18290260. AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE (KT&G CORPORATION)

AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE

Organization Name

KT&G CORPORATION

Inventor(s)

Tae Hun Kim of Gyeonggi-do KR

Ju Eon Park of Gyeonggi-do KR

Sung Wook Yoon of Gyeonggi-do KR

Hyung Jin Jung of Seoul KR

Jung Ho Han of Daejeon KR

AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18290260 titled 'AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE

Original Abstract Submitted

An aerosol generating device includes a housing including an accommodation space, a cartridge detachably coupled to the accommodation space of the housing, and including a storage, in which an aerosol generating material is stored, and an atomizer configured to vaporize the aerosol generating material, a sensor arranged in a portion adjacent to the accommodation space of the housing and configured to detect capacitance of the storage, a cover arranged between the cartridge and the sensor and configured to protect the sensor, and a processor electrically connected to the sensor, wherein the processor is configured to detect a remaining amount of the aerosol generating material stored in the storage, based on the capacitance of the storage detected by the sensor.