CN218185222U - Sliding cover assembly of electronic cigarette and electronic cigarette - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a sliding closure assembly and electron cigarette of electron cigarette, sliding closure assembly includes base (1), sliding closure (2) and switch module (3), seted up on the base and inserted cigarette hole (11), sliding closure (2) set up for base slidable, switch module (3) are including installing in the excitation (31) of sliding closure (2) and installing in the first trigger (32) of base (1), sliding closure (2) have first position and the second position of switching over each other in the slip direction, in the first position, sliding closure (2) seal and insert cigarette hole (11), excitation (31) and first trigger (32) staggered arrangement to restrict excitation (31) and trigger first trigger (32); in the second position, the slide (2) opens the smoke insertion opening (11), the trigger (31) is arranged in alignment with the first trigger (32) and is able to trigger the first trigger (32). The sliding cover assembly can solve the technical problem of misoperation of the switch assembly.

Description

Sliding cover assembly of electronic cigarette and electronic cigarette

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the technical field of electronic cigarettes, in particular to a sliding cover assembly of an electronic cigarette and the electronic cigarette.

Background

The electronic cigarettes currently on the market include non-heat-burn electronic cigarettes, and for such non-heat-burn electronic cigarettes, they include a slide cover for covering a cigarette insertion hole at the top, and the slide cover only functions to cover the cigarette insertion hole. For the function of the electronic cigarette, a switch for adding functionality is also required.

In the related art, the switch of the electronic cigarette is generally disposed in the body portion. The disadvantage of this arrangement is that the slider and the switch are independent of each other, and the switch can be operated even when no cigarette is inserted into the cigarette insertion hole, and therefore, this arrangement is liable to cause erroneous operation of the switch.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a sliding cover assembly of an electronic cigarette, which can solve the technical problem of misoperation of a switch component.

In order to achieve the above object, the present disclosure provides a sliding cover assembly of an electronic cigarette, where the sliding cover assembly includes a base, a sliding cover, and a switch assembly, the base is provided with a cigarette insertion hole, the sliding cover is slidably disposed relative to the base, the switch assembly includes an excitation piece mounted on the sliding cover and a first trigger piece mounted on the base, the sliding cover has a first position and a second position switched with each other in a sliding direction, and in the first position, the sliding cover closes the cigarette insertion hole, and the excitation piece and the first trigger piece are arranged in a staggered manner to limit the excitation piece from triggering the first trigger piece; in the second position, the sliding cover opens the cigarette insertion hole, and the trigger member is aligned with the first trigger member and can trigger the first trigger member.

Optionally, the switch assembly includes a second trigger mounted to the base, the first trigger and the second trigger being spaced apart in the sliding direction,

in the first position, the trigger member is aligned with and capable of triggering the second trigger member; in the second position, the trigger member is disposed offset from the second trigger member to limit the trigger member from triggering the second trigger member.

Optionally, the switch assembly is configured as a touch-sensitive switch, the sliding cover has a pressing portion corresponding to the trigger, and in the second position, the trigger is in conductive contact with the first trigger and can trigger the first trigger when the pressing portion is pressed.

Optionally, in the first position, the trigger member is in conductive contact with a second trigger member and is capable of triggering the second trigger member when the pressing portion is pressed.

Alternatively, the slide cover includes an upper cover body and a lower cover body that are fastened together, the lower cover body being disposed adjacent to the base, the upper cover body being formed with the pressing portion, the actuating member being disposed between the upper cover body and the lower cover body and including a compression spring made of a metal material and a contact plate having a contact surface exposed to the lower cover body, the spring being disposed between the pressing portion and the contact plate and pressing the contact plate against the lower cover body,

the first trigger piece comprises a first conductive column exposed on the base, and in the second position, the contact surface is in contact with the first conductive column in a fitting mode.

Optionally, the second trigger includes a second conductive pillar exposed to the base, in the first position, the contact surface is in close contact with the second conductive pillar, and the trigger triggers the second trigger when the pressing portion is pressed.

