US Patent Issued to British American Tobacco on Dec. 16 for "Method and apparatus for manufacturing a consumable unit for an inhalation device" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,841, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to British American Tobacco Ltd. (London).

"Method and apparatus for manufacturing a consumable unit for an inhalation device" was invented by Sam Whiffen (London) and Andrew Bray (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for positioning a sub component on a consumable unit for use with an inhalation device including a machine tray support for locating a machine tray of consumable units arranged in an array; a clamp holding a support web including an array of sub components in a position above the machine tray support; and a punch having protrusions configured to engage the array of sub com...