Aerosol generating device having heater
AssigneeKt&G Corporation
InventorsHun Il Lim, Tae Hun Kim, Jung Ho Han, Sang Kyu Park
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Abstract
Provided is an aerosol generating apparatus including: a heater configured to generate aerosol by heating a cigarette, the heater including a first electrically conductive heating element formed along a first path on an electrically insulating substrate, a second electrically conductive heating element formed along a second path on the electrically insulating substrate, and a temperature sensor track formed along a third path in a region between the first path and the second path; a battery configured to supply power to the heater; and a controller configured to control the power supplied from the battery to the heater and monitor a temperature sensed using the temperature sensor track.
Claims13
An aerosol generating apparatus heating a cigarette accommodated in the aerosol generating apparatus to generate an aerosol, the aerosol generating apparatus comprising:
- a heater including a first electrically conductive heating element formed along a first path on an electrically insulating substrate and a second electrically conductive heating element formed along a second path on the electrically insulating substrate;
- a battery for supplying power to the heater;
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- a controller configured to control the power supplied from the battery to the heater,
- wherein the first electrically conductive heating element and the second electrically conductive heating element are electric resistive elements that are heated by a current flowing through the first electrically conductive heating element and the second electrically conductive heating element by the power supplied from the battery,
- the first path is formed outside the second path on the electrically insulating substrate such that the first path is longer than the second path on the electrically insulating substrate,
- the heater includes a first area in which the first electrically conductive heating element and the second electrically conductive heating element are formed, and a second area in which the first electrically conductive heating element and the second electrically conductive heating element are electrically connected to the battery,
- the second area includes a first connection portion in which the first electrically conductive heating element and the second electrically conductive heating element are electrically connected to the battery, and a second connection portion in which the first electrically conductive heating element and the second electrically conductive heating element are electrically connected to the battery, and
- the first connection portion and the second connection portion have a greater width than the first electrically conductive heating element and the second electrically conductive heating element.
A heater for an aerosol generating apparatus, the heater being inserted into a cigarette to heat the cigarette for generating an aerosol and comprising:
- a first electrically conductive heating element formed along a first path on an electrically insulating substrate;
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- a second electrically conductive heating element formed along a second path on the electrically insulating substrate,
- wherein the first electrically conductive heating element and the second electrically conductive heating element are electric resistive elements heated by a current flowing through the first electrically conductive heating element and the second electrically conductive heating element,
- the first path is formed outside the second path on the electrically insulating substrate such that such that the first path is longer than the second path on the electrically insulating substrate,
- the heater includes a first area in which the first electrically conductive heating element and the second electrically conductive heating element are formed, and a second area in which the first electrically conductive heating element and the second electrically conductive heating element are to be electrically connected to a battery,
- the second area includes a first connection portion in which the first electrically conductive heating element and the second electrically conductive heating element are electrically connected to the battery, and a second connection portion in which the first electrically conductive heating element and the second electrically conductive heating element are electrically connected to the battery, and
- the first connection portion and the second connection portion have a greater width than the first electrically conductive heating element and the second electrically conductive heating element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.