Abstract: An aerosol generating apparatus according to an embodiment includes a susceptor arranged to surround an aerosol generating article, and comprising a first layer including a magnetic material and a second layer including a first non-magnetic metal material; an induction coil configured to form a time-varying magnetic field in the susceptor assembly; a battery configured to supply power to the induction coil; and a processor configured to control the power supplied to the induction coil from the battery.

Abstract: A heater assembly includes a heating element formed in a mesh having a tubular shape, and configured to generate heat when electricity is supplied, and a plurality of electrodes respectively connected to opposite end portions the heating element in a lengthwise direction, extending in a circumferential direction of the heating element, and configured to supply the electricity to the heating element.

Abstract: A cover assembly includes a mouthpiece including one end, that is configured to come into contact with a mouth of a user, and another end opposite to the one end, the mouthpiece configured to move to an open position and a closed position by rotation of the mouthpiece around the other end; and an accommodation unit for accommodating the one end of the mouthpiece in the closed position. The accommodation unit includes a button unit including a body, the button unit configured to contact the one end of the mouthpiece and to be displaced in a longitudinal direction based on the one end being pressed; and a locking unit including a body, the body of the locking unit including a first portion that is configured to contact the one end of the mouthpiece and a second portion that is configured to contact the button unit.

Abstract: A cartridge used for an aerosol-generating apparatus includes a liquid storage configured to store an aerosol-generating material, a heater configured to generate an aerosol by heating the aerosol-generating material, an air flow path through which the aerosol passes to be discharged to the outside of the cartridge, and a heating wire having a mesh shape, configured to generate heat, and arranged in the air flow path such that the aerosol is heated by the heating wire while passing through the air flow path.

Abstract: A tantalum capacitor includes a sintered tantalum body including tantalum powder, a conductive polymer layer disposed on the sintered tantalum body and including a first filler, a carbon layer disposed on the conductive polymer layer; and a tantalum body including a tantalum wire penetrating through at least a portion of each of the sintered tantalum body and the conductive polymer layer in a first direction. A ratio of an area of the first filler to an area of the conductive polymer layer is greater than 0.38 in a first cross-section partially overlapping the sintered tantalum body, among cross-sections perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a first converter to convert power, which is output from a fuel cell stack or a battery, into power in a specific level, a second converter to convert power which is input to or output from the battery, a power relay assembly to control power flow between a super capacitor and the first converter, and a controller to control outputs of the first converter and the second converter, depending on a starting state or an operating state of the fuel cell system, and to control an operation of the power relay assembly.

Abstract: An image sensor having a shield including, for example, a metal, is above an electrical charge storage element in a pixel region to block light incident toward the electrical charge storage element, thereby making it possible to reduce or prevent reading a charge value including leakage charge introduced to the electrical charge storage element, and thus adversely affecting an image result.

Abstract: An electronic component includes a magnetic body containing magnetic metal powder; and external electrodes disposed on an outer portion of the magnetic body. The external electrodes include first plating layers in direct contact with the magnetic body.

Abstract: A method for a transaction for proposing a personally-desired transaction price includes inputting a desired transaction price of a commodity or service in a desired price selection part of a consumer user interface for a consumer, loading inventory quantities of the commodity or service stored in a database to determine whether the desired transaction price of the commodity or service corresponds to any one of prices to which a plurality of discount rates are applied and whether the inventory quantity corresponding to the desired transaction price is present, and deleting the desired price selection part from the consumer user interface and displaying a base price of the commodity or service when the desired transaction price corresponds to any one of the prices to which the plurality of discount rates are applied and the inventory quantity corresponding to the desired transaction price is present and payment by the consumer is confirmed.

