CN210329350U

CN210329350U - Electrode assembly, battery device and electronic cigarette

Info

Publication number: CN210329350U
Application number: CN201822113242.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 邱伟华; 郭大卫; 王昌
Original assignee: Changzhou Paiteng Electronic Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Changzhou Paiteng Electronic Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-12-14
Filing date: 2018-12-14
Publication date: 2020-04-17
Anticipated expiration: 2028-12-14

Abstract

The utility model discloses an electrode subassembly for electron cigarette, electrode subassembly include the insulating part, install in electrode post, cover on the insulating part are located elastic component and cover on the electrode post are located snap ring on the electrode post, the insulating part perforation has been seted up on the insulating part, the electrode post runs through the insulating part perforation, the snap ring groove has been seted up to the lower extreme of electrode post, keep away from on the electrode post the one end of snap ring groove is provided with the electrode cap, the one end of elastic component with the electrode cap supports and holds, the other end of elastic component with the insulating part supports and holds, the snap ring is located in the snap ring groove, the pulling keep away from on the electrode post the one end of snap ring groove, the snap ring supports and holds the inner wall of insulating part prevents the electrode post breaks away from the insulating part perforation is taken away from. The utility model provides an electrode subassembly can prevent to loosen and take off. In addition, a battery device adopting the electrode assembly and an electronic cigarette adopting the battery device are also provided.

Description

Electrode assembly, battery device and electronic cigarette

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a simulation smoking technical field especially relates to an electrode subassembly, adopt this electrode subassembly's battery device and adopt this battery device's electron cigarette.

Background

The flue-cured tobacco electronic cigarette belongs to one of flue-cured tobacco products, and is characterized in that a tobacco pot is utilized to store tobacco shreds, the tobacco shreds are baked by heating the tobacco pot, nicotine in the tobacco shreds is evaporated to form smoke containing nicotine, and at the moment, a user sucks the tobacco shreds towards a cigarette holder to suck external air into the electronic cigarette and pass through the tobacco pot, so that the smoke is driven to flow into the mouth of the user. At present, dry-roasting type electronic cigarette products on the market are serious in homogenization, are often loosened due to unstable connection with an insulating part by an electrode column arranged on the insulating part, and are taken out by an atomizer after the electrode column can be separated from the insulating part when a battery device and the atomizer are separated, so that inconvenience is caused to users.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above, it is desirable to provide an electrode assembly for preventing detachment, a battery device using the electrode assembly, and an electronic cigarette using the battery device.

The utility model provides a technical scheme that its technical problem adopted is: the utility model provides an electrode subassembly for electron cigarette, electrode subassembly include the insulating part, install in electrode post, cover on the insulating part are located elastic component and cover on the electrode post are located snap ring on the electrode post, the insulating part perforation has been seted up on the insulating part, the electrode post runs through the insulating part is perforated, the snap ring groove has been seted up to the lower extreme of electrode post, keep away from on the electrode post the one end of snap ring groove is provided with the electrode cap, the one end of elastic component with the electrode cap supports and holds, the other end of elastic component with the insulating part supports and holds, the snap ring is located in the snap ring groove, the pulling keep away from on the electrode post the one end of snap ring groove, the snap ring supports and holds the inner wall of insulating part prevents the electrode post breaks away from the insulating part perforation is taken away from.

Further, the electrode assembly further comprises a connecting base with openings at two ends, a cavity is formed in the connecting base, and the insulating piece is accommodated in the cavity of the connecting base.

Furthermore, the inner surface of the cavity of the connecting seat protrudes towards the center of the cavity of the connecting seat to form a boss, and the insulating part abuts against the boss.

A battery device comprising the electrode assembly as defined in any one of the above, the electrode assembly being housed in the case.

An electronic cigarette comprises an atomizer and the battery device, wherein the battery device is electrically connected with the atomizer.

Further, the battery device is electrically connected with the atomizer through threads.

Further, the atomizer includes heating device, heating device includes the fixing base and locates heating element in the fixing base, heating element is including being located insulating seat in the fixing base, locating heating element in the insulating seat and locating heating element below with the electrode contact piece of electrode post butt.

Furthermore, the end part of the electrode contact piece protrudes downwards along the axial direction of the electrode contact piece to form a stopping part, and a notch for accommodating the stopping part is arranged on the insulating seat.

Further, the atomizer is still including locating the cigarette holder of heating device one end, the cigarette holder includes that cigarette holder cup and cover are located cigarette holder body on the cigarette holder cup, heating device still includes the joint spare, the joint spare is located heating device with between the cigarette holder, the holding tank has been seted up on the joint spare, the lateral part lower extreme of cigarette holder body is followed the axial downwardly convex of cigarette holder body is stretched and is formed the bulge, the bulge with the holding tank adaptation.

The utility model has the advantages that: the utility model provides an electronic cigarette, because in the insulating part perforation was located to the electrode post, the snap ring groove had been seted up to the lower extreme of electrode post, in the snap ring groove was located respectively to the snap ring, kept away from the one end of snap ring groove on the pulling electrode post, the inner wall that the insulating part was supported to the snap ring prevents that the electrode post breaks away from the insulating part perforation and is taken out.

Drawings

The present invention will be further explained with reference to the drawings and examples.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic cigarette according to the present invention;

figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the e-cigarette of figure 1;

figure 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of the e-cigarette of figure 2 at C;

figure 4 is an exploded view from a perspective of the e-cigarette of figure 1;

figure 5 is an enlarged view of a portion of the e-cigarette of figure 4 at a;

figure 6 is an enlarged partial view of the e-cigarette of figure 4 at B;

figure 7 is an exploded view of the e-cigarette of figure 1 from another perspective;

figure 8 is a schematic structural view of the e-cigarette shown in figure 1 (with the mouthpiece body and mouthpiece cup omitted);

figure 9 is a schematic structural view of a smoke pan sleeve in the electronic cigarette shown in figure 1;

figure 10 is a schematic view of the airflow profile of the e-cigarette shown in figure 1.

