US 12,185,753 B2
Aerosol generating device with hinged lid and mouthpiece
Mario Tronza, Biel/Bienne (CH); Mario Weiss, Biel/Bienne (CH); and Jun Wei Yim, Neuchatel (CH)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Appl. No. 18/559,175
Filed by Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
PCT Filed May 9, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/062431
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 6, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/238297, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 21173637 (EP), filed on May 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0225092 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 15/18 (2006.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 15/18 (2013.01) [A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol-generating device, comprising:
a housing having a main portion and a lid portion, wherein the lid portion is hingedly connected to the main portion;
a mouthpiece disposed on the lid portion, the mouthpiece being configured to be moveable between a first position, in which the mouthpiece is retracted into the housing, and a second position, in which the mouthpiece protrudes from the lid portion; and
a spring-loaded mechanism configured to move the mouthpiece from the first position into the second position,
wherein the spring-loaded mechanism includes a spring-loaded pushing element that is locked and that retains the mouthpiece in the lid portion if no aerosol-generating article is inserted into the aerosol-generating device.