US 12,225,940 B2
Atomizer for a vapor provision system
Patrick Moloney, London (GB)
Assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Appl. No. 17/593,309
Filed by NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
PCT Filed Mar. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/050586
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/188244, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1903539 (GB), filed on Mar. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0202090 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/465 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/465 (2020.01) [A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol source for an electronic vapor provision system, comprising:
a reservoir housing defining a reservoir for holding aerosolizable substrate material; and
an elongate atomizer to which aerosolizable substrate material from the reservoir is deliverable for vaporization, the atomizer having a porosity and comprising a susceptor for induction heating, and having a first end and a second end, the atomizer mounted at one of its ends only so as to be supported at the mounted end in a cantilevered arrangement having an unsupported cantilever portion, such that the susceptor extends outwardly with respect to an exterior boundary of the reservoir housing,
the aerosol source further comprising a socket formed on the reservoir housing or on a component coupled to the reservoir housing into which the mounted end of the atomizer is inserted to mount the atomizer such that an end face of the mounted end receives aerosolizable substrate material from the reservoir; and
wherein the location of the atomizer in the socket demarcates two portions of the atomizer, divided by a plane which is in line with a face of the socket, and wherein the portion of the atomizer lying between the plane and the second end of the atomizer is unsupported.