US Patent Issued to ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES on May 27 for "Electronic vaping device and connector assembly" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,052, issued on May 27, was assigned to ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Electronic vaping device and connector assembly" was invented by Bipin Patil (Richmond, Va.), Sean Sundberg (Richmond, Va.), Kelli McKenna (Richmond, Va.), Rangaraj Sundar (Richmond, Va.), Greg Nelson (Richmond, Va.) and David Bennett (Richmond, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector assembly of a cartridge of an electronic vaping device may be formed by metal in-molding. The connector assembly may include a connector body that is integrally formed. The connector body may include a base portion that is generally cylindrical, a nose portion ext...