CN211746953U

CN211746953U - Heating non-combustible smoking set

Info

Publication number: CN211746953U
Application number: CN201921043628.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王辉; 宋时浩; 孟凡博; 李波
Original assignee: Qingdao Yizhong Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Yizhong Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-07-04
Filing date: 2019-07-04
Publication date: 2020-10-27
Anticipated expiration: 2029-07-04

Abstract

The utility model provides a heating does not burn smoking set, including battery and heating member, still include circuit assembly, circuit assembly includes: a flexible substrate; the control circuit, the battery welding spot and the heating body welding spot are formed on the flexible substrate; the flexible substrate is connected with the battery and the heating body through a battery welding spot and a heating body welding spot respectively. To a certain extent, the connection of all components in the smoking set can be more compact, and the whole assembly process is simplified by improving the connection mode.

Description

Heating non-combustible smoking set

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a smoking article, concretely relates to heating does not burn smoking set.

Background

The cigarette is not burnt by heating, and unlike the traditional cigarette, the low-temperature cigarette designed by taking the idea of 'not burning by heating' can ensure that the tobacco leaves are just heated to the degree of giving off the taste, and the tobacco leaves cannot be ignited. Generally, when ordinary cigarettes are smoked, a large number of harmful substances are generated at a high temperature of 350 ℃ to 600 ℃, and when low-temperature cigarettes are all below 300 ℃, the harmful substances are reduced. Specifically, taking the emissions as an example, heating a non-combustible tobacco product is only about 5% of conventional tobacco. From a cytotoxicity perspective, heating a non-combustible tobacco product is about 14% of a conventional cigarette.

In addition, the heating non-combustion product is closer to the traditional cigarette in taste and smoking experience, so that a smoker can feel the real tobacco taste and is more easily accepted.

As described above, in the heating of the nonflammable tobacco product, tobacco is heated by an external heat source instead of igniting the tobacco to generate a tobacco flavor gas, and there are methods such as char heating and electric heating. The method is characterized in that a special smoking set is required to be arranged for heating the non-burning tobacco products, the heating temperature and the heating time are accurately controlled, the heating and the non-burning can be realized, obviously, the special heating and the non-burning tobacco products are required to be provided with a more complex heating module, an energy module and a control module, and the volume of the smoking set is far larger than that of the traditional cigarette products. Intuitively, traditionally, the articles of smoking articles are in the range of tens of cigarettes to tens of cigarettes in a cigarette pack, while some cigarette packs also have a friction-lit configuration, which is very convenient to carry and store. And the heating incombustible goods on the present market, cigarette props up and puts in a cigarette case to because the heating principle, the humidity keeps handling to the cigarette case needs, to the smoking set of a cigarette heating when still needing the suction in addition, most products still dispose the box that charges specially, lead to needing great storage space, cause certain inconvenience for carrying.

In addition, as described above, the heating of the non-combustible smoking set requires a variety of functions, and different modules need to be arranged, so that the smoking set manufacturing process is complicated, and particularly, the assembly process is complicated, and is not suitable for the characteristics of large quantity of tobacco products and high requirement for industrialization degree.

Therefore, the technical problem that how to reduce the size of the smoking set and meet the requirements of miniaturization and portability of the smoking set is very much concerned by technical personnel in the industry.

The above description is included in the technical recognition scope of the inventors, and does not necessarily constitute the prior art.

Disclosure of Invention

To the technical problem who mentions in the above background art, the utility model provides a heating does not burn smoking set to a certain extent, can make each component's in the smoking set connection compacter to through improving connected mode, make holistic equipment technology obtain simplifying.

The utility model adopts the technical proposal that:

a heating non-combustion smoking set, which comprises a battery and a heating body,

further comprising a circuit assembly, the circuit assembly comprising: a flexible substrate; the control circuit, the battery welding spot and the heating body welding spot are formed on the flexible substrate;

the flexible substrate is connected with the battery and the heating body through a battery welding spot and a heating body welding spot respectively.

