Patents Assigned to ALtria Client Services
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Publication number: 20240164433Abstract: A melt-blown fabric for pouching smokeless tobacco or a smokeless tobacco substitute can include melt-blown polymer fibers. The fabric can have a basis weight of less than 10 gsm and a tensile strength of at least 4mJ in at least one predetermined direction. Method of making the fabric can include melt-blowing a polymeric material against a support surface and bonding the fibers or arranging them in a predetermined orientation. Pouched smokeless tobacco or tobacco substitute products including the fabrics provided herein can provide desirable flavor and tactile experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2024Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Andrew Nathan CARROLL, Shannon Maxwell BLACK, Yan Helen SUN, William J. BURKE
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Publication number: 20240164434Abstract: An apparatus for enrobing a product portion can include at least one polymer spray head adapted to create at least one flow of polymeric fibers to produce at least one polymer enrobing zone and a conveyor system adapted to move at least one product portion from at least one position below at least one polymer enrobing zone and to at least one position above at least one polymer enrobing zone to drop each product portion through one or more polymer enrobing zones a plurality times at different orientations to enrobe each product portion with polymeric fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2024Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Andrew Nathan CARROLL, Shannon Maxwell BLACK, Yan Helen SUN, William J. BURKE, Robert SMITH
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Publication number: 20240164431Abstract: A capsule for an aerosol-generating device may include a first heater, a second heater, and a frame sandwiched between the first heater and the second heater. The frame may define open spaces therein and have a rigidity that is adequate to support the first heater and the second heater. The open spaces within the frame may be interconnected and sized for aerosol-permeability and capillary action. A nicotine-containing material, such as tobacco, may be disposed within the capsule.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2024Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Gregory GRISCIK, Raymond W. LAU, Eric HAWES
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Publication number: 20240164429Abstract: A tobacco tablet that includes a solid solution of soluble fiber and one or more sugar alcohols, the solid solution having a glass transition temperature of less than 40° C., and tobacco dispersed in the solid solution such that the tobacco is released from the tablet when the tablet is chewed or dissolved within an oral cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2023Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Feng GAO, Diane L. GEE, Phillip M. HULAN, Shuzhong ZHUANG, William J. BURKE
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Patent number: 11991793Abstract: A heating element for an e-vapor device includes a planar portion including at least one filament. The filament may define an air channel through the planar portion. The heating element may include first and second lead portions extending away from the planar portion. The planar portion, the first lead portion, and the second lead portion may be a unitary body.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Arie Holtz, Isaac Weigensberg
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Publication number: 20240156162Abstract: A capsule for a heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating device may include a base of a thermally-conductive material, the base defining a first cavity therein, the base including a first surface, the first surface defining an opening to a second cavity, the first surface including a first plurality of apertures through the first surface. The capsule may further include a cover coupled to the base and on the base, the cover including a second plurality of apertures in a middle portion of the cover, the first plurality of apertures and the second plurality of apertures defining an air flow path through the base and the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2024Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Yannick HOURMAND, Niall GALLAGHER, Zack BLACKMON, Patrick M. GOOD, Jarrett KEEN, Rangaraj S. SUNDAR, Eric HAWES
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Publication number: 20240163976Abstract: The non-nicotine e-vaping section includes a heater in heating proximity to a wick, the heater and the wick being connected to a first surface of a first wall that partially defines a chamber, and a reservoir configured to contain a non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation, the non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation being devoid of nicotine and including a non-nicotine compound, the first wall at least partially defining at least one first channel that traverses through the first surface, the at least one first channel being configured to communicate the non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation from the reservoir to the wick, the first wall defining an entrenched section that at least partially contains the wick, the first wall at least partially defining one or more air passages that traverse through the first surface, the one or more air passages having a first length that is longer than a second length of the at least one first channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2024Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Isaac WEIGENSBERG, Greg KUNIN, David RUBLI, Bernard G. JUSTER
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Patent number: 11980228Abstract: A method for manufacturing a fluid permeable heater assembly includes providing a heating element, and over-molding a cap on edge areas of one side of the heating element. The cap includes a hollow body having a first cap opening and a second cap opening. The first cap opening is opposite to the second cap opening, and the heating element is mounted on the cap such that the heating element extends across the first cap opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Jean-Marc Widmer, Keethan Dasnavis Fernando
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Patent number: 11981903Abstract: This disclosure provides tobacco plants having a mutation in PR50 and transgenic tobacco plants containing a PR50 RNAi, and methods of making and using such plants.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Chengalrayan Kudithipudi, Alec J. Hayes
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Publication number: 20240150055Abstract: In an example embodiment, a doser assembly includes a hopper assembly configured to receive plant material, a bracket assembly connected to the hopper assembly, and a roller in a hopper opening defined by the hopper assembly extending through the hopper assembly. An interior surface of the hopper assembly may define the hopper opening. The bracket assembly may include a shaft extending across a portion of the hopper opening. The roller may be in the portion of the hopper opening of the hopper assembly and may extend between a first part and a second part of the interior surface of the hopper assembly. The roller may be connected to the shaft and may be configured to rotate with rotation of the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Jarrod Wayne CHALKLEY, Loren Theodore DUVEKOT
