ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,158, issued on March 24, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Convergent aerosol-generator" was invented by Leander Dittmann (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Robert Emmett (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generator for an aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a surface acoustic wave atomiser including: a substrate including an active surface defining an atomisation region, and at least one transducer positioned on the active surface to generate surface acoustic waves for defining an acoustic wavefront on the active surface; and a supply element arranged to su...