US 12,484,624 B2
Induction heater comprising central and peripheral susceptor
Rui Nuno Batista, Morges (CH); and Ricardo Cali, Mannheim (DE)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Appl. No. 17/761,529
Filed by Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
PCT Filed Sep. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/075889
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/053030, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19198279 (EP), filed on Sep. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0338546 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/465 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/465 (2020.01) [A24F 40/50 (2020.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol-generating device, comprising:
a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-generating article comprising an aerosol-forming substrate; and
an induction heating arrangement comprising an induction coil and a susceptor assembly,
wherein the susceptor assembly comprises:
a central susceptor arrangement arranged centrally within the cavity, and
a peripheral susceptor arrangement arranged distanced from and around the central susceptor arrangement,
wherein the central susceptor arrangement comprises at least two central susceptors, and
wherein the peripheral susceptor arrangement comprises an elongate blade-shaped susceptor.