Patents by Inventor Tracy M. Hefner

Tracy M. Hefner 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).

  • Fibrous filtration material for electronic smoking article
    Patent number: 10681937
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices, methods of forming such devices, and elements of such devices. For example, some aerosol delivery devices of the current disclosure include a reservoir having a liquid aerosol precursor composition, an electrical heater in fluid communication with the reservoir and configured to vaporize the liquid aerosol precursor composition to form an aerosol, and a filter operatively arranged relative to the electrical heater such that at least a portion of the formed aerosol passes therethrough, the filter being configured to selectively bind one or more undesirable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Michael F. Davis, Sammy Eni Eni, Jannell Rowe, Tracy M. Hefner
  • FIBROUS FILTRATION MATERIAL FOR ELECTRONIC SMOKING ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20190320723
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices, methods of forming such devices, and elements of such devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Michael F. Davis, Sammy Eni Eni, Jannell Rowe, Tracy M. Hefner
  • Fibrous filtration material for electronic smoking article
    Patent number: 10383369
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices, methods of forming such devices, and elements of such devices. Some aerosol delivery devices of the current disclosure include a reservoir having a liquid aerosol precursor composition, an electrical heater in fluid communication with the reservoir and configured to vaporize the liquid aerosol precursor composition to form an aerosol, and a filter operatively arranged relative to the electrical heater such that at least a portion of the formed aerosol passes therethrough, the filter being configured to selectively bind one or more undesirable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Michael F. Davis, Sammy Eni Eni, Jannell Rowe, Tracy M. Hefner
  • FIBROUS FILTRATION MATERIAL FOR ELECTRONIC SMOKING ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20180352856
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices, methods of forming such devices, and elements of such devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Michael F. Davis, Sammy Eni Eni, Jannell Rowe, Tracy M. Hefner