ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,335, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to JT International SA (Switzerland).
"Airflow chimney" was invented by Kentaro Matsuda (Tokyo), Peter Loveday (Epsom, Great Britain), Manabu Yamada (Tokyo), Shen Pifa (Shenzhen, China) and Rui Cao (Shenzhen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capsule for an electronic cigarette has a first end configured to engage with an electronic cigarette device, a second end having a vapor outlet, a liquid store configured to contain a liquid to be vaporized; a vaporizer housing arranged to house at least a part of a heating element and a part of a fluid transfer element arranged to deliver liquid from the...