Fluid permeable heater assembly with cap
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsOleg Mironov, Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik, Jean-Marc Widmer, Keethan Dasnavis Fernando
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Abstract
A fluid permeable heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system includes a cap and a substantially flat electrically conductive and fluid permeable heating element. The cap includes a hollow body with a first cap opening and a second cap opening. The first cap opening is opposite to the second cap opening. The heating element is configured to vaporise aerosol-forming substrate. The heating element is mounted on the cap, such that the heating element extends across the first cap opening. A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system includes the heater assembly, a liquid storage portion, a mouth piece, and a retainer.
Claims23
An aerosol-generating system comprising:
- a cartridge including,
- a storage portion containing an aerosol-forming substrate,
- a heater assembly including,
- a heating element, the heating element being a flat electrically conductive and fluid permeable heating element, the heating element configured to vaporise the aerosol-forming substrate, and the heating element including,
- a mesh including at least two electrically conductive contact areas, each of the at least two electrically conductive contact areas at an edge area of the heating element, the mesh including a first mesh section having a first mesh density and a second mesh section having a second mesh density, the second mesh density being higher than the first mesh density;
- a host material piece including a wicking material, the host material piece configured to retain the aerosol-forming substrate;
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- a power source configured to supply power to the heating element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.