CN215775586U

CN215775586U - Switch structure and aerosol generating device

Info

Publication number: CN215775586U
Application number: CN202121397199.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨小明
Original assignee: Jiwan Shenzhen Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Jiwan Shenzhen Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-06-22
Filing date: 2021-06-22
Publication date: 2022-02-11
Anticipated expiration: 2031-06-22

Abstract

The utility model discloses a switch structure and an aerosol generating device, which comprise an operating piece, a circuit component, a spring needle component and a main control board, wherein the operating piece is movably arranged, the circuit component is arranged on one side of the operating piece or in an accommodating cavity of the operating piece, when the circuit component is arranged in the accommodating cavity of the operating piece, a contact on the circuit component is exposed from an opening on the operating piece, the spring needle component is fixedly arranged, in the moving process of the operating piece, the spring needle component contacts different contacts on a first circuit component, and meanwhile, the operating piece shields an air inlet to different degrees. The aerosol generating device can achieve the aim of matching and adjusting the air inflow and the mist outlet through one-time operation, and in addition, because the circuit component is accommodated in the operating part, the space for arranging the circuit component is not required to be provided, so that the space occupied by the circuit component can be saved for the aerosol generating device, and the aerosol generating device is more compact and small.

Description

Switch structure and aerosol generating device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of aerosol generating devices, in particular to a switch structure and an aerosol generating device.

Background

The aerosol generating device is an electronic appliance which can generate mist for a user to suck, and is popular among people due to unique taste, convenient use and the like. The aerosol generating device generally needs to perform air passage adjustment and gear adjustment, the former aims to change the size of the air intake quantity, and the latter aims to adjust the working power of the aerosol generating device so as to integrate proper mist outlet quantity to adapt to the air intake quantity.

Generally speaking, the adjustment of the air intake quantity and the mist outlet quantity can be realized only by independently arranging two sets of structures and respectively operating the two sets of structures, but the operation mode cannot ensure the matching effect of the air intake quantity and the mist outlet quantity, the situation that the air intake quantity and the mist outlet quantity are not matched often occurs, the smoking feeling of a user is influenced, and meanwhile, the internal space of the aerosol generating device is also occupied very much, so that the size of the aerosol generating device is larger. Based on this, some aerosol generating device try to be integrated as an organic whole with two sets of structures to hopefully reach the purpose of realizing two kinds of regulations through once-through operation, but current relevant structure is still reasonable inadequately on structural design, and the aspect of saving inner space etc. is not prominent enough.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides a switch structure and an aerosol generating device, aiming at further saving the internal space of the aerosol generating device.

According to a first aspect, there is provided in one embodiment a switch arrangement for use with an aerosol-generating device having an air inlet, the switch arrangement comprising:

the operating piece is movably arranged and is provided with an accommodating cavity and an opening communicated with the accommodating cavity;

the circuit component is arranged on one side of the operating piece or in the accommodating cavity of the operating piece, and when the circuit component is arranged in the accommodating cavity of the operating piece, the contact on the circuit component is exposed from the opening on the operating piece;

the elastic needle assembly is fixedly arranged, and in the moving process of the operating piece, the elastic needle assembly contacts different contacts on the circuit assembly, and meanwhile, the operating piece shields the air inlet to different degrees;

and the main control board, the circuit component and the spring needle component form a loop and are used for sending different control signals when the operating piece moves.

In one embodiment, n resistance units with different resistance values are arranged on the circuit component at intervals, n +1 contact points are formed on the n resistance units, one resistance unit is arranged between every two adjacent contact points, and n is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2.

In one embodiment, the latch assembly has at least two pins for contacting two adjacent contacts, respectively.

In one embodiment, the n is equal to 3, the resistance values of the 3 resistance units sequentially increase or decrease, the 4 contacts sequentially form three high, medium and low gears, each gear is formed by two adjacent contacts, the pogo pin assembly has two pins, and when the operating element moves, the two pins can respectively contact the three high, medium and low gears.

