US 12,439,482 B2
Heater assembly
Tony Reevell, London (GB); and Eduardo Jose Garcia Garcia, Grand-Saconnex (CH)
Assigned to JT International SA, (CH)
Appl. No. 17/635,174
Filed by JT International SA, Geneva (CH)
PCT Filed Aug. 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/074149
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/043691, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19196025 (EP), filed on Sep. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0322498 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H05B 3/36 (2006.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01)
CPC H05B 3/36 (2013.01) [A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); H05B 2203/003 (2013.01); H05B 2203/008 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heater assembly for an aerosol generating device comprising:
a flexible heating element;
a temperature sensor;
a flexible dielectric backing film with an adhesive on a surface of the flexible dielectric backing film, wherein the temperature sensor and the flexible heating element are supported adjacent to each other on the adhesive on the surface of the flexible dielectric backing film; and
a tubular heating chamber;
wherein a thin film heater subassembly includes the flexible heating element, the temperature sensor and the flexible dielectric backing film, and
wherein the thin film heater subassembly is wrapped around a surface of the heating chamber with the temperature sensor held adjacent to the heating chamber.