Abstract: An aerosol generating device extending along a longitudinal axis (X) includes an outside casing defining an internal volume, the internal volume including a payload compartment; and a power supply block arranged in the internal volume of the outside casing. The outside casing includes a frame delimiting at least a first opening and a first screen arranged in the first opening, the first screen being made of a dielectric material. The at least first opening of the frame is delimited by an edge, the edge includes a protruding part retaining the corresponding screen in the corresponding opening.

Abstract: An electronic smoking device includes a void and a lateral outside area enclosing the void. The device includes a plurality of flexible printed circuit boards arranged in the void; a plurality of electrical and/or electronic components mounted to one or more of the plurality of flexible printed circuit boards; and a display in communication with at least one of the plurality of electrical and/or electronic components.

Abstract: A printed circuit board is configured to mechanically support a plurality of electrical and/or electronic components which are electrically connected via conductive tracks. At least some of the conductive tracks are arranged on a common flexible carrier. A first rigidizing layer including a first rigidizing material is located at a first portion of a surface of the common flexible carrier to form a first rigidized zone. A second rigidizing layer including a second rigidizing material is located at a second portion of the surface of the common flexible carrier to form a second rigidized zone. The first portion of the surface and the second portion of the surface are spaced apart from each other. The first rigidizing material and the second rigidizing material support electrical and/or electronic components. The electrical, electronical components and/or conductor tracks are attached between the rigidizing layers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aerosol generating device for delivering aerosol upon heating a liquid contained in the device including: an outside casing comprising a battery and a receiving cavity extending in an axial direction of the device; the receiving cavity being arranged for receiving a cartomizer at a first end of the device and supplying electrical power to the cartomizer, an internal frame for holding the battery in the outside casing, at least one electronic circuit board (PCBA), wherein the aerosol generating device further includes a sealed compartment in a region of the outside casing containing the battery; the sealed compartment being sealed by a leak-tight and pressure resistant sealing arrangement isolating the battery from the receiving cavity and from the at least one electronic circuit board.

Abstract: A capsule for an electronic cigarette is provided.

Abstract: The present technology is directed to an aerosol generating apparatus. The aerosol generating apparatus comprising an internal assembly comprising a chassis and an electronic printed circuit, and an outer casing extending along a longitudinal axis (X) and defining an opening for insertion of the internal assembly along the longitudinal axis in a cavity of the outer casing. The chassis comprises a main part and a flexible part. The flexible part is elastically moveable with respect to the main part between a rest configuration, in which the internal assembly has a first extension (E3) along a transverse axis (Z) that is larger than an extension (E1) of the opening along the transverse axis, and a flexed or retracted configuration, in which the internal assembly has a second extension along the transverse axis that is smaller than the extension of the opening, so as to allow said insertion.

Abstract: A cartomizer for an aerosol generating device includes a first end configured to engage with a control and power supply device, and a second end having a vapor outlet; a container for holding a reservoir to contain vaporizable material, and a vaporizing unit including an electrical heating element and a liquid transport element. The liquid transport is arranged to deliver vaporizable material from the reservoir to the heating element, a bottom holder and a pair of electrodes held by the bottom holder at the first end of the cartomizer. The electrodes are made of a ferrous or ferro-magnetic material and extend transversally at the bottom holder so that each electrode forms a first portion of contact with an electrical contact of the control and power supply device and a second portion of contact adjacent the first portion of contact to engage with a magnetic element of the power device.

Abstract: A capsule for an electronic cigarette has a first end configured to engage with an electronic cigarette device, a second end having a vapor outlet, a liquid store configured to contain a liquid to be vaporized; a vaporizer housing arranged to house at least a part of a heating element and a part of a fluid transfer element arranged to deliver liquid from the liquid store to the heating element, the heating element being configured to vaporize the received liquid and generate a vapor; a seal arranged to hold the vaporizer housing; a holder arranged to attach to the seal; a main gas flow channel extending between the vaporizer housing and the vapor outlet; a pair of electrodes arranged to provide an electrical connection between the first end of the capsule and an electronic cigarette device; where the holder comprises an airflow passageway.

Abstract: A printed circuit board mechanically supports electrical and/or electronic components for an electronic smoking article. The board includes at least one flexible portion and at least one rigidized portion, wherein the flexible portion and the rigidized portion include a common flexible layer stack including at least one structured metal layer. The rigidized portion further includes at least one rigidizing layer stack including at least one structured metal layer, wherein the rigidizing layer stack is arranged on at least one surface of the common flexible layer stack. At least a part of the structured metal layer of the common flexible layer stack in the flexible portion is structured as an electromagnetic coil forming an NFC-antenna and at least a part of the respective structured metal layers of the common flexible layer stack and the rigidizing layer are structured for acting together as an electromagnetic induction coil suitable for wireless charging.

