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US 12,396,489 B2Granted
Method or forming elongated array with heating elements that bow concentrically outward from radial centerline
AssigneePhilip Morris USA Inc.
InventorsOlivier Greim, Felix Fernando, Charles Higgins
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Abstract
The method includes forming an elongated array by first connecting first distal ends of first heating elements to each other to form a first end of the elongated array, and second connecting second distal ends of the first heating elements to each other to form a second end of the elongated array, a midsection of the first heating elements of the elongated array bowing concentrically outward from a radial centerline running longitudinally through the first end and the second end.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- forming an elongated array by
- first connecting first distal ends of first heating elements to each other to form a first end of the elongated array, and
- second connecting second distal ends of the first heating elements to each other to form a second end of the elongated array, a midsection of the first heating elements of the elongated array bowing concentrically outward from a radial centerline running longitudinally through the first end and the second end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.