ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,163, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Japan Tobacco Inc (Tokyo).
"Power supply unit for aerosol generation device" was invented by Tatsunari Aoyama (Tokyo), Hiroshi Kawanago (Tokyo), Toru Nagahama (Tokyo), Takashi Fujiki (Tokyo) and Ryo Yoshida (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply unit for an aerosol generating device, includes a power supply, a heater connector, a first plus-side circuit, a second plus-side circuit having one end connected to the positive electrode, including a second plus-side switch, and connected in parallel with the first plus-side circuit, a minus-side switch connected to the negative electrod...