US 12,329,204 B2
Heater assembly, aerosol generating device, and aerosol generating system
Hwi Kyeong An, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
Filed by KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/585,965.
Application 18/585,965 is a continuation of application No. 17/285,359, granted, now 11,957,176, previously published as PCT/KR2020/016592, filed on Nov. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0152706 (KR), filed on Nov. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0196980 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A24F 40/465 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); H05B 3/46 (2006.01); H05B 6/10 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 40/465 (2020.01) [A24F 40/20 (2020.01); H05B 3/46 (2013.01); H05B 6/105 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heater assembly comprising:
a heating body configured to generate heat, and including a first portion and a second portion having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the first portion;
a first fixing portion that supports the heating body and includes an insertion hole into which the second portion of the heating body is inserted; and
wherein the diameter of the second portion is larger than a diameter of the insertion hole of the first fixing portion before the heating body is inserted into the first fixing portion.