Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Control body for an electronic smoking article
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Application No.: US16526372Application Date: 2019-07-30
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Publication No.: US11864584B2Publication Date: 2024-01-09
- Inventor: Steven L. Worm , Michael Ryan Galloway , Frederic Philippe Ampolini , Randy Lee McKnight , David Glen Christopherson
- Applicant: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NC Winston-Salem
- Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
- Current Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Winston-Salem
- Agency: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
- Main IPC: A24F40/51
- IPC: A24F40/51 ; A24F40/40 ; A24F40/10 ; A24F40/50 ; A24F40/60

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a control body adapted for use in an electronic smoking article. The control body includes a shell and a coupler that is adapted to connect the control body to a cartridge of an electronic smoking article. The coupler further is adapted to communicate a pressure reduction within the coupler to a pressure reduction space in the shell. Also positioned within the shell is an electronic circuit board having a pressure sensor attached thereto. The electronic circuit board can be positioned to be parallel to a central axis of the shell. A first end of the pressure sensor can be isolated within the pressure reduction space, and a second end of the pressure sensor can be in communication with a normal pressure space within the shell. One or more light emitting diodes can be attached to the electronic circuit board. At least a portion of the coupler can be light transmissive so that light from the LED is visible through the coupler.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190350265A1 CONTROL BODY FOR AN ELECTRONIC SMOKING ARTICLE Public/Granted day:2019-11-21
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