Patent ID: 11606975

Abstract:
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including a main unit including a power supply; and a cartridge removably mounted to the main unit and including: a liquid storage portion to store a liquid, a heater assembly including a flat-shaped fluid-permeable heating element, including first and second surfaces, the first surface arranged in an upstream position to receive a liquid, and the second surface arranged in a downstream position to release the liquid in vaporized form, and a capillary body having a first elongated end and a second end, the first elongated end extending into the storage portion to contact the liquid, the second end contacting the first surface of the heating element, a cross-sectional area of the capillary body at the second end is greater than that at the first elongated end, the capillary body including capillary fibers at the first elongated end and at the second end.