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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
R.j. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
John DePiano, Burlington, MA (US);
David Smith, Needham, MA (US);
Patsy Coppola, Bedford, MA (US);
Charles Jacob Novak, III, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Steven Lee Alderman, Lewisville, NC (US);
James William McClellan, Hollis, NH (US);
John William Wolber, Nashua, NH (US);
Frank S. Silveira, Wilmington, MA (US);
Michael Laine, Newburyport, MA (US);
Paul A. Brinkley, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Grady Lance Dooly, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to atomizers for an aerosol delivery device such as a smoking article. The atomizer may include a liquid transport element and a wire continuously extending along a longitudinal length thereof. The wire may define end portions, contact portions, and a heating portion. The wire may be continuously wound about the liquid transport element such that each of the portions of the wire defines coils. A related input, cartridge, and method of forming atomizers also provided.