US Patent Issued to Japan Tobacco on July 28 for "Inductive heating apparatus, control unit thereof, and operation method thereof" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,625, issued on July 28, was assigned to Japan Tobacco Inc (Tokyo).

"Inductive heating apparatus, control unit thereof, and operation method thereof" was invented by Hajime Fujita (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control unit for an inductive heating apparatus configured to inductively heat a susceptor of an aerosol forming body includes the susceptor and an aerosol source, the control unit is configured to in a case where the susceptor ceases to be detected while the inductive heating is being executed, stop the inductive heating or notifying an error."

The patent was filed on Aug. 7, 2024, under Application No. 18/796,312. ...