ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,338, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Aerosol generating device, charging base, and electric system" was invented by Huanhong Xu (Shenzhen, China), Supeng Kuai (Shenzhen, China), Zhongli Xu (Shenzhen, China) and Yonghai Li (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an aerosol generating device, a charging base, and an electric system. The aerosol generating device includes a first part, having a chamber configured for receiving a smokable material, and a heating element. The first part includes a gap, through which the heating element can be cleaned. In th...