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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
May. 10, 2018
Rai Strategic Holdings, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Rajesh Sur, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
An aerosol delivery device is provided that includes a segmented heater including a plurality of heating elements that are separately powerable to heat and thereby vaporize components of an aerosol precursor composition, and a control component for the segmented heater. The control component includes a logic circuit with a data input and a plurality of outputs each output of which is coupled to a respective one of the plurality of heating elements of the segmented heater. A processor produces and provides a logic signal including at least a high voltage level to the data input of the logic circuit and causes the logic circuit to provide the high voltage level at one or more outputs of the plurality of outputs of the logic circuit, and thereby powers respective one or more heating elements of the plurality of heating elements of the segmented heater to heat and thereby vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition.