US Patent Issued to R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO on Oct. 7 for "Aerosol delivery device consumable unit" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,340, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Aerosol delivery device consumable unit" was invented by Cortney Rasheen Jackson (Colfax, N.C.), Thaddeus Jackson (Summerfield, N.C.), Keri Meggan Cox (Greensboro, N.C.), Karen H. Cleckley (Kernersville, N.C.) and Billy T. Conner (Clemmons, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to an aerosol delivery device and a consumable unit for use with a holder of an aerosol delivery device. In one example implementation, the consumable unit comprises an ignitable heat source and a substrate material having an aerosol pr...