ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,065, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to JT International SA (Switzerland).
"Consumable retaining mechanism" was invented by Akira Yamaguchi (Geneva).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mouthpiece portion for an electronic cigarette includes a housing sleeve including an opening and a cavity having an internal side wall, the housing sleeve being connectable to a main body of an electronic cigarette; a retaining element located within the cavity, wherein the retaining element defines a receiving space for receiving a portion of a consumable and is configured to move within the housing sleeve in the axial direction of the mouthpiece portion b...