Aerosol delivery system having heating surface with a plurality of elongated fluid transport regions
US11458266B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 24, 2018 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 13, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05B2203/021
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An aerosol-generation apparatus, which is suitable for use as part of an aerosol-generating system of a smoking substitute type. The apparatus comprises a heater having a planar heating surface, and is configured to receive an aerosol precursor carrier for thermal interaction the heating surface. The heater comprises a heating element at the heating surface, and the heating surface comprises a fluid transport region adjacent the heating element. The fluid transport region is configured to move liquid across the heating surface towards the heating element.
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