US 12,201,155 B2
Aerosol-generating device with sliding contacts for induction coil
Rui Nuno Batista, Neuchatel (CH); Ricardo Cali, Mannheim (DE); Toney Moses Rajan, Mannheim (DE); and Alexandra Sereda, Neuchatel (CH)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Appl. No. 17/998,180
Filed by Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
PCT Filed May 7, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/062123
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/228704, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20174669 (EP), filed on May 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0210184 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. A24F 40/465 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/57 (2020.01); H05B 6/10 (2006.01); H05B 6/36 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 40/465 (2020.01) [A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/57 (2020.01); H05B 6/108 (2013.01); H05B 6/36 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol-generating device, comprising:
a heating arrangement comprising an induction coil,
a first sliding arrangement comprising a first contact, wherein the first sliding arrangement is arranged adjacent to the induction coil of the heating arrangement and is configured to slide parallel to a longitudinal axis of the induction coil, and wherein the first contact is mounted on the first sliding arrangement and is arranged to contact the induction coil; and
a second sliding arrangement comprising a second contact, wherein the second sliding arrangement is arranged adjacent to the induction coil of the heating arrangement and is configured to slide parallel to a longitudinal axis of the induction coil, and wherein the second contact is mounted on the second sliding arrangement and is arranged to contact the induction coil,
wherein alternating current is supplied to the induction coil between the first contact and the second contact.