US Patent Issued to Altria Client Services on Feb. 24 for "Doser assemblies, apparatuses including a doser assembly, methods of making the same, and/or methods of operating the same" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,468, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond, Va.).

"Doser assemblies, apparatuses including a doser assembly, methods of making the same, and/or methods of operating the same" was invented by Jarrod W. Chalkley (Mechanicsville, Va.), Robert Powell (Midlothian, Va.), Christopher R. Newcomb (Powhatan, Va.), Jeremy Straight (Midlothian, Va.), Isaac J. Mcgill (Richmond, Va.), James David Evans (Chesterfield, Va.) and Patrick Mcelhinney (Chesterfield, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A doser assembly includes a hopper assembly configured to receive filler material, a vibration transmission assembly coupl...