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US 11,528,936 B2Granted
Aerosol generating device
AssigneeKt&G Corporation
InventorHun Il Lim
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Abstract
An aerosol generating device includes at least one heater, a battery, and a controller, and generates aerosol by heating a cigarette. The aerosol generating device according to the present exemplary embodiment includes a main printed circuit board (PCB) and an auxiliary PCB formed out of a rigid material and a connecting PCB formed out of a flexible material, and the connecting PCB may electrically connect the main PCB to the auxiliary PCB. Also, the aerosol generating device according to the present exemplary embodiment may include a rigid-flexible PCB.
Claims12
An aerosol generating device comprising:
- at least one heater configured to generate aerosol by heating an aerosol generating material;
- a battery configured to supply power to heat the at least one heater;
- a controller;
- and
- a main printed circuit board (PCB) and an auxiliary PCB that are formed out of a rigid material,
- wherein the main PCB is located parallel to a longitudinal direction of the aerosol generating device, and the auxiliary PCB is located perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the aerosol generating device, and
- wherein the main PCB and the auxiliary PCB are electrically connected to each other via a connecting PCB formed out of a flexible material.
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An aerosol generating device comprising:
- at least one heater configured to generate aerosol by heating an aerosol generating material;
- a battery configured to supply power to heat the at least one heater;
- a controller;
- and
- a rigid-flexible printed circuit board (PCB),
- wherein a first rigid portion of the rigid-flexible PCB is located parallel to a longitudinal direction of the aerosol generating device, a second rigid portion is located perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the aerosol generating device, and a flexible portion is curved and connects the first rigid portion to the second rigid portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.