Aerosol delivery device with indexing movement

US11382356B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Steve Worm · Raleigh, US
• William Bryan Carr · Apex, US
• Timothy Frederick Thomas · High Point, US
• Kathryn Lynn Wilberding · High Point, US
• Paul E. Braxton · Summerfield, US
• Stephen Benson Sears · Siler City, US
• Rajesh Sur · Winston-Salem, US
• Billy Tyrone Conner · Clemmons, US
• Andries Don Sebastian · Clemmons, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 20, 2018
• Grant date: Jul 12, 2022
• Expiry date: Feb 10, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2205/8206
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a control body, an aerosol delivery device, and a method of operating an aerosol delivery device. In various implementations, the aerosol delivery device comprises a control body having a housing, an electrical energy source located within the housing, a heating member operatively connected to the electrical energy source, an aerosol source member that includes an inhalable substance medium, and an indexing mechanism coupled to the heating member. The indexing mechanism is configured to move the heating member relative to the aerosol source member so as to sequentially heat one of two or more segments of the aerosol source member.