US 11,856,997 B2
Electronic smoking article and associated method
Stephen Benson Sears, Siler City, NC (US); Timothy Brian Nestor, Advance, NC (US); Charles Jacob Novak, III, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Steven Lee Alderman, Lewisville, NC (US); Michael Ryan Galloway, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Quentin Paul Guenther, Jr., Winston-Salem, NC (US); Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Raymond C. Henry, Jr., Cary, NC (US); and Allen Michael East, Cary, NC (US)
Assigned to RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/741,354.
Application 16/741,354 is a continuation of application No. 16/022,436, filed on Jun. 28, 2018, granted, now 10,531,691.
Application 16/022,436 is a continuation of application No. 13/647,000, filed on Oct. 8, 2012, granted, now 10,117,460, issued on Nov. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0146355 A1, May 14, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A24F 47/00 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/00 (2020.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/53 (2020.01) [A24F 40/00 (2020.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control body for a smoking article, the control body comprising:
a control body engagement portion configured to removably engage a cartridge body engagement portion of a cartridge body including a reservoir configured to store an aerosol precursor composition, an aerosolization component powerable to aerosolize the aerosol precursor composition to form an aerosol, and a purpose-specific circuit for authentication of the cartridge body;
control circuitry configured to direct power from an electrical power source to the aerosolization component; and
a controller configured to communicate with the purpose-specific circuit to validate the cartridge body is authentic, and allow the control circuitry to direct power from the electrical power source to the aerosolization component only when the cartridge body is validated as authentic.