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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2020
Altria Client Services Llc, Richmond, VA (US);
David R. Schiff, Highland Park, VA (US);
Chris Phelan, Richmond, VA (US);
Eric Hawes, Midlothian, VA (US);
Berina Yerkic-Husejnovic, Richmond, VA (US);
Christopher S. Tucker, Midlothian, VA (US);
ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC, Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
An electronic smoking article includes an outer housing extending in a longitudinal direction, a liquid aerosol formulation, a heater operable to at least partially volatilize at least a portion of the liquid aerosol formulation and form an aerosol, a power supply operable to apply voltage across the heater, at least one light emitting diode, a charging button assembly including a conductive post operable to form a first external, electrical contact at an upstream end of the electronic smoking article, and a second external, electrical contact including a portion of an outer surface of the outer housing at the upstream end of the electronic smoking article. The first and second external, electrical contacts charge the power supply.