The names and the numbers of the parts in the figure are respectively as follows:

electronic cigarette 100 casing 10 battery device 20 atomizer 30

Cigarette holder 40 key hole 11 USB port 12 end cover 13

The stop part 131 abuts against the air inlet hole 132 of the battery 21 of the air inlet 14

First fixing sleeve 221 and first PCB222 of key assembly 23 of connecting component 22

Second securing sleeve 223 second PCB224 first projection 2211 second projection 2212

USB hole 2216 mounting groove 2213 switch hole 2214 connecting column 2215

Key 232 protective cover 233 of limiting part 231 of jack 2231

Switch 234 step 2311 operation part 2321 connection part 2322

Connecting end 2323 placed hole 2331 USB end 235 electrode assembly 31

Heating device 32 is connected to pole 313 of socket 311 insulator 312

Snap ring 314 first ring groove 3111 second ring groove 3112 joint arch 3113

Boss 3114 insulator penetration 3121 snap ring groove 3131 electrode cap 3132

Fastening slot 3211 of heating component 324 of fixing seat 321 smoke pan component 323

First slot 3212 second slot 3213 notch 3214 air inlet 3215

Clamp groove 3216 clamp 322 smoke pot cover 3231 smoke pot 3232

Heating element 3242 of clamping ring 3233, clamping column 3236 and insulating base 3241

Electrode contact 3243 cover 3244 collar 3248 bump portion 3249

First inlet port 3245, first outlet port 3246, notch 3247, and lid 41

Mouthpiece cup 42 mouthpiece body 43 first airflow channel 431 gasket 44

Outlet 433 of air outlet channel 432 with dipping portion 3234 and protruding portion 434

Elastic element 3133 of containing groove 15, clamping groove 3235, stopping part 331

Accommodating groove 3221

Detailed Description

In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein, as those skilled in the art will be able to make similar modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

Referring to fig. 1 to 8, the present invention provides an electronic cigarette 100, the electronic cigarette 100 includes a housing 10, a battery device 20 accommodated in the housing 10, and an atomizer 30 mounted at one end of the housing 10 and electrically connected to the battery device 20. In the present embodiment, the battery device 20 is completely housed in the housing 10, and the atomizer 30 is at least partially housed in the housing 10. It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, not shown, the battery device 20 is housed within the housing 10, while the atomizer 30 is separate from the housing 10, and the atomizer 30 is electrically connected to the battery device 20. It will be appreciated that in one embodiment, not shown, the atomizer 30 is threadably connected to the battery device 20 to mount the atomizer 30 to the battery device 20, and electrical connection is made via the threaded connection. Optionally, the thread is 510 threads, where 510 means that the pitch of the thread is 0.5mm, and the length of the thread is 10 mm. Referring to fig. 3, the housing 10 is substantially cylindrical with two open ends, the housing 10 is provided with a key hole 11 and a USB (UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS) port 12 adjacent to each other, the lower end of the housing 10 is provided with an end cap 13 for closing the housing 10 and preventing the battery device 20 housed in the housing 10 from slipping off, the end cap 13 includes a locking portion 131 located in the lower open end of the housing 10 and a supporting portion 132 formed by radially protruding outward along the lower peripheral edge of the locking portion 131, the upper end surface of the supporting portion 132 is supported against the lower end surface of the housing, in this embodiment, the locking portion 131 is made of a rubber material, and it can be understood that, in other embodiments not shown, the locking portion 131 can also be made of a material with good sealing performance, such as silicone rubber; in the present embodiment, the end cap 13 and the housing 10 are kept relatively fixed by abutting the outer surface of the locking portion 131 and the inner surface of the housing 10, and it is understood that in other embodiments not shown, the end cap 13 and the housing 10 may be connected by a detachable connection manner such as magnetic connection, hinge connection, etc. to open or close the lower end opening of the housing 10. At this time, the user may push, rotate or otherwise adjust the end cap 13, so that the lower end opening of the housing 10 is exposed, thereby facilitating the user to take out the battery device 20 located in the housing 10; in the present embodiment, two air inlet holes 14 communicating with the outside air are oppositely opened at two sides close to the upper opening of the housing 10, and the outside air can enter the housing 10 through the air inlet holes 14.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 3, the battery device 20 includes a battery 21 accommodated in the housing 10, a connecting assembly 22 mounted above the battery 21, and a key assembly 23 mounted on the connecting assembly 22.

Referring to fig. 4, 5 and 7, in one embodiment, the connection assembly 22 includes a first fixing cover 221, a first PCB (Printed Circuit Board) 222 mounted on the first fixing cover 221, a second fixing cover 223 connected to the first fixing cover 221, and a second PCB224 mounted on the second fixing cover 222. In this embodiment, the first fixing sleeve 221 and the second fixing sleeve 223 are substantially semi-cylindrical with two open ends, the upper ends of the first fixing sleeve 221 and the second fixing sleeve 223 protrude inwards in the circumferential direction to form a first protrusion 2211, the lower ends of the first fixing sleeve 221 and the second fixing sleeve 223 protrude inwards in the circumferential direction to form a second protrusion 2212, two ends of the top of the first PCB222 respectively abut against two end surfaces of the bottom of the first protrusion 2211, two ends of the bottom of the first PCB222 respectively abut against two end surfaces of the top of the second protrusion 2212, so that the first PCB222 is relatively fixed in the first fixing sleeve 221 and connected with the battery 21, two ends of the top of the second PCB224 abut against two end surfaces of the bottom of the second protrusion 2212, and two ends of the bottom of the second PCB224 abuts against two end surfaces of the top of the second protrusion 2212, so that the second PCB224 is relatively fixed in the second fixing sleeve 223 and connected with the battery 21. In this embodiment, the first fixing sleeve 221 is adjacently provided with a mounting groove 2213 corresponding to the key hole 11 and a USB hole 2216 corresponding to the USB port 12 for mounting the key assembly 23, and the bottom groove wall of the mounting groove 2213 is provided with a switch hole 2214 communicated with the mounting groove 2213, optionally, two side edges of the first fixing sleeve 221 are respectively provided with 2 connecting posts 2215, two side edges of the second fixing sleeve 223 are respectively provided with 2 insertion holes 2231 corresponding to the connecting posts 2215, and the four connecting posts 2215 are respectively inserted into the four insertion holes 2231, so that the first fixing sleeve 221 and the second fixing sleeve 223 are kept relatively fixed.

