CN212590303U

CN212590303U - Battery device and electronic cigarette

Info

Publication number: CN212590303U
Application number: CN202020235288.1U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 戴昌正; 徐中立; 李永海
Original assignee: Shenzhen FirstUnion Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhongshan hewo Electronic Technology Co.,Ltd.
Priority date: 2020-02-29
Filing date: 2020-02-29
Publication date: 2021-02-26
Anticipated expiration: 2030-02-28

Abstract

The utility model discloses a battery device and electron cigarette, wherein battery device includes the shell, battery pack and locking subassembly, the shell has an opening and is formed with in the shell and holds the chamber, battery pack accessible opening is inserted and is located and hold the intracavity or remove from this holding intracavity, the locking subassembly is located on the battery pack, and at least some elastic expansion ground protrusion in battery pack periphery side of locking subassembly, it is equipped with the spacing groove on the intracavity wall to hold, the part of locking subassembly protrusion battery pack periphery side surface falls in the spacing groove, remove from holding the intracavity with restriction battery pack. The utility model discloses a battery device and electron cigarette, easily assembly just can effectively protecting sheathing integrality.

Description

Battery device and electronic cigarette

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an electron smoking set technical field especially relates to a battery device and electron cigarette.

Background

The electronic cigarette is an electronic product simulating the smell, taste and feeling of cigarettes, and can help people to quit smoking and reduce the harm of smoking to human bodies. An electronic cigarette typically comprises an atomiser for heating an aerosol-generating substrate to produce an aerosol, and a battery arrangement for powering the atomiser, the battery arrangement having a battery assembly disposed therein to provide a stable electrical power output for the atomiser, ensuring that the electronic cigarette can continue to be used normally. Under the general condition, battery pack all sets up in battery device's shell, in the processing assembling process, need to finish battery pack the back with the equipment and install fixedly to the shell again, in order to realize the firm installation in the shell, the buckle is generally protruding to establish in battery pack's week side now, cooperate through the buckle position on buckle and the shell and realize the fixed connection of battery pack and shell, however, when installing battery pack to the shell in, protruding buckle of establishing on battery pack surface can cause the extrusion to the shell, lead to the shell to break easily, consequently, need control battery pack to insert the speed of shell in the assembling process, this degree of difficulty that will increase the assembly, lead to work efficiency not high.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

A primary object of the present invention is to provide a battery device for an electronic cigarette and an electronic cigarette having the same, which are easy to assemble and can effectively protect the integrity of the housing.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the technical proposal that: the utility model provides a battery device for electron cigarette, including the shell, battery pack and locking subassembly, the shell has an opening and is formed with in the shell and holds the chamber, battery pack accessible opening is inserted and is located and hold the intracavity or remove from this holds the intracavity, the locking subassembly is located on the battery pack to at least partly elastic expansion ground protrusion in battery pack periphery side of locking subassembly is equipped with the spacing groove on holding the intracavity wall, the part that the locking subassembly protrudes the battery pack periphery side surface is sunken in the spacing groove, remove from holding the intracavity with the restriction battery pack.

Preferably, the locking subassembly includes locking closure, retaining member and elastic component, and battery pack's the concave mounting groove that is equipped with in periphery side surface, and elastic component and retaining member are all located in the mounting groove to elastic component one end offsets with the bottom of mounting groove, and the other end offsets with the retaining member, and the locking closure lid is established the mounting groove and retaining member part passes the locking closure and is protruded battery pack periphery side surface.

Preferably, the locking member is provided with a mounting hole matched with the elastic member, and the elastic member is inserted into the mounting hole.

Preferably, the retaining member includes an insertion portion, a protruding portion and a limiting portion, the protruding portion is formed by extending a part of the surface of the outer side of the insertion portion in the radial direction of the insertion portion, the outer side of the insertion portion is sleeved with the elastic member and abuts against the protruding portion, the limiting portion is arranged on one side of the insertion portion, which deviates from the elastic member, and the limiting portion penetrates through the lock cover and protrudes out of the peripheral side surface of the battery pack to be matched with the limiting groove.

