US 12,167,755 B2
Aerosol provision device
Edward Joseph Halliday, London (GB); Ashley John Sayed, London (GB); and Luke James Warren, London (GB)
Assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Appl. No. 17/593,143
Filed by Nicoventures Trading Limited, London (GB)
PCT Filed Mar. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/056239
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/182748, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1903245 (GB), filed on Mar. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0183394 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/60 (2020.01) [A24F 40/51 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol provision device, comprising:
a heater assembly configured to heat aerosol generating material;
an input interface configured to receive an input for selecting an operating mode from a plurality of operating modes, the plurality of operating modes comprising a plurality of heating modes, the plurality of heating modes comprising a first heating mode and a second heating mode, wherein when the device is operated in the first heating mode, a component of the heater assembly is to be heated to a first temperature, and when the device is operated in the second heating mode, the component of the heater assembly is to be heated to a second temperature; and
a controller, configured to:
before the heater assembly has begun heating aerosol generating material according to a heating mode of the plurality of heating modes, detect operation of the input interface corresponding to an input;
determine a selected operating mode from the plurality of heating modes, based on the detected operation of the input interface corresponding to the input; and
cause the heater assembly to:
(i) begin heating the aerosol generating material according to the first heating mode if the detected operation of the input interface corresponding to the input is indicative of a selection of the first heating mode; or
(ii) (ii) begin heating the aerosol generating material according to the second heating mode if the detected operation of the input interface corresponding to the input is indicative of a selection of the second heating mode.