US 11,864,590 B2
Heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system
Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik, Peseux (CH); and Jerome Courbat, Colombier (CH)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Filed by Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Filed on Jul. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/932,460.
Application 16/932,460 is a continuation of application No. 16/868,706, filed on May 7, 2020, granted, now 10,750,780.
Application 16/868,706 is a continuation of application No. 15/737,938, granted, now 10,729,181, previously published as PCT/EP2016/063807, filed on Jun. 15, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 15176164 (EP), filed on Jul. 9, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0045441 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A24F 13/00 (2006.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A24F 40/70 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/46 (2020.01) [A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A24F 40/70 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system, the cartridge comprising:
a liquid storage portion configured to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; and
a heater assembly comprising:
an electrical heating element configured to heat the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to form an aerosol, and
a capillary body configured to convey the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to the electrical heating element,
wherein the electrical heating element is disposed at a porous outer surface of the capillary body.