US Patent Issued to RAI Strategic Holdings on Oct. 7 for "MEMS-based sensor for an aerosol delivery device" (North Carolina, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,343, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to RAI Strategic Holdings Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"MEMS-based sensor for an aerosol delivery device" was invented by Wilson Christopher Lamb (Hillsborough, N.C.), Frederic Philippe Ampolini Sr. (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and Raymond Charles Henry Jr. (Green Cove Springs, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol delivery device is provided that includes a housing, microelectromechanical systems-based (MEMS-based) sensor and microprocessor. The MEMS-based sensor is within the housing and configured to detect a pressure on the MEMS-based sensor caused by airflow through at least a portion of the h...