ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,574, issued on June 17, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).
"Electronic vaping device" was invented by Sean Sundberg (Richmond, Va.), Ryan Alan Bailey (Richmond, Va.), Charles Dendy (Ruther Glen, Va.), Robert Arents (Richmond, Va.), Christopher S. Tucker (Midlothian, Va.) and Nam Tran (Richmond, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply assembly for an e-vaping device may include a coupling interface configured to couple with a cartridge to configure the e-vaping device to generate a vapor, a light-emitting device, and a light tube structure extending from the light-emitting device and through the coup...