US 12,295,416 B2
Aerosol-generating device with article locking for heating
Takeshi Mikayama, Neuchatel (CH); Nicolas Frederic, Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne (FR); and Poindron Cyrille, Cruseille (FR)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Appl. No. 17/599,813
Filed by PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
PCT Filed Mar. 31, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/059127
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/201285, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19166800 (EP), filed on Apr. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0192262 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/42 (2020.01) [A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol-generating device comprising:
a receiving region configured to receive an aerosol-generating article comprising aerosol-generating substrate,
an atomiser configured to atomise the aerosol-generating substrate of the aerosol-generating article, when the aerosol-generating article is received in the receiving region,
a locking element configured to securely hold the received aerosol-generating article in the receiving region, and
a controller,
wherein the controller is configured to control the locking element to hold the aerosol-generating article, when the atomiser is activated, and wherein the controller is configured to control the locking element to release the aerosol-generating article, when the atomiser is deactivated.