US 11,918,047 B2
Cartridge used together with aerosol generating device
Won Kyeong Lee, Guri-si (KR)
Assigned to KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
Appl. No. 17/293,313
Filed by KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/018238
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/157845, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 12, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0013736 (KR), filed on Feb. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0400753 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/42 (2020.01) [A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cartridge comprising:
a connector comprising a plurality of terminals configured to provide an electrical connection between the cartridge and an external device;
a heater configured to be heated by a current flowing through a first pair of terminals among the plurality of terminals; and
a processor configured to:
count a number of times a signal is received through a second pair of terminals among the plurality of terminals,
store information about the number of times corresponding to a counting result in a memory, and
control the memory to initialize the number of times when the plurality of terminals are short-circuited according to a preset pattern.