Device and system for validation and modification of device state transitions for an aerosol generation device

US11641885B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Robert Logan Garris · Winston-Salem, US
• Sean Lukan · Milford, US
• Jim Marting · Winston-Salem, US
• Sean A. Daugherty · Gilberts, US
• Austin Carpenter · Cary, US
• Spencer Mougey · Winston-Salem, US
• Keith Anderson · Winston-Salem, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 2021
• Grant date: May 9, 2023
• Expiry date: Oct 1, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2205/8206
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A test fixture for testing aerosol provision devices may include a housing, a plurality of testing modules disposed at the housing where each of the testing modules includes a cavity configured to receive a portion of an aerosol provision device, and processing circuitry operably coupled to the testing modules. Each of the testing modules may be configured to interface with an assembly of a respective one of the aerosol provision devices to transition the assembly between an initial state and a transitioned state during a functional test controlled by the processing circuitry. The processing circuitry may be configured to conduct the functional test of at least two of the testing modules simultaneously.