Resilient Chamber for Adaptable Aerosol Consumables
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing alternatives to combustible smoking articles, such as heating devices, face challenges in efficiently generating aerosol from consumables of varying thicknesses without combustion, requiring adaptable designs for different types of consumables.
Innovation Solution
A non-combustible aerosol provision device with a housing and chamber that uses a resilient, heat-conductive material to accommodate consumables of different thicknesses, featuring a flexible heating foil and an annular stepped base to ensure secure and efficient aerosol generation, allowing for the use of different types of consumables.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed-thickness chamber is used for consumables, then the device structure is simple, but consumables of different thicknesses cannot be accommodated
Solution Approach 1:
The chamber incorporates a resilient material that can dynamically adjust its thickness to accommodate consumables of different thicknesses. The resilient material compresses to match the consumable thickness, providing a snug fit while maintaining structural simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The chamber design allows the thickness parameter of the resilient material to change adaptively. By making the resilient material thickness adaptable rather than fixed, the chamber can accommodate various consumable thicknesses without requiring multiple chamber designs.
2Productivity
If conventional heating devices are used, then aerosol generation is achieved, but combustion occurs which creates harmful factors
Solution Approach 1:
The heating element is designed to operate within a specific temperature range that enables aerosol generation without reaching combustion temperatures. By controlling the heating parameter to stay below the combustion threshold, the device produces aerosol efficiently while avoiding harmful combustion byproducts.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The device effectively generates aerosol from consumables of varying thicknesses by using a resilient, heat-conductive material and flexible heating elements, ensuring compatibility and efficient aerosol production regardless of the consumable's size, enhancing user flexibility and device usability.
Implementation Method 1
The resilient material may be a heat conductive material
Implementation Method 2
The at least one heater may comprise a layer of flexible heating foil
Data Source
AI summary
A non-combustible aerosol provision device (100) for generating aerosol from an aerosol generating material is dis-closed. The non-combustible aerosol provision device (100) comprises a housing, a chamber (102) within the housing for receiving a consumable comprising the aerosol generating material and a resilient material (114) that surrounds at least a portion of the consumable when the consumable is received within the chamber (102), the resilient material (114) comprising a thickness that is adaptable in dependence upon a thickness of the consumable comprising the aerosol generating material, whereby consumables of different thicknesses are selectively snuggly receivable within the chamber (102).