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Publication number: 20240150107Abstract: The package includes an outer container including a first section and a second section and a first tray within the outer container, the first tray defining a ridge along a periphery of the first tray, the ridge being held between a first peripheral edge of the first section and a second peripheral edge of the second section when the outer container is in a closed position and the first tray is being held within the outer container.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Andrew T PEELER, Christopher L. SIMPSON, Terrance T BACHE, Evan A HUTKER, Aniket K WARADE
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Publication number: 20240148047Abstract: A cartridge for an electronic vaping device includes an outer housing extending in a longitudinal direction and a reservoir configured to contain a pre-vapor formulation. The reservoir is in the outer housing. The reservoir has a first reservoir end and a second reservoir end. The cartridge also includes a seal at the first reservoir end, a transfer pad at the second reservoir end, and a wick in contact with the transfer pad. The transfer pad includes a plurality of fibers. Each of the plurality of fibers is substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Christopher S. TUCKER, William J. CROWE, Geoffrey Brandon JORDAN, Bipin R. PATIL, Jarrett KEEN, Michael ROBERTS
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Publication number: 20240150077Abstract: The insert includes a base with an upper brim, the base including a first depression extending from a first flat major surface of the upper brim, the first depression including a floor with walls that define a first cavity, the walls including a first pair of opposing walls and a second pair of opposing walls, the first pair of opposing walls taper towards each other along a longitudinal length of the first depression from a first end to a second end of the first depression, and a lid connected to the upper brim, the lid covering the first cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Andrew T PEELER, William J. Bogdziewicz, Christopher Simpson
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Publication number: 20240148060Abstract: A heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating device may include a capsule and a device body. The capsule may include an aerosol-forming substrate and a conductive component. The conductive component may include a first end section, an intermediate section, and a second end section. The intermediate section may be configured to heat the aerosol-forming substrate. The first end section and the second end section may each have at least one surface discontinuity. The device body may include connector pins configured to engage with the at least one surface discontinuity of each of the first end section and the second end section of the conductive component so as to establish an electrical connection with the capsule.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Zack W. BLACKMON, Jarrett KEEN, Raymond W. LAU, Eric HAWES, Dean TWITE, Ryan MCGINLEY, Rangaraj S. SUNDAR, Thomas TRAN, Yannick HOURMAND, Gary BROADFIELD
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Publication number: 20240150104Abstract: The assembled package includes an outer container including a first section and a second section, and a first tray within the outer container, the first tray defining a first ridge along a periphery of the first tray, the first ridge being held between a first peripheral edge of the first section and a second peripheral edge of the second section when the outer container is in a closed position, the first tray including first vertical sidewalls that extend downward from a first top surface of the first tray, the first ridge extending horizontally away from the first vertical sidewalls.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Andrew T PEELER, Christopher L. SIMPSON, Terrance T BACHE, Evan A HUTKER, Aniket K WARADE
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Publication number: 20240150783Abstract: This disclosure provides tobacco plants that exhibit altered photosynthesis as well as methods of making and using such plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLCInventors: Yanxin SHEN, Dongmei XU
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Publication number: 20240150105Abstract: The blank includes two or more wide panels, and at least two narrow panels attached to the two or more wide panels, each of the two or more wide panels being separated from each other by at least one of the at least two narrow panels, a first narrow panel, of the at least two narrow panels, defining a first tear strip, the first tear strip having a first longitudinal length that spans across a first width of the first narrow panel, the first longitudinal length being perpendicular to a second longitudinal length of the blank.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Andrew T Peeler, Christopher L. Simpson, Terrance T Bache, Evan A Hutker, Aniket K Warade
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Patent number: 11974602Abstract: An electronic smoking article includes a liquid aerosol formulation, a heater operable to at least partially volatilize the liquid aerosol formulation and form an aerosol and a tubular filter segment downstream of the heater. The tubular filter segment is operable to selectively filter aerosol particles and vapors from the aerosol.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: San Li, Georgios D. Karles, Richard Jupe, Gerd Kobal, Munmaya K. Mishra
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Patent number: 11974610Abstract: An electronic smoke comprises a puff detection sub-assembly module. The puff detection sub-assembly comprises a first conductive surface, a second conductive surface and an insulated ring spacer separating the first and the second conductive surfaces at an effective separation distance. The first conductive surface, the second conductive surface and the insulated ring spacer are housed inside a metallic can. The first conductive surface is electrically connected to the metal can by a first conductive ring which is disposed between the first conductive surface and a ceiling portion of the metal can. The second conductive surface is electrically connected to an output terminal through a second conductive ring, the second conductive ring elevating the puff detection sub-assembly above a floor portion of the metal can and urging the first conductive ring against a ceiling portion of the metal can.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLCInventor: Loi Ying Liu
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Patent number: 11975898Abstract: At least one example embodiment relates to a lid for a container including a base defining an opening and a top configured to engage a portion of the base. The base includes a support wall, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall. The first sidewall and the second sidewall extend from respective ends of the support wall such that the support wall, the first sidewall, and the second sidewall define a gap configured to receive at least a portion of the container. The top includes a cover, a hinge coupled between the cover and the base, and a peripheral wall extending from an interior portion of the cover. The cover is moveable between an open position providing access to the opening and a closed position sealing the opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Christopher J. Hession, Andrew T Peeler, William J. Bogdziewicz