In a preferred embodiment, the device further comprises a shell, wherein the shell defines a cylindrical cavity, and two ends of the shell are provided with openings communicated with the outside and the cylindrical cavity;

the battery, the flexible substrate and at least part of the heating body are accommodated in the columnar cavity;

and enabling the heating module to penetrate through the opening to enter the cylindrical cavity.

The manufacturing method of the heating non-combustion smoking set based on the above description comprises the following steps:

forming a control circuit, a battery welding spot and a heating body welding spot on a flexible substrate;

connecting a flexible substrate with a battery and a heating body through a battery welding spot and a heating body welding spot respectively to form a heating module;

the opening is used for the battery and the flexible substrate to penetrate through so as to enter the columnar cavity.

In a preferred embodiment, the flexible substrate has several bending parts for changing the extending direction of the local flexible substrate.

In a preferred embodiment, the two ends of the battery are provided with a positive electrode metal pin and a negative electrode metal pin, which are respectively connected with the two battery welding points, the bent portions include a first bent portion and a second bent portion, and the extending direction of the middle portion of the flexible substrate is changed through the first bent portion and the second bent portion, so that the middle portion forms a first U-shaped structure with an opening facing perpendicular to the extending direction of the battery, and the first U-shaped structure covers two end faces or local areas of the two end faces of the battery and also covers a local area of a single-side circumferential surface of the battery.

In a preferred embodiment, the control circuit includes a first control unit disposed at the first end of the flexible substrate, and the bending portion further includes a third bending portion, and the extending direction of the first end is changed by the third bending portion to form a second U-shaped structure with an opening facing parallel to the extending direction of the battery.

In a preferred embodiment, the control circuit, the battery welding point and the heating body welding point are all arranged on the front surface of the flexible substrate;

and rigid backing plates are arranged on the back surfaces of the areas where the control circuit, the battery welding spots and the heating body welding spots are arranged on the flexible substrate.

In a preferred embodiment, the device further comprises a first rigid support frame which supports the first end part and is relatively fixedly connected with the first end part through one or more rigid backing plates in a limiting mode, and the first rigid support frame is provided with an outer peripheral surface matched with the inner wall of the shell.

In a preferred embodiment, the first support frame, the battery and the heating body are connected with the flexible substrate to form a whole body extending along the axial direction of the battery, and the whole body enters the cylindrical cavity through the opening.

In a preferred embodiment, the device further comprises a charging connector;

the circuit assembly further comprises a charging joint welding spot formed on the flexible substrate, and the flexible substrate is connected with the charging joint through the charging joint welding spot.

In a preferred embodiment, the charging connector solder joint is disposed at the second end of the flexible substrate, and the bent portion further includes a fourth bent portion, and the extending direction of the second end is changed by the fourth bent portion to form a third U-shaped structure with an opening facing parallel to the extending direction of the battery.

In a preferred embodiment, the charging connector pad is arranged on the front side of the flexible substrate;

and a rigid backing plate is arranged on the back of the region where the charging connector welding points are arranged on the flexible substrate.

In a preferred embodiment, the control circuit comprises a power supply driving circuit, a heating driving circuit and a switch circuit which are separately arranged;

the power supply driving circuit is electrically connected with the heating circuit and the switch circuit through a conduction unit formed on the flexible substrate.

In a preferred embodiment, the switch circuit comprises a switch element, and the second support frame is provided with a button for triggering the switch element;

and the second rigid support frame is used for supporting the second end part and is relatively and fixedly connected with the second end part through one or more limiting rigid backing plates and is provided with an outer peripheral surface matched with the inner wall of the shell.

By adopting the technical scheme, the flexible substrate is provided with the welding spots for connecting all parts of elements, so that the arrangement of wires is reduced, and the compactness of the whole structure is improved. And, through connecting closely, each part component will constitute a relatively stable whole based on the flexible substrate, has improved the modularization degree of product to reduce the complexity of follow-up assembly process from this, obviously, make component and flexible substrate relatively fixed through welded structure, compare fixed spacing each part component earlier, then through the wire connection, it is more simple and convenient to operate, and, also can reduce the setting of process units.