Referring to fig. 4, 5 and 7, in one embodiment, the key assembly 23 includes a limiting member 231 located in the mounting slot 2213, a key 232 passing through the key hole 11 and extending into the limiting member 231, a protecting sleeve 233 located in the switch hole 2214, and a switch 234 located in the protecting sleeve 233, in the present embodiment, two ends of the limiting member 231 pass through, an inner wall of the limiting member 231 radially inwardly protrudes along a periphery of the limiting member 231 to form a stepped portion 2311, the key 232 includes an operating portion 2321 and a connecting portion 2322 passing through the key hole 11 and extending into the limiting member 231, an outer surface of the connecting portion 2322 outwardly protrudes along a periphery of the connecting portion 2322 to form a connecting end 2323 engaged with the stepped portion 2311, the protecting sleeve 233 is provided with a placing hole 2331 communicating with the mounting slot 2213 and used for installing the switch 234, in the present embodiment, both the limiting member 231 and the protecting sleeve 233 are made of a soft material, the soft material includes but is not limited to rubber, silica gel, etc. When the user presses the operation portion 2321, the operation portion 2321 drives the connection portion 2322 to slide in a direction approaching the switch 234, at this time, the connection portion 2323 is separated from the step portion 2311, one end surface of the connection portion 2322 touches the switch 234, so that the switch 234 can touch the first PCB222, the circuit is conducted, when the user releases the operation portion 2321, the connection portion 2323 slides gradually in a direction approaching the step portion 2311 under the elastic force of the protection cover 233, until the connection portion 2323 abuts against the step portion 2311, so that the connection portion 2323 is reset. In this embodiment, the key assembly 23 further includes a USB end 235 penetrating through the USB port 12 and extending into the USB hole 2216, and a user can insert a USB disk, a card reader, a USB charging wire, etc. into the USB end 235, thereby implementing functions such as communication between the electronic cigarette and external information or charging the electronic cigarette.

Referring to fig. 2 and 4, in one embodiment, the atomizer 30 includes a heating device 32 and a mouthpiece 40 sleeved on the heating device 32.

Referring to fig. 2 to 5, in one embodiment, the battery device 20 further includes an electrode assembly 31, wherein the electrode assembly 31 includes a connecting base 311 connected to the first fixing sleeve 221 and the second fixing sleeve 223, an insulating member 312 disposed in the connecting base 311, two electrode posts 313 adjacently mounted on the insulating member 312, and two clamping rings 314 respectively sleeved on lower ends of the two electrode posts 313. In this embodiment, the electrode column 313 is a pogo pin type electrode column, but in other embodiments, it may be a fixed contact type electrode column. It will be appreciated that the electrode posts 313 may also be replaced by electrode contact tabs.

The connecting seat 311 is roughly cylindrical with two open ends, a first annular groove 3111 connected with the first fixing sleeve 221 and the second fixing sleeve 223 is formed along the circumferential direction of the connecting seat 311 below the outer surface of the connecting seat 311, a user can place the upper end of the first fixing sleeve 221 in the first annular groove 3111 first, then place the upper end of the second fixing sleeve 223 in one side of the first annular groove 3111 far away from the first fixing sleeve 221, at the moment, place the upper end of the second fixing sleeve 223 in the process of the first annular groove 3111, insert the four connecting columns 2215 in the four insertion holes 2231 respectively, and enable the first fixing sleeve 221 and the second fixing sleeve 223 to be kept relatively fixed. In this embodiment, the outer surface of the connecting seat 311 is further provided with a second annular groove 3112, the second annular groove 3112 is close to the first annular groove 3111, the top end of the connecting seat 311 is relatively provided with two clamping protrusions 3113, and the inner surface of the connecting seat 311 protrudes inwards along the circumferential direction of the connecting seat 311 to form a boss 3114 for placing the insulating member 312.

The insulating member 312 is disposed on the boss 3114, and two insulating member through holes 3121 for installing the two electrode posts 313 are adjacently disposed on the insulating member 312, in this embodiment, the insulating member 312 is made of a ceramic material, and it is understood that in other embodiments not shown, the insulating member 312 may also be made of a material such as silicon gel, rubber, etc.

Referring to fig. 2, 3 and 5, two electrode posts 313 are respectively installed in two insulation member through holes 3121, a snap ring groove 3131 for installing the snap ring 314 is formed at a lower end of each electrode post 313, and an electrode cap 3132 is disposed at an upper end of each electrode post 313. In this embodiment, both electrode posts 313 are connected to the first and

second PCBs

222 and 224.