Abstract: An aerosol generating system includes a cartridge that contains a supply of aerosol generating material and an aerosol generating device for receiving the cartridge. When the cartridge is received in the aerosol generating device, a continuous conductive path is formed from discrete conductive elements alternately located on the cartridge and the device. The continuous conductive path may form part of a test circuit for verifying the correct insertion of an authentic cartridge or part of a power circuit required to operate an aerosol generator. Preferably the conductive elements on the cartridge are located on projections or in recesses in the shapes of letters, symbols or other patterns capable of conveying visual information, for example a trade mark of the supplier of authentic cartridges.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device for generating an aerosol or vapor includes: an orientation sensor for sensing an orientation of the device, and a controller for: detecting a first set of one or more states of the device, the first set defining a sequence of states, and the first set including at least one state detected based at least in part on the sensed orientation; determining, based at least in part on the first set of states, a first operation of the aerosol generation device to be performed; controlling the aerosol generation device in accordance with the first operation; and causing a memory to store the first set of states and the first operation in association with each other, the association being for controlling a subsequent operation of the aerosol generation device when a subsequently detected second set of states of the aerosol generation device matches the first set of states.

Abstract: Provided herein is an electronic cigarette defining a reservoir configured to contain a liquid to be vaporized. The reservoir has two connection portions each of which have a port, the connection portions of the reservoir being configured to cooperate with two connection portions of a refill device. The electronic cigarette further includes two valves, each of which is connected to one of the two connection portions of the reservoir. The valves have a closed configuration in which the ports of the reservoir are closed, and an open configuration in which only liquid is able to flow through one of the ports of the reservoir and towards the inside of the reservoir, and only air is able to flow through the other of the ports of the reservoir towards the outside of the reservoir.

Abstract: A printed circuit board mechanically supports electrical and/or electronic components for an electronic smoking article. The board includes at least one flexible portion and at least one rigidized portion, wherein the flexible portion and the rigidized portion include a common flexible layer stack including at least one structured metal layer. The rigidized portion further includes at least one rigidizing layer stack including at least one structured metal layer, wherein the rigidizing layer stack is arranged on at least one surface of the common flexible layer stack. At least a part of the structured metal layer of the common flexible layer stack in the flexible portion is structured as an electromagnetic coil forming an NFC-antenna and at least a part of the respective structured metal layers of the common flexible layer stack and the rigidizing layer are structured for acting together as an electromagnetic induction coil suitable for wireless charging.

Abstract: A printed circuit board mechanically supports electrical and/or electronic components for an electronic smoking article. The board includes at least one flexible portion and at least one rigidized portion, wherein the flexible portion and the rigidized portion include a common flexible layer stack including at least one structured metal layer. The rigidized portion further includes at least one rigidizing layer stack including at least one structured metal layer, wherein the rigidizing layer stack is arranged on at least one surface of the common flexible layer stack. At least a part of the structured metal layer of the common flexible layer stack in the flexible portion is structured as an electromagnetic coil forming an NFC-antenna and at least a part of the respective structured metal layers of the common flexible layer stack and the rigidizing layer are structured for acting together as an electromagnetic induction coil suitable for wireless charging.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes a vaporizing unit configured to generate a vapor from a substrate; an air flow inlet; a vapor outlet configured for a user to inhale the vapor; a main vapor flow channel extending past the vaporizing unit from the air flow inlet to the vapor outlet; a pressure sensor arranged to measure a pressure at the main vapor flow channel; and control circuitry configured to monitor user inhalation by: obtaining pressure measurements from the pressure sensor at a sampling frequency; calculating a background pressure as a moving average of the pressure measurements obtained within a moving sampling period; and calculating a current pressure difference as a difference between a current pressure measurement and the background pressure. The control circuitry is configured to select an operation state depending upon the current pressure difference. The operation state is one of: at least a sleep state; and an active state.

Abstract: A method for excluding humidity and/or oxygen and/or other fluids from an inner cavity of an electronic smoking device surrounded by an outer hull, the cavity being fluid tight to its environment by at least one seal and having at least one input and at least one output having at least one hole through the hull and into the cavity through which fluids can pass and which can be closed with a closure, the method includes first filling an inert gas through the input into the cavity, displacing fluids inside the cavity by flushing them out with the inert gas through the output and afterwards the input and the output are permanently closed with its closure.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device includes a device NFC antenna; and a device communication module connected to the device NFC antenna and configured to communicate with an external device using the device NFC antenna. The device communication module is configured to transmit output data to the external device by encoding this output data into a carrier wave using the device NFC antenna and receive input data from the external device by decoding this input data from an electromagnetic wave received by the device NFC antenna.

Abstract: The present disclosure concerns an aerosol generation device including a housing having a non-electrically conductive touch panel arranged on an external surface and a plurality of touch sensors, each touch sensor being associated to an operational function carried out by a controller and configured to be activated further to a user interaction with the touch sensor based on an activation sensitivity of this touch sensor. The activation sensitivity of each touch sensor is based on the operational function associated to the touch sensor, at least two touch sensors having different activation sensitivities.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device for consuming an aerosol generation substrate includes a housing and a control unit, the housing having an outer layer having an elastically deformable area, and the control unit including: a printed circuit board having a plurality of electrical transmission lines for electrically connecting components thereon, and a capacitive sensor component arranged on the printed circuit board.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes an outside casing containing a battery and having a receiving cavity for receiving an exchangeable cartomizer in a removable manner, a power and control interface connected to the battery and positioned in the receiving cavity for contacting with an electrical contact and air inlet interface of the cartomizer, wherein the power and control interface includes an airflow sensor and electrical contacts, wherein the power and control interface includes a deformable seal configured to delimit a flow path to the airflow sensor and wherein the power and control interface includes a non-deformable holder at least partially bordering a perimeter of the deformable seal in the receiving cavity.