In addition, each part component will constitute a relatively stable whole based on the flexible substrate, still adapts to and selects the open-ended integral type casing as the outside support, and this will further reduce technology complexity, for split type casing, reduced the fashioned mould quantity of casing and the process of the components of a whole that can function independently lock or connect of casing in the assembling process at least, also reduced relevant location and spacing process.

Finally, as the internal structure of the smoking set is more compact while the smoking set is miniaturized, the whole heat dissipation is not facilitated, and the most direct result is that in the cigarette heating process, if a conducting wire is arranged in the smoking set, the temperature change of the heating element influences the change of conducting parameters of the conducting wire, so that the stability of a cigarette heating temperature control curve is influenced, the instability of the smoking taste is possibly caused, and particularly in continuous smoking, the possibility of the occurrence of the situation is higher, so that the arrangement of the conducting wire is reduced, the miniaturization of the smoking set is realized, and the stability of the cigarette smoking experience is improved.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are described herein, serve to provide a further understanding of the invention and constitute a part of this specification, and the exemplary embodiments and descriptions thereof are provided for explaining the invention without unduly limiting it. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic view illustrating a using state of a smoking set without burning when heated according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a flexible substrate in a smoking set heated without burning according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a flexible substrate in a smoking set heated without burning according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a flexible substrate in a smoking set heated without burning according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is an assembly diagram of a portion of a heated non-burning smoking article according to yet another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is an assembly diagram of a portion of a heated non-burning smoking article according to yet another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a schematic view showing a folding manner of a flexible substrate in a smoking set that is not burned when heated according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is an assembled cross-sectional view of a portion of a non-combustible smoking article heated in accordance with another embodiment of the invention.

Detailed Description

In order to more clearly explain the overall concept of the present invention, the following detailed description is given by way of example in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

It should be noted that in the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, however, the present invention may be practiced in other ways than those specifically described herein, and thus the scope of the present invention is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.

In addition, in the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. However, the direct connection means that the two bodies are not connected to each other by the intermediate structure but connected to each other by the connecting structure to form a whole. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

In the present application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature may be directly on or directly under the second feature or indirectly via intermediate members. In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

Fig. 1 shows the usage of the heating non-combustion smoking set 100, the smoking set is internally provided with functional modules such as a heating element, an energy supply element, and a control element, and a cigarette C is inserted into one end of the smoking set and heated by the heating element at a specific temperature to generate aerosol for a user to smoke, so as to achieve a smoking experience.

In one embodiment, the innovation of the present invention in one aspect is described based on the structure shown in fig. 2, which includes a battery, a heating body and a circuit assembly, which is a commonly configured functional module for heating non-combustible smoking set.

Wherein the circuit assembly includes a flexible substrate 110; a control circuit 1101, a battery pad 1102, and a heater pad 1103 formed on the flexible substrate; in this embodiment, the control circuit 1101 is divided into two parts, located at different areas of the flexible substrate 110, and the signal transmission is realized through the conductive structure (not shown) on the surface of the flexible substrate. In some embodiments, the control circuitry may also be provided as a unitary body, disposed on a flexible substrate as desired.

The flexible substrate 110 is connected to the battery and the heater through a battery solder 1102 and a heater solder 1103, respectively.

The flexible substrate is provided with the welding spots for connecting the battery and the heating body, so that the arrangement of wires is reduced, the axial extension length of the internal element in the smoking set can be shortened, and the compactness of the whole structure is improved. In addition, in the structure of wire connection, if the limit is not increased, the elements connected with each other can swing freely; the welding points are used for welding tightly, all parts of the elements form a relatively stable whole based on the flexible substrate, the modularization degree of a product is improved, and the complexity of a subsequent assembly process is reduced.

In addition, each part element forms a relatively stable whole based on the flexible substrate, and is also suitable for selecting an open-ended integrated shell as an external support, which further reduces the process complexity. Compared with a split type shell, the number of moulds for forming the shell and the split buckling or connecting process of the shell in the assembling process are at least reduced, and the related positioning and limiting processes are also reduced.

