ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,490, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Magnetic connector" was invented by Roland Antonopoulos (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Jean-Luc Fringeli (Singapore), Hao Yin (Lisle, Ill.) and Xueqing Zhang (Lisle, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating device to receive an aerosol-forming substrate and generate an aerosol from the substrate, the device including a rechargeable power source; a charger electrically connectable to the device to supply power to the device to recharge the power source; and an electrical connec...