US 12,127,603 B2
Charging solutions for aerosol generation device
Laura Smith, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Jared Aller, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Sean Lukan, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Rae McNeil, Winston-Salem, NC (US); Richard Woodard, Winston-Salem, NC (US); and Benjamin Gatti, Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Assigned to RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/380,637.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/054,455, filed on Jul. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0022556 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/90 (2020.01); A24F 40/95 (2020.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01); H02J 7/35 (2006.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.01)
CPC A24F 40/90 (2020.01) [A24F 40/95 (2020.01); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01); H02J 7/02 (2013.01); H02J 7/342 (2020.01); H02J 7/35 (2013.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.02)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An accessory for an aerosol generation device, the accessory comprising:
a housing comprising a sleeve portion configured to engage a portion of the aerosol generation device;
a power module disposed in the housing and configured to directly or indirectly provide power to the aerosol generation device; and
a wireless charging assembly operably coupled to the housing to provide power to the power module,
wherein the sleeve portion is a hollow recessed portion inside the housing that has an internal cross-sectional profile shape configured to substantially match an external cross-sectional profile shape of the portion of the aerosol generation device.