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At least one example embodiment provides a system for controlling a heater in a non-combustible aerosol-generating device, the system comprising a memory storing computer-readable instructions and a controller configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to cause the non-combustible aerosol-generating device to apply a first power to the heater based on a first preheat temperature determine an estimated energy applied to the heater during application of the first power, and apply a second power to the heater based on the estimated energy, an energy threshold and a second preheat temperature, the second power being less than the first power.

A vaporizing device including a reservoir to store a liquid precursor, a dispenser to regulate the flow of the liquid precursor, a chamber to receive the liquid precursor and generate vapor, and a heater to supply heat to vaporize at least a portion of the liquid precursor, an inlet to admit air, and an outlet that includes a tortuous flow path geometry configured to condition vapor or aerosol prior to delivery to a user. The chamber may include geometries that enhance thin film vaporization or induce rotational flow. A controller may be provided to regulate power delivered to the heater, estimate heater temperature, compare detected inhalation parameters to stored inhalation profiles, and responsively adapt operation. In some embodiments, the controller may operate in an idle or standby mode to maintain a minimum temperature. The device may also include valves to inhibit leakage of the liquid precursor when not in use.

An aerosol generating device for generating an aerosol by heating an aerosol generating article includes: a case; a heater disposed in the case and configured to generate heat; a support disposed in the case and including a cavity for accommodating an aerosol generating article; a rib formed on an inner surface of the support and extending along a circumferential direction of the cavity such that an outer circumferential surface of the aerosol generating article accommodated in the cavity is surrounded by the rib; and an air flow path formed between the case and the support such that air is introduced into the cavity.

An apparatus and method for aerosol delivery, wherein the apparatus includes a biodegradable outer body, a power source, an aerosolizable material reservoir, a control circuit comprising an aerosol generation mechanism, a channel on top of the aerosolizable material reservoir, an absorption pad encasing the channel, and a support feature on either side of the channel on top of the reservoir. The method includes using a processing unit of the apparatus to configure the control circuit after determining a device usability.

The utility model relates to an atomizer, an aerosol generating device and a heating element, and the atomizer comprises a shell which is internally provided with a liquid storage cavity for storing a liquid matrix; the atomization assembly comprises a liquid guide element and a heating element, the liquid guide element is used for conducting the liquid matrix to the heating element, and the heating element is used for heating and atomizing the liquid matrix to generate aerosol; the first support is used for holding the atomization assembly; wherein the heating element comprises a first heating part, a second heating part and a connecting part, the connecting part is connected with the first heating part and the second heating part, the first heating part and the second heating part are arranged at intervals in a non-coplanar mode, and an atomization cavity used for releasing aerosol and allowing airflow to pass through is defined between the first heating part and the second heating part.

The utility model relates to the field of heat-not-burn, in particular to a heat-not-burn assembly, a heat-not-burn appliance and a heat-not-burn system.The heat-not-burn assembly comprises a heating body and a suction nozzle detachably connected with the heating body, the heating body is provided with a heating cavity, and the heating cavity is used for containing and heating a solid aerosol matrix; the suction nozzle is provided with an air inlet channel and an air outlet channel, the air inlet channel and the air outlet channel are independently arranged, the suction nozzle is provided with an air inlet, the air inlet is used for being communicated with the heating cavity through the air inlet channel when the suction nozzle is connected with the heating body, and the air outlet channel is used for being communicated with the heating cavity in a butt joint mode when the suction nozzle is connected with the heating body. Due to the fact that the air inlet, the air inlet channel and the air outlet channel are all arranged on the suction nozzle, a cooling air channel does not need to be arranged in the appliance main body, a cooling section does not need to be arranged on the aerosol product, the suction nozzle can be repeatedly used, and the aerosol product only has a solid aerosol substrate. And the cost of the aerosol product and the use cost of a user can be reduced.

