ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,771, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to KT&G Corp. (Daejeon, South Korea).
"Aerosol-generating apparatus" was invented by Ju Eon Park (Seoul, South Korea), Min Kyu Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jong Sub Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Byung Sung Cho (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating apparatus according to an embodiment may include a plurality of chambers configured to accommodate a flavoring material; a rotating body configured to rotate the plurality of chambers; a coil antenna arranged such that an inductance of the coil antenna is changed by rotation of the rotating body; an inductive s...