Electronic smoking article
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsDavid Schiff, Chris Carrick, Eric Hawes, Ali Rostami, Christopher S. Tucker, Berina Yerkic-Husejnovic
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Abstract
An electronic smoking article includes a liquid aerosol formulation, at least one filamentary wick operable to transfer the liquid aerosol formulation, at least one heater operable to at least partially volatilize the liquid aerosol formulation and form an aerosol, a power supply operable to apply voltage across the at least one heater, and a support plate operable to support the at least one heater and the filamentary wick and to form an electrical connection between the at least one heater and the power supply.
Claims16
An electronic smoking article operable to produce an aerosol comprising:
- a liquid aerosol formulation;
- at least one filamentary wick operable to transfer the liquid aerosol formulation;
- at least one heater operable upon a portion of the wick to at least partially volatilize the liquid aerosol formulation and form an aerosol;
- a power supply operable to apply voltage across the at least one heater;
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- a support plate operable to support the at least one heater and the filamentary wick and to form an electrical connection between the at least one heater and the power supply.
An electronic smoking article comprising:
- a heater element;
- a power source;
- a housing;
- a support plate at a fixed location along said housing, said support plate including:
- first and second pins extending between first and second locations of said support plate to spaced apart locations along said heater, respectively;
- connections at third and fourth locations of said support plate for establishing electrical connections between said plate and said power source, said third and fourth locations spaced from said first and second locations, said connections including first and second printed circuit elements electrically connecting said first and third locations and said second and fourth locations, respectively;
- whereby said pins support and electrically connect said heater with said power source.
The electronic smoking article of claim 15, wherein the third and fourth locations are on a same side of the support plate on which the heater is supported by the first and second pins.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.