Rai Strategic Holdings, Inc.

R.j. Reynolds Tobacco Company

Paul Andrew Brinkley

John DePiano

Jack Gray Flinchum, Jr

Timothy Brian Nestor

Frank S Silveira

David Smith

Charles Jacob Novak, Iii

Steven Lee Alderman

Grady Lance Dooly

John William Wolber

Michael Laine

James William McClellan

Stephen Benson Sears

Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Sr

Quentin Paul Guenther, Jr

Nicholas Harrison Watson

Kevin Edward Keough

Edward Louis Dickinson

Wayne Douglas Brown

Michael F Davis

Eric Taylor Hunt

Kristen Dodds Weight

Matthew C Ebbs

Gary Maurice Dull

Wesley Steven Jones

Steven Lee Worm

Patsy Coppola

Karen V Williams

Anthony Richard Gerardi

Thomas A Perfetti

William Robert Collett

Michael Francis Dube

Rajesh Sur

Pankaj C Patel

August Joseph Borschke

Darrell Eugene Holton, Jr

William Monroe Coleman, Iii

John-Paul Mua

Frank Kelley St Charles

Daniel Verdin Cantrell

Alfred Charles Bless

David Neil McClanahan

Serban C Moldoveanu

Cynthia Stewart Stokes

Mark L Raker

Luis Monsalud

James Robert Covino

Eugene R Harris

James Neil Figlar

John Hook

Michael LaCourse

Robert Metcalf

Steven Hart

David Pelletier

Marc Bourque

Nathaniel Cambray

Steven R Mongillo

Martin Lee Maple

James S Thomasson

Jeffrey Edward Allgeyer

Ethan Matthew Bernhardt

Andrew Ross Matthews

Roger Ritter

Stephen Todd Schafer

Mathieu Leboeuf

Trenton S Noonan

Kevin Paul Schafer

Gong Chen

Harvey J Young

Crystal Dawn Hege Byrd

Marvin Glenn Riddick

Sharon Pitts Dunlap

Jeffrey Sean Smith

Wennuan Liu

David Charles Bovender

Thomas W Brown

John Darnell

Paul R Nelson

Curtis Dillard McGee, Jr

Watson Minyard Dufour

Kyung Soo Hong

Cynthia L Davis

Kyung Soo (Jason) Hong

James Fitzgerald Best, Jr

Charles Hugh Risner

Stephen Keith Cole

David James Doolittle

Sarah A Baxter-wright

Crystal D Hege Byrd

Darrell Holton

Elaine K Round

Barbara Walker Arzonico

Percy Denoid Phillips

Quentin Paul Guenther Jr

Iii Charles Jacob Novak

Jr Jack Gray Flinchum

Jr Quentin Paul Guenther

Jack Flinchum

Anthony Richard Girardi

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 that includes a reservoir housing that defines a mouthpiece channel. The aerosol delivery device includes a sealing member configured to be received within the reservoir housing to define a reservoir chamber configured to retain an aerosol precursor composition therein. The aerosol delivery device also includes a substrate member that is configured to be received within the reservoir housing and to be directly engaged with a vaporizing assembly for forming an aerosol. The reservoir housing, sealing member, substrate member, and/or vaporizing assembly can be used for forming aerosols with precise and reproducible compositions.

Aerosol delivery device with a reservoir housing and a vaporizer assembly

A product use and behavior instrument includes a housing defining a central compartment therein. A controller is positioned within the central compartment. The controller includes a connector. The connector is configured to operatively and removably couple the product use and behavior instrument to an electronic smoking article. The electronic smoking article includes a heating element to heat a tobacco product. The electronic smoking article includes a battery. A sensor circuit is structured to collect at least one use data characteristic of a smoking action. The smoking action is associated with use of at least one of the heating element and battery. Local memory is structured to store the at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action. A communication interface is structured to communicate the stored at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action to a remote computing device.

Product use and behavior monitoring instrument

The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for assembling cartridges for aerosol delivery devices. A system may include assembly cells each including an assembly track and assembly carriages that ride thereon and which engage components of partially-assembled cartridges. A transfer apparatus may transfer partially-assembled cartridges between the assembly cells. In another example system, cartridges may be assembled on platforms on a rotary track. The platforms may include assembly grippers with sequentially-opening clamps configured to receive the components of the partially-assembled cartridges. Related methods are also provided.

Methods for assembling a cartridge for an aerosol delivery device, and associated systems and apparatuses

The present disclosure relates to electronic smoking articles exhibiting improved moisture control of a reservoir contained therein. The reservoir can be formed of fibrous materials, such as cellulose acetate fiber, thermoplastic fiber, non-thermoplastic fiber, or a combination thereof. The disclosure further provides methods for forming electronic smoking articles and methods of packaging electronic smoking articles (including cartridges thereof) so as to improve moisture control of the reservoir.

Electronic smoking article with improved storage of aerosol precursor compositions

An aerosol delivery device is disclosed. The aerosol delivery device includes an atomizer and a body. The body has an outlet and houses the atomizer. The aerosol delivery device also includes a structure configured to inhibit liquid droplets of an aerosol precursor from exiting the outlet. Embodiments of the structure include micro-patterned surfaces, absorbers, and macro structures to create droplet capturing chambers.

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

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Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America

Paul Andrew Brinkley