Preferably, the locking subassembly includes the spring thimble, and the spring thimble includes fixed part and elastic component, and elastic component and fixed part elastic connection, on the fixed part was fixed in battery pack, the elastic component protrusion battery pack's periphery side surface to cooperate with the spacing groove that holds on the intracavity wall.

Preferably, the fixing portion is provided with external threads, and the battery pack is provided with threaded holes matched with the fixing portion.

Preferably, the number of the locking assemblies is at least two, and the locking assemblies are arranged on the battery assembly at intervals.

The utility model also provides an electron cigarette, including foretell battery device and atomizer, battery device is connected with the atomizer electricity.

Preferably, a matching cavity matched with the atomizer is formed in the shell, and the atomizer is at least partially inserted into the matching cavity through the opening so as to be electrically connected with the battery device.

Preferably, the atomizer is provided with a magnetic electric connecting piece, a magnet and a metal thimble are arranged on the battery device corresponding to the magnetic electric connecting piece, when the atomizer is inserted into the matching cavity, the magnet is magnetically connected with the magnetic electric connecting piece, and the metal thimble is electrically connected with the magnetic electric connecting piece.

The utility model discloses a battery device and electron cigarette, set up the spacing groove and set up the locking subassembly on battery pack through the intracavity that holds at the shell, and make the setting of part locking subassembly elastically flexible at battery pack's periphery side, insert when holding the intracavity when battery pack, the part locking subassembly of protrusion battery pack periphery side can receive the extrusion that holds the intracavity wall and sink in battery pack, when the locking subassembly removes to the position relative with the spacing groove along with battery pack, this part locking subassembly will pop out battery pack's periphery side surface and sink in the spacing groove, cooperation through this part locking subassembly and spacing groove, just can make battery pack and shell firm be connected, in the installation, the locking subassembly can not cause too big extrusion to the shell, not only installation convenient operation, and can effectively protect the integrality of shell.

Drawings

The objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings. One or more embodiments are illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, which correspond to the figures in which like reference numerals refer to similar elements and which are not to scale unless otherwise specified.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an overall structure of an electronic cigarette according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is an exploded schematic view of an electronic cigarette according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a cut-away exploded view of an electronic cigarette according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic cigarette according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view of an electronic cigarette according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 5;

figure 7 is a partial cross-sectional view of an electronic cigarette according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is an enlarged view of portion B of fig. 7;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a lock cover according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of a retaining member according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a sectional view of a retaining member according to another embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure: 1. a battery device; 11. a housing; 111. an accommodating chamber; 112. a limiting groove; 113. a matching cavity; 12. a battery assembly; 121. mounting grooves; 13. a locking assembly; 131. a locking cover; 1311. a through hole; 132. a locking member; 1320. mounting holes; 1321. an insertion portion; 1322. a protrusion; 1323. a limiting part; 134. a spring thimble; 1341. a fixed part; 1342. an elastic portion; 14. a magnet; 15. a metal thimble; 2. an atomizer; 21. a magnetic electrical connector; 100. an electronic cigarette.

Detailed Description

It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention. In order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. 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 be present. The terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "inner", "outer" and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only.

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. 1-4, the electronic cigarette 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a battery device 1 and an atomizer 2, and the battery device 1 is electrically connected to the atomizer 2 to supply power to the atomizer 2.

Specifically, the battery device 1 includes a housing 11, a battery assembly 12, and a locking assembly 13, where the housing 11 has an opening therein, and a receiving cavity 111 is formed in the housing 11, the battery assembly 12 is inserted into the receiving cavity 111 through the opening or removed from the receiving cavity 111, the locking assembly 13 is disposed on the battery assembly 12, and at least a portion of the locking assembly 13 protrudes out of the outer peripheral side of the battery assembly 12 in an elastically stretchable manner, a limiting groove 112 is disposed on an inner wall of the receiving cavity 111, and a portion of the locking assembly 13 protruding out of the outer peripheral side surface of the battery assembly 12 is trapped in the limiting groove 112 to limit the battery assembly 12 from being removed from the receiving cavity 111.

