Aerosol delivery device with a liquid transport element comprising a porous monolith and related method

• Main Authors: Davis, Michael F, Carpenter, William K, King, Michael L, Phillips, Percy D, Rogers, James W, Ahr, Sean M, Joyce, Owen L, Clemens, David A, Ampolini, Frederic P
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.04.2020
• Subjects: AIR-CONDITIONING, AIR-HUMIDIFICATION, VENTILATION, USE OF AIRCURRENTS FOR SCREENING; BLASTING; 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; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED,LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; HEATING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; LIGHTING; MATCH BOXES; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OF STEAM GENERATION; RANGES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES; STEAM BOILERS; STEAM GENERATION; STORING OF DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS; TOBACCO; VENTILATING; VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED ORSOLIDIFIED GASES; WEAPONS

The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices, methods of producing such devices, and elements of such devices. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides devices configured for vaporization of an aerosol precursor composition that is contained in a reservoir and transported to a heating element by a liquid transport element. The liquid transport element may include a porous monolith.