US 11,717,029 B2
Heater assembly and aerosol generation device comprising same
Jong Sub Lee, Seongnam-si (KR); and Hwi Kyeong An, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
Appl. No. 16/617,207
Filed by KT&G CORPORATION, Daejeon (KR)
PCT Filed May 25, 2018, PCT No. PCT/KR2018/005945
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 26, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/217054, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 29, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0065550 (KR), filed on May 26, 2017; application No. 10-2017-0113954 (KR), filed on Sep. 6, 2017; and application No. 10-2018-0059279 (KR), filed on May 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0086068 A1, Mar. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. A24F 13/00 (2006.01); A24F 17/00 (2006.01); A24F 25/00 (2006.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A61M 11/04 (2006.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/46 (2020.01) [A61M 11/042 (2014.02); A24F 40/20 (2020.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heater assembly comprising:
a heater extending to correspond to at least a part of a length of a cigarette and comprising one end to be inserted into the cigarette and configured to generate heat when electricity is applied;
a first cover coupled to the heater to maintain a position with respect to the heater and comprising one surface that faces toward the end of the heater and extends outward from the heater; and
a second cover coupled to another end of the heater and supporting another surface of the first cover facing toward the other end of the heater,
wherein the first cover comprises:
a flange fixed to an outer surface of the heater and protruding outward from the outer surface of the heater; and
an outer cover disposed closer to the one end of the heater than the flange to form the one surface of the first cover, and configured to contact and support at least a part of an outer surface of the flange, and
wherein the other surface of the first cover supported by the second cover is formed by the flange.