US Patent Issued to RAI Strategic Holdings on Feb. 25 for "Connectors for forming electrical and mechanical connections between interchangeable units in an aerosol delivery system" (North Carolina, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,526, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to RAI Strategic Holdings Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Connectors for forming electrical and mechanical connections between interchangeable units in an aerosol delivery system" was invented by Charles Jacob Novak III (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Matthew Joel Nettenstrom (Bartlett, Ill.), Steven Michael Schennum (Plainfield, Ill.), Thomas Michael Mckeon (Wheaton, Ill.) and Zachary Hy Burchman (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices. In various implementations, the aerosol delivery devices comprise a control device that includes a battery, a contr...