US 11,998,050 B2
Capsules with internal channels, heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating devices, and methods of generating an aerosol
Zack Blackmon, Williamsburg, VA (US); Patrick Good, Richmond, VA (US); Rangaraj S. Sundar, Richmond, VA (US); Jarrett Keen, Richmond, VA (US); Eric Hawes, Midlothian, VA (US); Yannick Hourmand, Haslingfield (GB); and Niall Gallagher, Cambridge (GB)
Assigned to ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed by Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/908,849.
Prior Publication US 2021/0392954 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/48 (2020.01); A61M 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 40/42 (2020.01) [A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/48 (2020.01); A61M 15/009 (2013.01); A61M 2205/36 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A capsule for an aerosol-generating device, comprising:
a housing defining inlet openings, outlet openings, and internal channels between the inlet openings and the outlet openings, the internal channels configured to hold an aerosol-forming substrate, the housing configured to facilitate a heating of the aerosol-forming substrate via conduction so as to generate an aerosol, the housing including a corrugated structure and a conductive cover, the corrugated structure having alternating ridges and furrows which, in combination with the conductive cover, defines the internal channels.