In one embodiment, the operating member includes an operating portion and a moving portion, the moving portion is formed with the accommodating cavity and the opening, and the moving portion can be driven to move by pulling the operating portion.

In one embodiment, an elastic sealing member is disposed on one side of the moving portion, and the elastic sealing member abuts against a wall surface of the aerosol generation device forming the air inlet to shield the air inlet.

In one embodiment, the elastic sealing element is one of silicone and rubber.

In one embodiment, the circuit assembly is provided with an enclosure surrounding the contacts, and the latch assembly is at least partially receivable in the enclosure.

According to a second aspect, an embodiment provides an aerosol generating device, which includes a main machine and an atomizer installed on the main machine, wherein the atomizer and the main machine are formed with an air passage, the air passage is communicated to the outside through an air inlet, the main machine includes a power supply unit, and the aerosol generating device further includes the switch structure according to the first aspect, the switch structure is arranged on the main machine and is matched with the air inlet, and the power supply unit is electrically connected to the main control board in the switch structure.

In one embodiment, the main body includes a housing formed with a moving groove, the air inlet is provided on an inner wall surface of the moving groove, and the switch structure is provided in the moving groove.

The embodiment of the utility model has the following beneficial effects:

according to the switch structure and the aerosol generating device in the embodiment, the elastic needle assembly can be contacted with different contacts on the circuit assembly by controlling the operation piece to move, so that different control signals are formed, the control signals can control the aerosol generating device to work under different working efficiencies, meanwhile, the operation piece can also shield the air inlet to different degrees, and therefore the purpose of matching and adjusting the air inlet quantity and the fog outlet quantity through one-time operation is achieved. In addition, the circuit component is accommodated in the operating part, and space does not need to be provided for the arrangement of the circuit component, so that the space occupied by the circuit component can be saved for the aerosol generating device, and the aerosol generating device is more compact and small.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

Wherein:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an aerosol-generating device provided according to an embodiment of the utility model;

figure 2 shows a schematic view of another angle of an aerosol generating device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

figure 3 shows a schematic view of a further angle of an aerosol generating device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 shows a cross-sectional view along A-A of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 shows a cross-sectional view along B-B of FIG. 3;

figure 6 shows a schematic view of an aerosol generating device provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention with the outer casing removed;

figure 7 shows an exploded view of a host and switch arrangement of an aerosol generating device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

figure 8 shows an exploded view from another perspective of a host and switch configuration of an aerosol generating device provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of the main element symbols:

100-an operating member; 110-a housing chamber; 120-opening; 130-an operating part; 140-a moving part; 150-an elastomeric seal; 141-a first side; 142-a second side;

200-circuit components; 210-a resistance unit; 220-enclosure ring;

300-a pogo pin assembly; 310-stitch;

400-a main control board;

10-a host machine; 11-an air inlet; 12-a power supply unit; 13-a housing; 14-a bottom shell; 15-a charging interface; 13 a-a moving slot; 13 b-a housing chamber; 13 c-internal air intake; 13 d-first airway;

20-an atomizer; 21-a second airway; 22-a mouthpiece; 23-a liquid storage bin; 24-an atomizing assembly;

30-switch configuration.

Detailed Description

To facilitate an understanding of the utility model, the utility model will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown in the drawings. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.

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. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "left," "right," 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 utility model herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the utility model. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an aerosol generating device, which can adjust air inflow and mist outflow at the same time, is simple and convenient to operate, and has a more compact structure and a small appearance due to reasonable design and collocation of all structural modules in the aerosol generating device.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, the aerosol generating device includes a main body 10 and an atomizer 20 mounted on the main body 10, the atomizer 20 and the main body 10 form an air passage, the air passage is communicated to the outside through an air inlet 11, the main body 10 includes a power supply unit 12 for supplying power to the atomizer 20, a switch structure 30 is further disposed on the main body 10, the switch structure 30 is disposed in cooperation with the air inlet 11 on the main body 10, the switch structure 30 is configured to adjust the power supplied to the atomizer 20 by the power supply unit 12, and the size of an opening of the air inlet 11 can be adjusted to achieve adaptive adjustment of mist outlet amount and air inlet amount.

