# US 12,599,169 B2 · Aerosol generating device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,599,169 B2 - Document ID: US12599169B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/926,881 - Filed: 2021-05-15 - Published: 2023-06-22 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2020-05-22 - Assignees: JT International SA - Applicants: JT International SA - Inventors: Sandro Feuerstein; Adrian Schwarz; Alec Wright; Gabriela Greco Da Fonseca De Carvalho; Takehiro Mitsutsuka - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12599169B2 ## CPC - A24F 40/40: Constructional details, e.g. connection of cartridges and battery parts - A24F 40/42: Cartridges or containers for inhalable precursors - A24F 40/00: Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor - A24F 40/46: Shape or structure of electric heating means - A24F 40/485: Valves; Apertures - A24F 40/50: Control or monitoring - A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06) ## Abstract An aerosol generation device includes: a heating chamber for generating an aerosol by heating a consumable; a consumable port configured to receive the consumable; and a loader configured to move the consumable between a first position at the consumable port and a second position at the heating chamber, wherein the loader is configured to remain within the aerosol generation device at the first position and the second position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An aerosol generation device comprising: a heating chamber for generating an aerosol by heating a consumable; a consumable port configured to receive the consumable; a loading channel disposed between the consumable port and the heating chamber; and a loader having a gripping element configured to grip the consumable, the loader being configured to move the consumable between a first position at the consumable port and a second position at the heating chamber, wherein the loader is configured to remain within the aerosol generation device at the first position and the second position, wherein the heating chamber comprises a heating element disposed outside of the loading channel and within the aerosol generation device and the second position is adjacent to the heating element, wherein the consumable is completely contained within the device while being actuated between the first position and the second position, and wherein the loader is configured to move along an airflow direction of the aerosol generation device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The aerosol generation device according to claim 1, wherein the loader is a slider configured to move the consumable along the loading channel between the consumable port and the heating chamber. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The aerosol generation device according to claim 2, wherein the loading channel comprises one or more protrusions or grooves for mechanically controlling the loader. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The aerosol generation device according to claim 2, further comprising control circuitry, wherein the loader comprises a plurality of electrical contacts configured to contact with respective electrical contacts of the control circuitry, when the loader is at one or more positions, and wherein the control circuitry is completely within the aerosol generation device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The aerosol generation device according to claim 2, further comprising an air flow channel from an inlet, through the heating chamber and to an outlet, and the loading channel comprises a portion of the air flow channel. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The aerosol generation device according to claim 5, further comprising a mouthpiece comprising the consumable port. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The aerosol generation device according to claim 6, further comprising an openable lid comprising the mouthpiece and covering the consumable port in a closed position. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The aerosol generation device according to claim 1, further comprising a handle mechanically linked to the loader. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The aerosol generation device according to claim 1, wherein the loader comprises a compression element configured to compress the consumable against a wall of the heating chamber in a direction towards the heating element. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The aerosol generation device according to claim 1, wherein the loader comprises an ejector element configured to eject the consumable at least partly out of the consumable port. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The aerosol generation device according to claim 1, wherein the loader comprises a loader heating element. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The aerosol generation device according to claim 11, wherein the loader heating element is detachable and the consumable port is configured to enable access to the loader heating element. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The aerosol generation device according to claim 1, further comprising a locking element operable to lock the loader in the second position or operable to prevent the loader from returning to the first position. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The aerosol generation device according to claim 9, the loading channel further comprising a rail defined within the loading channel, wherein the rail extends between the consumable port and the heating chamber. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The aerosol generation device according to claim 14, the loading channel further comprising a variable surface disposed within the loading channel defining a variable distance between the variable surface and the rail that extends along the loading channel, wherein the variable distance at the consumable port is larger than the variable distance at the heating chamber, wherein the variable surface is configured to provide for the automatic operation of the compression element as the loader travels along the loading channel from the consumable port towards the heating chamber. ### Claim 16 An aerosol generation device comprising: a heating chamber for generating an aerosol by heating a consumable, the heating chamber comprising a heating element; control circuitry; a mouthpiece comprising a consumable port configured to receive the consumable; a loading channel disposed between a consumable port and the heating chamber; a loader configured to move the consumable between a first position at the consumable port and a second position at the heating chamber; an air flow channel from an inlet, through the heating chamber and to an outlet, and the loading channel comprises a portion of the air flow channel; and an openable lid comprising the mouthpiece and covering the consumable port in a closed position, wherein the loader is configured to remain within the aerosol generation device at the first position and the second position, wherein the loader comprises a plurality of electrical contacts configured to contact with respective electrical contacts of the control circuitry, when the loader is at one or more positions, and wherein the heating element is disposed outside of the loading channel and within the aerosol generation device.