US 12,342,860 B2
Heater and liquid transport for an aerosol delivery system
Charles Jacob Novak, III, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Matthew Joel Nettenstrom, Bartlett, IL (US); Steven Michael Schennum, Plainfield, IL (US); Thomas Michael McKeon, Wheaton, IL (US); and Zachary Hy Burchman, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Oct. 10, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/598,505.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/744,978, filed on Oct. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0113243 A1, Apr. 16, 2020
Int. Cl. A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24B 15/167 (2020.01); A24D 1/00 (2020.01); A24D 1/14 (2006.01); A24F 7/00 (2006.01); A24F 7/02 (2006.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A61M 11/04 (2006.01); H01R 13/17 (2006.01); H01R 13/62 (2006.01); H05B 3/20 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 40/42 (2020.01) [A24B 15/167 (2016.11); A24D 1/002 (2013.01); A24D 1/14 (2013.01); A24F 7/00 (2013.01); A24F 7/02 (2013.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A61M 11/042 (2014.02); H01R 13/17 (2013.01); H01R 13/6205 (2013.01); H05B 3/20 (2013.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A61M 11/041 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0288 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3368 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2205/584 (2013.01); A61M 2205/587 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01); H05B 2203/021 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol delivery device comprising:
a control device that includes an outer housing defining an outer wall and having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the control device defining a cartridge receiving chamber, the control device further including a power source and a control component; and
a cartridge that includes a mouthpiece portion and a tank portion, the mouthpiece portion and the tank portion having respective proximal and distal ends, the tank portion being configured to contain a liquid composition, the cartridge further including an atomizing member and a liquid transport element,
wherein a portion of the cartridge is configured to be removably coupled with the cartridge receiving chamber of the control device, wherein at least a portion of the liquid transport element is located proximate the atomizing member, wherein the atomizing member is configured to vaporize the liquid composition to generate an aerosol, wherein at least a portion of the atomizing member is positioned above the proximal end of the tank portion,
wherein the atomizing member comprises a heating member, wherein the heating member comprises a flat heating member, and wherein when installed in the cartridge, the heating member has a bowed shape.