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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2014
R.j. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Performance Indicator, Llc, Lowell, MA (US);
Stephen Benson Sears, Siler City, NC (US);
Andries Don Sebastian, Clemmons, NC (US);
Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Dennis Lee Potter, Kernersville, NC (US);
Satish Agrawal, Concord, MA (US);
M. Glenn Horner, West Roxbury, MA (US);
RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Performance Indicator, LLC, Lowell, MA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices that may include components configured to convert electrical energy to heat and atomize an aerosol precursor composition. An outer body may at least partially enclose the components. An illumination source may be configured to output electromagnetic radiation. For example, a light emitting diode may output light. A waveguide may be configured to receive the electromagnetic radiation from the illumination source and provide illumination at an outer surface of the outer body. The waveguide may include an energy conversion material configured to alter a wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation outputted by the illumination source to change a color of, or otherwise affect, the illumination. The illumination may also be dynamically adjusted. The waveguide may define the outer body, or the waveguide may be received with a separate outer body. Related methods are also provided.