Rai Strategic Holdings, Inc.

R.j. Reynolds Tobacco Company

Raymond C Henry

Stephen Benson Sears

Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Sr

Charles Jacob Novak, Iii

Steven Lee Alderman

Michael Ryan Galloway

Timothy Brian Nestor

William Robert Collett

Quentin Paul Guenther, Jr

Allen Michael East

Keith William Anderson

Scott Ingham

Iii Charles Jacob Novak

Glen Kimsey

The present disclosure relates to articles (and the manufacture thereof) that use electrical energy to heat a material to form an inhalable substance, the articles being sufficiently compact to be considered 'hand-held' devices. In certain embodiments, the articles can particularly be characterized as smoking articles. The smoking article can be adapted to detect the status of a cartridge portion of the smoking article. The smoking article includes a control body portion having a control body engagement end, wherein the control body portion houses a control component and a power source therein. The article further includes a cartridge body portion that has a cartridge body engagement end configured to removably engage the control body engagement end of the control body portion. The cartridge body portion houses a consumable arrangement and a heating connection operably engaged therewith comprising at least one heating element and a fusible link.

Aerosol delivery device

Spent cartridge detection method and system for an electronic smoking article

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Cary, NC, United States of America

Raymond C Henry