US 12,433,342 B2
Aerosol-generating device
Jongsub Lee, Sungnam-si (KR); Minkyu Kim, Seoul (KR); Jueon Park, Seoul (KR); and Byungsung Cho, Gwangmyung-si (KR)
Assigned to KT&G Corporation, Daejeon (KR)
Appl. No. 18/017,028
Filed by KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
PCT Filed Mar. 3, 2022, PCT No. PCT/KR2022/002969
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 19, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/186612, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0029559 (KR), filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0270175 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/465 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/57 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/51 (2020.01) [A24F 40/465 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/57 (2020.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol-generating device comprising:
a body having formed therein a first insertion space;
a heater configured to heat the first insertion space;
a sensing circuit connected to the heater; and
a sensor configured to detect a change in a magnetic field of the sensing circuit,
wherein the sensing circuit comprises a first part, a second part, and a third part which are each electrically conductive,
wherein the first part and the second part are elongated with the third part extending between the first part and the second part to electrically connect the first part and the second part to each other, and
wherein the sensor is disposed between the first part and the second part.