The invention discloses a temperature control system and method based on an electronic cigarette, and belongs to the technical field of electronic cigarette temperature control, and the method comprises the steps: building a temperature difference mapping matrix through obtaining a heating body infrared radiation signal and a cigarette oil liquid level heat conductivity change parameter; establishing a liquid level-heating surface coupling dynamic model by taking the matrix as input, and extracting nonlinear temperature control characteristic factors; constructing a multi-dimensional state recognition vector based on the factors, and performing fuzzy reasoning in combination with a real-time flow signal of a user suction sensor to generate a dynamic target temperature control curve; a heating body voltage is driven through pulse width modulation, a thermal coupling state identification value is updated according to infrared change and an evaporation rate in a sucking process, a temperature control curve is dynamically corrected, and closed-loop self-adaptive temperature control is realized; according to the method, the temperature control precision and responsiveness can be improved, the smoking experience is improved, and the intelligent control level of the electronic cigarette is enhanced.

The utility model relates to the technical field of aerosol generation, in particular to a heating device and atomization equipment for an aerosol generation matrix, the heating device comprises a supporting assembly, a heating assembly and a reflecting part, the supporting assembly is provided with an air inlet, the heating assembly comprises a heat conduction part and a heating part, the heat conduction part is of a hollow structure with two open ends, and the reflecting part is arranged in the heat conduction part. The heating piece is arranged at the opening, away from the air inlet, of the heat conducting piece, a heating cavity is defined by the heating piece and the heat conducting piece, an airflow channel communicating the air inlet with the interior of the aerosol generating substrate is formed in the heating cavity, the heating piece is used for heating after being electrified, and the heat conducting piece is used for absorbing at least part of heat of the heating piece; the reflecting part is arranged on the outer side of the heat conduction part and used for reflecting heat radiated outwards by the heat conduction part and / or the heating part. Heat loss can be reduced, the heat utilization rate can be improved, power consumption of the power supply assembly can be reduced, heating efficiency can be improved, the aerosol generation speed can be increased, and a user is prevented from being scalded.

The present disclosure relates to an electronic smoking article comprising: a housing having an air inlet adapted for entry of air into the housing and an air outlet adapted for exit of a formed aerosol, the inlet and the outlet having an air passage therebetween; a reservoir within the housing that is configured to hold an aerosol precursor fluid; a heater in fluid communication with the reservoir; and one or both of a first check valve positioned at the air inlet and a second check valve positioned at the air outlet.

The invention relates to the technical field of liquid atomization, and particularly discloses a liquid supplementing method, an atomizer and an electronic atomization device.The method comprises the steps that according to working parameters of the atomizer, the accumulated aerosol matrix consumption V consumption of the atomizer is obtained through calculation; according to a preset aerosol substrate target storage volume V target and the accumulated aerosol substrate consumption V consumption, calculating to obtain an aerosol substrate residual volume V residual of the atomizer; and executing a preset protection measure according to the aerosol matrix residual amount Vresidual. According to the liquid supplementing method, the atomizer and the electronic atomization device, the problem that an existing electronic atomization device needs a user to actively supplement liquid, and consequently the use experience of the user is poor can be effectively solved.

An electronic smoking device, a heating method thereof and a computer storage medium are provided in the present disclosure. The electronic smoking device may at least include a heat generator. The heat generator may be configured to heat an aerosol generating substance. The heating method may include: obtaining a current electrical-characteristic value of the heat generator; determining a current temperature value of the heat generator based on the current electrical-characteristic value and a pre-acquired heat generator parameter; the heat generator parameter may represent a corresponding relation between the electrical-characteristic values and the temperature values of the heat generator; adjusting the current temperature value of the heat generator based on a current heating time, a current temperature value and the pre-acquired heating parameter. The heating parameter may represent a corresponding relation between heating time and the temperature values.

The present disclosure relates to an inhaler component for producing a steam / air mixture or / and condensation aerosol in an intermittent and inhalation- or pull-synchronous manner, the inhaler component including: a housing; a chamber arranged in the housing; an air inlet opening for the supply of air from the surroundings to the chamber; an electrical heating element for evaporating a portion of a liquid material; and a wick having a capillary structure, which wick forms a composite structure with the heating element and automatically supplies the heating element with fresh liquid material after evaporation.

Disclosed herein is a generation control apparatus. The apparatus may include a first authenticator configured to perform first authentication, and a determiner configured to determine whether to operate an aerosol generator based on the result of the first authentication. The first authenticator may perform the first authentication under the condition that the second authentication has been completed. The apparatus may include an acquisition unit configured to obtain registration information required for the first authentication, and a second authenticator configured to perform the second authentication using the registration information. The second authenticator may register the registration information as reference data used for the first authentication only when the second authentication is normally performed.