Optionally, the activation member comprises a conductive foam connected between the pressing portion and the contact plate.

Optionally, the switch assembly includes a circuit board disposed on the base, the first trigger includes a first button connected to the circuit board, the second trigger includes a second button connected to the circuit board, wherein the first button and the first conductive column are connected to each other through a conductive foam, and the second button and the second conductive column are connected to each other through a conductive foam.

Optionally, the slide is slidably connected to the base.

According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an electronic cigarette, including a body and the sliding cover assembly as described above, wherein the sliding cover assembly is disposed at an upper portion of the body and at least partially disposed within the body.

Through the technical scheme, in the sliding closure assembly of electron cigarette disclosed herein, the cigarette hole of inserting on the base supplies outside cigarette to insert, in the primary importance, the sliding closure seals the cigarette hole of inserting, through arousing the staggered arrangement of piece and first trigger piece, can restrict to arouse the piece and trigger first trigger piece, can't trigger the first switch function of first trigger piece through arousing the piece this moment promptly, therefore, can effectively prevent under the primary importance, personnel mistake touches arousing the piece and then triggers first trigger piece, the maloperation of the switch module that leads to, solve the technical problem of switch module maloperation promptly, furthermore, in the second place, outside cigarette can insert in the cigarette hole of inserting, this moment, personnel can carry out actions such as smoking, consequently, through arousing the piece under the second place and trigger first trigger piece, can trigger the first switch function of first trigger piece, make things convenient for this moment personnel to operate the electron cigarette.

Additional features and advantages of the disclosure will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the disclosure and together with the description serve to explain the disclosure without limiting the disclosure. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an electronic cigarette provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein a sliding cover is in a first position;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic cigarette provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the sliding cover is in a second position;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of the electronic cigarette provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure when the body and the sliding cover are detached;

figure 4 is an exploded schematic view of an electronic cigarette provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a partial structure of an electronic cigarette provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein a slide cover is in a first position;

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

figure 7 is a cross-sectional schematic view of a partial structure of an electronic cigarette provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the slide cover is in a second position;

fig. 8 is an enlarged view of a portion B in fig. 7.

Description of the reference numerals

1-base, 11-smoke inserting hole, 2-sliding cover, 20-pressing part, 21-upper cover, 22-lower cover, 3-switch component, 31-exciting piece, 311-compression spring, 312-contact plate, 3121-contact surface, 32-first trigger piece, 321-first conductive column, 322-first key, 33-second trigger piece, 331-second conductive column, 332-second key, 34-circuit board, 100-conductive foam and 200-body.

Detailed Description

The following detailed description of the embodiments of the disclosure refers to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the present disclosure, are given by way of illustration and explanation only, not limitation.

In the present disclosure, unless otherwise stated, the use of directional terms such as "upper and lower" is defined based on fig. 1, and reference is made specifically to the direction of the drawing of fig. 1. "inner and outer" refer to the inner and outer contours of the respective component parts themselves. The terms "first" and "second" are used herein to distinguish one element from another, and are not necessarily sequential or significant. Moreover, in the following description, when referring to the drawings, the same reference numbers in different drawings designate the same or similar elements, and detailed description of the present disclosure is omitted.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a sliding cover assembly of an electronic cigarette is provided, and as shown in fig. 1, fig. 2, and fig. 4 to fig. 6, the sliding cover assembly includes a base 1, a sliding cover 2, and a switch component 3, a smoke insertion hole 11 is opened on the base 1, the sliding cover 2 is slidably disposed relative to the base 1, the switch component 3 includes an excitation member 31 installed on the sliding cover 2 and a first trigger member 32 installed on the base 1, the sliding cover 2 has a first position and a second position switched with each other in a sliding direction, in the first position, the sliding cover 2 closes the smoke insertion hole 11, the excitation member 31 and the first trigger member 32 are arranged in a staggered manner so as to limit the excitation member 31 from triggering the first trigger member 32; in the second position, the slide cover 2 opens the smoke insertion hole 11, and the trigger member 31 is arranged in alignment with the first trigger member 32 and is capable of triggering the first trigger member 32.

