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

Claim 19:
20. 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 and a second end;
at least one sealing member arranged so as to separate the interior of the outer housing into a normal pressure space and a pressure reduction space, the at least one sealing member being arranged such that the first end of the pressure sensor is in the pressure reduction space and a second end of the pressure sensor is in the normal pressure space; 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.