US 12,290,101 B2
Method of making heater assembly with at least one channel defined within first housing
Patrick Charles Silvestrini, Neuchatel (CH); Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik, Peseux (CH); and Guillaume Frederick, Les-Geneveys-sur-Coffrane (CH)
Assigned to Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed by Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US)
Filed on Mar. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/182,466.
Application 18/182,466 is a division of application No. 15/903,612, filed on Feb. 23, 2018, granted, now 11,696,368.
Application 15/903,612 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2018/051730, filed on Jan. 24, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 17157960 (EP), filed on Feb. 24, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0225013 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24B 15/167 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); H05B 1/02 (2006.01); H05B 3/03 (2006.01); H05B 3/44 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 40/42 (2020.01) [A24B 15/167 (2016.11); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); H05B 1/0227 (2013.01); H05B 3/03 (2013.01); H05B 3/44 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); H05B 2203/021 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
forming a first housing of a heater assembly,
the first housing defining
a first channel and a second channel, the first channel and the second channel being on respective sides of the first housing and running parallel to each other, each of the first channel and the second channel extending from a first end to a second end of the first housing,
a cavity in the first end of the first housing,
a first reservoir in the second end of the first housing, the first channel and the second channel each being in direct fluid communication with the first reservoir and the cavity, and
an opening within a first wall of the first housing, the opening causing the first reservoir and the cavity to be in direct communication with each other.