Rai Strategic Holdings, Inc.

R.j. Reynolds Tobacco Company

Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC

Lion Rock Licensing Corp.

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Lion Rock Holdings, LLC

David Smith

John DePiano

Frank S Silveira

Charles Jacob Novak, Iii

John William Wolber

Michael Laine

Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Sr

Timothy Brian Nestor

Paul Andrew Brinkley

Steven Lee Alderman

Grady Lance Dooly

Quentin Paul Guenther, Jr

James William McClellan

Kevin Edward Keough

Jack Gray Flinchum, Jr

Patsy Coppola

Nicholas Harrison Watson

Edward Louis Dickinson

Wayne Douglas Brown

James Robert Covino

Eugene R Harris

John Hook

Michael LaCourse

Robert Metcalf

Steven Hart

David Pelletier

Marc Bourque

Nathaniel Cambray

Steven R Mongillo

Stephen Benson Sears

Stephen Guerrera

Robert Alden Metcalfe

Edward Dickinson

Daniel Robert Feldmeier

David Riemersma

Mark Peters

Metty Poei

Mary Amanda Lamp

Brian Patrick Lawless

Paul Edward Doll

Gregorio Ramon Maramba Abesames

Michael S Banik

Robert R Andrews

Robert F Kovar

Malcolm E Taylor

Edward Joseph Goldman

Richard J Clark

Iii Charles Jacob Novak

Jr Quentin Paul Guenther

The present disclosure relates to an input for production of atomizers and atomizers formed from a sheet of a material, and which may be employed in an aerosol delivery device such as a smoking article. The input may include a carrier and heating elements coupled thereto. The heating elements may include first and second ends and interconnected alternating loops disposed therebetween. The heating elements may be oriented parallel to a longitudinal axis of the carrier, or perpendicular thereto. The heating elements may be coupled to a liquid transport element by bending the interconnected loops at least partially around the liquid transport element. The ends of the heating element may be coupled to heater terminals. A related method for forming atomizers is also provided.

Heating elements formed from a sheet of a material and inputs and methods for the production of atomizers

The present disclosure relates to a cartridge for an aerosol delivery device such as a smoking article. The cartridge may include a base, a reservoir substrate, and an atomizer. The reservoir substrate may define a cavity therethrough. The atomizer may comprise a liquid transport element and a heating element extending at least partially about the liquid transport element. The atomizer may extend through the cavity through the reservoir substrate such that the heating element is positioned proximate an end of the reservoir substrate. Ends of the liquid transport element may extend to an opposing end of the reservoir substrate. A related method for assembling a cartridge for a smoking article is also provided.

Aerosol delivery device

The present disclosure relates to atomizers for an aerosol delivery device such as a smoking article. The atomizer may include a liquid transport element and a wire extending along at least a portion of a longitudinal length thereof. The wire may define contact portions configured to engage heater terminals and a heating portion configured to produce heat. The heating portion may include a variable coil spacing. In other atomizers, the wire may extend at least partially through the liquid transport element proximate the contact portions. Related inputs, cartridges, aerosol production assemblies, and methods of forming atomizers are also provided.

Atomizer for an aerosol delivery device and related input, aerosol production assembly, cartridge, and method

The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for assembling cartridges for aerosol delivery devices. The cartridges may be assembled by transporting carriages between various substations at which parts are added to a base. In another assembly method, the base may be moved between a plurality of robots which direct the base downwardly into contact with components to couple the components therewith. An inspection system may inspect the cartridges at various stages of completion.

Method for assembling a cartridge for a smoking article

The present disclosure relates to an aerosol delivery device. The aerosol delivery device may include a control body and a cartridge. The cartridge may include a base, a flow director, an outer body, a reservoir substrate, an outer body, and a mouthpiece. Heating elements may be molded into the flow director. The flow director may be welded to the base and the outer body, or the base and the flow director may include deformable ribs that engage the outer body. The flow director and the outer body may cooperatively define a reservoir compartment in which the reservoir substrate and the atomizer are received. The flow director and the base may define an electronics compartment in which an electronic control component is received. A related assembly method is also provided.

Sealed cartridge for an aerosol delivery device and related assembly method

The present disclosure relates to atomizers for an aerosol delivery device such as a smoking article. The atomizer may include a liquid transport element and a wire continuously extending along a longitudinal length thereof. The wire may define end portions, contact portions, and a heating portion. The wire may be continuously wound about the liquid transport element such that each of the portions of the wire defines coils. A related input, cartridge, and method of forming atomizers also provided.

Atomizer for an aerosol delivery device formed from a continuously extending wire and related input, cartridge, and method

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David Smith