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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2018
Rai Strategic Holdings, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Stephen Benson Sears, Siler City, NC (US);
Timothy Brian Nestor, Advance, NC (US);
Charles Jacob Novak, III, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Steven Lee Alderman, Lewisville, NC (US);
Michael Ryan Galloway, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Quentin Paul Guenther, Jr., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Raymond C. Henry, Jr., Cary, NC (US);
Allen Michael East, Cary, NC (US);
RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
Smoking articles, and methods for forming such smoking articles, such as an electronic smoking article, are provided. An exemplary smoking article comprises a control body portion having a control body engagement end, and having a first control component therein. A cartridge body portion includes a cartridge body engagement end configured to removably engage the control body engagement end of the control body portion. The cartridge body portion further includes a consumable arrangement comprising at least an aerosol precursor composition and at least one heating element operably engaged therewith, and a second control component. At least the consumable arrangement is configured to be in communication with the first control component upon engagement between the cartridge body and control body portions.