ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,622, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (China).

"Aerosol generating device" was invented by Ruilong Hu (Shenzhen, China), Wei Chen (Shenzhen, China), Zhongli Xu (Shenzhen, China) and Yonghai Li (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol generating device, comprising a chamber (232); an infrared emitter (230) having a tubular base (231) and an infrared emitting coating (233) formed on the outer surface of the tubular base (231); a conductive element abutting against the infrared emitting coating (233) to perform conduction with the infrared emitting coating (233); a retaining mec...