Aerosol generation device with closure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12048327-B2
Application number	US-202017602089-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 30, 2020
Priority date	May 3, 2019
Publication date	Jul 30, 2024
Grant date	Jul 30, 2024

Abstract

An aerosol generation device has a body, a closure, and a resilient element. The body has an aperture through which an aerosol substrate is receivable. The closure is moveable relative to the aperture between a closed position in which the closure covers the aperture and an open position in which the aperture is substantially unobstructed by the closure. The resilient element is arranged so as to bias the closure towards the closed position from a first range of positions between the closed position and the open position and to bias the closure towards the open position from a second range of positions between the closed position and the open position. The first range of positions of the closure is closer to the closed position than the second range of positions. The second range of positions of the closure is closer to the open position than the first range of positions.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An aerosol generation device comprising:
a body having an aperture through which an aerosol substrate is receivable into the aerosol generation device;
a closure moveable relative to the aperture between a closed position in which the closure covers the aperture and an open position in which the aperture is substantially unobstructed by the closure; and
a resilient element arranged so as to bias the closure towards the closed position from a first range of positions between the closed position and the open position and to bias the closure towards the open position from a second range of positions between the closed position and the open position, the first range of positions of the closure being closer to the closed position than the second range of positions and the second range of positions of the closure being closer to the open position than the first range of positions, a first end of the resilient element being arranged to cooperate with the closure so as to move in a first direction between a first position when the closure is in the closed position and a second position when the closure is in the open position, the resilient element being oriented to deform in a second direction transverse to the first direction, towards and/or away from the body relative to the closure to provide biasing as the first end of the resilient element moves between the first position and the second position.

2. The aerosol generation device of claim 1 , wherein the first range of positions is substantially adjacent to the second range of positions.

3. The aerosol generation device of claim 1 , wherein the resilient element is arranged to resist movement of the closure away from the closed position.

4. The aerosol generation device of claim 3 , wherein the resilient element is arranged to resist movement of the closure away from the closed position when the closure is in the first range of positions.

5. The aerosol generation device of claim 1 , wherein the resilient element is arranged to resist movement of the closure away from the open position.

6. The aerosol generation device of claim 5 , wherein the resilient element is arranged to resist movement of the closure away from the open position when the closure is in the second range of positions.

7. The aerosol generation device of claim 1 , wherein the closure is stable in each of the closed position and the open position.

8. The aerosol generation device of claim 1 , wherein the resilient element is arranged so as to provide a biasing force resisting movement away from the closed position when the first end of the resilient element is at the first position and the resilient element is arranged so as to provide a biasing force resisting movement away from the open position when the first end of the resilient element is at the second position.

9. The aerosol generation device of claim 1 , wherein the resilient element is a spring.

10. The aerosol generation device of claim 1 , further comprising a guide, wherein the first end of the resilient element is arranged to move along the guide between the first position and the second position.

11. The aerosol generation device of claim 10 , wherein the guide has an arc-shaped guiding or linear path.

12. The aerosol generation device of claim 10 , wherein the resilient element is arranged so as to bias the first end of the resilient element towards a side of the guide, wherein the side is a side either furthest from or closest to the closure.

13. The aerosol generation device of claim 1 , wherein the resilient element is arranged so as to force the first end of the resilient element directly towards the closure away from the body.

14. The aerosol generation device of claim 1 , wherein the resilient element is arranged so as to force the first end of the resilient element directly away from the closure towards the body.

15. The aerosol generation device of claim 1 , wherein a direction of movement of the closure from the closed position to the open position is towards or away from the body.

16. The aerosol generation device of claim 1 , wherein the resilient element is arranged so as to maximally deform when the first end of the resilient element is midway between the first position and the second position, or when the first end of the resilient element is at a position offset from midway between the first position and the second position.

17. The aerosol generation device of claim 1 , wherein the closure is further moveable to an activation position at which the aerosol generation device is operable to initiate an activation signal.

18. The aerosol generation device of claim 17 , wherein the closure is further moveable to a further activation position at which the device is operable to initiate a further activation signal.

19. The aerosol generation device of claim 17 , wherein the aerosol generation device further comprises an activation detector arranged so as to detect a position of the closure and/or a movement of the closure in order to initiate the activation signal.

20. The aerosol generation device of claim 1 , wherein the resilient element being oriented to deform comprises the resilient element being arranged so as to compress or to extend.

Assignees

• Jt Int Sa

Inventors

• Mason Jon
• Lyell Nathan
• Plevnik Marko

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• A24F40/51

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