US Patent Issued to R.J. Reynolds Tobacco on Nov. 18 for "Aerosol delivery device with improved cartridge loading" (North Carolina, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,639, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Aerosol delivery device with improved cartridge loading" was invented by Jared Aller (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Karen H. Cleckley (Kernersville, N.C.), Thaddeus Jackson (Summerfield, N.C.), Vic Pramono (Campbell, Calif.), Christina Tapp (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Bill Webb (San Francisco) and Chris Harsacky (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a holder for use with a removable substrate cartridge. In one implementation, the holder comprises a main body, an inner sleeve configured to move relative to the ma...