US Patent Issued to Japan Tobacco on Nov. 25 for "Power supply unit of aerosol generating device and aerosol generating device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,099, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Japan Tobacco Inc (Tokyo).

"Power supply unit of aerosol generating device and aerosol generating device" was invented by Ikuo Fujinaga (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply unit of an aerosol generating device includes: an accommodating portion with a bottom and cylindrical shape, which is configured to accommodate a columnar cartridge that stores an aerosol source in a state in which the cartridge is rotatable 360 degrees in a circumferential direction of the cartridge. A rotation suppressing portion configured to generate a frictional force between the cartridge and the rotati...