The utility model discloses a container, an atomizer and an electronic atomization device, and the atomizer comprises an atomization main body which comprises a first liquid storage cavity used for storing a liquid matrix and an atomization assembly used for atomizing the liquid matrix from the first liquid storage cavity to generate aerosol; the first container and the second container can be connected with the atomization main body, the first container is provided with a second liquid storage cavity used for storing a liquid matrix, and the second container is provided with a third liquid storage cavity used for storing the liquid matrix; when the first container and the second container are connected with the atomizing main body, a first liquid guide channel for conducting the liquid matrix in the second liquid storage cavity to the first liquid storage cavity is established between the first container and the atomizing main body; and a second liquid guide channel for conducting the liquid matrix in the third liquid storage cavity to the first liquid storage cavity is established between the second container and the atomizing main body. In this way, it can be avoided that when the liquid matrix is supplemented to the atomization body, the liquid matrix is easily limited by existing regulatory requirements.

An aerosol generating device may include a cartridge configured to store an aerosol generating material, a main body to which the cartridge is detachably coupled, a first heater configured to heat a cigarette inserted into the aerosol generating device, a second heater configured to heat an aerosol generating material, and a processor configured to individually control the first heater and the second heater so that the aerosol generating device operates in one of a smokeless mode in which visible smoke is not generated and a smoke mode in which visible smoke is generated.

An aerosol generation device having a vibration part and a control method thereof are provided. The aerosol generation device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a housing including an accommodation space for accommodating an aerosol-generating article, a heating element configured to be inserted into the aerosol-generating article accommodated in the accommodation space and heat the accommodated aerosol-generating article to generate an aerosol, and a vibration part. The vibration part may vibrate the heating element to prevent formation of stuck-on residue on the heating element and allow removal of stuck-on residue formed on the heating element.

A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating device includes a heater configured to heat an aerosol-generating article; a body piece, the body piece being arranged to surround the aerosol-generating article; a first cover member coupled to one side of the body member and including a first aperture for receiving the aerosol-generating article; and a second cover member coupled to the other side portion of the body member and including a second hole for receiving a power line for supplying power to the heater. In addition, the invention further provides an aerosol generating device.

There is provided an aerosol generating apparatus having a plurality of apparatus modes including an aerosol session mode and at least one further mode; including: an aerosol generating unit for generating aerosol; a user interface arrangement including an illuminable mode indicator and a status indicator arrangement including a plurality of status indicators; each status indicator selectively illuminable; and a controller to initiate said aerosol session mode to control the aerosol generating unit to generate aerosol, and control the mode indicator to illuminate indicative of the aerosol session mode and the status indicator arrangement to illuminate one or more of the status indicators in an illumination pattern indicative of a status associated with the aerosol session mode; and the controller to initiate the at least one further mode, and control the mode indicator to illuminate indicative of the at least one further mode and the status indicators to not illuminate.

The atomizer comprises a main body, an adjusting assembly, a first atomizing assembly and a second atomizing assembly, wherein the first atomizing assembly and the second atomizing assembly are arranged at intervals; the main body is provided with a first air inlet and a second air inlet which are arranged at intervals; the first atomization assembly corresponds to the first air inlet hole, and the second atomization assembly corresponds to the second air inlet hole. The adjusting assembly is rotationally connected with the main body, so that the first air inlet hole and / or the second air inlet hole are / is communicated with the outside, the first air inlet hole is communicated with the outside, and the first atomization assembly works; the second air inlet communicates with the outside, and the second atomization assembly works; the first air inlet hole and the second air inlet hole are communicated with the outside, and the first atomization assembly and the second atomization assembly work. The atomizer is provided with the double atomizing cores and the double air inlet holes, a user is allowed to rapidly switch the working states of the atomizing cores through rotating operation by means of the rotating design of the adjusting assembly, and the operation of switching the working modes of the atomizer is simple and high in efficiency.

