US 12,127,599 B2
Method of making aerosol-generating device with tilt sensor
Tony Reevell, London (GB)
Assigned to Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed by Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed on May 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/738,120.
Application 17/738,120 is a division of application No. 15/441,813, filed on Feb. 24, 2017, granted, now 11,330,671, issued on May 10, 2022.
Application 15/441,813 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2017/053707, filed on Feb. 17, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 16157434 (EP), filed on Feb. 25, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0256931 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); G01C 9/06 (2006.01); H05B 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 40/53 (2020.01) [A24F 40/51 (2020.01); G01C 9/06 (2013.01); H05B 1/0227 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of making an aerosol-generating device, comprising:
first arranging a liquid storage portion to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate;
second arranging a wick and an aerosol generator so that the wick communicates the liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the liquid storage portion to the aerosol generator, and the aerosol generator at least partially vaporizes the liquid aerosol-forming substrate communicated to the aerosol generator while the aerosol generator is in operational use;
third arranging a tilt sensor to sense an angle of orientation value of the liquid storage portion; and
configuring at least one processor of an electrical circuit to monitor the angle of orientation value as sensed by the tilt sensor to determine a depletion value of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate based at least in part on the angle of orientation value, while the aerosol generator is in operational use and the aerosol-generating device is in any physical orientation.