Referring to fig. 2 to 5, the main body 10 includes a housing 13, a moving groove 13a is formed in a wall of the housing 13, the air inlet 11 is disposed on an inner wall surface of the moving groove 13a, and the switch structure 30 is movably disposed in the moving groove 13 a.

The housing 13 is formed with a housing cavity 13b, the power supply unit 12 is housed in the housing cavity 13b, and a part of the switch structure 30 is also housed in the housing cavity 13b and electrically connected to the power supply unit 12.

In addition, the host 10 further includes a bottom case 14 located at the bottom of the housing 13, and a charging interface 15, such as a USB interface, is provided at the bottom case 14 so as to charge the aerosol generating device.

Referring to fig. 3 to 5, an inner air inlet 13c communicated with the air inlet 11 is provided inside the housing 13, the inner air inlet 13c is communicated with a first air passage 13d formed by the housing 13, after the external air enters the housing 13 from the air inlet 11, the external air sequentially enters a second air passage 21 formed by the atomizer 20 through the inner air inlet 13c and the first air passage 13d, the second air passage 21 is communicated with the first air passage 13d to form an air passage, and the second air passage 21 is directly communicated with the mouthpiece 22.

The atomizer 20 mainly includes a liquid storage chamber 23 and an atomizing assembly 24, the liquid storage chamber 23 surrounds the atomizing assembly 24, the atomizing assembly 24 guides the liquid in the liquid storage chamber 23 to a heating mechanism of the atomizing assembly 24 through a liquid guide cotton or the like, so as to atomize the liquid and form mist, and the atomizing assembly 24 is located in a second air passage 21 formed by the liquid storage chamber 23, so that when the aerosol generating device is inhaled, air flows into the second air passage 21 from the first air passage 13d, and the mist is carried out of the second air passage 21 by the air and is inhaled by a user.

It should be noted that the positional relationship between the reservoir 23 and the atomizing assembly 24 can be modified in various ways, and the reservoir 23 and the atomizing assembly 24 can be embodied in various specific structures, which are not illustrated or limited herein.

In the embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 6 to 8, the switch structure 30 includes an operating member 100, a circuit assembly 200, a pogo pin assembly 300, and a main control board 400.

The operating member 100 is movably disposed, for example, movably disposed in the moving groove 13a, and the operating member 100 may be formed with a receiving chamber 110 and an opening 120 communicating with the receiving chamber 110.

When the operating device 100 has the receiving cavity 110 and the opening 120, the circuit assembly 200 can be received in the receiving cavity 110, and the contact on the circuit assembly 200 is exposed from the opening 120.

In other cases, the circuit assembly 200 may be directly mounted on one side of the operating member 100.

The pogo pin assembly 300 is fixedly disposed, and in the moving process of the operation member 100, the pogo pin assembly 300 contacts different contacts on the circuit assembly 200, and the operation member 100 shields the air inlet 11 to different degrees.

The main control board 400 forms a loop with the circuit assembly 200 and the pogo pin assembly 300 to send different control signals when the operation device 100 moves. The main control board 400 may be disposed in the accommodating cavity 13b formed by the housing 13 and electrically connected to the power supply unit 12, and the power supply unit 12 may be adjusted to supply power to the atomizer 20 through the main control board 400, so that the atomizer 200 operates at different powers and finally forms different mist output amounts.

