Aerosol delivery device with radiant heating
AssigneeRAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
InventorsYi-ping CHANG, Michael F. DAVIS, Stephen Benson SEARS, Karen V. TALUSKIE, Susan K. PIKE
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices, methods of forming such devices, and elements of such devices. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides devices configured for vaporization of an aerosol precursor composition through radiant heating. The radiant heat source may be a laser diode or further element suitable for providing electromagnetic radiation, and heating may be carried out within a radiation-trapping chamber. In some embodiments, an interior of such chamber may be configured as a black body or as a white body.
Claims16
1-41. (canceled)
An aerosol delivery device comprising:
- an outer shell;
- a reservoir configured for storage of an aerosol precursor composition;
- and
- an atomizer positioned within the outer shell, the atomizer comprising:
- a heating element arranged for vaporizing the aerosol precursor composition,
- a liquid transport element arranged to transport the aerosol precursor composition stored in the reservoir via capillary action to the heating element,
- a chamber positioned within the outer shell and comprising a chamber wall, and
- a radiation source positioned within the chamber and arranged to emit radiation at a specific wavelength tuned for heating the liquid transport element via the heating element in the absence of direct contact between the radiation source and the liquid transport element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.