US 11,944,125 B2
Sensor for device aerosol-generating system
Stephane Bilat, Neuchatel (CH); and Guillaume Colotte, Neuchatel (CH)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Appl. No. 17/296,635
Filed by Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
PCT Filed Nov. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/082777
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/109404, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18208667 (EP), filed on Nov. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0015438 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/51 (2020.01) [A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol-generating system, comprising:
a cartridge comprising a storage compartment configured to contain a liquid composition comprising an aerosol-forming substrate;
an aerosol-generating device configured to receive the cartridge, the aerosol-generating device comprising a power supply and control electronics operably coupled to the power supply;
a light source operably coupled to the control electronics and positioned and oriented to emit light into the storage compartment of the cartridge, wherein light emitted from the light source is absorbed by the liquid composition; and
a detector operably coupled to the control electronics and positioned and oriented to detect light emitted from the light source,
wherein the light source and the detector are both located adjacent to a same side of the storage compartment, and
wherein a surface of the storage compartment opposite the light source is configured to absorb light emitted into the storage compartment from the light source.