US 12,029,846 B2
Aerosolization using two aerosol generators
David Jones, Liverpool (GB); Chris Lord, Liverpool (GB); and Thomas Sudlow, Liverpool (GB)
Assigned to IMPERIAL TOBACCO LIMITED, Bristol (GB)
Filed by IMPERIAL TOBACCO LIMITED, Bristol (GB)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/191,820.
Application 18/191,820 is a continuation of application No. 16/648,483, granted, now 11,633,556, previously published as PCT/EP2018/075697, filed on Sep. 21, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 1715386 (GB), filed on Sep. 22, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0293833 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. A61M 15/06 (2006.01); A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A24F 40/48 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A61M 11/04 (2006.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A61M 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 15/06 (2013.01) [A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A24F 40/48 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A61M 11/042 (2014.02); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A61M 15/0085 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0294 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01); A61M 2206/14 (2013.01); H05B 2203/021 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol delivery device comprising:
a mouthpiece attached to a housing;
the housing having a tapered flow pathway leading into the mouthpiece;
a flavor pod holding a flavor element, the flavor pod insertable into and removable from the housing; and
a vibration unit in contact with the flavor element, when the flavor pod is inserted into the housing, the vibration unit comprising a disc-shaped ceramic piezo-electric transducer.