Abstract: A lens includes an optical unit, and a rib unit extending outwardly in a radial direction of the optical portion, wherein the rib unit includes a light transmitting region and a light blocking region, and the light blocking region is disposed in the rib unit.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generation device including: a case into which a cigarette is insertable; a heater arranged in the case and configured to heat the cigarette inserted into the case; a mainstream smoke passage connecting an internal end portion of the cigarette to the outside; and a vaporizer configured to heat a liquid composition to generate aerosol and deliver the aerosol to the mainstream smoke passage, wherein at least a portion of the mainstream smoke passage extends in a direction crossing a longitudinal direction of the cigarette.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an air compressor for a vehicle and, more specifically, to an air compressor for a vehicle wherein the entire operation of the air compressor may be stabilized by a cooling unit in which a portion of the compressed air that moves through a connection pipe conveying primarily compressed air exchanges heat with a cooling water flowing part to cool the driving unit.

Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition including a silsesquioxane-based copolymer obtained by copolymerizing a first monomer represented by Chemical Formula 1 (R1—R2—Si (R3)3), a second monomer represented by Chemical Formula 2 ((R4)n—Si(R5)4-n), a third monomer represented by Chemical Formula 3 (Si(R6)4), and a fourth monomer represented by Chemical Formula 4 ((R7)3—Si—R8—Si—(R7)3) are provided.

Abstract: An energy storage module includes a plurality of battery cells, each including a vent; a plurality of insulation spacers, at least one of the insulation spacers being located between long side surfaces of each adjacent pair of the battery cells; a cover member including an internal receiving space; a top plate coupled to a top portion of the cover member and including ducts respectively corresponding to the vents of the battery cells, and opening holes respectively corresponding to the insulation spacers; a top cover coupled to a top portion of the top plate and including discharge holes respectively corresponding to the ducts; and an extinguisher sheet located between the top cover and the top plate, configured to emit a fire extinguishing agent at a temperature exceeding a certain temperature, and including opening holes positioned to correspond to the ducts.

Abstract: A flexible battery may include: a first electrode assembly including one or more unit cells, each having a pair of electrodes with a separator interposed therebetween; a single electrode; and a second electrode assembly connected to the first electrode assembly or to the single electrode and including a single electrode and a separator covering a top and bottom of the single electrode of the second electrode assembly.

Abstract: Discloses is an aerosol generating device including: a main body; a cartridge detachably coupled to the main body and configured to contain an aerosol generating material; and an ultrasonic vibrator arranged in the cartridge, comprising electrodes on different surfaces, and configured to vibrate the aerosol generating material, wherein the electrodes are formed on the ultrasonic vibrator by deposition.

Abstract: An atomization assembly for an aerosol generating device includes an atomizer configured to atomize an aerosol generating material to generate an aerosol, a first liquid delivery element configured to absorb an aerosol generating material from a reservoir for storing the aerosol generating material, and a second liquid delivery element arranged between the first liquid delivery element and the atomizer and configured to deliver the aerosol generating material absorbed by the first liquid delivery element to the atomizer.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an apparatus and method for providing compensation information, which compress the compensation information for demura and a display driving apparatus for solving a defect in a screen by using compressed compensation information. The apparatus for providing compensation information includes a compensation value provision unit configured to provide compensation values of pixels and a compression unit configured to perform compression on the compensation values for each block of a screen.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating device distributing and transmitting power from a battery to two heaters, wherein the aerosol generating device includes the battery, a first heater heating a first aerosol generating substrate, a second heater heating a second aerosol generating substrate, and a controller controlling power supplied from the battery to the first heater and the second heater, wherein the controller controls power to be supplied from the battery to the first heater and the second heater at different times.

Abstract: Discloses is an aerosol generating device including: an aerosol generating material reservoir configured to store an aerosol generating material; an atomizer configured to atomize the aerosol generating material into an aerosol; an inflow passage configured to provide fluid communication between outside of the aerosol generating device and the atomizer; a discharge passage which is surrounded by a passage wall and through which air introduced from the outside through the inflow passage and the aerosol are discharged out of the aerosol generating device; and at least one convex surface configured to guide the aerosol to the outside of the aerosol generating device by Coanda effect, so that the discharge rate of the aerosol may be enhanced and liquefaction of the aerosol in the airflow passage may be minimized.