US Patent Issued to Philip Morris Products on Sept. 8 for "Aerosol-generating device with sliding contacts for multiple induction coils" (Swiss, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,619, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Aerosol-generating device with sliding contacts for multiple induction coils" was invented by Rui Nuno Batista (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Ricardo Cali (Mannheim, Germany), Toney Moses Rajan (Mannheim, Germany) and Alexandra Sereda (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: at least two heating arrangements, each heating arrangement including a heating coil, first, second, and third contacts, the first contact being arranged contacting a distal end of the heating coil, the secon...