ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,346, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to JT International SA (Switzerland).
"Heater assembly" was invented by Tony Reevell (London) and Eduardo Jose Garcia Garcia (Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heater assembly for an aerosol generating device includes a flexible heating element; a temperature sensor; and a flexible dielectric backing film with an adhesive on a surface of the flexible dielectric backing film, wherein the temperature sensor and the flexible heating element are supported adjacent to each other on the adhesive on the surface of the flexible backing film. The heater assembly allows for a more p...