# US 2018/0020732 A1 · An electronic device for generating aerosol, and a method of generating aerosol

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- Number: US 2018/0020732 A1
- Document ID: US20180020732A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/547,934
- Filed: 2016-02-04
- Published: 2018-01-25
- Earliest claimed: 2015-02-06
- Assignees: Esmoking Institute Sp. Z O.O.
- Applicants: Esmoking Institute Sp. Z O.O.
- Inventors: Marcin KOZLOWSKI; Adrian JAKOBCZYK; Pawel ZIELAZEK; Michal KOZLOWSKI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180020732A1

## CPC

- A24F 40/46: Shape or structure of electric heating means
- H05B 3/265: {the insulating base being an inorganic material, e.g. ceramic (H05B3/262 takes precedence)}
- H05B 3/46: heating conductor mounted on insulating base
- A24F 40/10: Devices using liquid inhalable precursors
- A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06)
- H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL

## Abstract

An electronic device for generating an aerosol used for administration to human respiratory tract as the aerosol, nicotine in particular, including a power unit and an evaporator unit, wherein the evaporator unit includes a heating system with a heating element and a fluid transporting element, wherein the heating element comprises a dielectric substrate with at least one resistive layer area applied thereon.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic device for generating an aerosol comprising:
a power unit; and
an evaporator unit, wherein the evaporator unit comprises a heating system with a heating element and a fluid transporting element, wherein the heating element comprises a dielectric substrate with at least one resistive layer area applied thereon, and wherein the fluid transporting element is threaded through the heating element.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the substrate is made of ceramic.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the substrate has a substantially cylindrical shape.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the substrate is substantially flat.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the substrate is substantially prism-shaped.

### Claim 6

(canceled)

### Claim 7

(canceled)

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the fluid transporting element is only in contact with the substrate and a liquid reservoir, and wherein ends of the fluid transporting element are located in the liquid reservoir.

### Claim 9

An evaporator unit for an electronic device for generating an aerosol, wherein the evaporator unit comprises:
a heating element; and
a fluid transporting element,
wherein the heating element comprises a dielectric substrate with at least one resistive layer area applied thereon, and wherein the fluid transporting element is threaded through the heating element.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The evaporator unit according to claim 9, wherein the substrate is made of ceramic.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The evaporator unit according to claim 9, wherein the substrate has a substantially cylindrical shape.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The evaporator unit according to claim 9, wherein the substrate is substantially flat.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The evaporator unit according to claim 9, wherein the substrate is substantially prism-shaped.

### Claim 14

(canceled)

### Claim 15

(canceled)

### Claim 16

A method for generating an aerosol, comprising:
feeding a fluid through a fluid transporting element to a heating element in an electronic device for generating an aerosol, wherein the fluid is heated by the heating element, the heating element comprising a dielectric substrate with at least one resistive layer area applied thereon to a suitable temperature so that the fluid fed to the heating element is passed into gaseous phase in contact with a surface of the heating element, and wherein the fluid transporting element is threaded through the heating element.