir housing defining a reservoir for holding aerosolizable substrate material; and an elongate atomizer to which aerosolizable substrate material from the reservoir is deliverable for vaporization, the atomizer having a porosity and comprising a susceptor for induction heating, and having a first end and a second end, the atomizer mounted at one of its ends only so as to be supported at the mounted end in a cantilevered arrangement having an unsupported cantilever portion, such that the susceptor extends outwardly with respect to an exterior boundary of the reservoir housing.

Abstract: There is provided an aerosol generating system (100) comprising: a consumable unit (110) having a plurality of air flow paths (112) therethrough, each of the plurality of air flow paths being associated with at least a respective one of a corresponding plurality of sources of aerosol generating medium (114); and, a housing (120) for housing the consumable unit, the housing having an air inlet (122) and an air outlet (124), wherein the system is configured so that any of the air flow paths can be selectively brought into contact with the inlet and the outlet to form an air flow path.

Abstract: There is provided an aerosol provision system comprising: aerosol generating medium; a source of energy for heating, wherein the source of energy for heating is configured to cause heating of the aerosol generating medium to form an aerosol; and a housing configured to house the aerosol generating medium and in which the source of energy for heating is located, the housing further comprising a protected region for protecting the heater; wherein the source of energy for heating is configured to move within the device between an aerosol generating position proximate to the aerosol generating medium and a stowed position in which the source of energy for heating is in the protected region.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an aerosol generation system heater element is described. The aerosol generation system heater element comprising a seamless hollow tube, and the method comprises deforming a wall of a hollow tube to form the seamless hollow tube, the seamless hollow tube having a deformed wall, wherein the deformed wall of the seamless hollow tube is thinner than the wall of the hollow tube.

Abstract: An assembly (400) for insertion into an aerosol provision device (100) is provided. The assembly comprises a body (402), aerosol forming material positioned along a flow path at least partially defined by the body, and a sealing element (404). The sealing element is moveable between a first position (FIG. 4A) and a second position (FIG. 4B). In the first position the sealing element is configured to close at least a portion of the flow path to reduce atmospheric air contacting the aerosol forming material. In the second position the sealing element is positioned to allow atmospheric air to travel along the flow path and contact the aerosol forming material. The sealing element is attached to the body in both the first position and the second position.

Abstract: An aerosol provision system comprising: a substrate comprising aerosol generating medium, the substrate including a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface; a source of energy for heating arranged to face the second surface of the substrate, wherein the source of energy for heating is configured to cause heating of the aerosol generating medium to form an aerosol; and a movement mechanism arranged to enable movement of the aerosol generating medium relative to the source of energy for heating, wherein the aerosol generating medium is rotationally movable relative to the source of energy for heating such that portions of the aerosol generating medium are presented to the source of energy for heating, and wherein the aerosol generating medium is rotated around an axis at an angle to the first surface.

Abstract: A flow directing member for a vapor provision system is configured for engagement with an opening in a wall of a housing defining a reservoir for aerosolizable substrate material and with an opening in a wall of the housing defining an air flow passage, and has a liquid flow channel extending therethrough from a liquid inlet to a liquid outlet such that when the flow directing member is engaged with the housing, the liquid inlet is in communication with the reservoir and the liquid outlet is in communication with a volume for aerosol generation external to the reservoir so that aerosolizable substrate material can flow from the reservoir to the volume; and an aerosol flow channel extending therethrough from an aerosol inlet to an aerosol outlet such that when the flow directing member is engaged with the housing, the aerosol inlet is in communication with the volume and the aerosol outlet is in communication with the air flow passage so that aerosol can flow from the volume to the air flow passage.