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US 12,653,244 B2Granted
Aerosol delivery device, an article for use therewith, and a method of identifying an article
AssigneeNicoventures Trading Limited
InventorsPatrick Moloney, Anton Korus, Justin Han Yang Chan
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Abstract
An article including an aerosolizable material; and a signal altering component, wherein the signal altering component is configured to alter a first signal transmitted at least partially through the article into a second signal indicative of article data.
Claims24
An aerosol delivery device comprising:
- a receptacle into which a consumable can be inserted;
- a field generator;
- a field receiver spaced from the field generator;
- and a processor,
- wherein the field generator is configured to generate a field across a portion of the receptacle to the field receiver, and
- the processor is configured to:
- identify an alteration in the field at the field receiver in response to insertion of a consumable into the receptacle, the consumable including a field altering component.
4 more elements
An article for insertion into an aerosol delivery device, the article comprising:
- an aerosolizable material;
- and
- a field altering component configured to alter an electrical field of the aerosol provision device, the alteration to the electrical field being indicative of article data.
An aerosol delivery device comprising:
- a receptacle for receiving an article comprising an aerosolizable material for delivery by the aerosol delivery device;
- a transmitter;
- a receiver spaced apart from the transmitter;
- and a processor,
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- cause the transmitter to transmit a first signal to an article in the receptacle in use, so that the receiver receives a second signal, wherein the second signal is the first signal altered by interaction with a signal altering component of the article, and
- determine article data from the second signal.
4 more elements
An article for insertion into an aerosol delivery device comprising:
- an aerosolisable material;
- and
- a signal altering component;
- wherein the signal altering component is configured to alter a first signal transmitted to the article into a second signal indicative of article data.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.