The two snap rings 314 are respectively installed in the two snap ring grooves 3131, in this embodiment, the diameter of each snap ring 314 is larger than the aperture of the insulating member perforation 3121, when each electrode column 313 gradually moves upward relative to the insulating member 312, the electrode column 313 can drive the snap ring 314 to move upward, the upper end of the snap ring 314 can gradually abut against the lower end of the insulating member 312, when the upper end of the snap ring 314 abuts against the lower end of the insulating member 312, the electrode column 313 cannot move upward any more, at this time, the displacement of the electrode column 313 moving upward in the axial direction in the insulating member perforation 3121 is the largest, the maximum displacement of the electrode column 313 moving upward in the axial direction in the insulating member perforation 3121 is respectively limited by the two snap rings 314, and when the atomizer 30 and the battery device 20 are separated, the two electrode columns 313 are respectively loosened from the two insulating member perforations 3121 and then carried out by the atomizer 30. In this embodiment, an elastic member 3133 is respectively disposed between the lower end of the electrode cap 3132 on each electrode column 313 and the upper end of the insulating member 312, one end of each elastic member 3133 abuts against the lower end of the electrode cap 3132, and the other end of each elastic member 3133 abuts against the upper end of the insulating member 312, on one hand, each electrode column 313 can leave a space for axial movement in the insulating member perforation 3121 of the insulating member 312, and before the two electrode columns 313 are respectively connected to the two electrode contact pieces 3243 of the heating device 32, because the electrode column 313 may touch other parts on the heating device 32, after the electrode column 313 touches other parts on the heating device 32, the electrode column 313 can reciprocate up and down in the insulating member perforation 3121 to gradually connect to the electrode contact pieces 3243 of the heating device 32; on the other hand, in one embodiment, after the electrode post 313 and the electrode contact 3243 are connected in place, the elastic restoring force of the elastic element 3133 can always push the upper end of the electrode cap 3132 to abut against the lower end of the electrode contact 3243, or, in another embodiment, after the electrode post 313 and the electrode contact 3243 are connected in place, one end of the elastic element 3133, which is far away from the insulating element 312, can abut against the lower end of the electrode contact 3243, the lower end of the electrode cap 3132 can abut against the upper end of the electrode contact 3243, the electrode contact 3243 is embedded between the elastic element 3133 and the electrode cap 3132, the elastic restoring force of the elastic element 3133 can push the lower end of the electrode contact 3243, the upper end of the electrode contact 3243 can always abut against the lower end of the electrode cap 3132, so that the electrode post 313 can be connected with the electrode contact 3243 more firmly, thereby preventing the atomizer 30 from being in poor contact with the battery device 20 due to loose connection between the electrode post 313 and the electrode contact, thereby affecting the user's smoking experience. It is understood that in other embodiments (not shown), two electrode contacts 3243 are respectively opened with electrode grooves (not shown) corresponding to the two electrode caps 3132, and the user can determine that the electrode column 313 and the electrode contact 3243 are connected in place by the two electrode caps 3132 being respectively located in the two electrode grooves. In the present embodiment, the elastic element 3133 is a spring, and it is understood that in other embodiments not shown, the elastic element 3133 may also be made of soft material such as silicon rubber, etc.

Referring to fig. 2 and 4, in one embodiment, the heating device 32 includes a fixing base 321 connected to the connecting base 311 at a lower end thereof, and a smoke pot assembly 323 connected to the fixing base 321, the fixing base 321 can be regarded as a housing, in this embodiment, the heating device 32 includes at least two sets of heating systems, wherein at least one set of heating system is disposed adjacent to an air inlet end of the fixing base 321, and the set of heating system disposed adjacent to the air inlet end of the fixing base 321 is referred to as a first set of heating system, the first set of heating system is disposed adjacent to the air inlet end of the fixing base 321, wherein the adjacent set is an air outlet end of the fixing base 321, the set of heating system is closer to the air inlet end of the fixing base 321, in one embodiment, the first set of heating system includes a heating assembly 324 (not shown), the heating assembly 324 is disposed in the fixing base 321, the heating system adjacent to the air outlet end of the fixing seat 321 is different from the first set of heating system, and is referred to as a second set of heating system, the second set of heating system is adjacent to the air outlet end of the fixing seat 321, wherein the adjacent arrangement refers to the air inlet end of the fixing seat 321, the second set of heating system is closer to the air outlet end of the fixing seat 321, the second set of heating system comprises a heat conducting device (not shown) arranged on the smoke pan assembly 323, the bottom wall of the heating cavity of the smoke pan assembly 323 refers to the position of the smoke pan assembly 323 in the vertical state when a user uses the heating cavity, hot air generated after the air is heated by the heating assembly 324 is transmitted to the heat conducting device, and the heat conducting device and fuming substances placed on the heat conducting device are heated by the. The first set of heating systems is spatially separated from the second set of heating systems to ensure that the air flow heated by the first set of heating systems has sufficient heating time to allow the air flow to reach a sufficient heating temperature to heat the second set of heating systems.

The heating device 32 of the embodiment includes a fixing base 321 and a smoke pot component 323 connected to the fixing base 321, at least two sets of heating systems are disposed in the fixing base 321, two adjacent heating systems are disposed at an interval, in one embodiment, the heating device 32 includes two sets of heating systems, one set of heating system is adjacent to an air inlet end of the fixing base 321, which is referred to as a first set of heating system, the first set of heating system includes a heating device, the first set of heating system is an active heating system, that is, the heating component 324 can actively generate heat when the heating component 324 is powered on, in one embodiment, the heating component 324 includes a heating component 3242, since the heating component 3242 can heat air entering the heating component 324, in one embodiment, the heating component 3242 is disposed in a spiral shape, and the spiral direction of the heating component spirals along the axial direction of the intake air flow, thereby being beneficial to keeping full contact and larger contact area, and leading the air flow to be fully preheated; the heating system that is close to the end of giving vent to anger of fixing base 321 is called second set heating system, and second set heating system is including the heat conduction device who is located smoke pot subassembly 323 heating chamber bottom wall, heat conduction device includes the metal mesh (not shown), the hot gas stream that produces after heating element 3242 heats the air transmits to the metal mesh, the hot gas stream through metal mesh and passing the metal mesh heats the metal mesh and place the fuming substance on the metal mesh, consequently, be favorable to making being heated of pipe tobacco more abundant, even, thereby help shortening the heating time, promote the taste.

In this embodiment, the two sets of heating systems are both located in the heating device 32, when in use, when the heating element is powered on, the heating element 3242 generates heat, after the air enters the inner cavity of the fixing seat 321 from the bottom, the air is heated by the heating element 3242, the generated hot air contacts the metal mesh, the metal mesh is heated, and meanwhile, the hot air flows through the metal mesh and enters the tobacco chamber or the tobacco chamber in the tobacco pot component 323, namely, the atomization chamber. The tobacco or tobacco material is then heated.

In this embodiment, the heating temperature of the heating element may be controlled by pure software, the heating temperature of the heating element may be controlled by a chip program written on the electronic cigarette motherboard, and the actually heated air temperature may be calculated, the heat conducting device of the smoke pot component 323 is a metal net, the metal net is not electrically connected to the battery, the heat source of the metal net is entirely from the air current flowing through the heating element after being heated, the metal net is heated by the hot air current, and the metal net is used for auxiliary heating of the smoke in the smoke pot component 323 because the hot air current is the main heat source. The metal mesh may be made of a material with good thermal conductivity, such as copper, steel, etc.

