Method for assembling a cartridge for a smoking article

US11083857B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Frederic Philippe Ampolini · Winston-Salem, US
• Timothy Brian Nestor · Advance, US
• Jack Gray Flinchum, Jr. · Clemmons, US
• Wayne Douglas Brown · Walnut Cove, US
• Nicholas H. Watson · Westfield, US
• Charles Jacob Novak, III · Winston-Salem, US
• Paul Andrew Brinkley · Winston-Salem, US
• James Robert Covino · Haverhill, US
• John DePiano · Burlington, US
• Edward L. Dickinson · Littleton, US
• Eugene R. Harris · Groton, US
• Kevin Keough · Canton, US
• David Smith · Needham, US
• John Hook · Melbourne, AU
• Michael LaCourse · Manchester, US
• Robert Metcalf · Peterborough, US
• Steven Hart · Acton, US
• David Pelletier · Chelmsford, US
• Marc Bourque · Weare, US
• Nathaniel Cambray · Litchfield, US
• John William Wolber · Nashua, US
• James William McClellan · Hollis, US
• Steven R. Mongillo · Oneonta, US
• Frank S. Silveira · Wilmington, US
• Michael Laine · Newburyport, US
• Quentin Paul Guenther, Jr. · Winston-Salem, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 2, 2017
• Grant date: Aug 10, 2021
• Expiry date: May 12, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49913
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for assembling cartridges for aerosol delivery devices. The cartridges may be assembled by transporting carriages between various substations at which parts are added to a base. In another assembly method, the base may be moved between a plurality of robots which direct the base downwardly into contact with components to couple the components therewith. An inspection system may inspect the cartridges at various stages of completion.