AEROSOL DELIVERY DEVICE WITH RADIANT HEATING

• Main Authors: REYNOLDS, Stephen C, DAVIS, Michael F, PIKE, Susan K, SEARS, Stephen Benson, CHANG, Yi-Ping, TALUSKIE, Karen V, WATSON, Nicholas Harrison
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 01.04.2020
• Subjects: CIGARETTES; CIGARS; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MATCH BOXES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; SMOKERS' REQUISITES; TOBACCO

The present disclosure relates to an atomizer (801; 901; 1001) for an aerosol delivery device, the atomizer (801; 901; 1001) comprising:a porous liquid transport element (836; 936; 1036; 1136; 1236) comprising a material containing an open pore network;a first heater (833a; 933a; 1033a; 1133a; 1233a) having a heating surface (Ha); anda second heater (833b; 933b; 1033b; 1233b) having a heating surface (Hb);wherein the first heater (833a; 933a; 1033a; 1133a; 1233a) and the second heater (833b; 933b; 1033b; 1233b) are aligned in a substantially parallel arrangement with the porous liquid transport element positioned therebetween, the first heater (833a; 933a; 1033a; 1133a; 1233a) and the second heater (833b; 933b; 1033b; 1233b) being spaced apart with the respective heating surfaces (Ha, Hb) facing each other such that the porous liquid transport element (836; 936; 1036; 1136; 1236) is in a radiant heating arrangement with the heating surface (Ha) of the first heater (833a; 933a; 1033a; 1133a; 1233a) and the heating surface (Hb) of the second heater (833b; 933b; 1033b; 1233b) and is not in direct physical contact with the heating surface (Ha) of the first heater (833a; 933a; 1033a; 1133a; 1233a) or the heating surface (Hb) of the second heater (833b; 933b; 1033b; 1233b).