Aerosol delivery device including a segregated substrate

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12484610-B2
Application number	US-202016850802-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 16, 2020
Priority date	Apr 16, 2020
Publication date	Dec 2, 2025
Grant date	Dec 2, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an aerosol source member and an aerosol delivery device that includes an aerosol source member. The aerosol source member includes a segmented substrate portion that includes a first substrate segment and a second substrate segment. The first substrate segment includes a first aerosol former, the second substrate segment includes a second aerosol former different from the first aerosol former, and the second substrate segment is positioned between the first substrate segment and a downstream end of the aerosol source member. The first substrate segment and the second substrate segment are configured such that when heated by a heat source, the first substrate segment is heated to a first temperature and the second substrate segment is heated to a second temperature that is less than the first temperature.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . An aerosol delivery device comprising:
a control body configured to receive at least a portion of an aerosol source member; and a heat source configured to heat to plurality of heat temperatures, wherein the aerosol source member comprises a segmented substrate portion comprising a first substrate segment including a first aerosol former, and a second substrate segment including a second aerosol former different from the first aerosol former, the second substrate segment positioned between the first substrate segment and a downstream end of the aerosol source member, and wherein the first substrate segment has a first heat temperature and the second substrate has a second heat temperature that is less than the first heat temperature, and further comprising a third substrate segment including a third aerosol former, the third substrate segment positioned between the second substrate segment and a downstream end of the aerosol source member, wherein the third aerosol former is different than the first and second aerosol formers, and wherein the third substrate segment has a third heat temperature that is less than the second temperature, wherein the first, second, and third substrate segments comprise respective first, second, and third volatility indexes, and wherein the volatility index of the first substrate segment is lower than the volatility index of the second substrate segment, and the volatility index of the second substrate segment is lower than the volatility index of the third substrate segment.

2 . The aerosol delivery device of claim 1 , wherein the heat source comprises a first heating segment and a second heating segment, wherein the first heating segment is configured to heat the first substrate segment to the first heat temperature, and the second heating segment is configured to heat the second substrate segment to the second heat temperature, and further comprising a third heating segment that is configured to heat the third substrate segment to the third heat temperature.

3 . The aerosol delivery device of claim 2 , wherein the control body includes a power source configured to provide energy to the first and second and third heating segments.

4 . The aerosol delivery device according to claim 2 , wherein the first heating segment is disposed along at least a portion of the first substrate segment and the second heating segment is disposed along at least a portion of the second substrate segment and the third heating element is disposed along at least a portion of the third substrate segment.

5 . The aerosol delivery device according to claim 2 , wherein the first heating segment is disposed about the first substrate segment and the second heating segment is disposed about the second substrate segment and the third heating element is disposed about the third substrate segment.

6 . The aerosol delivery device according to claim 2 , wherein the first and second and third heating segments are electrically powered heating elements.

7 . The aerosol delivery device according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of the first or second or third heating segments comprises a resistive heating element.

8 . The aerosol delivery device according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of the first or second or third heating segments comprises an inductive heating element.

9 . The delivery device according to claim 1 , wherein the control body includes a controller configured to control energy transmitted to the first and second and third heating segments.

10 . The aerosol delivery device according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate portion defines an aerosol pathway extending towards the downstream end of the aerosol source member.

11 . The aerosol delivery device according to claim 1 , wherein the heat source comprises a first heating segment, and wherein the first heating segment is configured to heat the first substrate segment to the first heat temperature and is configured to heat the second substrate segment to the second heat temperature and is configured to heat the third substrate segment to the third heat temperature.

12 . The aerosol delivery device according to claim 1 , wherein the second and third substrate segments comprise flavorants.

13 . The aerosol delivery device according to claim 1 , wherein the second substrate segment comprises only a flavorant, and wherein the third substrate segment comprises a tobacco material and a flavorant.

14 . The aerosol delivery device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second substrate segments comprise non-tobacco materials, and wherein the third substrate segment comprises a tobacco material.

15 . The aerosol delivery device of claim 1 further comprising a first barrier positioned between the first substrate segment and the second substrate segment, the first barrier being configured to provide a thermal barrier between the first and second substrate segments, and a second barrier positioned between the second substrate segment and the third substrate segment, the second barrier being configured to provide a thermal barrier between the second and third substrate segments.

16 . The aerosol delivery device of claim 15 , further comprising a third barrier positioned between the heat source and the first substrate segment, the first barrier being configured to provide a thermal barrier between the heat source and the first substrate segments.

Assignees

• Reynolds Tobacco Co R

Inventors

• Sebastian Andries
• Moldoveanu Serban
• Ademe Balager
• Stokes Cynthia
• Sears Stephen B
• Cole S Keith
• Dull Gary M
• Rowe Jannell
• Conner Billy T

Classifications

• A61M2205/8262

  connectable to external power source, e.g. connecting to automobile battery through the cigarette lighter · CPC title

• A61M2205/8206

  battery-operated · CPC title

• A61M2205/50

  with microprocessors or computers · CPC title

• A61M2205/3653

  by Joule effect, i.e. electric resistance · CPC title

• A61M15/06

  Inhaling appliances shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes · CPC title