ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,632, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to JT International SA (Switzerland).
"Heater arrangement" was invented by Ernst Hupkes (Kampen, Netherlands) and Bijlsma Menno (Zwolle, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heater arrangement for an aerosol generating device includes a tubular heating chamber including a cavity arranged to receive an aerosol generating substrate, a layer of insulation wrapped so as to circumferentially surround the heating chamber and an insulation support assembly including a rigid surround arranged around the heating chamber; wherein the insulation support assembly is arranged to engage the heating cham...