Patent ID: 11856997
Assignee: RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A control body for a smoking article, the control body comprising:
a control body engagement portion configured to removably engage a cartridge body engagement portion of a cartridge body including a reservoir configured to store an aerosol precursor composition, an aerosolization component powerable to aerosolize the aerosol precursor composition to form an aerosol, and a purpose-specific circuit for authentication of the cartridge body;
control circuitry configured to direct power from an electrical power source to the aerosolization component; and
a controller configured to communicate with the purpose-specific circuit to validate the cartridge body is authentic, and allow the control circuitry to direct power from the electrical power source to the aerosolization component only when the cartridge body is validated as authentic.