In the battery device 1 and the electronic cigarette 100, the position-limiting groove 112 is arranged in the accommodating cavity 111 of the housing 11, the locking assembly 13 is arranged on the battery assembly 12, and part of the locking assembly 13 is elastically and telescopically arranged on the outer peripheral side of the battery assembly 12, when the battery assembly 12 is inserted into the accommodating cavity 111, the part of the locking assembly 13 protruding out of the outer peripheral side of the battery assembly 12 is pressed by the inner wall of the accommodating cavity 111 and is trapped in the battery assembly 12, when the locking assembly 13 moves to the position opposite to the position-limiting groove 112 along with the battery assembly 12, the part of the locking assembly 13 pops out and is trapped in the position-limiting groove 112, and by the matching of the part of the locking assembly 13 and the position-limiting groove 112, the battery assembly 12 and the housing 11 can be stably connected, in the installation process, the locking assembly 13 cannot cause excessive pressing to the housing 11, and the installation operation is convenient, but also the integrity of the housing 11 can be effectively protected.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 5 to 6, the locking assembly 13 includes a locking cover 131, a locking member 132 and an elastic member 133, the outer peripheral surface of the battery assembly 12 is concavely provided with a mounting groove 121, the elastic member 133 and the locking member 132 are both disposed in the mounting groove 121, one end of the elastic member 133 abuts against the bottom of the mounting groove 121, the other end abuts against the locking member 132, the locking cover 131 covers the mounting groove 121, and the locking member 132 partially protrudes out of the outer peripheral surface of the battery assembly 12 through the locking cover 131. Specifically, the locking cover 131 is provided with a through hole 1311, the locking member 132 partially passes through the through hole 1311 and extends out of the peripheral side surface of the battery assembly 12, when the battery assembly 12 is inserted into the accommodating cavity 111 of the housing 11, the locking member 132 is pressed by the inner wall of the accommodating cavity 111 and is trapped on the peripheral side surface of the battery assembly 12, and when the locking member 132 moves to be aligned with the limiting groove 112, the locking member 132 extends out of the peripheral side surface of the battery assembly 12 under the action of the resilience of the elastic member 133 so as to cooperate with the limiting groove 112 to stably place the battery assembly 12 in the accommodating cavity 111.

In a preferred embodiment, referring to fig. 11, the locking member 132 is provided with a mounting hole 1320 matched with the elastic member 133, and the elastic member 133 is inserted into the mounting hole 1320. By providing the mounting holes 1320 on the locking member 132, the elastic members 133 can be inserted into the mounting holes 1320 to abut against the locking member 132 to stably provide the repulsive force so that the locking member 132 is stably engaged with the stopper groove 112 to restrict the removal of the battery assembly 12 from the housing 11.

Further, referring to fig. 10, the locking member 132 includes an insertion portion 1321, a protrusion 1322 and a limiting portion 1323, the protrusion 1322 is formed by extending a part of the surface of the outer side of the insertion portion 1321 along the radial direction of the insertion portion 1321, the elastic member 133 is sleeved on the outer side of the insertion portion 1321 and abuts against the protrusion 1322, the limiting portion 1323 is disposed on a side of the insertion portion 1321 away from the elastic member 133, and the limiting portion 1323 penetrates the locking cover 131 and protrudes out of the outer peripheral side surface of the battery assembly 12 to be matched with the limiting groove 112. Preferably, the insertion portion 1321, the protruding portion 1322 and the limiting portion 1323 are all cylindrical, the diameter of the protruding portion 1322 is larger than that of the insertion portion 1321, the diameter of the limiting portion 1323 is equal to or smaller than that of the insertion portion 1321, so that the protruding portion 1322 can abut against one side of the lock cover 131 away from the limiting groove 112 to prevent the locking member 132 from integrally popping out of the limiting groove 112, and in addition, the elastic member 133 abuts against the protruding portion 1322 to provide a stable resilience force so that the limiting portion 1323 can stably cooperate with the limiting groove 112 to limit the removal of the battery assembly 12 from the accommodating cavity 111. Of course, in other embodiments, the insertion portion 1321, the projection 1322, and the limiting portion 1323 may have other shapes, such as a prism shape, and the like.

