US 12,230,830 B2
Aerosol generation device with battery venting system
Ernst Hupkes, Kampen (NL); and Claude Zominy, Copponex (FR)
Assigned to JT International S.A., (CH)
Appl. No. 17/632,703
Filed by JT International SA, Geneva (CH)
PCT Filed Aug. 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/072326
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 3, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/023890, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19190867 (EP), filed on Aug. 8, 2019; application No. 19194403 (EP), filed on Aug. 29, 2019; and application No. 19211987 (EP), filed on Nov. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0285785 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/30 (2021.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); H01M 50/342 (2021.01); H01M 50/392 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/394 (2021.01) [A24F 40/40 (2020.01); H01M 50/3425 (2021.01); H01M 50/392 (2021.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol generating device comprising:
a housing comprising a mouth end and an opposing end, the opposing end comprising a vent hole;
a battery within the housing, the battery comprising a vent point in an outer surface of the battery, the vent point arranged such that fluid is released from the vent point during degassing of the battery; and
a fluid directing arrangement within the housing, the fluid directing arrangement configured to define a fluid flow path from the vent point of the battery to the vent hole of the housing.