US Patent Issued to KT&G on July 22 for "Support assembly for aerosol generator and aerosol generating apparatus having same" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,280, issued on July 22, was assigned to KT&G Corp. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Support assembly for aerosol generator and aerosol generating apparatus having same" was invented by Hwi Kyeong An (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol generating source support assembly includes: an inner cylinder which is hollow, having a support space, and arranged to surround and support at least a portion of an aerosol generating source; and an outer cylinder connected to the inner cylinder and arranged to movably support the inner cylinder such that the inner cylinder moves between a coupling position in which the outer cylinder...