Component for use with a non-combustible aerosol provision device

Abstract

An aerosol-generating component for use with a non-combustible aerosol provision device includes a heating material in thermal contact with aerosol generating material, and the heating material includes a plurality of elongate portions or elements which extend through or around said aerosol generating material in a first direction. The elongate portions or elements of the heating material are substantially parallel. An article and a system are also described.

1 . An aerosol-generating component for use with a non-combustible aerosol provision device, the aerosol-generating component comprising a heating material in thermal contact with aerosol generating material, the heating material comprising a plurality of elongate portions or elements which extend through or around said aerosol generating material in a first direction and wherein the elongate portions or elements are substantially parallel. 
     
     
         2 . An aerosol-generating component according to  claim 1 , wherein the heating material comprises a plurality of strands of heating material. 
     
     
         3 . An aerosol-generating component according to  claim 2 , wherein the plurality of strands of heating material are non-planar. 
     
     
         4 - 15 . (canceled) 
     
     
         16 . An article for use with a non-combustible aerosol-provision device comprising an aerosol-generating component according to any one of claims  1  to  3  or  19  to  27 . 
     
     
         17 . An article according to  claim 16 , the article further comprising a mouthpiece arranged downstream of the aerosol-generating component. 
     
     
         18 . A non-combustible aerosol provision system comprising:
 a non-combustible aerosol provision device; and   an aerosol-generating component according to any one of claims  1  to  3  or  19  to  27 , or an article according to  claim 16 .   
     
     
         19 . An aerosol-generating component according to any one of  claims 1 to 3 , wherein the heating material is in the form of a susceptor. 
     
     
         20 . An aerosol-generating component according to any one of  claim 1 to 3 or 19 , wherein the plurality of elongate portions or elements form together a single continuous piece of heating material. 
     
     
         21 . An aerosol-generating component according to any one of  claims 1 to 3 or 19 to 20 , wherein the plurality of elongate portions or elements are arranged in a spaced apart configuration. 
     
     
         22 . An aerosol-generating component according to any one of  claims 1 to 3 or 19 to 21 , wherein the heating material comprises between 2 and 6 elongate portions. 
     
     
         23 . An aerosol-generating component according to any one of  claims 1 to 3 or 19 to 22 , wherein each of the plurality of elongate portions or elements is formed from a different material. 
     
     
         24 . An aerosol-generating component according to any one of  claims 1 to 3 or 19 to 23 , wherein each of the plurality of elongate portions or elements is formed from the same material. 
     
     
         25 . An aerosol-generating component according to any one of  claims 1 to 3 or 19 to 24 , wherein the heating material comprises the elongate portions or elements connected at their ends by connecting portions. 
     
     
         26 . An aerosol-generating component according to  claim 25 , wherein the connecting portions form a curved section at either end of the heating material. 
     
     
         27 . An aerosol-generating component according to  claim 26 , wherein a joining portion extends from a central position on the connecting portions.