US 12,256,787 B2
Charger and aerosol-generating system with rotatable cover
Ivan Prestia, Calderara di Reno (IT)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Appl. No. 17/768,546
Filed by Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
PCT Filed Oct. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/079287
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 13, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/074434, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19203952 (EP), filed on Oct. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0113936 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A24F 40/95 (2020.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/95 (2020.01) [A24F 40/40 (2020.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charger for charging an aerosol-generating device, the charger comprising:
a housing defining a cavity configured to receive the aerosol-generating device to be charged, the cavity having an opening;
at least one electrical contact being disposed in the cavity; and
a cover rotationally slidable relative to the opening between an open position and a closed position, an inner surface of the cover facing the cavity when the cover is in the closed position,
wherein at least a portion of the inner surface of the cover defines a profiled engagement member having a leading edge and a trailing edge, the profiled engagement member sloping into, or towards, the cavity when the cover is in the closed position, a slope increasing in a direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge of the profiled engagement member.