The present disclosure relates to a component for an aerosol generating apparatus, an aerosol generating apparatus and a method of cleaning at least one further part of an aerosol generating. A drawback with known aerosol generating apparatuses is part of the aerosolised aerosol precursor may not leave the aerosol generating apparatus but may deposit itself on surfaces or structures within the aerosol generating apparatus, requiring periodic cleaning of said surfaces or structures. Accordingly, there is provided component (200) of an aerosol generating apparatus (1) for cleaning at least one further part (206) of the aerosol generating apparatus (1), wherein the component (200) comprises a cleaning element (202) which, in use, forms a region of surface contact (216) with the further part (206), wherein the component (200) is slidingly movable relative to the further part (206), thereby maintaining the surface contact, in a first direction (208a) and an opposite second direction (208b), wherein the cleaning element (202) in the region of surface contact (216) with the further part (206) comprises a first edge (210a) which forms a leading edge in the first direction of movement and a second edge (210b) which forms a leading edge in the second direction of movement, wherein the first edge (210a), when the component (200) is moved in the first direction (208a), is arranged to slide over deposits (204) on the surface of the structural element (206) between the cleaning element (202) and the structural element (206), and wherein the second edge (210b), when the component (200) is moved in the second direction (208b), is arranged to scrape off said deposits (204) from the surface of the further part (206).

Provided herein is an aerosol-generating device for generating aerosol from an aerosol-generating material. The aerosol-generating device comprises a heating assembly including one or more heating units arranged to heat, but not burn, the aerosol-generating material 202 in use and a controller for controlling the one or more heating units. The controller is programmed such that, during a session of use, at least one of the one or more heating units is powered so as to be heated to a plurality of different temperatures sequentially, and each time that the heating unit is heated to a new temperature which is higher than a previous temperature the new temperature is less than 120° C. greater than the previous temperature and the heating unit is held at the new temperature for at least 0.5 seconds.

There is provided a handshake process, performed by an aerosol generating apparatus, the handshake process including: sending first information to the external device; receiving from the external device second information in response to the first information; determining whether the second information is valid or invalid by determining whether the second information is derived from the first information using shared knowledge that is shared by the aerosol generating apparatus and the external device; if the second information is determined to be valid, allowing communication with the external device to continue; if the second information is determined to be invalid, performing at least one action to disrupt communication with the external device.

An aerosol generating apparatus comprising a consumable comprising an aerosol precursor, and first and second opposite ends that are longitudinally spaced from one another. The apparatus also comprises a device comprising a device body defining a cavity. The cavity has a base and an opening through which the second end of the consumable can be removably inserted into the cavity in a direction towards the base. The cavity is configured to permit rotation of the consumable about the longitudinal axis when the second end of the consumable is received in the cavity. The device further includes an engagement portion defining a recess at or proximate to the base of the cavity for receipt of the second end of the consumable, the engagement portion configured to engage the second end of the consumable when received in the recess to limit rotation of the consumable about the longitudinal axis. The device also includes a heating system arranged to heat the aerosol precursor when the consumable is received in the cavity.

The utility model relates to the technical field of aerosol generating equipment, in particular to a heating unit and a heating non-combustion device.The heating unit comprises a cup body, the cup body comprises a side part and a bottom, the bottom is arranged at one end of the side part, and a heating cavity with one end open is defined by the bottom and the side part; the heating cavity is used for accommodating and heating an aerosol substrate; the cover body is arranged on one side, deviating from the heating cavity, of the bottom; and the heating layer is arranged between the cover body and the bottom, and the heating layer and the cover body are at least co-fired into a whole. The heating layer is arranged between the cover body and the bottom and is at least co-fired with the cover body into a whole, so that the heating layer is not easy to separate from the cover body and the bottom due to the expansion degree difference after being heated in the use process, the use stability of the heating unit is favorably improved, and the service life of the heating unit is prolonged.

Disclosed is a vaporization device relating to the field of electronic vaporization. The vaporization device includes: a device housing (100); a vaporization assembly (500) disposed in the device housing and comprising a liquid inlet (521); a liquid storage chamber (310) for storing the vaporizable material; a liquid supply chamber (440) in communication with the liquid inlet, the liquid storage chamber and the liquid supply chamber being separated by an isolation partition (411) that defines a chamber connection hole (430) establishing fluid communication therebetween; a liquid supply switch (700) movably disposed at the chamber connection hole to open or seal the chamber connection hole; and a device switch (200) movably disposed at the vaporization device for activating the vaporization device; wherein a linkage mechanism is provided between the device switch and the liquid supply switch for allowing to open the liquid supply switch when the device switch is switched to an open state.