The method for controlling the heating of the heating element by pure software comprises the following steps:

step S1: when the main board receives a cigarette lighting signal, the heating part is controlled to heat;

step S2: at the moment of receiving the cigarette lighting signal, maximizing the instantaneous power Pmax (the maximum power that the current voltage of the battery can be matched with the resistance value of the heating element) of the heating element and lasting for N seconds;

step S3, after N seconds, reducing the output power of the heating element so as to reduce the temperature of the air heated by the heating element, wherein the constant power P is output, P is less than Pmax, and M is maintained for more than or equal to N;

step S4: the main board calculates the interval time T between two cigarette lighting signals, if the T is more than or equal to S seconds, the main board judges that the smoking is started at this time, and the steps S1 and S3 are repeated; if T < S seconds, it is determined that the suction is continued, and power output is continued in step S3.

In this embodiment, the fixing base 321 is a tubular structure with two open ends, the bottom opening or the opening near the bottom is an air inlet end, and the top opening or the opening near the top is an air outlet end. It should be noted that the air inlet end and the air outlet end refer to the flow direction of the airflow flowing in the inner cavity of the fixing seat 321, and do not limit the opening through which the airflow must pass through the fixing seat 321. In other embodiments, the fixing base 321 is a cylindrical structure with an open top and an electrode member at the bottom, the electrode member can be selected as a thread 510 with an electrode inside, the atomizer 30 and the battery device 20 can be separated as one component, and the atomizer 30 can be mounted on the battery device 20 when needed, that is, the fixing base 321 is mounted in a threaded hole of the battery device 20 by a thread.

In this embodiment, the fixing base 321 is detachably connected to the smoking pot assembly 323, wherein the heating device 32 further includes a heating assembly 324 disposed in the fixing base 321 and a clamping member 322 disposed on the fixing base 321.

In this embodiment, please refer to fig. 2, fig. 4, fig. 6, and fig. 7, at least one slot 3211 is disposed on the fixing base 321 along the installation and assembly direction, when a plurality of slots 3211 are provided, the slots 3211 are uniformly distributed on the periphery of the fixing base 321 along the radial direction of the fixing base 321, the slot 3211 includes a first slot 3212 and a second slot 3213 connected to the first slot 3212, the first slot 3212 and the second slot 3213 form a substantially L-shaped slot 3211, wherein the first slot 3212 extends obliquely to the end surface of the fixing base 321 along the installation and assembly direction, a notch 3214 is formed on the end surface of the fixing base 321, and the extension direction of the second slot 3213 is parallel to the end surface of the fixing base 321. In this embodiment, the sidewall of the fixing base 321 is further provided with two air inlets 3215 corresponding to the two air inlets 14, and two sides of the lower portion of the fixing base 321 are further provided with two clamping grooves 3216 corresponding to the two clamping protrusions 3113 for fixing the connecting base 311.

In this embodiment, the bowl assembly 323 and the holder 321 are removably connected. The tobacco pot subassembly 323 includes tobacco pot cover 3231 and installs the tobacco pot 3232 in the tobacco pot cover 3231, and in this embodiment, the tobacco pot 3232 is made by glass material, and the upper end opening of tobacco pot 3232, the lower extreme of tobacco pot 3232 are equipped with heat conduction device (not shown), and is concrete, heat conduction device is heat conduction air-permeable spare, and in an embodiment, heat conduction air-permeable spare is the metal mesh, or has seted up a plurality of bleeder vents (not shown in the figure) on the metal sheet, can understand, heat conduction device and tobacco pot 3232 integrated into one piece, or can dismantle the connection, when heat conduction device and tobacco pot 3232 can dismantle the connection, can dismantle that the tobacco pot 3232 takes off heat conduction device and wash. The tobacco pot cover 3231 is sleeved on the tobacco pot 3232, further, the tobacco pot 3232 is sleeved with a clamping ring 3233, and the tobacco pot 3232 is abutted against the inner surface of the tobacco pot cover 3231 through the clamping ring 3233. In other embodiments, the bowl 3232 can also be made of metal, such as steel or aluminum, or ceramic or wood.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, a clip column 3236 correspondingly disposed in the slot 3211 is disposed at an outer side of the smoke pan sleeve 3231, and when the clip column 3236 is inserted from the notch 3214 and rotates to the slot 3211 in the first direction, specifically, when the clip column 3236 is inserted from the notch 3214 and enters the first slot 3212 and rotates to the second slot 3213 in the first direction, the smoke pan sleeve 3231 is fixed in the fixing seat 321; when the latch 3236 is rotated in a second direction opposite to the first direction, specifically, the latch 3236 is screwed out of the second slot 3213 in the first slot 3212 in the second direction and separated from the notch 3214, the smoke pot cover 3231 is separated from the fixing seat 321, and at this time, the smoke pot assembly 323 can be replaced, so that the operation is convenient. As a variation, the locking slot 3211 may also be disposed on the tobacco pot cover 3231, and correspondingly, the locking post 3236 is disposed on the outer side of the fixing seat 321. Specifically, at least one clamping groove 3211 is arranged on the tobacco pot sleeve 3231 along the installation and assembly direction, and the clamping grooves 3211 are uniformly distributed on the peripheral side of the tobacco pot sleeve 3231 along the radial direction of the tobacco pot sleeve 3231; the outer side of the fixing seat 321 is provided with a clip column 3236 opposite to the clip groove 3211.

Referring to fig. 4, the heating assembly 324 is used for heating air after being powered on, and includes one or more parts, where the part includes at least a heating element, and in this embodiment, the heating assembly 324 includes an insulating base 3241 located in the fixing base 321, a heating element 3242 disposed in the insulating base 3241, an electrode contact piece 3243 disposed below the heating element 3242 and connected to the heating element 3242, a sealing cover 3244 mounted on the insulating base 3241, and a collar 3248 sleeved on a top end of the insulating base 3241. Two convex block parts 3249 are formed on the retainer ring 3248 and protrude outwards along the radial direction of the retainer ring 3248, in this embodiment, two clamping grooves 3235 corresponding to the two convex block parts 3249 are further formed below the smoke pot cover 323, the retainer ring 3248 is made of a soft material, the soft material includes, but is not limited to, silica gel, rubber and the like, when the heating component 324 is installed in the fixing seat 321, the smoke pot cover 3231 is installed in the clamping groove 3211 through the clamping column 3236, at this time, the two convex block parts 3249 made of the soft material are respectively located in the two clamping grooves 3235, so that the heating component 324 and the smoke pot cover 3231 are kept relatively fixed.

