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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2008
Applicants:
Serge Maeder, Auvernier, CH;
Jean-jacques Piadé, Hauterive, CH;
Laurent Edouard Poget, Bussigny, CH;
Jacques Armand Zuber, Peseux, CH;
Inventors:
Serge Maeder, Auvernier, CH;
Jean-Jacques Piadé, Hauterive, CH;
Laurent Edouard Poget, Bussigny, CH;
Jacques Armand Zuber, Peseux, CH;
Assignee:
Philip Morris USA Inc., Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 47/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A smoking article comprises: a combustible heat source; an aerosol-generating substrate downstream of the combustible heat source; and a heat-conducting element around and in contact with a rear portion of the combustible heat source and an adjacent front of the aerosol-generating substrate. The aerosol-generating substrate extends at least about 3 mm downstream beyond the heat-conducting element.