US 12,349,732 B2
Heater for an aerosol delivery device and methods of formation thereof
Karen V. Taluskie, Cary, NC (US); Stephen Benson Sears, Siler City, NC (US); Eric Taylor Hunt, Pfafftown, NC (US); William Robert Collett, Lexington, NC (US); Yi-ping Chang, Greensboro, NC (US); Kristen Dodds Weight, Stow, MA (US); Jeffrey A. Karg, Hopkinton, MA (US); Graham P. Eacock, Westborough, MA (US); Matthew C. Ebbs, Newton-Highlands, MA (US); Robert C. Uschold, Leominster, MA (US); and Walker Maclaughlin Sloan, III, Berlin, MA (US)
Assigned to RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC, Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/504,740.
Application 17/115,828 is a division of application No. 16/050,598, filed on Jul. 31, 2018, granted, now 10,888,115, issued on Jan. 12, 2021.
Application 16/050,598 is a division of application No. 14/329,334, filed on Jul. 11, 2014, granted, now 10,058,123, issued on Aug. 28, 2018.
Application 18/504,740 is a continuation of application No. 17/115,828, filed on Dec. 9, 2020, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2024/0065330 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A61M 11/04 (2006.01); A61M 15/06 (2006.01); A24D 1/22 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A61M 16/10 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 40/46 (2020.01) [A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A61M 11/041 (2013.01); A61M 15/06 (2013.01); A24D 1/22 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A61M 16/1045 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heating member arranged to receive an aerosol precursor composition from a storage, the heating member comprising:
a heater substrate having a first side and a second, opposing side and including an interior passage at least partially therethrough, the interior passage being at least partially defined by the second, opposing side of the heater substrate, wherein the heater substrate is configured as an elongated structure having a first end of a first size and a second end of a greater size; and
a heating element that is printed, etched, or adhered on the first side of the heater substrate;
wherein the heating member is arranged relative to the storage such that the aerosol precursor composition is directed from the second, opposing side of the heater substrate to the heating element.