Through the technical scheme, in the sliding cover assembly of the electronic cigarette, the cigarette insertion hole 11 on the base 1 is used for inserting an external cigarette, and at the first position, the sliding cover 2 closes the cigarette insertion hole 11, and through the staggered arrangement of the excitation piece 31 and the first trigger piece 32, the excitation piece 31 can be limited from triggering the first trigger piece 32, namely, the first switch function of the first trigger piece 32 cannot be triggered through the excitation piece 31 at the moment, so that the misoperation of a switch component caused by the fact that a person mistakenly touches the excitation piece 31 and then triggers the first trigger piece 32 at the first position can be effectively prevented, and the technical problem of the misoperation of the switch component is solved; in addition, in the second position, outside cigarette can insert in inserting cigarette hole 11, and at this moment, personnel can carry out actions such as smoking, consequently, through arousing under the second position 31 trigger first trigger 32, can trigger the first switch function of first trigger 32, makes things convenient for personnel to operate the electron cigarette this moment. Here, the first switch function may be a starting function of the electronic cigarette, and may even include a plurality of functions, for example, starting, adjusting the burning speed of the cigarette, and the like, which is not limited in this disclosure.

It should be noted that the offset arrangement of the activating member 31 and the first triggering member 32, i.e. the offset arrangement, restricts the activating member 31 from triggering the first triggering member 32. In addition, when the sliding cover 2 closes the cigarette insertion hole 11, the electronic cigarette may be in a standby state or a power-off state, which is not limited by the present disclosure.

It should be noted that, in the present disclosure, the expression "the sliding cover 2 is slidably disposed with respect to the base 1" does not limit the specific connection relationship between the sliding cover 2 and the base 1, and is used here to embody that the sliding cover 2 can slide with respect to the base 1, so as to realize the mutual switching between the first position and the second position. According to some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the slide cover 2 is slidably connected to the base 1, such that a slidable arrangement of the slide cover 2 with respect to the base 1 is achieved. Of course, in other embodiments of the present disclosure, the sliding cover 2 may also be slidably connected to other components in the sliding cover assembly, such as the housing of the sliding cover assembly, so as to realize the slidable arrangement of the sliding cover 2 relative to the base 1, and at this time, the sliding cover 2 may not be connected to the base 1.