In the switch structure 30 of the embodiment of the present invention, the pogo pin assembly 300 can contact different contacts on the circuit assembly 200 by operating the operation element 100 to move, so as to form different control signals, which can control the aerosol generating device to work under different working efficiencies, and meanwhile, the operation element 100 can also shield the air inlet 11 to different degrees, thereby achieving the purpose of matching and adjusting the air inlet amount and the mist outlet amount through one operation. In addition, the circuit assembly 200 is accommodated inside the operating element 100, and there is no need to provide space for the circuit assembly 200, so that the space occupied by the circuit assembly 200 can be saved for the aerosol generating device, and the aerosol generating device is more compact and smaller.

On the other hand, the arrangement mode of the circuit assembly 200 embedded in the operating member 100 enables the operating member 100 and the circuit assembly 200 to be integrally detached and replaced, which is important when the circuit assembly 200 is in failure and needs to be quickly repaired.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 8, n resistor units 210 with different resistances are spaced on the circuit assembly 200, n +1 contacts are formed on the n resistor units 210, a resistor unit 210 is disposed between two adjacent contacts, and n is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2.

Therefore, with the head and the tail of the n +1 contacts as the starting point and the ending point, starting from the starting point, a resistance value is provided between the first group of contact groups including the contact adjacent to the starting point and the starting point, another resistance value is provided between the second group of contact groups including the contact adjacent to the starting point and the other contact adjacent to the contact, and so on, the n resistance units 210 can form n contact groups, that is, n resistance values, and n different resistance value steps can be formed in a loop by the contact of different contacts on the spring pin assembly 300 and the circuit assembly 200, so that the main control board 400 sends different control signals.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 8, the latch assembly 300 has at least two pins 310, and the two pins 310 have elastic expansion and contraction properties to contact two adjacent contacts respectively.

In a specific embodiment, referring to fig. 6 to 8, n is equal to 3, and the resistance values of the 3 resistor units 210 sequentially increase or decrease, at this time, the 4 contacts formed by the 3 resistor units 210 sequentially form three high, middle and low gears (i.e. three different sets of contacts), each gear is formed by two adjacent contacts, the pogo pin assembly 300 has two pins 310, and when the operating element 100 moves, the two pins 310 can respectively contact the three high, middle and low gears.

In other specific embodiments, the specific value of n may be set according to actual requirements.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 6 to 8, the operating element 100 includes an operating portion 130 and a moving portion 140, the moving portion 140 is formed with the accommodating cavity 110 and the opening 120, and the moving portion 140 can be driven to move in the moving slot 13a by pulling the operating portion 130.

It is understood that the operating portion 130 preferably extends out of the moving groove 13a for the convenience of the user.

The width of the moving part 140 is matched with the width of the moving slot 13a, meanwhile, the moving part 140 has a first side 141 and a second side 142 opposite to each other, the first side 141 faces the inner wall surface of the moving slot 13a to form the air inlet 11, the second side 142 faces away from the inner wall surface, the accommodating cavity 110 is formed between the first side 141 and the second side 142, and the opening 120 is opened on the second side 142, so that after the circuit assembly 200 is placed in the accommodating cavity 110, the contacts on the circuit assembly 200 can be exposed from the opening 120.

The latch assembly 300 is spaced apart from and opposite the second side 142, and its pin 310 always abuts against the second side 142, and when moving, the pin 310 will be switched to contact with a different contact.

In a specific embodiment, referring to fig. 8, an elastic sealing member 150 is disposed on one side (the first side 141) of the moving portion 140, and the elastic sealing member 150 abuts against the inner wall surface forming the air inlet 11 to block the air inlet 11.

Here, by providing the elastic sealing member 150, the intake port 11 can be sealed well by the elastic action of the elastic sealing member 150, which is advantageous for the precise adjustment of the intake air amount.

In some embodiments, the resilient seal 150 may be made of silicone, rubber, or other material having certain resilient properties.

On the other hand, in order to increase the adjusting feeling and enable the user to intuitively feel the switching of the latch assembly 300 between different contacts, referring to fig. 7, an enclosure 220 surrounding the contacts is protrusively provided on the circuit assembly 200, the enclosure 220 protrudes from the opening 120, and the latch assembly 300 can be at least partially accommodated in the enclosure 220.

