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US 2022/0071271 A1Published application
Flavor inhaler
AssigneeJapan Tobacco Inc.
InventorMichihiro Inagaki
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Abstract
A flavor inhaler includes a control unit configured to control operation of the flavor inhaler; a main switch electrically connected to an input side of the control unit, the main switch configured to send a signal to the control unit to start operation of the control unit; and a sub switch electrically connected to the control unit, the sub switch configured to send a signal to the control unit to start supplying liquid from a liquid holding unit accommodating an aerosol base.
Claims21
(canceled)
A flavor inhaler, comprising:
- a control unit configured to control operation of the flavor inhaler;
- a main switch electrically connected to an input side of the control unit, the main switch configured to send a signal to the control unit to start operation of the control unit;
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- a sub switch electrically connected to the control unit, the sub switch configured to send a signal to the control unit to start supplying liquid from a liquid holding unit accommodating an aerosol base.
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A flavor inhaler, comprising:
- a casing configured to mount a cartridge comprising a liquid holding unit that accommodates an aerosol base;
- a control unit configured to control operation of the flavor inhaler;
- a cartridge detection sensor configured to detect the mounting of the cartridge in the casing,
- wherein the cartridge detection sensor is electrically connected to an input side of the control unit,
- wherein the cartridge detection sensor is configured to transmit information about the mounting of the cartridge to the control unit, and
- wherein the control unit is further configured to control operation of the flavor inhaler based on the information received from the cartridge detection sensor.
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A flavor inhaler, comprising:
- a control unit configured to control operation of the flavor inhaler;
- a remaining amount sensor configured to sense the remaining amount of aerosol base accommodated in a liquid holding unit,
- wherein the remaining amount sensor is electrically connected to an input side of the control unit,
- wherein the remaining amount sensor is configured to transmit information about the remaining amount of aerosol base in the cartridge to the control unit, and
- wherein the control unit is further configured to control operation of the flavor inhaler based on the information received from the remaining amount sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.