US 11,871,484 B2
Aerosol delivery device
John DePiano, Burlington, MA (US); David Smith, Needham, MA (US); Charles Jacob Novak, III, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Frank S. Silveira, Wilmington, MA (US); Steven Lee ALderman, Lewisville, NC (US); Grady Lance Dooly, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Timothy Brian Nestor, Advance, NC (US); Quentin Paul Guenther, Jr., Winston-Salem, NC (US); Stephen Benson Sears, Siler City, NC (US); John William Wolber, Nashua, NH (US); and Michael Laine, Newburyport, MA (US)
Assigned to RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Apr. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/225,754.
Application 17/225,754 is a continuation of application No. 16/545,988, filed on Aug. 20, 2019, granted, now 11,000,075.
Application 16/545,988 is a continuation of application No. 16/020,677, filed on Jun. 27, 2018, granted, now 10,426,200, issued on Oct. 1, 2019.
Application 16/020,677 is a continuation of application No. 14/944,434, filed on Nov. 18, 2015, granted, now 10,143,236, issued on Dec. 4, 2018.
Application 14/944,434 is a continuation of application No. 13/841,233, filed on Mar. 15, 2013, granted, now 9,220,302, issued on Dec. 29, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0227638 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A24F 47/00 (2020.01); H05B 3/04 (2006.01); H05B 3/44 (2006.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/70 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01)
CPC H05B 3/04 (2013.01) [A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/70 (2020.01); H05B 3/44 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); H05B 2203/014 (2013.01); H05B 2203/016 (2013.01); H05B 2203/017 (2013.01); H05B 2203/021 (2013.01); H05B 2203/022 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49002 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A smoking article comprising:
a cartridge body comprising a connector end;
an atomizer comprising a heating element arranged to aerosolize an aerosol precursor composition and a plurality of heater terminals extending from the heating element through the connector end so as to be exposed about connecting ends, wherein each of the heater terminals comprise a respective one of a plurality of contact surfaces electrically coupled with the heating element; and
a control body comprising a plurality of electrical contacts, wherein the connector end is arranged to engage the control body and each of the plurality of heater terminals extend through the connector end so as to be exposed about connecting ends for direct contact with a respective one of the plurality of electrical contacts of the control body, wherein the control body comprises a power source, and wherein when the connector end is brought into engagement with the control body, each of the electrical contacts of the control body engage a respective one of the contact surfaces so as to electrically couple the heating element with the power source.