US Patent Issued to RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS on April 14 for "Control component for segmented heating in an aerosol delivery device" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,174, issued on April 14, was assigned to RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS INC. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Control component for segmented heating in an aerosol delivery device" was invented by Rajesh Sur (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol delivery device is provided that includes a segmented heater including a plurality of heating elements that are separately powerable to heat and thereby vaporize components of an aerosol precursor composition, and a control component for the segmented heater. The control component includes a logic circuit with a data input and a plurality of outputs each output of which is coupled to...