US Patent Issued to KT&G on June 17 for "Heater assembly, aerosol generating device, and aerosol generating system" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,204, issued on June 17, was assigned to KT&G Corp. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Heater assembly, aerosol generating device, and aerosol generating system" was invented by Hwi Kyeong An (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heater assembly includes a heating body that generates heat and includes a first portion and a second portion having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the first portion, a first fixing portion that supports the heating body and includes an insertion hole into which the second portion of the heating body is inserted, and a second fixing portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the heating body...