Referring to fig. 2 and 4, in the present embodiment, the insulating base 3241 is made of a ceramic material, a first air inlet 3245 is formed at a lower end of the insulating base 3241, a first air outlet 3246 is formed at an upper end of the insulating base 3241, the heating element 3242 is disposed in the insulating base 3241, the electrode contact piece 3243 is fixed on the heating element 3242, and the sealing cover 3244 is fixed on a side wall of the insulating base 3241. Wherein a third air flow path is formed between the first air inlet port 3245 and the first air outlet port 3246, the third air flow path is communicated with the two air inlet ports 3215, the third air flow path is communicated with the second air flow path in the smoke pot assembly 323, wherein, when the smoke pot component 323 is in a vertical state, the second air flow channel is a channel formed between the heat conducting device at the lower end of the smoke pot 3232 and the top opening of the smoke pot 3232, thereby being beneficial to transmitting heat carried by hot air flow into the smoke pan 3232, the heating element 3242 is placed in the insulating seat 3241 through the through hole on the sealing cover 3244, and the sealing cover 3244 is arranged on the side wall of the fixed seat 321 which is vertically arranged, therefore, the sealing cover 3244 can be conveniently detached, furthermore, the heating element 3242 and other parts are replaced, the heating element 3242 can heat the air entering the heating element 3242, and the hot air flow passes through the air outlet end of the fixed seat 321 and is transmitted to the smoke pan 3232; in one embodiment, the end of the electrode contact piece 3243 protrudes downward along the axial direction of the electrode contact piece 3243 to form a stop 331, a notch 3247 is formed in the insulating base 3241 for accommodating the stop 331, the electrode contact piece 3243 is inserted into the insulating base 3241 along the notch 3247, and the electrode contact piece 3243 is fixed in the insulating base 3241 by the stop 331, thereby facilitating the contact between the electrode contact piece 3243 and the positive and negative electrodes of the battery output.

Referring to fig. 2 and 4, in the present embodiment, the heating element 3242 is arranged in the insulating base 3241 in a zigzag manner along the intake airflow, and since the heating element 3242 is in a zigzag manner, a multi-layer "blocking net" can be formed by the zigzag manner, so as to increase the contact area of the airflow, and reduce the flow velocity of the airflow, so that the time for the airflow to flow through the heating element 3242 is prolonged, thereby ensuring that the airflow is sufficiently heated. In another embodiment, not shown, the heating element 3242 has a folding distance between the upper and lower ends of the heating element 3242 along the direction of hot air flow transmission, which is closer than the folding distance of the middle section, and specifically, the folding distance of the middle section of the heating element 3242 can be widened, so that the folding distance between the middle section of the heating element 3242 is slightly sparse, and the folding distances between the upper and lower ends are closer, thereby reducing the flow velocity of the air flow in the heating element 3242, heating the air flow sufficiently, and ensuring that the air flow entering the smoke pot assembly 323 can enter at a relatively high temperature. It is to be understood that in other embodiments (not shown), the heating assembly 324 further includes a plurality of insulating posts (not shown), one end of each of which is fixed on the cover 3244, and the other end of each of which abuts against the end of the winding path of the heating element 3242, and the insulating posts may be integrally sintered with the cover 3244, so that the shape stability of the heating element 3242 is further ensured since the insulating posts are supported at the end of the winding path of the heating element 3242. In other embodiments, not shown, the heating assembly 324 further includes a support conductive pillar (not shown) fixed on the heating element 3242, specifically, the support conductive pillar may be fixed at one end of the heating element 3242 by wrapping, or may be welded or integrally formed at one end of the heating element 3242. The supporting conductive posts can also provide certain support for the heating element 3242, so that deformation caused by heating at high temperature is avoided; the side wall of the insulating base 3241 is provided with a conductive pillar slot (not shown), and the supporting conductive pillar is inserted into the conductive pillar slot 313. It is understood that in other embodiments, not shown, the heating element 3242 may also be helical, and the helical direction of the heating element 3242 is helical along the axial direction of the intake air flow, that is, the upper end and the lower end of the heating element 3242 are relatively far away and rotate, so as to form a helical air channel in the fixing seat 321, and because the helical shaft has a certain supporting function, the supporting conductive column or the insulating column may be omitted. In addition, in another embodiment, not shown, the heating elements 3242 include at least two groups, and the circuits between each group of heating elements 3242 are independent of each other, and the heating elements 3242 are heating nets, wherein a first group of heating nets is attached to the smoke pot assembly 323, and a second group of heating nets is located below the first group of heating nets. Specifically, when the first group of heating nets is powered on, heat is transferred to the smoke pot assembly 323 through a heat transfer mode, and the heating temperature of the first group of heating nets is kept relatively low, so that the smoke pot assembly 323 can keep a certain temperature without being cooled too much, for example, the temperature is kept at 35 ℃ to 40 ℃. The second set of heating screens, again by air heating, first heats the air stream entering the heating elements 3242 and then heats the smoke producing materials in the hot air stream baking bowl assembly 323, thereby producing smoke. When triggering the electron cigarette start, can work with the first group heating network of cigarette pot direct contact, preheat cigarette pot subassembly 323, when the real suction electron cigarette of user, first group heating network stop work, and other indirect contact's heating network is triggered the circular telegram, carries out the air current heating.