In addition, as the internal structure of the smoking set becomes more compact while pursuing miniaturization of the smoking set, the heat generation of the heating body is more intensively distributed in the smoking set, the most direct result is that, in the process of heating cigarettes, if the conducting wire is arranged in the smoking set, the temperature change of the heating element can influence the change of the conducting parameter of the conducting wire, thereby influencing the stability of the heating temperature control curve of the cigarettes, and possibly causing the instability of the smoking taste.

Based on the structure disclosed by the embodiment, the smoking set further comprises a shell, wherein the shell is selected to limit a columnar cavity, and two ends of the shell are provided with openings for communicating the outside with the columnar cavity;

the shell is mainly used for supporting each element, specifically, a battery and a flexible substrate, and at least part of the heating body is accommodated in the columnar cavity; the opening is used for the battery and the flexible substrate to penetrate through to enter the columnar cavity.

The structure form of forming the welding points on the basis of the flexible substrate to directly connect the battery and the flexible substrate is particularly suitable for the columnar cavity structure entering through the end opening.

The specific manufacturing process mainly comprises the following steps: forming a control circuit, a battery welding spot and a heating body welding spot on a flexible substrate; the flexible substrate is connected with the battery and the heating body through a battery welding spot and a heating body welding spot respectively to form a heating module; the heating module is passed through the opening into the cylindrical cavity.

Preferably, the shell is of an integrally formed structure, and the columnar cavity is cylindrical; the number of forming dies can be reduced by the aid of the integrally forming mode, the split mode of a buckling structure is avoided, and corresponding interfaces do not need to be machined or formed. And the shaping is changeed to the cylinder shape, also can select multiple implementation, for example, accessible mould pressing mode forms the cavity, also can adopt the mode of post processing such as bore hole processing, in fact, as preferred implementation, seamless metal pipe or seamless composite material pipe can directly be chooseed for use to the casing, under the prerequisite that satisfies the size requirement, directly at the section of fashioned tubular product intercepting fixed length, constitute the substrate of casing, other structures are processed out to the rethread machining mode, this will reduce the cost of manufacture by a wide margin undoubtedly.

In many preferred embodiments, the flexible substrate will have bends that change the direction of extension of the local flexible substrate.

For example, in an embodiment, with reference to fig. 4, a positive electrode metal pin and a negative electrode metal pin are disposed at two ends of the battery and are respectively connected to two battery pads 3102, the bent portions include a first bent portion 3105 and a second bent portion 3106, and the extending direction of the middle portion of the flexible substrate is changed by the first bent portion 3105 and the second bent portion 3106, so that the middle portion forms a first U-shaped structure with an opening facing perpendicular to the extending direction of the battery, and covers two end surfaces or partial regions of the two end surfaces of the battery, and also covers partial region of one side of the circumferential surface of the battery.

Referring generally to the structures illustrated in fig. 5 and 7, there are some differences in detail and the U-shaped structures are constructed in a consistent manner. The extending direction of the middle portion of the flexible substrate is changed by the first bent portion 4105 and the second bent portion 4106. The length of the flexible substrate along the axial extension direction of the battery can be reduced through the bending part, and the flexible substrate and the battery are directly and fixedly connected relatively, wherein relatively fixed means that the two connecting structures basically keep the relative positions unchanged, and slight shaking or swinging can be allowed, so that the structural connection of the flexible substrate and the battery is realized while the electrical connection is realized, and the additional connecting structures and connecting processes are reduced.

Referring to fig. 4, the control circuit includes a first control unit 3101 located right in the drawing, the first control unit 3101 is disposed at the first end portion of the flexible substrate 310, and the bent portion further includes a third bent portion 3107, and the extending direction of the first end portion is changed by the third bent portion 3107 to form a second U-shaped structure having an opening facing parallel to the extending direction of the battery. Referring generally to the structures illustrated in fig. 5 and 7, there are some differences in detail, and the U-shaped structure is formed in a uniform manner, and the extending direction of the first end portion is changed by the third bending portion 3107.

