US Patent Issued to Philip Morris Products on Dec. 2 for "Induction heater comprising central and peripheral susceptor" (Swiss, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,624, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Induction heater comprising central and peripheral susceptor" was invented by Rui Nuno Batista (Morges, Switzerland) and Ricardo Cali (Mannheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate; and an induction heating arrangement including an induction coil and a susceptor assembly, the susceptor assembly including a central susceptor arrangement arranged centrally within the cavity, and a peripheral...