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

US9609893B2 · kind B2 · utility

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: Mar 15, 2013
• Grant date: Apr 4, 2017
• Expiry date: Mar 21, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49002
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

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.