ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,863, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Stamford Devices Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).
"Mounting of an aerosol generator aperture plate to a support" was invented by Michael Aherne (Galway, Ireland), Colga Coye (County Galway, Ireland) and Philip Scanlon (Galway, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aperture plate (1) is attached at its rim (203) to a support washer (3) by adhesive. Anchor grooves (204) having a zig-zag pattern in plan are machined in the lower surface of the rim (203 of the aperture plate before application of the adhesive. The grooves (204) extend out to the edge of the aperture plate (1). The anchor grooves have a ...