US 12,409,281 B2
Method of assembly of inhaler article holder
Onur Dayioglu, Neuchâtel (CH)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchâtel (CH)
Appl. No. 18/265,582
Filed by PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A., Neuchâtel (CH)
PCT Filed Dec. 9, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/061518
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 6, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/123487, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 16, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20213340 (EP), filed on Dec. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0033451 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. A61M 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 15/004 (2014.02) [A61M 15/003 (2014.02); A61M 2202/064 (2013.01); A61M 2207/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of assembling an inhaler article holder having an oriented piercing element, comprising:
inserting an inner housing into a jig, the inner housing extending along a longitudinal axis and defining an inner housing length from a proximal end to a distal end, the distal end comprising a piercing element aperture, the inner housing length mates with a jig opening, the jig comprising a jig angled planar surface coaxial with the piercing element aperture;
mating a piercing element cutting plane with the jig angled planar surface, the piercing element extending from a proximal cutting end along a piercing element longitudinal axis to a piercing element distal end, the piercing element cutting plane defines the piercing element proximal cutting end, the piercing element distal end is received in the inner housing piercing element aperture; and
fixing the piercing element distal end to the inner housing, wherein the piercing element cutting plane is orientated relative to the inner housing longitudinal axis, the piercing element is parallel with but offset from the longitudinal axis of an inhaler device or capsule cavity.