Power supply unit for aerosol generation device
AssigneeJapan Tobacco Inc.
InventorsYasuhiro Ono, Minoru Kitahara, Shujiro Tanaka
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Abstract
A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device includes: a power supply configured to supply power to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source; a receptacle configured to receive power for charging the power supply from a plug connected to an external power supply; a charger configured to control charging of the power supply by power received by the receptacle; and a controller. The receptacle and the power supply are connected in parallel with the charger, and the charger is configured to supply power from the receptacle and the power supply to the controller via the charger.
Claims14
A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device comprising:
- a power supply configured to supply power to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source;
- a receptacle configured to receive power for charging the power supply from a plug connected to an external power supply;
- a charger configured to control charging of the power supply by power received by the receptacle;
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- a controller configured to control the charger, wherein
- the receptacle and the power supply are connected in parallel with the charger, and
- the charger is configured to
- supply power from the receptacle and the power supply to the controller via the charger, and
- reactivate the controller in a stopped state by power received by the receptacle when the power supply is in an over-discharged state in which the power supply cannot supply power for functioning the controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.