Patent ID: 11969010
Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A  H

Claim 0:
1. An aerosol-generating device, comprising:
a device housing defining a first receiving chamber, a second receiving chamber, and an internal space, the first receiving chamber being configured to receive and accommodate a first consumable to be at least partially housed within the first receiving chamber, the second receiving chamber being configured to interchangeably receive and accommodate one of a second consumable or a separate power source at a time to be at least partially housed within the second receiving chamber;
an internal power source within the internal space defined by the device housing, the internal power source being configured to provide power to the aerosol-generating device, the internal power source being between the first receiving chamber and the second receiving chamber; and
a controller configured to control aerosolization of an aerosol-forming substrate of at least one consumable of the first consumable and the second consumable,
wherein the second receiving chamber includes electrical contacts configured to be detachably connected to the separate power source, to provide additional power from the separate power source to the aerosol-generating device, based on the separate power source being in the second receiving chamber,
wherein the internal power source is configured to power both the first consumable and the second consumable when the first consumable is housed in the first receiving chamber concurrently with the second consumable being housed in the second receiving chamber, and
wherein dimensions of the first consumable and dimensions of the separate power source are equal.