US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on Nov. 11 for "Heater for aerosol-generating device with connectors" (American, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,087, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Heater for aerosol-generating device with connectors" was invented by Jerome Christian Courbat (Richmond, Va.) and Oleg Mironov (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The aerosol-generating device includes a housing, and a power supply configured to supply electrical power to a heating element by way of a transformer assembly within the housing. The transformer assembly includes a magnetic flux guide, a primary circuit including a primary winding extending around a first portion of the magnetic flux guide and electrically connected to...