US 11,677,201 B2
Aerosol delivery device with improved connectivity, airflow, and aerosol paths
Charles Jacob Novak, III, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Sean A. Daugherty, Yadkinville, NC (US); Jared Aller, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Michael Ryan Galloway, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Justin Holt, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Matthew Joel Nettenstrom, Bartlett, IL (US); and Steven Michael Schennum, Plainfield, IL (US)
Assigned to RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/953,925.
Application 17/953,925 is a continuation of application No. 16/598,575, filed on Oct. 10, 2019, granted, now 11,502,466.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/911,519, filed on Oct. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/744,978, filed on Oct. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0016330 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01R 33/18 (2006.01); A61M 11/04 (2006.01); H05B 3/06 (2006.01); H05B 3/22 (2006.01); H01R 13/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/62 (2006.01); H01R 33/945 (2006.01); H05B 3/46 (2006.01); H01R 31/06 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 33/18 (2013.01) [A61M 11/042 (2014.02); H01R 13/005 (2013.01); H01R 13/6205 (2013.01); H01R 33/945 (2013.01); H05B 3/06 (2013.01); H05B 3/22 (2013.01); H05B 3/46 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0288 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3331 (2013.01); H01R 31/06 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol delivery device comprising:
a control device including a power source and a control component; and
a cartridge that includes a heating assembly and a liquid composition,
wherein the cartridge is configured to be removably coupled with the control device, wherein the heating assembly is configured to heat the liquid composition to generate an aerosol, wherein the heating assembly comprises a substantially planar heating member and a liquid transport element, and wherein the heating member is installed in a bowed orientation, and
further comprising a base member into which the heating member and the liquid transport element are disposed, wherein at least one edge of the heating member is configured to engage the base member to facilitate the bowed orientation of the heating member.