ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,626, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to KT&G Corp. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Aerosol generating device including vibrator and method of operating the same" was invented by Wonkyeong Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jae Sung Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Heon Jun Jeong (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment, an aerosol generating device includes a reservoir storing an aerosol generating material, a vibrator generating ultrasonic vibration to atomize the aerosol generating material into an aerosol, a drive circuit applying an alternating current (AC) voltage to the vibrator, a feedback circuit...