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

Claim 8:
9. A smoking article comprising:
a cartridge comprising:
a connector end configured to engage a control body, wherein the control body comprises a power source;
a mouth end opposing the connector end, the mouth end defining an opening of the cartridge configured to receive suction, and
an atomizer comprising a heating element arranged for activation to aerosolize an aerosol precursor composition in response to suction applied to the opening of the mouth end and a plurality of heater terminals each extending from the heating element through the connector end so as to be exposed about a connecting end for direct contact with a respective one of a plurality of electrical contacts of the control body, wherein the heater terminals each comprise a respective one of a plurality of contact surfaces electrically coupled with the heating element so that when the connector end is brought into engagement with the control body, electrical contacts of the control body each engage the respective contact surface so as to electrically couple the heating element with the power source.