The length of the substrate along the axial extension direction of the battery can be reduced by the change of bending, and it should be noted that the bending angle is 180 degrees or close to 180 degrees, the extension direction of the part provided with the control unit is approximately close to the axis of the battery by matching with the first U-shaped structure, the size of the columnar cavity is mainly determined by the battery, so that the extension direction of the control unit is approximately close to the axis of the columnar cavity, when the columnar cavity is cylindrical, enough radial arrangement space is provided for the control unit, and under the determined area, the radial arrangement space is increased, which means that the axial extension is shortened, and the axial extension length of the whole body is favorably shortened. In the embodiment shown in fig. 5, with a similar bending arrangement, the extending direction of the control unit is substantially coincident with the extending direction of the heating body 430 disposed at the axis of the smoking set.

With reference to fig. 2 to 5, in each embodiment, the control circuit, the battery solder joint and the heater solder joint are uniformly disposed on the same surface of the flexible substrate, which is defined as a front surface;

on the flexible substrate, a rigid backing plate (not shown) is provided on the back of the region where the control circuit, the battery pads and the heater pads are arranged.

The rigid backing plate can strengthen the rigidity of the local structure of the flexible substrate, so that the local structure of the flexible substrate, particularly the part provided with the control and welding points is a rigid structure, the front surface of the part can be kept from bending change, and the structure arranged on the front surface is prevented from being pulled due to the bending of the substrate to cause damage or failure.

As shown in fig. 5, the smoking article further includes a first rigid support frame 460 supporting the first end portion and fixedly attached thereto opposite the first end portion by one or more rigid retaining plates, having an outer peripheral surface that engages the inner wall of the housing.

In this way, in the assembly process, the first end portion of the flexible substrate may be directly defined relative to the housing by the first rigid support 460, and it may be considered that a stop structure or a limit structure matched with the housing is formed on the surface of the first rigid support 460, for example, a smooth protrusion is formed on the surface of the first rigid support 460, and the housing forms a limit hole, and after the first rigid support 460 is pushed into the cylindrical cavity defined by the housing, the protrusion reaches the limit hole and forms a fastening structure with the limit hole.

In another aspect of the embodiment shown in fig. 5, the first support frame 460, the battery 420 and the heating body 430 are connected to the flexible substrate 410 to form a whole body extending along the axial direction of the battery 420, and enter the cylindrical cavity through the opening of the housing. The components can be integrated into a whole and then the whole is pushed into the cylindrical cavity, so that the assembly process of the shell and the internal components is simplified.

In another aspect of the embodiment illustrated in fig. 5-8, the smoking article further comprises a charging connector 440 as an external interface for charging the battery 420;

the circuit assembly further includes a charging connector pad formed on the flexible substrate 410, and the flexible substrate 410 is connected to the charging connector 440 through the charging connector pad. The position of the charging connector pad can be referred to in the very similar embodiment illustrated in fig. 4, where the charging connector pad 3104 is located on the left side of the flexible substrate 310, which can be understood as the other end where the first end of the heating body pad 3103 is located.

That is, referring to fig. 5 to 8, the charging connector pad is disposed at the second end of the flexible substrate 410, and the bent portion further includes a fourth bent portion 4108, and the extending direction of the second end is changed by the fourth bent portion 4108, so as to form a third U-shaped structure with an opening facing parallel to the extending direction of the battery. Structural variations and principles thereof may be referred to in the construction of the second U-shaped structure. The function is also to provide a larger circuit layout space, in some embodiments, the control unit is a split, and the control unit further includes a second control unit at the left end in the figure, and the second control unit and the connected charging connector 440 are respectively disposed at two sides, i.e., the upper side and the lower side in the figure, of the third U-shaped structure.

Correspondingly, the charging connector welding spot is also arranged on the front side of the flexible substrate;

and a rigid base plate is arranged on the back of the region where the charging joint welding points are arranged on the flexible substrate.

In another aspect of the embodiments illustrated in fig. 5-8, the control circuit includes a separate power driving circuit, a heating driving circuit and a switching circuit 4104; in the figure, the power supply driving circuit is the second control unit located on the left side and above the charging connector 440 after being bent, and the heating driving circuit is the first control unit located on the right side and below the switch circuit 4104 after being bent.

The power supply driving circuit is electrically connected with the heating circuit and the switch circuit through a conduction unit formed on the flexible substrate. That is, the flexible substrate is used to replace the conducting wire to realize the conducting function.

