Reservoir and heater system for controllable delivery of multiple aerosolizable materials in an electronic smoking article

US10004259B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Andries Don Sebastian · Clemmons, US
• Karen V. Williams · Cary, US
• Stephen Benson Sears · Siler City, US
• Bradley J. Ingebrethsen · Winston-Salem, US
• Balager Ademe · Winston-Salem, US
• Steven Lee Alderman · Lewisville, US
• William Robert Collett · Lexington, US
• Grady Lance Dooly · Winston-Salem, US
• Charles Jacob Novak, III · Winston-Salem, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 2012
• Grant date: Jun 26, 2018
• Expiry date: Mar 17, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A24F40/44
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an electronic smoking article that provides for improved aerosol delivery. Particularly, the article provides for separate delivery of two or more components of an aerosol precursor composition to one or more heaters so as to control the rate of delivery or the rate of heating of the separate components of the aerosol precursor composition.