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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2022
Altria Client Services Llc, Richmond, VA (US);
Raymond W. Lau, Richmond, VA (US);
Eric Hawes, Midlothian, VA (US);
James Mclaren, Richmond, VA (US);
Shaoyong Yu, Glen Allen, VA (US);
Rangaraj S. Sundar, Richmond, VA (US);
Zack W. Blackmon, Richmond, VA (US);
Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
A capsule for a heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating device may include an inner body, an outer body around the inner body, the inner body and the outer body being concentric, the inner body and the outer body at least partly defining a cavity, an aerosol-forming substrate in the cavity, a first cap at a first end of the cavity and a second cap at a second end of the cavity, the first and second caps being configured to permit air flow from the first end of the cavity to the second end of the cavity.