Electronic aerosol provision system with surface layer
AssigneeNicoventures Trading Limited
InventorBenjamin Francis TAYLOR
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Abstract
An electronic aerosol provision system or component of an electronic aerosol provision system includes a housing defining an exterior wall of the system or component; a layer applied over at least part of an outer surface of the housing and conforming to a shape of the outer surface, the layer operable to change its visual appearance when an electrical current is supplied to the layer; and a controller configured to supply an electrical current to the layer from a power source of the system in response to a state of one or more elements of the system.
Claims19
An electronic aerosol provision system or a component of the electronic aerosol provision system comprising:
- a housing defining an exterior wall of the electronic aerosol provision system or the component;
- a layer applied over at least part of an outer surface of the housing and conforming to a shape of the outer surface, the layer operable to change a visual appearance when an electrical current is supplied to the layer;
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- a controller configured to supply the electrical current to the layer from a power source of the electronic aerosol provision system in response to a state of one or more elements of the electronic aerosol provision system.
A method for fabricating an electronic aerosol provision system or a component of the electronic aerosol provision system comprising:
- arranging elements of the electronic aerosol provision system inside a housing defining an exterior wall of the electronic aerosol provision system;
- applying a layer over at least part of an outer surface of the housing in conformity with a shape of the outer surface, the layer operable to change a visual appearance when an electrical current is supplied to the layer;
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- configuring a controller of the electronic aerosol provision system to supply an electrical current to the layer from a power source of the electronic aerosol provision system in response to a state of one or more elements of the electronic aerosol provision system.
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An article for an electronic aerosol provision system comprising:
- a housing defining an exterior wall of the article;
- a store of aerosol-generating material;
- a layer applied over at least part of an outer surface of the housing and conforming to a shape of the outer surface, the layer operable to change a visual appearance when an electrical current is supplied to the layer;
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- electrical connections for carrying the electrical current to the layer from a power source in a device when the article is connected to the device to form the electronic aerosol provision system, according to operation of a controller of the electronic aerosol provision system which is configured to supply the electrical current to the layer from the power source in response to a state of one or more elements of the electronic aerosol provision system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.