US 11,889,861 B2
Arrangement of atomization assemblies for aerosol delivery device
Vahid Hejazi, Concord, NC (US); Rajesh Sur, Winston-Salem, NC (US); S Keith Cole, Advance, NC (US); Cassidy S. McMahan, Pfafftown, NC (US); and Gary M. Dull, Lewisville, NC (US)
Assigned to RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/026,997.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/904,249, filed on Sep. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0084970 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A24F 40/05 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A61M 15/06 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 40/05 (2020.01) [A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A61M 15/06 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol delivery device comprising:
a housing defining an outer wall, and further including a power source and a control component;
a tank portion located in the housing or configured to be connected therewith that includes a reservoir configured to contain a liquid composition;
an atomization assembly located in the housing or configured to be connected therewith configured to vaporize the liquid composition to generate an aerosol; and
an exit aerosol path in fluid communication with the atomization assembly and defining an opening,
wherein the atomization assembly comprises two or more vibrating assemblies, at least one of which is in fluid communication with the reservoir, wherein each vibrating assembly includes a mesh plate, wherein the mesh plates are substantially coplanar, and wherein the mesh plates are substantially perpendicular to the exit aerosol path.