US 11,980,225 B2
Cartridge and aerosol generating device including the same
Sung Wook Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); Jae Min Lee, Siheung-si (KR); Jong Sub Lee, Seongnam-si (KR); Dae Nam Han, Daejeon (KR); Dong Bum Kwon, Seoul (KR); Jin Soo Seong, Seoul (KR); and Won Kyeong Lee, Guri-si (KR)
Assigned to KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
Appl. No. 16/982,319
Filed by KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
PCT Filed Apr. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/004746
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 18, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/020692, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0091998 (KR), filed on Jul. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0105938 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/42 (2020.01) [A24F 40/10 (2020.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cartridge for mounting on a main body of an aerosol generating device, the cartridge comprising
a liquid storage extending in a longitudinal direction of the cartridge, the liquid storage comprising a space for accommodating a liquid composition and an outer surface comprising a side wall;
a heater configured to heat the liquid composition accommodated in the liquid storage to generate aerosol, the heater being enclosed within the outer surface of the liquid storage; and
a coupling protrusion comprising an elastic material, protruding from the side wall of the outer surface of the liquid storage, and configured to couple the main body to the cartridge by being inserted into a coupling hole formed on the main body.