US 12,102,118 B2
Electronically heated heat-not-burn smoking article
Rajesh Sur, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Kathryn Lynn Wilberding, High Point, NC (US); Andries Sebastian, Clemmons, NC (US); Stephen Benson Sears, Siler City, NC (US); Timothy Frederick Thomas, High Point, NC (US); Sawyer Hubbard, Winston-Salem, NC (US); and Billy Tyrone Conner, Clemmons, NC (US)
Assigned to RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/916,834.
Prior Publication US 2019/0274354 A1, Sep. 12, 2019
Int. Cl. A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01); H05B 3/44 (2006.01); H05B 3/46 (2006.01)
CPC A24D 1/20 (2020.01) [A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); H05B 3/44 (2013.01); H05B 3/46 (2013.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol delivery device configured to yield an inhalable substance, the aerosol delivery device comprising:
a control body having a closed distal end and an open engaging end;
a heating member;
a control component located within the control body and configured to control the heating member;
a power source located within the control body and configured to provide power to the control component; and
a removable aerosol source member that includes an inhalable substance medium, the aerosol source member being configured to be inserted into the engaging end of the control body and defining a heated end and a mouth end, the heated end configured, when inserted into the control body, to be positioned proximate the heating member,
wherein the heating member is configured to provide heat to at least a portion of the aerosol source member so as to form an inhalable aerosol, the aerosol configured to be drawn through the aerosol source member,
wherein the heating member comprises a flexible heating member that surrounds a heating cylinder located within a portion of the engaging end of the control body, and
wherein the control component is configured to provide an operating current that is at or between a range of approximately 2.5 Amps to approximately 10 Amps.