US Patent Issued to JT International on March 24 for "Electronic smoking device comprising a rigidised flexible PCB" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,160, issued on March 24, was assigned to JT International SA (Switzerland).

"Electronic smoking device comprising a rigidised flexible PCB" was invented by Kyle Adair (Lisburn, Great Britain), Peter Loveday (Epsom, Great Britain) and Olayiwola Olamiposi Popoola (Walton-on-Thames, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printed circuit board is configured to mechanically support a plurality of electrical and/or electronic components which are electrically connected via conductive tracks. At least some of the conductive tracks are arranged on a common flexible carrier. A first rigidizing layer including a first rigidizing mater...