ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,282, issued on July 22, was assigned to JT International S.A. (Switzerland).
"Heater plates" was invented by Herman Hijma (Kampen, Netherlands), Paul Voerman (Apeldoorn, Netherlands) and Marijn Leneman (Zwolle, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge for an electronic cigarette comprises: a liquid store arranged to contain a liquid to be vaporised; a vaporization chamber having at least one opening arranged to connect the vaporization chamber to the liquid store; a vaporising unit; and a pair of electric terminals connected to the heating element. The vaporising unit comprises: a fluid transfer element arranged to tran...