In another aspect of this embodiment, and with reference to fig. 6 and 8, the switching circuit includes a switching element, and the first rigid support frame is provided with a button 4601 for activating the switching element. An alternative implementation of the button 4601 is a resilient tongue-shaped structure formed on the first rigid support, by pressing the trigger switch element inwardly, in combination with the foregoing, the first rigid support being pushed into the housing, the housing being provided with an opening exposing the button, or the housing being provided with a structure for activating the inward pressing of the button.

Correspondingly, as shown in fig. 6 and 8, the smoking set further includes a second rigid support 450 supporting the second end and fixedly connected to the second end by one or more rigid pads, and having an outer peripheral surface engaged with the inner wall of the housing.

Like this, in the smoking set with the joint that charges, first rigid support frame 460, second rigid support frame 450, flexible substrate 410, battery 420 and heating member 430 form the overall structure as in fig. 6 through the rigidity enhancement and the solder joint connected mode of buckling the structure, the back, wholly be with cylindricly, can cooperate the column cavity that the shell was injectd, when the installation, this overall structure only needs a process just can push in the column cavity.

Claims

1. A smoking set without burning by heating comprises a battery and a heating body, and is characterized in that,

2. The heated non-combustible smoking article of claim 1, further comprising a housing defining a cylindrical cavity, the housing having openings at both ends communicating with the exterior and the cylindrical cavity;

3. The heated non-combustible smoking article of claim 2, wherein the flexible substrate has a plurality of bends that change the direction of extension of the partially flexible substrate.

4. The smoking set of claim 3, wherein the battery has a positive electrode metal pin and a negative electrode metal pin at two ends thereof, which are connected to the two battery pads, respectively, and the bending portion includes a first bending portion and a second bending portion, and the extending direction of the middle portion of the flexible substrate is changed by the first bending portion and the second bending portion, so that the middle portion forms a first U-shaped structure with an opening facing perpendicular to the extending direction of the battery, and covers two end surfaces or a partial region of the two end surfaces of the battery, and a partial region of a single-side circumferential surface of the battery.

5. The heated non-combustible smoking article of claim 3 or 4, wherein the control circuit comprises a first control unit disposed at the first end of the flexible substrate, the bend further comprising a third bend, wherein the third bend changes the extending direction of the first end to form a second U-shaped structure with an opening facing parallel to the extending direction of the battery.

6. The heated non-combustible smoking article of claim 5, wherein the control circuit, battery solder and heater solder are disposed on the front side of the flexible substrate;

7. The heated non-combustible smoking article of claim 6, further comprising a first rigid support frame supporting said first end portion and fixedly connected to said first end portion opposite said first end portion by one or more rigid retaining plates, having an outer peripheral surface engaging an inner wall of said housing.

8. The heated non-combustible smoking article of claim 7, wherein the first rigid support, the battery and the heater are connected to the flexible substrate to form a unitary body extending axially along the battery and into the cylindrical cavity through the opening.

9. The heated non-combustible smoking article of claim 3, further comprising a charging connector;

10. The heated non-combustible smoking article of claim 9, wherein the charging connection pad is disposed at the second end of the flexible substrate, the bend further comprising a fourth bend, wherein the fourth bend changes the direction of extension of the second end to form a third U-shaped configuration with an opening parallel to the direction of extension of the battery.

11. The heated non-combustible smoking article of claim 10, wherein said charging connector pad is disposed on a front side of said flexible substrate;

12. The heated non-combustible smoking article of claim 11, wherein a second rigid support frame supporting said second end portion and fixedly attached relative to said second end portion by retaining one or more of said rigid pads has an outer peripheral surface that engages an inner wall of said housing.

13. The heated non-combustible smoking article of claim 8, wherein the control circuit comprises a separate power drive circuit, a heating drive circuit and a switching circuit;

the power supply driving circuit is electrically connected with the heating driving circuit and the switch circuit through a conduction unit formed on the flexible substrate.

14. The heated non-combustible smoking article of claim 13, wherein the switching circuit comprises a switching element, and wherein the first rigid support frame is provided with a button that activates the switching element.