US 11,700,889 B2
Aerosol-generating devices incorporating an intertwined wick and heating element
Frederic Buehler, Neuchatel (CH); and Rui Batista, Morges (CH)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Filed by Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/684,416.
Application 16/684,416 is a division of application No. 15/126,907, granted, now 10,512,283, previously published as PCT/EP2015/054978, filed on Mar. 10, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 14160717 (EP), filed on Mar. 19, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2020/0077713 A1, Mar. 12, 2020
Int. Cl. A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A61L 9/03 (2006.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A61L 9/14 (2006.01); A24F 40/70 (2020.01); A24B 15/167 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/44 (2020.01) [A24B 15/167 (2016.11); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/70 (2020.01); A61L 9/037 (2013.01); A61L 9/14 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol-generating system, comprising:
a heating element comprising a plurality of wires that are twisted together, the heating element having a longitudinal axis and a plurality of turns; and
a capillary body,
wherein the capillary body is wound around an interior and an exterior of the heating element, and
wherein the plurality of turns of the heating element define a central passage extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the heating element.