US 11,910,839 B2
Case for aerosol-generating device with detector
Roland Antonopoulos, Neuchatel (CH); Kok Hwa Liew, Singapore (SG); and Franck Pourrat, Neuchatel (CH)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Appl. No. 17/286,726
Filed by Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
PCT Filed Oct. 21, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/078608
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/083850, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18201847 (EP), filed on Oct. 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0386124 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/95 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/53 (2020.01) [A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A24F 40/95 (2020.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A case for an aerosol-generating device, the case comprising:
a housing;
a holder configured to receive a portion of the aerosol-generating device, the holder being movably couplable to the housing and movable relative to the housing between an open position configured to receive the aerosol-generating device and a closed position configured to store the aerosol-generating device;
a holder position detector configured to detect whether the holder is in the open position or the closed position, the holder position detector comprising circuitry configured to determine a position of the holder relative to the housing;
a power supply;
an electrical connector configured to electrically connect the power supply to an aerosol-generating device received in the holder; and
power supply control circuitry configured to control a supply of power from the power supply to the aerosol-generating device received in the holder and connected to the electrical connector.