US 12,262,729 B2
Heat conducting substrate for electrically heated aerosol delivery device
Andries Sebastian, Clemmons, NC (US); Stephen Benson Sears, Siler City, NC (US); Billy Tyrone Conner, Clemmons, NC (US); Rajesh Sur, Winston-Salem, NC (US); S. Keith Cole, Advance, NC (US); Thaddeus Jackson, High Point, NC (US); Timothy Frederick Thomas, High Point, NC (US); Paul E. Braxton, Summerfield, NC (US); Curtis Foster Doe, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Vahid Hejazi, Winston-Salem, NC (US); and Kathryn Lynn Wilberding, High Point, NC (US)
Assigned to RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Dec. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/543,202.
Application 18/543,202 is a continuation of application No. 17/244,139, filed on Apr. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,882,867.
Application 17/244,139 is a continuation of application No. 15/905,320, filed on Feb. 26, 2018, granted, now 11,019,850, issued on Jun. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0114946 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A24B 3/14 (2006.01); A24B 13/02 (2006.01); A24D 1/00 (2020.01); A24D 1/14 (2006.01); A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/465 (2020.01); A61M 11/04 (2006.01); A61M 15/06 (2006.01); H05B 3/34 (2006.01)
CPC A24B 3/14 (2013.01) [A24B 13/02 (2013.01); A24D 1/002 (2013.01); A24D 1/14 (2013.01); A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A61M 11/042 (2014.02); A61M 15/06 (2013.01); H05B 3/342 (2013.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/465 (2020.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of manufacturing an aerosol source member for use with an aerosol source delivery device, the method comprising:
forming an initial substrate sheet comprising a fibrous filler material, an aerosol forming material, and a plurality of heat conducting constituents;
cutting the initial substrate sheet into a plurality of pieces;
forming a collection of intermingled pieces from the plurality of pieces of the initial substrate sheet; and
forming an open-ended substrate portion of the aerosol source member using the collection of intermingled pieces, wherein the collection of intermingled pieces are exposed through the open end of the substrate portion.