Patents by Inventor Bruce Alan Bengtsson

Bruce Alan Bengtsson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20180184709
    Abstract: A package that may be employed to store a tobacco-containing material is provided. The package may include a container including a body portion and a cover configured to engage the body portion. The body portion may define an internal space therein configured to receive a product. An internal surface of one or both of the body portion and the cover may include a wood liner. The wood liner may be a wood veneer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Ercilia Hernandez Garcia, Percy D. Phillips, Bruce Alan Bengtsson, James William Rogers, Craig Demarest
  • Publication number: 20180160741
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices. The aerosol delivery devices may include a housing and a cartridge including an atomizer and a reservoir configured to contain an aerosol precursor composition. The cartridge may be configured to move relative to at least a portion of the housing between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration. Related assembly methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Steven L. Worm, David Glen Christopherson, Robert Adam Parchman, Raymond Charles Henry, JR., Bruce Alan Bengtsson, Frederic Philippe Ampolini, James William Rogers
  • Patent number: 9968130
    Abstract: A package that may be employed to store a tobacco-containing material is provided. The package may include a container and a valve assembly. The container may include a body portion and a cover configured to engage the body portion. The body portion may define an internal space therein. The valve assembly may be configured to affect an atmosphere within the internal space of the container. For example, the valve assembly may remain closed except when releasing pressure from the internal space. Thereby, by way of further example, the valve assembly may vent the container so as to avoid damage thereto, while reducing moisture loss from the tobacco-containing material stored in the internal space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Dennis Lee Potter, Eric Taylor Hunt, Michael Andrew Liberti, Jeremy Barrett Mabe, Pankaj Patel, Bruce Alan Bengtsson
  • Patent number: 9968129
    Abstract: A product including a package is provided. One or more tobacco-containing articles may be received in the package. A power producer may be configured to produce an electrical current. An output mechanism may be configured to receive the electrical current from the power producer and output a perceptible effect. The perceptible effect may, for example, increase a consumer's interest in the product. A related method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Percy D. Phillips, Pankaj Patel, Stephanie Whittington, Bruce Alan Bengtsson, Wesley Steven Jones, Ercilia Hernandez Garcia
  • Patent number: 9936729
    Abstract: A package that may be employed to store a tobacco-containing material is provided. The package may include a container including a body portion and a cover configured to engage the body portion. The body portion may define an internal space therein configured to receive a product. An internal surface of one or both of the body portion and the cover may include a wood liner. The wood liner may be a wood veneer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Ercilia Hernandez Garcia, Percy D. Phillips, Bruce Alan Bengtsson, James William Rogers, Craig Demarest
  • Patent number: 9936733
    Abstract: An aerosol delivery device accessory is disclosed. The accessory may include a housing defining a cavity. An electrical power source and a connector may be engaged with a drawer assembly. The drawer assembly may be moveable with respect to the housing between extended and retracted configurations. In the extended configuration an aerosol delivery device may be engaged with the connector. In the retracted configuration the aerosol delivery device may be protected by the housing and recharged by the electrical power source. The drawer assembly may include a storage compartment configured to receive cartridges for the aerosol delivery device. Further, a slider may engage and move a cartridge between recessed and extended positions to store and provide access thereto. A related assembly method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederic Philippe Ampolini, James William Rogers, Bruce Alan Bengtsson, James Demopoulos, Michael Edward Laut, Steven Wayne Bockmann
  • Patent number: 9913493
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices. The aerosol delivery devices may include a housing and a cartridge including an atomizer and a reservoir configured to contain an aerosol precursor composition. The cartridge may be configured to move relative to at least a portion of the housing between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration. Related assembly methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven L. Worm, David Glen Christopherson, Robert Adam Parchman, Raymond Charles Henry, Jr., Bruce Alan Bengtsson, Frederic Philippe Ampolini, James William Rogers
  • Publication number: 20170258133
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an aerosol delivery device accessory. The accessory may include a housing defining a cavity. An electrical power source and a connector may be engaged with a drawer assembly. The drawer assembly may be moveable with respect to the housing between extended and retracted configurations. In the extended configuration an aerosol delivery device may be engaged with the connector. In the retracted configuration the aerosol delivery device may be protected by the housing and recharged by the electrical power source. The drawer assembly may include a storage compartment configured to receive cartridges for the aerosol delivery device. Further, a slider may engage and move a cartridge between recessed and extended positions to store and provide access thereto. A related assembly method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Frederic Philippe Ampolini, James William Rogers, Bruce Alan Bengtsson, James Demopoulos, Michael Edward Laut, Steven Wayne Bockmann
  • Publication number: 20170150757
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices. The aerosol delivery devices may include a housing and a cartridge including an atomizer and a reservoir configured to contain an aerosol precursor composition. The cartridge may be configured to move relative to at least a portion of the housing between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration. Related assembly methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Steven L. Worm, David Glen Christopherson, Robert Adam Parchman, Raymond Charles Henry, JR., Bruce Alan Bengtsson, Frederic Philippe Ampolini, James William Rogers