There is provided an aerosol-generating system, the aerosol-generating system having an aerosol locked mode and an aerosol unlocked mode, the aerosol-generating system further having a comms enabled state and a comms disabled state, wherein the aerosol-generating system includes: an aerosol-generating unit for generating aerosol from an aerosol precursor when the aerosol-generating system is in said aerosol unlocked mode, and configured to not generate aerosol when the aerosol-generating system is in said aerosol locked mode; a communication interface configured to be enabled to establish a wireless connection with an external device when the aerosol-generating system is in said comms enabled state, and configured to be disabled when the aerosol-generating system is in said comms disabled state; a controller configured to: cause the aerosol-generating system to transition from the comms disabled state to the comms enabled state in response to detection of a user action involving the aerosol generating device; if the communication interface establishes a wireless connection with the external device, cause the aerosol-generating system to switch from the locked mode to the unlocked mode based on the wireless connection, and cause the aerosol-generating system to transition from the comms enabled state to the comms disabled state.

An apparatus for unique identification of an object using near-field communication (NFC), the apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory, wherein the memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive object manufacture data associated with a first object containing an NFC tag, generate a unique identifier as a function of the object manufacture data, assign the unique identifier to the NFC tag of the first object using an NFC reader at an initial time, obtain first identification data containing the unique identifier when the NFC reader communicates with the NFC tag of the first object at a time subsequent to the initial time, aggregate the first identification data with second identification data associated with a second object using a data aggregator, determine an object action datum as a function of the aggregated identification data, and transmit the object action datum to the NFC reader.

The utility model discloses a heating body, an atomizer and an aerosol generating device. The base body comprises a porous structure and a loading structure, the porous structure is provided with a plurality of micropores, the loading structure comprises a connecting surface and a heating surface, the connecting surface is used for being connected with the porous structure, and the heating surface is used for being in contact with an aerosol generating substrate. The heating element is arranged on the connecting surface or the heating surface and is used for heating the aerosol generating substrate to generate aerosol. In the application, the porous structure is provided with a plurality of micropores, so that the porous structure is relatively low in heat conductivity and has a relatively good heat insulation effect; wherein the heating element is arranged on the connecting surface or the heating surface, so that heat generated by the heating element is blocked by the porous structure and is difficult to dissipate to the outside, heat dissipation is reduced, and the heat generated by the heating element can act on the aerosol generating substrate more, so that the heat efficiency of the heating element can be improved, and the energy consumption of the aerosol generating device can be reduced; and the endurance time of the aerosol generating device is prolonged.

The present disclosure relates to an aerosol generating apparatus. A drawback with known aerosol generating apparatuses is part of the aerosolised aerosol precursor or the aerosol precursor itself may remain within the aerosol generating apparatus, e.g. within a consumable cavity, and may deposit itself on surfaces or structures within the aerosol generating apparatus, requiring periodic cleaning of said surfaces or structures. Accordingly, there is provided an aerosol generating apparatus (1), comprising a housing (104) having a first side surface and a second side surface opposite the first side surface, a first opening (106a,b) arranged in one of the first and second side surfaces (108a,b), and a cavity (72) arranged for receiving a consumable (70), wherein the first opening is arranged as an access into the cavity (72), through one of the first and second side surfaces, a closure element (100), wherein the closure element (100) is arranged adjacent to the housing (104) and is moveable along the housing (104) between a first position (102a) and a second position (102b), wherein, in the first position (102a), the closure element (100) covers the first opening (106a,b), and in the second position (102b), the closure element (100) exposes the first opening (106a,b).

An aerosol delivery device is provided that includes a segmented heater including a plurality of heating elements that are separately powerable to heat and thereby vaporize components of an aerosol precursor composition, and a control component for the segmented heater. The control component includes a logic circuit with a data input and a plurality of outputs each output of which is coupled to a respective one of the plurality of heating elements of the segmented heater. A processor produces and provides a logic signal including at least a high voltage level to the data input of the logic circuit and causes the logic circuit to provide the high voltage level at one or more outputs of the plurality of outputs of the logic circuit, and thereby powers respective one or more heating elements of the plurality of heating elements of the segmented heater to heat and thereby vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition.