Thermal energy absorbers for tobacco heating products

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12022859
APP PUB NO 20210015171A1
SERIAL NO

16515654

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The present disclosure provides thermal energy absorbers for use in smoking articles. In an example embodiment, the smoking article may comprise an outer wrap circumscribing at least a portion of the smoking article, wherein the smoking article is defined by an upstream lighting end and a downstream mouth end, a carbon heat source positioned proximate the lighting end, a tobacco material positioned downstream of the carbon heat source and spatially separated from the mouth end of the smoking article, and a thermal energy absorber at least partially positioned between the tobacco material and the carbon heat source.

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  • R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY

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Chang, Yi-Ping Greensboro, US 31 2417
Cleckley, Karen Kernersville, US 3 11
Conner, Billy T Clemmons, US 37 879
Hejazi, Vahid Concord, US 63 177
Monsalud, Luis Kernersville, US 26 55
Williams, Darrell Winston-Salem, US 4 1

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