US 11,812,785 B2
Capsules including internal heaters, heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating devices, and methods of generating an aerosol
Zack Blackmon, Williamsburg, VA (US); Patrick Good, Richmond, VA (US); Rangaraj S. Sundar, Midlothian, VA (US); Jarrett Keen, Richmond, VA (US); Eric Hawes, Midlothian, VA (US); Dean Twite, London (GB); Guy Moseley, Cambridgeshire (GB); and Niall Gallagher, Cambridge (GB)
Assigned to ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed by Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/909,131.
Prior Publication US 2021/0392951 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/20 (2020.01) [A24F 40/46 (2020.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A capsule for an aerosol-generating device, comprising:
a housing having interior surfaces defining a chamber configured to hold an aerosol-forming substrate, the housing having exterior surfaces constituting a first face, an opposing second face, and a side face of the capsule, the first face and the second face being permeable to an aerosol, the housing having a first frame, a second frame, and a third frame, the third frame between the first frame and the second frame; and
a heater having a first end section, an intermediate section, and a second end section, the first end section and the second end section being external segments constituting parts of the side face of the capsule, the intermediate section being an internal segment disposed within the chamber of the housing.