  • Publication number: 20170027220
    Abstract: A product including a package is provided. One or more tobacco-containing articles may be received in the package. A power producer may be configured to produce an electrical current. An output mechanism may be configured to receive the electrical current from the power producer and output a perceptible effect. The perceptible effect may, for example, increase a consumer's interest in the product. A related method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Andries Don Sebastian, PERCY D. PHILLIPS, PANKAJ PATEL, STEPHANIE WHITTINGTON, BRUCE ALAN BENGTSSON, WESLEY STEVEN JONES, ERCILIA HERNANDEZ GARCIA
  • Publication number: 20160106149
    Abstract: A package that may be employed to store a tobacco-containing material is provided. The package may include a container and a valve assembly. The container may include a body portion and a cover configured to engage the body portion. The body portion may define an internal space therein. The valve assembly may be configured to affect an atmosphere within the internal space of the container. For example, the valve assembly may remain closed except when releasing pressure from the internal space. Thereby, by way of further example, the valve assembly may vent the container so as to avoid damage thereto, while reducing moisture loss from the tobacco-containing material stored in the internal space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: DENNIS LEE POTTER, ERIC TAYLOR HUNT, MICHAEL ANDREW LIBERTI, JEREMY BARRETT MABE, PANKAJ PATEL, BRUCE ALAN BENGTSSON
  • Publication number: 20160106150
    Abstract: A package that may be employed to store a tobacco-containing material is provided. The package may include a container including a body portion and a cover configured to engage the body portion. The body portion may define an internal space therein configured to receive a product. An internal surface of one or both of the body portion and the cover may include a wood liner. The wood liner may be a wood veneer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Ercilia Hernandez Garcia, Percy D. Phillips, Bruce Alan Bengtsson, James William Rogers, Craig Demarest
  • Publication number: 20160073689
    Abstract: A pouched product adapted for release of a water-soluble component therefrom is provided herein. The pouched product can include an outer water-permeable pouch defining a cavity containing a composition that includes a water-soluble component capable of being released through the water-permeable pouch and has a surface area, wherein the outer water-permeable pouch can include a nonwoven web including a plurality of heat sealable binder fibers blended with a second plurality of dissimilar fibers. The nonwoven web can be carded, hydroentangled and point bonded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Alton Busbee, Jeremy Barrett Mabe, Yan Pu, Eric Taylor Hunt, Bruce Alan Bengtsson
  • Publication number: 20160050975
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices. The aerosol delivery devices may include a housing and a cartridge including an atomizer and a reservoir configured to contain an aerosol precursor composition. The cartridge may be configured to move relative to at least a portion of the housing between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration. Related assembly methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Steven L. Worm, David Glen Christopherson, Robert Adam Parchman, Raymond Charles Henry, JR., Bruce Alan Bengtsson, Frederic Philippe Ampolini, James William Rogers
  • Publication number: 20160000140
    Abstract: A pouched product configured for insertion into the mouth of a user of that product is provided herein. The pouched product can include an outer water-permeable pouch defining a cavity containing a composition adapted for oral use and having a surface area, wherein the outer water-permeable pouch can include a nonwoven web including a first plurality of continuous filament heat sealable binder fibers oriented substantially parallel to each other in a first direction, a second plurality of continuous filament heat sealable binder fibers oriented substantially parallel to each other in a second direction, wherein the first direction and the second direction are substantially perpendicular to each other, and wherein the first plurality of continuous filament heat sealable binder fibers and the second plurality if continuous filament heat sealable binder fibers are bonded with a heated lamination process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Eric Taylor Hunt, Bruce Alan Bengtsson, Alton Busbee, Jeremy Barrett Mabe, Yan Pu
  • Publication number: 20150226432
    Abstract: An igniter apparatus is provided, comprising a heat precursor source having a heat precursor; a heating arrangement configured to, on demand, receive the heat precursor from the heat precursor source and to emit heat associated with the heat precursor and capable of igniting an ignitable article; and a sensory precursor source having a sensory precursor substance, wherein the sensory precursor substance is configured to provide a perceptible sensory effect, and wherein the sensory precursor source is in communication with the heating arrangement and is configured to release the sensory precursor substance in association with the heat emitted by the heating arrangement. An associated method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY
    Inventors: August Joseph Borschke, Michael Francis Dube, Cynthia Stewart Stokes, Jason Eugene Kobisky, Bruce Alan Bengtsson, Dennis L. Potter, Jeffrey S. Taggart, Geoffrey W. Kennard, Robert F. Soreo
  • Patent number: D758004
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Freshwater, Benjamin Siôn Mainwaring, James Demopoulos, Bruce Alan Bengtsson, Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Steven L. Worm, Michael Edward Laut
  • Patent number: D758655
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Freshwater, Benjamin Siôn Mainwaring, James Demopoulos, Bruce Alan Bengtsson, Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Steven L. Worm, Michael Edward Laut
  • Patent number: D758656
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Freshwater, Benjamin Siôn Mainwaring, James Demopoulos, Bruce Alan Bengtsson, Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Steven L. Worm, Michael Edward Laut
  • Patent number: D775414
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederic Philippe Ampolini, James William Rogers, Bruce Alan Bengtsson, James Demopoulos, Michael Laut, Steven Bockmann