US Patent Issued to Philip Morris Products on Nov. 11 for "Variable pitch and variable radius inductor coil designs within an aerosol-generating device" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,190, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Variable pitch and variable radius inductor coil designs within an aerosol-generating device" was invented by Irene Taurino (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a housing defining a chamber configured to receive at least one susceptor and at least one aerosol-forming substrate, the chamber having a length along a longitudinal axis thereof extending from a first end of the chamber to a second end of the chamber; and an inductor coil provided within the housing, disposed a...