ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,357, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to KT&G Corp. (Daejeon, South Korea).
"Aerosol-generating device" was invented by Jongsub Lee (Sungnam-si, South Korea), Minkyu Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jueon Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Byungsung Cho (Gwangmyung-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating device is disclosed. The aerosol-generating device of the present disclosure includes a door configured to open and close an insertion space into which a stick is inserted, a hinge member connected to the door to allow the door to be pivoted in the direction in which the stick is inserted, a magnetic body disposed a...