US 12,137,750 B2
Aerosol generating system including a cradle and a holder, and a cradle thereof
Seung Won Lee, Gwangmyeong-si (KR); Wang Seop Lim, Anyang-si (KR); Yong Hwan Kim, Anyang-si (KR); Sung Wook Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); and Dae Nam Han, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
Appl. No. 17/281,783
Filed by KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/018435
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 31, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/172721, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0022998 (KR), filed on Feb. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0395030 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/95 (2020.01); A24F 15/01 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/57 (2020.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/90 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/95 (2020.01) [A24F 15/01 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/57 (2020.01); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01); H02J 7/0048 (2020.01); H02J 7/342 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/90 (2020.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); H02J 7/0049 (2020.01); H02J 2310/22 (2020.01); Y02E 60/10 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cradle to which a holder configured to receive an aerosol generating article is detachably attached, the cradle comprising:
a cradle battery configured to supply electric power to a heater of the holder or a holder battery of the holder; and
a cradle processor configured to:
identify whether the holder is coupled to the cradle;
based on an identification that the holder is coupled to the cradle, preheat the heater with the cradle battery,
receive a temperature value of the heater of the holder from the holder,
based on an identification that the temperature value of the heater of the holder reaches a preset temperature value by the preheating, separate the holder from the cradle, and
control the holder battery of the holder to maintain the temperature value of the heater of the holder by heating using the holder battery of the holder.