US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on Jan. 13 for "Non-nicotine e-vaping device with integral heater-thermocouple" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,871, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Non-nicotine e-vaping device with integral heater-thermocouple" was invented by Raymond W. Lau (Richmond, Va.) and Eric Hawes (Midlothian, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-nicotine e-vaping device may include a device body configured to receive a non-nicotine cartridge. The non-nicotine cartridge includes a non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation, a wick, and an integral heater-thermocouple. The wick is configured to transport the non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation by capillary action. The integral heater-thermocouple includes a first segment made...