US 12,279,653 B2
Aerosol generating device, method for controlling same, and charging system including same
Seung Kiu Jeong, Gimhae-si (KR); Joong Hak Kwon, Gimhae-si (KR); In Seong Chun, Goyang-si (KR); Ghi Yuun Kang, Seoul (KR); Jung Ho Han, Yuseong-gu (KR); and Jong Sub Lee, Gimhae-si (KR)
Assigned to KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
Filed by KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
Filed on Dec. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/565,213.
Application 17/565,213 is a continuation of application No. 16/941,887, filed on Jul. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,241,046.
Application 16/941,887 is a continuation of application No. 16/479,117, granted, now 11,253,003, previously published as PCT/KR2018/000871, filed on Jan. 18, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0008901 (KR), filed on Jan. 18, 2017; application No. 10-2017-0008904 (KR), filed on Jan. 18, 2017; application No. 10-2017-0008905 (KR), filed on Jan. 18, 2017; application No. 10-2017-0058772 (KR), filed on May 11, 2017; application No. 10-2017-0058775 (KR), filed on May 11, 2017; application No. 10-2017-0058776 (KR), filed on May 11, 2017; application No. 10-2017-0146951 (KR), filed on Nov. 6, 2017; application No. 10-2017-0161440 (KR), filed on Nov. 29, 2017; application No. 10-2018-0006556 (KR), filed on Jan. 18, 2018; application No. 10-2018-0006559 (KR), filed on Jan. 18, 2018; and application No. 10-2018-0006560 (KR), filed on Jan. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0117312 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A24F 40/90 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/57 (2020.01); A24F 40/95 (2020.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); A24F 40/85 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/50 (2020.01) [A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/57 (2020.01); A24F 40/90 (2020.01); A24F 40/95 (2020.01); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/85 (2020.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charging system comprising:
an aerosol generating apparatus; and
an external power supply device,
wherein the aerosol generating apparatus includes:
an insertion hole into which a cigarette is inserted;
a heater;
a power storage unit for supplying power to the heater; and
a controller for controlling the heater, and
the external power supply device includes:
a case;
an auxiliary power storage device storing power to be transferred to the aerosol generating apparatus;
a charging accommodation portion that accommodates the aerosol generating apparatus in such a way that the aerosol generating apparatus is detachably attached to the charging accommodation portion, and is installed to the case to be rotatable, while accommodating the aerosol generating apparatus, between an first position where the insertion hole of the accommodated aerosol generating apparatus is exposed from the case and a second position where the insertion hole of the accommodated aerosol generating apparatus is concealed by the case,
wherein a hinge is formed such that the charging accommodation portion is rotatably coupled to the case,
wherein the case maintains the charging accommodation portion in the first position or the charging accommodation portion in the second position,
wherein the external power supply device further includes a first magnetic body,
wherein the aerosol generating apparatus further includes a second magnetic body facing the first magnetic body, and
wherein even when the charging accommodation portion moves from the second position to the first position while the aerosol generating apparatus is accommodated in the charging accommodation portion and an upper portion of the aerosol generating apparatus is partially exposed to outside in the first position, a position of the aerosol generating apparatus relative to the charging accommodation portion is maintained by magnetic force between the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body, such that the aerosol generating apparatus and the auxiliary power storage device are electrically connected to each other.