US 12,274,302 B2
Aerosol generating material characteristic determination
Anton Korus, London (GB); Justin Chan, London (GB); and Patrick Moloney, London (GB)
Assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Appl. No. 17/271,514
Filed by Nicoventures Trading Limited, London (GB)
PCT Filed Aug. 30, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/073263
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/043904, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1814197 (GB), filed on Aug. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0169146 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
Int. Cl. A24F 47/00 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/465 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/465 (2020.01) [A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for determining a characteristic of an aerosol generating material of an aerosol generating device, the aerosol generating device comprising:
a heater for heating of the aerosol generating material in use, the apparatus being arranged to:
monitor a first property of the heating of the aerosol generating material, thereby to determine a heating profile of the aerosol generating material;
analyse the heating profile to identify a feature of the heating profile corresponding to a heating of one or more constituents of the aerosol generating material; and
determine, based on the identified one or more features, the characteristic of the aerosol generating material, wherein the characteristic comprises a temperature of the aerosol generating material or an end point of vaporization of one or more of the constituents of the aerosol generating material.