US 12,268,249 B2
Aerosol-generating device or case with multiple power sources
Ricardo Cali, Mannheim (DE); Fabio Cantieri, Bologna (IT); and Ivan Prestia, Calderara di Reno (IT)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchâtel (CH)
Appl. No. 17/779,305
Filed by PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A., Neuchâtel (CH)
PCT Filed Dec. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/061850
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 24, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/117008, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19215943 (EP), filed on Dec. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0408844 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/95 (2020.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/95 (2020.01) [A24F 40/40 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charging case for an aerosol-generating device, the charging case comprising:
a case connector for receiving electrical power from an external source;
a plurality of case cavities, each of the plurality of case cavities being configured to receive at least one of a plurality of power sources;
a mounting section for connecting the aerosol-generating device to the charging case; and
a case control unit arranged to:
charge a first one of the plurality of power sources via the case connector using electrical power from the external power source; and
charge the aerosol-generating device connected to the mounting section via a second one of the plurality of power sources;
wherein each one of the power sources is removable and insertable into any one of the plurality of case cavities.