Patent ID: 11864584
Assignee: RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 20:
21. A control body for an electronic smoking article, the control body comprising:
an outer housing having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end including a wall that separates an interior of the outer housing from a cavity that is configured to releasably engage a cartridge;
a pressure sensor positioned in the interior of the outer housing and separated from the wall, the pressure sensor comprising a first end arranged in a pressure reduction space and a second end arranged in a normal pressure space;
at least one sealing member separating the pressure reduction space from the normal pressure space;
an airflow pathway arranged so that air enters the cavity and passes from the cavity into the cartridge; and
at least one pressure channel arranged to communicate a pressure drop from the cavity to the pressure reduction space and to the first end of the pressure sensor.