United States
US 12,696,924 B2
Method for checking an aerosol-generating article for manufacturing defects
US 12,696,924 B2 is a granted patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), dated 2026-08-04. Applicant: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A. Its PDF downloads from this page without an account, up to 5 a day.
- Applicant
- PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
- Inventors
- Luca Natali; Matteo Balboni
- Publication date
- 2026-08-04
- Filing date
- 2023-10-09
- Document type
- B2 Granted patent
- Also written as
- US 12,696,924 B2 · US12696924 · 12696924
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for checking an aerosol-generating article for manufacturing defects, comprising: —recording several 2-dimensional surface profiles of the aerosol-generating article while rotating the aerosol-generating article, —combining several surface profiles recorded at different rotation angles to obtain a 3-dimensional surface profile, calculating a maximum height difference of the 3-dimensional surface profile, and —rejecting the aerosol-generating article if the maximum height difference of its 3-dimensional surface profile is above a threshold value.
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