US 12,121,057 B2
Smoking substitute consumable, device and kit
Pete Lomas, Liverpool (GB); and Oliver Talbot, Liverpool (GB)
Assigned to Imperial Tobacco Limited Bristol, Bristol (GB)
Filed by Imperial Tobacco Limited, Bristol (GB)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/677,428.
Application 17/677,428 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2020/073872, filed on Aug. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19194641 (EP), filed on Aug. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0175035 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/42 (2020.01) [A24F 40/10 (2020.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A smoking substitute consumable insertable into a smoking substitute device in at least a first orientation and a second orientation, the smoking substitute consumable comprising:
an electrical contact configured to interface with a corresponding electrical contact of the smoking substitute device, the electrical contact located at a contact end of the smoking substitute consumable; and
at least one data contact region configured to interface with at least one corresponding data contact region of the smoking substitute device for data exchange, when the smoking substitute consumable is inserted into the smoking substitute device in either the first orientation or the second orientation, characterized in that the contact end of the smoking substitute consumable includes a recess defining an inner circumferential surface and wherein the at least one data contact region is either formed by, or located on, the inner circumferential surface.