During the movement of the operating element 100 and the switching of the pin 310 from one contact to another, the pin 310 is suitably blocked by the enclosure 220, and the user needs to increase the pushing or pulling force significantly, and when the pin 310 is switched from one enclosure 220 to another enclosure 220, a crisp sound is generated, so that the user can clearly sense whether the operating element 100 has completed the adjustment operation.

It should be noted that the structure of the enclosure 220 is preferably consistent with the structure of the pins 310, for example, when the pins 310 are cylindrical, the enclosure 220 is also designed to be round, so that the enclosure 220 can wrap the pins 310 to prevent the pins 310 from shaking in addition to increasing the effect of adjusting the tactile sensation.

In addition, the enclosure 220 is preferably made of soft and elastic material, such as the aforementioned silicone rubber or rubber.

It should be noted that, in the above embodiments herein, the circuit assembly 200, the pogo pin assembly 300 and the main control board 400 form a loop, and the resistance units 210 with different resistances are disposed on the circuit assembly 200 to adjust the resistance in the loop, and the resistance units 210 can be directly soldered on the circuit assembly 200 by using the resistance values by moving the position of the operating element 100.

It is understood that the circuit assembly 200 may be designed integrally to form different resistance values between the contacts, for example, resistance wires or other parts may be disposed between the different contacts of the circuit assembly 200, and the resistance wires or the like may be directly embedded in the circuit assembly 200 to be integrally formed with the circuit assembly 200.

In conjunction with the foregoing, when the circuit assembly 200 is directly mounted on one side of the operating element 100, the related structure of the circuit assembly 200 can be directly welded on one side of the operating element 100, for example, a wire, a resistor, etc. can be welded on one side of the operating element 100 to form the circuit assembly 200.

It should be noted that the air inlet 11 in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be multiple or single, and when it is single, the air inlet 11 is preferably designed in a strip-shaped structure.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the claims. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. Switch structure is applied to aerosol generating device, aerosol generating device has the air inlet, its characterized in that, switch structure includes:

the operating piece is movably arranged;

2. The switch structure of claim 1, wherein n resistor units with different resistance values are arranged on the circuit component at intervals, n resistor units form n +1 contact points, one resistor unit is arranged between two adjacent contact points, and n is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2.

3. The switch structure of claim 2 wherein said latch assembly has at least two pins for contacting two adjacent ones of said contacts, respectively.

4. The switch structure of claim 3, wherein n is equal to 3, the resistance values of 3 resistor units are sequentially increased or decreased, 4 contacts are sequentially formed into three high, middle and low gears, each gear is formed by two adjacent contacts, and the latch assembly has two pins which can respectively contact the three high, middle and low gears when the operating member moves.

5. The switch structure according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said operating member includes an operating portion and a moving portion, and said moving portion is driven to move by pulling said operating portion.

6. The switch structure of claim 5, wherein one side of the moving portion is provided with an elastic sealing member, and the elastic sealing member abuts against a wall surface of the aerosol generating device forming the air inlet to shield the air inlet.

7. The switch structure of claim 6, wherein said resilient seal is one of silicone and rubber.

8. The switch structure according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that said circuit assembly is provided with a raised enclosure surrounding said contacts, said latch assembly being at least partially receivable in said enclosure.

9. The aerosol generating device comprises a host and an atomizer arranged on the host, wherein the atomizer and the host form an air passage, the air passage is communicated to the outside through an air inlet, the host comprises a power supply unit, the aerosol generating device is characterized by further comprising a switch structure according to any one of claims 1 to 8, the switch structure is arranged on the host and is matched with the air inlet, and the power supply unit is electrically connected to a main control board in the switch structure.

10. An aerosol generating device according to claim 9, wherein the main body comprises a housing formed with a moving slot, the air inlet being provided on an inner wall surface of the moving slot, and the switch structure being provided within the moving slot.