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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2019
Rai Strategic Holdings, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Charles Jacob Novak, III, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Allen Michael East, Cary, NC (US);
Raymond C. Henry, Cary, NC (US);
William Robert Collett, Lexington, NC (US);
RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
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.