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Cartridge and control body of an aerosol delivery device including anti-rotation mechanism and related method

US11247006B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. · US

Inventors

Charles Jacob Novak, III · Winston-Salem, US
Michael Ryan Galloway · Winston-Salem, US
John DePiano · Burlington, US
Frank S. Silveira · Wilmington, US
Frederic Philippe Ampolini · Winston-Salem, US
Michael Laine · Newburyport, US
Raymond Charles Henry, JR. · Wake Forest, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 24, 2019
Grant date	Feb 15, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 4, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49002
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices including a cartridge and a control body. The control body may include a coupler and the cartridge may include a base. The base may be configured to releasably engage the cartridge. Further the base and the coupler may include anti-rotation mechanisms configured to prevent rotation of the cartridge relative to the base when engaged with one another. The anti-rotation mechanisms may include alternating protrusions and recesses in some embodiments. Related methods are also provided.

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