US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on March 18 for "Heat diffuser for an aerosol-generating system" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,469, issued on March 18, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Heat diffuser for an aerosol-generating system" was invented by Michel Thorens (Moudon, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat diffuser for use with an electrically-operated aerosol-generating device is configured to be removably coupled to the aerosol-generating device. The heat diffuser includes a non-combustible porous body for absorbing heat from an electric heating element. The porous body is thermally conductive such that, in use, air drawn through the porous body is heated by the heat absorbed by the porous body. Example embodimen...