Aerosol delivery device

US10531691B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Stephen Benson Sears · Siler City, US
• Timothy Brian Nestor · Advance, US
• Charles Jacob Novak, III · Winston-Salem, US
• Steven Lee Alderman · Lewisville, US
• Michael Ryan Galloway · Winston-Salem, US
• Quentin Paul Guenther, Jr. · Winston-Salem, US
• Frederic Philippe Ampolini · Winston-Salem, US
• Raymond Charles Henry, JR. · Wake Forest, US
• Allen Michael East · Cary, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 2018
• Grant date: Jan 14, 2020
• Expiry date: Jun 28, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A24F40/10
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

Smoking articles, and methods for forming such smoking articles, such as an electronic smoking article, are provided. An exemplary smoking article comprises a control body portion having a control body engagement end, and having a first control component therein. A cartridge body portion includes a cartridge body engagement end configured to removably engage the control body engagement end of the control body portion. The cartridge body portion further includes a consumable arrangement comprising at least an aerosol precursor composition and at least one heating element operably engaged therewith, and a second control component. At least the consumable arrangement is configured to be in communication with the first control component upon engagement between the cartridge body and control body portions.