In the above embodiment, the elastic member 133 is preferably a spring.

In another embodiment, referring to fig. 7-8, the locking assembly 13 includes a pogo pin 134, the pogo pin 134 includes a fixing portion 1341 and an elastic portion 1342, the elastic portion 1342 is elastically connected to the fixing portion 1341, the fixing portion 1341 is fixed to the battery assembly 12, and the elastic portion 1342 protrudes out of the outer peripheral surface of the battery assembly 12 to match with the limiting groove 112 on the inner wall of the accommodating cavity 111. In this embodiment, the locking assembly 13 only includes the pogo pin 134, the elastic portion 1342 of the pogo pin 134 can elastically extend and contract on the fixing portion 1341, during the process of inserting the battery assembly 12 into the accommodating cavity 111 of the housing 11, the elastic portion 1342 is firstly pressed by the inner wall of the accommodating cavity 111 and is trapped in the fixing portion 1341, when the pogo pin 134 moves along with the battery assembly 12 to align with the limiting groove 112, the elastic portion 1342 is ejected from the fixing portion 1341 and inserted into the limiting groove 112 to cooperate with the limiting groove 112 to limit the separation of the battery assembly 12 from the accommodating cavity 111, so that the battery assembly 12 can be stably placed in the housing 11.

In one embodiment, an external thread may be disposed on the fixing portion 1341, and a threaded hole matching with the fixing portion 1341 is disposed on the battery module 12, so that the pogo pin 134 can be fixed to the battery module 12 by a threaded connection, and the connection is stable. Of course, the pogo pins 134 may be fixed to the battery assembly 12 by interference fit, and only holes matched with the fixing portions 1341 need to be formed in the battery assembly 12. The pogo pins 134 may also be mounted to the battery assembly 12 by other fixing means, such as adhesive fixing, fixing by other connecting members, etc., and are not limited herein.

It should be noted that, in the present embodiment, at least two locking assemblies 13 are disposed on the battery assembly 12 at intervals. Specifically, in a preferred embodiment, the battery assembly 12 is oblong, and has a certain extension dimension in the longitudinal and transverse directions of the axial direction, and the dimension in the longitudinal direction is smaller than the dimension in the transverse direction, the two locking assemblies 13 are respectively disposed on the two opposite sides of the transverse direction or the two opposite sides of the longitudinal direction of the battery assembly 12, at this time, the shape of the accommodating cavity 111 matches the shape of the battery assembly 12, so that the problem that whether the locking assemblies 13 can be accurately matched with the limiting grooves 112 or not does not need to be considered in the process of inserting the battery assembly 12 into the accommodating cavity 111, and the installation operation is facilitated. Of course, the entire battery module 12 may be circular or elliptical, and the shape of the housing cavity 111 may be adjusted according to the shape of the battery module 12.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 4, the housing 11 is further formed with a matching cavity 113 adapted to the atomizer 2, and the atomizer 2 is at least partially inserted into the matching cavity 113 to be electrically connected to the battery device 1. The mounting connection of the atomizer 2 to the battery device 1 is facilitated by the provision of a matching chamber 113 on the housing 11. Specifically, referring to fig. 4, 5 and 7, the atomizer 2 is provided with a magnetic electrical connector 21, the battery device 1 is provided with a magnet 14 and a metal thimble 15 at a position corresponding to the magnetic electrical connector 21, when the atomizer 2 is inserted into the matching cavity 113, the magnet 14 is magnetically connected with the magnetic electrical connector 21, and the metal thimble 15 is electrically connected with the magnetic electrical connector 21; the atomizer 2 is electrically connected with the battery device 1 through the magnetic electric connecting piece 21 and the metal ejector pin 15, the detachable connection is further realized through the magnetic electric connecting piece 21 and the magnet 14, the magnetic attraction matching of the magnet 14 and the magnetic electric connecting piece 21 can enable the atomizer 2 to be stably placed in the matching cavity 113, and the battery device 1 can stably supply power to the atomizer 2, so that the atomizer 2 can normally work for a long time to heat aerosol generating substrate to generate aerosol for a user to suck.

