US 12,471,638 B2
Aerosol-generating device with article position detector
Frederic Nicolas, Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne (FR); and Cyrille Poindron, Cruseilles (FR)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Appl. No. 17/600,730
Filed by Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
PCT Filed Mar. 31, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/059148
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 1, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/201295, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19166798 (EP), filed on Apr. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0167682 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/57 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/53 (2020.01) [A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/57 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol-generating device, comprising:
a receiving region configured to removably receive an aerosol-generating article comprising an aerosol-generating substrate;
a position detector configured to detect:
an optimal operation position of the received aerosol-generating article, and
an improper position of the received aerosol-generating article different from a predetermined desired optimal operation position;
a warning element configured to generate a warning signal; and
a controller configured to
receive a signal from the position detector indicative of the position of the received aerosol-generating article,
control the warning element to generate a warning signal when the aerosol-generating article is in the improper position different from the predetermined desired optimal operation position, and
control the warning element to generate a further warning signal for a predetermined time, when a heating element of the aerosol-generating device is operated longer than a second predetermined time during which the aerosol-generating article is in the improper position.