It should be understood that, since the heating device 32 in this embodiment includes the fixing base 321 and the smoke pot assembly 323 connected to one end of the fixing base 321, the heating device 32 includes at least two sets of heating systems, wherein at least one set of heating system is located at the air inlet end of the fixing base 321, which is referred to as a first set of heating system, the first set of heating system includes the heating assembly 324, and the air outlet end of the fixing base 321 is provided with at least one set of heating system, in this embodiment, since the smoke pot assembly 323 is located at the air outlet end of the fixing base 321, the heating system located at the air outlet end of the fixing base 321 also refers to the heating system located on the smoke pot assembly 323, and the smoke pot assembly 323 is provided with a set of heating system, which is referred to as a second set of heating system, and the second set of heating system includes the heat conducting device that forms the smoke pot 3232 on the peripheral side of the smoke pot assembly 323 and the bottom wall, the air flow passes through the air supply device, after the air flow entering from the air inlet end of the fixing seat 321 is heated by the heating element 3242 of the first set of heating system, the hot air flow passes through the air outlet end of the fixing seat 321 and enters the smoke pan assembly 323 from the air flow through hole arranged on the bottom wall of the smoke pan assembly 323, and in the process, the hot air flow heats the glass body, so that the heat conducting device obtains heat carried by partial hot air flow, and heats the smoke substance directly contacted with the heat conducting device through the heat conduction effect, and the hot air flow passes through the gap of the smoke substance to heat the smoke substance, so that the smoke substance brings out and mixes nicotine in the smoke gas under the heat conduction effect of the glass body and the heating effect of the hot air flow, and the nicotine is sucked. It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, not shown, the heat conducting means is a metal mesh disposed on the bottom wall of the fume pot assembly 323, the metal mesh is disposed separately or sintered in the bottom wall of the fume pot 3232, and the heated air generated by the heating element 3242 heating the air is transferred to the metal mesh, and the smoke generating material disposed on the metal mesh is heated by the metal mesh and the heated air passing through the metal mesh.

In this embodiment, since the smoke pot assembly 323 is partially disposed in the fixing base 321, the heating assembly 324 is disposed in the fixing base 321, and the smoke pot assembly 323 can be fixed on the fixing base 321 by rotation, and the smoke pot assembly 323 can be separated from the fixing base 321 by reverse rotation, the smoke pot assembly 323 can be directly pulled out, and the smoke pot 3232 and/or the heat conducting device can be cleaned or replaced, which is simple and convenient to operate.

The engaging member 322 is provided with a receiving groove 3221 for mounting the mouthpiece 40.

Referring to fig. 2 and 4, the mouthpiece 40 includes a lid 41 partially disposed in the bowl sleeve 3231, a mouthpiece cup 42 disposed on the lid 41, and a mouthpiece body 43 covering the mouthpiece cup 42 and supported by the top end of the fastening member 322.

A first air flow channel 431 is arranged in the cigarette holder 40, and the first air flow channel 431 is communicated with the inner cavity of the tobacco pot 3232.

In the present embodiment, the lower end of the lid 41 is closed, the lid 41 is provided in the mouthpiece cup 42, and the mouthpiece cup 42 is provided in the mouthpiece body 43. In the embodiment, a circuitous first airflow channel 431 is arranged in the mouthpiece cup 42, the first airflow channel 431 extends from the bottom of the mouthpiece cup 42 to the top of the mouthpiece cup 42, then turns back to the bottom of the mouthpiece cup 42, and finally is discharged from an air outlet channel 432 located in the center of the mouthpiece cup 42, and the first airflow channel 431 is communicated with the inner cavity of the smoke pan 3232, the first airflow channel 431 can increase the flow length of the smoke flow, reduce the temperature of the smoke, and avoid burning, and specifically, the first airflow channel 431 is communicated with the third airflow channel through the second airflow channel. In this embodiment, a gasket 44 is disposed on an outer wall of the bowl cover 3231, and the upper end peripheral side of the bowl cover 3231 is sleeved with an inner wall of the mouthpiece body 43 through the gasket 44, so as to ensure a sealing connection between the bowl cover 3231 and the mouthpiece body 43, and a smoke outlet 433 communicated with the air outlet channel 432 is formed at the top of the mouthpiece body 43. It will be appreciated that in an embodiment not shown, the mouthpiece cup 42 may be omitted, with the air outlet passage 432 being formed centrally of the mouthpiece body 43, or the air outlet passage 432 being formed centrally of the smoke cover 41. In one embodiment, not shown, the circuitous first flow channel 431 may be omitted.

In one embodiment, not shown, the smoke cap 41 is an interference fit with the mouthpiece body 43 or mouthpiece cup 42. The mouthpiece body 43 and the mouthpiece cup 42, and the mouthpiece cover 41 and the mouthpiece cup 42 are both detachably and fixedly connected, and when the mouthpiece 40 needs to be detached, the mouthpiece body 43, the mouthpiece cup 42, and the mouthpiece cover 41 can be pulled out as a whole.

In one embodiment, not shown, the lid 41 is a bottom-sealed, open-topped cylinder, and when it is installed over the bowl 3232, the smoke formed in the bowl 3232 cannot pass through its bottom due to its bottom seal, but instead exits through the gap between the side wall at the top of the bowl 3232 and the bottom of the lid 41, into the first airflow channel 431.

In one embodiment, not shown, a filter screen (not shown) is provided within the mouthpiece 40 to prevent smoking material within the bowl 3232 from being drawn out during smoking. Optionally, the filter screen may be disposed at the bottom of the air outlet channel 432.

In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 9, a dipping portion 3234 is further provided on the pot cover 3231, in the present embodiment, the dipping portion 3234 is substantially in the shape of a protruding tip, and further, the dipping portion 3234 extends from the top end of the pot cover 3231 in the direction away from the pot 3232, and the extending lengths of the parts of the top end are different, so that the upper end surface of the dipping portion 3234 is substantially in the shape of an ellipse. It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, not shown, the dipping portion 3234 may be in other shapes to facilitate the addition of tobacco, such as funnel shape, and the dipping portion 3234 is used to add tobacco, such as tobacco, tobacco paste, and cigarette paste, when needed, it will be appreciated that the dipping effect is best when the tobacco is semi-solid, the mouthpiece body 43 can be directly pulled out when in use, and the dipping portion 3234 can be used to scoop the smoking material, such as cigarette paste, from the container, so no additional tools are needed.

