Title:
INHALER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/198688
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
This inhaler 1 comprises: an atomization unit 100 that is an atomization unit 100 comprising a piezoelectric element substrate 31 having a first interdigital transducer (IDT) configured from a comb-shaped electrode pair 33, and that is configured so that a liquid is atomized by surface elastic waves generated by applying a voltage at a high frequency to the comb-shaped electrode pair 33; and a control unit 400 that is configured to monitor the comb-shaped electrode pair 33 resonance frequency and apply, to the comb-shaped electrode pair 33, a voltage at a frequency determined on the basis of the monitored resonance frequency.
Inventors:
MINAMI YUKI (JP)
KUDO TAKAHISA (JP)
INAGAKI MICHIHIRO (JP)
INOUE JUMPEI (JP)
ABE YUKI (JP)
GEERNAERT ADAM (GB)
RUBICONI FRANCK (GB)
COX SIMON (GB)
RISHI JOBANPUTRA (GB)
KUDO TAKAHISA (JP)
INAGAKI MICHIHIRO (JP)
INOUE JUMPEI (JP)
ABE YUKI (JP)
GEERNAERT ADAM (GB)
RUBICONI FRANCK (GB)
COX SIMON (GB)
RISHI JOBANPUTRA (GB)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2019/015386
Publication Date:
October 17, 2019
Filing Date:
April 09, 2019
Export Citation:
Assignee:
JAPAN TOBACCO INC (JP)
International Classes:
B05B17/06; A24F40/05; A24F40/40; A24F40/10
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Other References:
See also references of EP 3778036A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ONO, Shinjiro et al. (JP)
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