Patent ID: 11871484
Assignee: RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC H  A  Y | IPC A  H

Claim 0:
1. A smoking article comprising:
a cartridge body comprising a connector end;
an atomizer comprising a heating element arranged to aerosolize an aerosol precursor composition and a plurality of heater terminals extending from the heating element through the connector end so as to be exposed about connecting ends, wherein each of the heater terminals comprise a respective one of a plurality of contact surfaces electrically coupled with the heating element; and
a control body comprising a plurality of electrical contacts, wherein the connector end is arranged to engage the control body and each of the plurality of heater terminals extend through the connector end so as to be exposed about connecting ends for direct contact with a respective one of the plurality of electrical contacts of the control body, wherein the control body comprises a power source, and wherein when the connector end is brought into engagement with the control body, each of the electrical contacts of the control body engage a respective one of the contact surfaces so as to electrically couple the heating element with the power source.