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US 11,633,555 B2Granted
Non-combustion type flavor inhaler and aerosol delivery method
AssigneeJapan Tobacco Inc.
InventorsKazuhiko Katayama, Akihiko Suzuki, Manabu Takeuchi, Takuma Nakano, Manabu Yamada
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Abstract
A non-combustion type flavor inhaler comprising: an atomizer atomizing an aerosol source without burning; and a controller controlling a power output to the atomizer, wherein the controller is configured to start supply of a power output to the atomizer before start of a user's puffing action, and is configured to stop supply of a power output to the atomizer during a user's puffing action.
Claims16
A non-combustion type flavor inhaler comprising:
- an atomizer atomizing an aerosol source without burning;
- and
- a controller controlling supply of a power output to the atomizer so that aerosol can be supplied to a user during a predetermined time, wherein
- the controller is configured, in response to a user's puffing action during the predetermined time, to stop supply of a power output to the atomizer for the remainder of that puffing action, and then, in response to the end of that puffing action, to start the supply of a power output to the atomizer so that an amount of aerosol generated by the atomizer does not fall below a predetermined lower limit,
- wherein during generation of the aerosol by the atomizer, a temperature of the atomizer is not changed by the user's puffing action, wherein a particle diameter of particles constituting aerosol is maintained between a plurality of puffing actions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.