Atomizer for an aerosol delivery device and related input, aerosol production assembly, cartridge, and method
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Mar 20, 2018
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Feb 28, 2014
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The present disclosure relates to atomizers for an aerosol delivery device such as a smoking article. The atomizer may include a liquid transport element and a wire extending along at least a portion of a longitudinal length thereof. The wire may define contact portions configured to engage heater terminals and a heating portion configured to produce heat. The heating portion may include a variable coil spacing. In other atomizers, the wire may extend at least partially through the liquid transport element proximate the contact portions. Related inputs, cartridges, aerosol production assemblies, and methods of forming atomizers are also provided.
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Patent Owner | Address | |
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RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS INC | 401 NORTH MAIN STREET WINSTON-SALEM NC 27101 |
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Alderman, Steven Lee | Lewisville, US | 58 | 3639 |
# of filed Patents : 58 Total Citations : 3639 | |||
Brinkley, Paul A | Winston-Salem, US | 16 | 1315 |
# of filed Patents : 16 Total Citations : 1315 | |||
Coppola, Patsy | Bedford, US | 5 | 532 |
# of filed Patents : 5 Total Citations : 532 | |||
DePiano, John | Burlington, US | 77 | 3780 |
# of filed Patents : 77 Total Citations : 3780 | |||
Dooly, Grady Lance | Winston-Salem, US | 32 | 3108 |
# of filed Patents : 32 Total Citations : 3108 | |||
Laine, Michael | Newburyport, US | 27 | 1727 |
# of filed Patents : 27 Total Citations : 1727 | |||
McClellan, James William | Hollis, US | 12 | 646 |
# of filed Patents : 12 Total Citations : 646 | |||
Novak,, III Charles Jacob | Winston-Salem, US | 95 | 3968 |
# of filed Patents : 95 Total Citations : 3968 | |||
Silveira, Frank S | Wilmington, US | 45 | 2498 |
# of filed Patents : 45 Total Citations : 2498 | |||
Smith, David | Needham, US | 516 | 10998 |
# of filed Patents : 516 Total Citations : 10998 | |||
Wolber, John William | Nashua, US | 23 | 1588 |
# of filed Patents : 23 Total Citations : 1588 |
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