Referring to fig. 4 again, in the present embodiment, the lower end of the side portion of the mouthpiece body 43 protrudes downward along the axial direction of the protruding mouthpiece body 43 to form a protruding portion 434, the protruding portion 434 can be matched with the receiving groove 3221, and the protruding portion 434 is substantially in a pointed shape. The bulge 434 is convenient for add the tobacco material after arrangement tobacco material and clear up the tobacco pot after using tobacco pot cover 3231 at tobacco pot cover 3231, and in this embodiment, the bulge 434 extends towards keeping away from the direction of smoke outlet 433 at the bottom of cigarette holder body. In the present embodiment, the housing 10 further has a receiving groove 15 for receiving the protrusion 434. It will be appreciated that when the mouthpiece 40 is mounted in the receiving groove 3221, the protrusion 434 can be received in both the receiving groove 3221 and the receiving groove 15.

The use process comprises the following steps: referring to fig. 10, when smoking, the electronic cigarette is started, external airflow enters the fixing seat 321 from the air inlet hole 14, passes through the air inlet 3215, enters the insulating seat 3241, flows to the bottom of the insulating seat 3241 along the gap between the fixing seat 321 and the insulating seat 3241, enters the insulating seat 3241 from the first air inlet 3245 at the bottom of the insulating seat 3241, and after the airflow entering from the air inlet end of the fixing seat 321 is heated by the heating element 3242 of the first set of heating system, the hot airflow passes through the insulating seat 3241 and the air outlet end of the fixing seat 321, enters the smoke pan assembly 323 from the airflow through hole arranged on the bottom wall of the smoke pan assembly 323, and in this process, the hot airflow heats the smoke pan 3232, so that the smoke pan 3232 obtains heat carried by partial hot airflow, and heats the smoke substance directly contacted with the heat conducting device through the heat conduction effect, the hot airflow passes through the gap of the smoke substance, heats the smoke substance, so that under the heating effect of the hot airflow of the smoke pan, the nicotine is taken out and mixed in the smoke for the user to suck.

When the tobacco material is added, the mouthpiece 40 can be directly pulled out, and the dipping portion 3234 can scoop out the smoking material such as tobacco paste from the container, so that an additional tool is not required. Because the protruding portion 434 is arranged on one side of the cigarette holder body 43, the protruding portion 434 is roughly in a pointed shape, the protruding portion 434 is convenient for adding tobacco materials into the tobacco pot sleeve 3231 and then finishing tobacco leaves and cleaning the tobacco pot after using the tobacco pot sleeve 3231, and the housing 10 is further provided with the accommodating groove 15 for accommodating the protruding portion 434.

Because tobacco bowl subassembly 323 and heating element 324 all set up on fixing base 321, and tobacco bowl subassembly 323 just can fix on fixing base 321 through the rotation, just can make tobacco bowl subassembly 323 and fixing base 321 separation through reverse rotation, consequently also can directly dial out heating member 3242, wash or change heating member 3242, easy operation, convenience.

The utility model provides an electronic cigarette 100, because in the insulating part perforation 3121 was located to electrode post 313, snap ring groove 3131 has been seted up to electrode post 313's lower extreme, in two snap ring grooves 3131 were located respectively to snap ring 314, keep away from the one end of snap ring groove 3131 on the pulling electrode post 313, snap ring 314 supports the inner wall of holding insulating part 312 and prevents that electrode post 313 breaks away from insulating part perforation 3121 and is taken out.

In light of the foregoing, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art from this disclosure that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. The technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the content of the specification, and must be determined according to the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. An electrode assembly for an electronic cigarette, comprising: electrode subassembly include the insulating part, install in electrode post, cover on the insulating part are located elastic component and cover on the electrode post are located snap ring on the electrode post, the insulating part perforation has been seted up on the insulating part, the electrode post runs through the insulating part perforation, the snap ring groove has been seted up to the lower extreme of electrode post, keep away from on the electrode post the one end of snap ring groove is provided with the electrode cap, the one end of elastic component with the electrode cap supports and holds, the other end of elastic component with the insulating part supports and holds, the snap ring is located in the snap ring groove, the pulling keep away from on the electrode post the one end of snap ring groove, the snap ring supports and holds the inner wall of insulating part prevents the electrode post breaks away from the insulating part perforation is taken out.

2. The electrode assembly of claim 1, wherein: the electrode assembly further comprises a connecting base with openings at two ends, a cavity is formed in the connecting base, and the insulating piece is accommodated in the cavity of the connecting base.

3. The electrode assembly of claim 2, wherein: the inner surface of the cavity of the connecting seat protrudes towards the center of the cavity of the connecting seat to form a boss, and the insulating part is abutted against the boss.

4. A battery device, the battery device comprising a housing, characterized in that: the battery device includes an electrode assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which is housed in the case.

5. An electronic cigarette, characterized in that: comprising an atomizer and a battery device according to claim 4, the battery device and the atomizer being electrically connected.

6. The electronic cigarette of claim 5, wherein: the battery device is electrically connected with the atomizer through threads.

7. The electronic cigarette of claim 5, wherein: the atomizer includes heating device, heating device includes the fixing base and locates heating element in the fixing base, heating element is including being located insulating seat in the fixing base, locating heating element in the insulating seat and locating heating element below with the electrode contact piece of electrode post butt.

8. The electronic cigarette of claim 7, wherein: the end part of the electrode contact piece extends downwards along the axial direction of the electrode contact piece to form a stopping part, and a notch for accommodating the stopping part is formed in the insulating seat.

9. The electronic cigarette of claim 7, wherein: the atomizer is still including locating the cigarette holder of heating device one end, the cigarette holder includes that cigarette holder cup and cover are located cigarette holder body on the cigarette holder cup, heating device still includes joint spare, joint spare is located heating device with between the cigarette holder, the holding tank has been seted up on the joint spare, the lateral part lower extreme of cigarette holder body is followed the axial downwardly convex of cigarette holder body is stretched and is formed the bulge, the bulge with the holding tank adaptation.