US 12,478,110 B2
Aerosol generating device, method for controlling same, and charging system including same
Seung Kiu Jeong, Gimhae-si (KR); Joong Hak Kwon, Gimhae-si (KR); In Seong Chun, Goyang-si (KR); Ghi Yuun Kang, Seoul (KR); Jung Ho Han, Daejeon (KR); and Jong Sub Lee, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
Filed by KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/540,998.
Application 17/540,998 is a continuation of application No. 16/479,117, granted, now 11,253,003, previously published as PCT/KR2018/000871, filed on Jan. 18, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0008901 (KR), filed on Jan. 18, 2017; application No. 10-2017-0008904 (KR), filed on Jan. 18, 2017; application No. 10-2017-0008905 (KR), filed on Jan. 18, 2017; application No. 10-2017-0058772 (KR), filed on May 11, 2017; application No. 10-2017-0058775 (KR), filed on May 11, 2017; application No. 10-2017-0058776 (KR), filed on May 11, 2017; application No. 10-2017-0146951 (KR), filed on Nov. 6, 2017; application No. 10-2017-0161440 (KR), filed on Nov. 29, 2017; application No. 10-2018-0006556 (KR), filed on Jan. 18, 2018; application No. 10-2018-0006559 (KR), filed on Jan. 18, 2018; and application No. 10-2018-0006560 (KR), filed on Jan. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0087321 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/95 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/57 (2020.01); A24F 40/90 (2020.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/85 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/50 (2020.01) [A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/57 (2020.01); A24F 40/90 (2020.01); A24F 40/95 (2020.01); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/85 (2020.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol generation device comprising:
an elongated aerosol generator including a first power storage; and
a charger into which the aerosol generator is separably joined,
wherein the charger comprises:
a case including a second power storage and an opening;
a power supply electrically connected with the second power storage in the case;
an accommodation portion positioned at the opening and pivotally connected with the case, wherein the aerosol generator is separably inserted into the accommodation portion;
a first charging terminal on the accommodation portion; and
a wire connected with the power supply and the first charging terminal,
wherein the aerosol generator comprises:
a heater powered by the first power storage;
a controller controlling the first power storage to provide power to the heater; and
a first button portion configured to transfer an activation signal to the controller to allow the first power storage to supply power to the heater,
wherein the aerosol generator includes a second charging terminal electrically connected with the first power storage, and the first charging terminal is in contact with the second charging terminal when the aerosol generator is separably inserted into the accommodation portion, and
wherein the charger comprises a third magnetic body in the accommodation portion, and a first magnetic body and a second magnetic body in the case,
wherein the aerosol generator includes a fourth magnetic body, and
wherein the first magnetic body is configured to engage with the third magnetic body of the accommodation portion to secure the accommodation portion in a closed position, and the second magnetic body is configured to engage with the fourth magnetic body of the aerosol generator to secure the aerosol generator while the accommodation portion is in an open position.