It should be noted that the preferred embodiments of the present invention are described in the specification and the drawings, but the present invention can be realized in many different forms, and is not limited to the embodiments described in the specification, and these embodiments are not provided as additional limitations to the present invention, and are provided for the purpose of making the understanding of the disclosure of the present invention more thorough and complete. Moreover, the above technical features are combined with each other to form various embodiments which are not listed above, and all the embodiments are regarded as the scope of the present invention; further, modifications and variations will occur to those skilled in the art in light of the foregoing description, and it is intended to cover all such modifications and variations as fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. The battery device for the electronic cigarette is characterized by comprising a shell, a battery assembly and a locking assembly, wherein the shell is provided with an opening, a containing cavity is formed in the shell, the battery assembly can be inserted into the containing cavity through the opening or removed from the containing cavity, the locking assembly is arranged on the battery assembly, at least one part of the locking assembly can elastically and telescopically protrude out of the outer peripheral side of the battery assembly, a limiting groove is formed in the inner wall of the containing cavity, and the part of the locking assembly protruding out of the outer peripheral side surface of the battery assembly is sunk into the limiting groove so as to limit the battery assembly from being removed from the containing cavity.

2. The battery device according to claim 1, wherein the locking assembly includes a locking cover, a locking member, and an elastic member, wherein an installation groove is concavely formed on the outer peripheral side surface of the battery assembly, the elastic member and the locking member are both disposed in the installation groove, and one end of the elastic member abuts against the bottom of the installation groove and the other end abuts against the locking member, the locking cover is disposed in the installation groove, and the locking member partially protrudes from the outer peripheral side surface of the battery assembly through the locking cover.

3. The battery device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the locking member has a mounting hole adapted to the elastic member, and the elastic member is inserted into the mounting hole.

4. The battery device according to claim 2, wherein the locking member includes an insertion portion, a protrusion portion and a position-limiting portion, the protrusion portion is formed by extending a part of the surface of the outer side of the insertion portion in a radial direction of the insertion portion, the elastic member is sleeved on the outer side of the insertion portion and abuts against the protrusion portion, the position-limiting portion is disposed on a side of the insertion portion facing away from the elastic member, and the position-limiting portion penetrates the locking cover and protrudes from the outer peripheral side surface of the battery pack to be fitted into the position-limiting groove.

5. The battery device according to claim 1, wherein the locking assembly comprises a spring ejector pin, the spring ejector pin comprises a fixing portion and an elastic portion, the elastic portion is elastically connected with the fixing portion, the fixing portion is fixed on the battery assembly, and the elastic portion protrudes out of the peripheral side surface of the battery assembly to match with a limiting groove on the inner wall of the accommodating cavity.

6. The battery device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the fixing portion is provided with external threads, and the battery pack is provided with threaded holes for fitting with the fixing portion.

7. The battery device of claim 1, wherein the number of the locking assemblies is at least two, and the locking assemblies are arranged on the battery assembly at intervals.

8. An electronic cigarette, comprising the battery device according to any one of claims 1 to 7 and a nebulizer, wherein the battery device is electrically connected to the nebulizer.

9. The electronic cigarette of claim 8, wherein a matching cavity is formed in the housing and is adapted to the atomizer, and the atomizer is at least partially inserted into the matching cavity through the opening to electrically connect to the battery device.

10. The electronic cigarette of claim 9, wherein the atomizer is provided with a magnetic electrical connector, the battery device is provided with a magnet and a metal thimble corresponding to the magnetic electrical connector, when the atomizer is inserted into the matching cavity, the magnet is magnetically connected with the magnetic electrical connector, and the metal thimble is electrically connected with the magnetic electrical connector.