US 12,453,374 B2
Aerosol-generating device with switch
Clement Besso, Neuchâtel (CH); Ricardo Cali, Mannheim (DE); and Thomas Philipp Salvador, Tiefenbach (DE)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchâtel (CH)
Appl. No. 17/790,886
Filed by PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A., Neuchâtel (CH)
PCT Filed Jan. 5, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/050044
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 5, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/140436, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20150512 (EP), filed on Jan. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0369705 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/40 (2020.01) [A24F 40/51 (2020.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol-generating device comprising:
a body comprising a cartridge receptacle configured to receive a cartridge with an aerosol-generating substrate, and a heating element configured to heat the aerosol-generating substrate;
a power source operatively connected to the heating element;
a controller configured to control the power source and the heating element;
a switch comprising a sensor to detect presence of an actuator, the switch operatively connected to the controller; and
a mouthpiece handle removably coupled with the body, wherein the mouthpiece handle forms the actuator,
wherein the controller is configured to establish a stand-by mode of the heating element when the presence of the actuator is detected, and wherein the controller is configured to establish an aerosol-generating mode of the heating element when absence of the actuator is detected.