Electrically-powered aerosol delivery system

Abstract

An aerosol delivery system is provided, comprising a control body portion including a first elongate tubular member having a power source disposed therein. A cartridge body portion includes a second tubular member having opposed first and second ends. One of the first and second ends is removably engaged with one end of the control body portion. The cartridge body portion further comprises a first aerosol generation arrangement disposed within the second tubular member and configured to operably engage the power source upon engagement between the control body portion and the cartridge body portion. The other of the first and second ends of the cartridge body portion is configured as a mouth-engaging end. The cartridge body portion further includes a second aerosol generation arrangement disposed within the second tubular member between the first aerosol generation arrangement and the mouth-engaging end. An associated method is also provided.

Description

BACKGROUND[0001]1. Field of the Disclosure[0002]The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices and systems, such as smoking articles; and more particularly, to aerosol delivery devices and systems that utilize electrically-generated heat for the production of aerosol (e.g., smoking articles commonly referred to as electronic cigarettes). The aerosol delivery devices and systems may be configured to heat an aerosol precursor, which incorporates materials that may be, though not necessarily, made or derived from tobacco or otherwise incorporate tobacco, and which are capable of vaporizing to form an inhalable aerosol for human consumption.[0003]2. Description of Related Art[0004]Many smoking devices have been proposed through the years as improvements upon, or alternatives to, smoking products that require combusting tobacco for use. Many of those devices purportedly have been designed to provide the sensations associated with cigarette, cigar, or pipe smoking, but without...

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Benefits of technology

[0007]The above and other needs are met by aspects of the present disclosure which, in one aspect, provides an aerosol delivery system. Such an aerosol delivery system may comprise a control body portion, wherein the control body portion includes a first elongate tubular member having opposed ends, and a power source disposed therein. A cartridge body portion includes a second tubular member having opposed first and second ends. One of the first and second ends of the cartridge body portion is removably engaged with one of the opposed ends of the control body portion. The cartridge body portion further comprises a first aerosol generation arrangement disposed within the second tubular member, and configured to operably engage the power source upon engagement between the one of the opposed ends of the control body portion and the one of the first and second ends of the cartridge body portion. The other of the first and second ends of the cartridge body portion is further configured as a mouth-engaging end. The cartridge body portion further includes a second aerosol generation arrangement within the second tubular member disposed between the first aerosol generation arrangement and the mouth-engaging end. In some aspects, the second aerosol generation arrangement may further include one or more aerosol generation elements, wherein the one or more (at least one) aerosol generation elements may be selected from the group consisting of granules, pellets, beads, discrete small units, carbon pieces, extruded carbon pieces, ceramic beads, marumarized tobacco pieces, extruded or compressed cylindrical or spherical elements, milled tobacco lamina, fillers, flavors, visible aerosol forming materials, binders, ovoid elements, irregularly shaped elements, shredded pieces, flakes, elements including tobacco, elements including a visible aerosol-forming material, adsorbent objects, absorbent objects, capsules, microcapsules, a honeycomb monolith, a single porous structure, and combin

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Many of those devices purportedly have been designed to provide the sensations associated with cigarette, cigar, or pipe smoking, bu

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