US 12,440,863 B2
Mounting of an aerosol generator aperture plate to a support
Michael Aherne, Galway (IE); Colga Coye, County Galway (IE); and Philip Scanlon, Galway (IE)
Assigned to STAMFORD DEVICES LIMITED, Galway (IE)
Filed by STAMFORD DEVICES LIMITED, Galway (IE)
Filed on Jan. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/161,462.
Application 18/161,462 is a continuation of application No. 16/756,204, granted, now 11,654,448, previously published as PCT/EP2018/082708, filed on Nov. 27, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 17207276 (EP), filed on Dec. 14, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0166284 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B05B 17/06 (2006.01); B05B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC B05B 17/0646 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol generator comprising:
an aperture plate, and
a support for the aperture plate,
wherein the aperture plate is bonded to the support by an adhesive, and the adhesive anchors the aperture plate to the support by adhering a rim of the aperture plate to the support, the rim including a plurality of anchor grooves having a depth less than a thickness of the aperture plate.