US Patent Issued to Philip Morris Products on July 7 for "Devices, systems, and methods for sensing temperature in induction heating systems" (California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,356, issued on July 7, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Devices, systems, and methods for sensing temperature in induction heating systems" was invented by Andrew L. Bleloch (Kenmore, Wash.), Neeraj S. Bhardwaj (Belmont, Calif.), Matthew Greenfield (Scotts Valley, Calif.) and Peter Nysen (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for sensing temperature in a vaporizer device is provided, the system including: an induction element; a susceptor element; a cartridge; and a temperature sensor circuit in thermal contact with the susceptor element, the temperature sensor circuit including...