US 12,029,254 B2
Flavor-generating device, power supply unit, method for controlling flavor-generating device, and program
Keiji Marubashi, Tokyo (JP); Takuma Nakano, Tokyo (JP); and Hajime Fujita, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to JAPAN TOBACCO INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/203,791.
Application 17/203,791 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2018/034675, filed on Sep. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0195961 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. A24F 40/57 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 40/57 (2020.01) [A24F 40/53 (2020.01); H02J 7/0063 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flavor generating device comprising:
a circuit for electrically connecting an electric power source, a first load, and a second load which is different from the first load; and
a controller configured to control the circuit to control supply of electric power from the electric power source to the first load and the second load, respectively, to create an aerosol with flavor,
wherein the first load is an induction heating element,
wherein the first load and the second load are arranged at different positions which do not overlap each other in a longitudinal direction of the flavor generating device,
wherein the circuit comprises:
a first switch for opening/closing electric connection between the first load and the electric power source; and
a second switch for opening/closing electric connection between the second load and the electric power source,
wherein the controller is configured to:
open the second switch during generation of a plurality of electric power pulses by opening/closing of the first switch, and
open the first switch during generation of a plurality of electric power pulses by opening/closing of the second switch, and
wherein a current supplied from the electric power source to the second load by closing the second switch is larger than a current supplied from the electric power source to the first load by closing the first switch.