US Patent Issued to Philip Morris Products on April 7 for "Adjustable retaining member for an aerosol-generating device" (German, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,869, issued on April 7, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Adjustable retaining member for an aerosol-generating device" was invented by Rui Nuno Batista (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Ricardo Cali (Mannheim, Germany) and Andreas Lob (Mannheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a device housing defining a cavity; an adjustable retaining element positioned in or adjacent to the cavity and defining a passage; and an actuator configured to actuate the element between receiving and retaining positions, in which a cross-sectional dimension of the pass...