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.
Claims18
An aerosol delivery device, comprising:
- a connector moveably attached to a housing;
- and
- an actuator coupled to the connector and configured to move a cartridge between an extended configuration in which a mouthpiece of the cartridge is exposed and a retracted configuration in which the mouthpiece is relatively closer to the housing than in the extended configuration,
- wherein the connector is arranged to form an electrical connection between the cartridge and a controller within the housing.
A method for assembling an aerosol delivery device, comprising:
- moveably attaching a connector to a housing;
- forming, by the connector, an electrical connection between a cartridge and a controller within the housing;
- coupling the connector to an actuator;
- at least partially inserting the connector and the actuator within the housing such that the actuator is configured to move the cartridge between an extended configuration in which a mouthpiece of the cartridge is exposed and a retracted configuration in which the mouthpiece is relatively closer to the housing than in the extended configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.