Aerosol delivery device including a moveable cartridge and related assembly method
AssigneeRAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
InventorsSteven L. Worm, David Glen Christopherson, Robert Adam Parchman, Raymond Charles Henry, Jr., Bruce Alan Bengtsson, Frederic Philippe Ampolini, James William Rogers
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices. The aerosol delivery devices may include a housing and a cartridge including an atomizer and a reservoir configured to contain an aerosol precursor composition. The cartridge may be configured to move relative to at least a portion of the housing between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration. Related assembly methods are also provided.
Claims12
An aerosol delivery device, comprising:
- a housing comprising a main body portion and a moveable portion, the main body portion of the housing defining a longitudinally-extending receptacle offset from a centrally defined, longitudinal axis of the housing and the moveable portion of the housing being configured to move with respect to the main body portion of the housing between a first position and a second position;
- a longitudinally-extending cartridge comprising an outer body with a mouthpiece configured for passage of an aerosol therethrough, the longitudinally-extending cartridge being received in the longitudinally-extending receptacle of the main body portion of the housing, such that the longitudinally-extending cartridge is offset from the centrally defined, longitudinal axis of the housing;
- a power source within the housing;
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- an actuator physically linked to the movable portion and engaged with the longitudinally-extending cartridge,
- wherein the cartridge is arranged so that movement of the moveable portion of the housing between the first and second positions results in movement of the longitudinally-extending cartridge via the actuator, such that when the moveable portion of the housing is in the first position the mouthpiece of the longitudinally-extending cartridge is exposed and when the moveable portion of the housing is in the second position the mouthpiece of the longitudinally-extending cartridge is at least partially received within the moveable portion of the housing.
An aerosol delivery device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a controller within the housing and electrically connected to a cartridge comprising an atomizer and a reservoir containing an aerosol precursor composition;
- a connector comprising a coupler configured to engage the cartridge, the connector being arranged to form an electrical connection between the cartridge and the controller;
- and
- an actuator at least partially received within the housing and engaged with the connector, the actuator being configured to move the cartridge relative to at least a portion of the housing between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.