In a specific embodiment of the present disclosure, referring to fig. 1, 2, 5 and 7, the switch assembly 3 may include a second trigger 33 mounted on the base 1, the first trigger 32 and the second trigger 33 are arranged at intervals in the sliding direction, and in the first position, the trigger 31 is aligned with the second trigger 33 and can trigger the second trigger 33, at this time, the trigger 31 may trigger a second switch function of the second trigger 33, for example, the second switch function may include a shutdown function, so that the electronic cigarette may be shutdown when the sliding cover 2 is closed and the cigarette hole 11 is inserted, so as to prevent waste of electric energy, and of course, the second switch function may also include other functions, such as turning off an indicator light on the electronic cigarette, and the present disclosure is not limited thereto; in the second position, the trigger member 31 and the second trigger member 33 are arranged in a staggered manner to limit the trigger member 31 from triggering the second trigger member 33, so that the trigger member 31 can be limited from triggering the second trigger member 33 through the staggered arrangement of the trigger member 31 and the second trigger member 33, and therefore misoperation of the switch assembly caused by the fact that a person mistakenly touches the trigger member 31 and then triggers the second trigger member 33 in the second position is prevented.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, in a manner that the first switch function is a power-on function and the second switch function is a power-off function, the above arrangement can prevent the electronic cigarette from being powered on by mistake when the first position is that the sliding cover 2 closes the cigarette insertion hole 11, and prevent the electronic cigarette from being powered off by mistake when the second position is that the sliding cover 2 opens the cigarette insertion hole 11, so as to ensure normal operation of the electronic cigarette.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, referring to fig. 2, 4, 7 and 8, the switch assembly 3 may be configured as a touch-sensitive switch, and the sliding cover 2 has a pressing portion 20 corresponding to the trigger 31, and in the second position, the trigger 31 is in conductive contact with the first trigger 32 and can trigger the first trigger 32 when the pressing portion 20 is pressed. Here, the fact that the exciting member 31 is in conductive contact with the first triggering member 32 means that the two are electrically connected and can transmit an electrical signal, so that when a person touches the pressing portion 20, the capacitance between the exciting member 31 and the first triggering member 32 can be changed, and then the triggering of the first triggering member 32 by the exciting member 31 is realized through the change of the capacitance, which is simple in structure and convenient for the operation of the person. Here, the specific operation principle of the touch-sensitive switch is well known to those skilled in the art, and the detailed description of the disclosure is omitted. Of course, in other embodiments of the present disclosure, the switch assembly 3 may also be configured as a push-contact switch, in which case, the sliding cover 2 may include a push portion 20 that can move up and down, the trigger 31 is connected to the push portion 20, the trigger of the first trigger 32 by the trigger 31 can also be realized by pressing the push portion 20 down to make the trigger 31 contact with the first trigger 31, and the trigger 32 is stopped by the trigger 31 when the push portion 20 is released to separate the trigger 31 from the first trigger 32. The operating principle of the push-to-touch switch is well known to those skilled in the art, and the detailed description of the present disclosure is omitted here. The present disclosure is presented by way of example only.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, referring to fig. 1, 5, and 6, in the first position, the trigger 31 may be in conductive contact with the second trigger 33 and may be capable of triggering the second trigger 33 when the pressing portion 20 is pressed. Thus, when a person touches the pressing part 20, the capacitance between the exciting piece 31 and the second triggering piece 33 can be changed, and then the triggering of the second triggering piece 33 by the exciting piece 31 is realized through the change of the capacitance, so that the structure is simple and the operation of the person is convenient. Accordingly, when the person leaves the pressing portion 20, the trigger 31 stops triggering the second trigger 33.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, referring to fig. 3, 4, 7 and 8, the sliding cover 2 may include an upper cover body 21 and a lower cover body 22 that are fastened together, the lower cover body 22 is disposed adjacent to the base 1, the upper cover body 21 is formed with a pressing portion 20, the trigger 31 is disposed between the upper cover body 21 and the lower cover body 22 and includes a compression spring 311 and a contact plate 312 made of a metal material, the contact plate 312 has a contact surface 3121 exposed to the lower cover body 22, the spring 311 is disposed between the pressing portion 20 and the contact plate 312 and presses the contact plate 312 against the lower cover body 22, the first trigger 32 includes a first conductive pillar 321 exposed to the base 1, and in the second position, the contact surface 3121 is in close contact with the first conductive pillar 321. In this way, since the compression spring 311 and the contact plate 312 are both made of metal materials, the contact plate 312 and the first conductive pillar 321 can be in contact with each other, that is, the contact plate 312 and the first conductive pillar 321 can be electrically connected; the spring 311 is disposed between the pressing portion 20 and the contact plate 312, and the contact plate 312 is pressed against the lower cover 22, so that on one hand, good contact between the second position lower contact plate 312 and the first conductive pillar 321 can be sufficiently ensured, and on the other hand, since the compression spring 311 is in a compressed state, an air gap between the compression spring 311 and the pressing portion 20 can be reduced and avoided, and it is ensured that the first trigger 32 is stably triggered by the trigger 31 when a person touches the pressing portion 20.

Alternatively, referring to fig. 3 to 6, the second trigger 33 may include a second conductive pillar 331 exposed to the base 1, and in the first position, the contact surface 3121 is in close contact with the second conductive pillar 331, and the trigger 31 triggers the second trigger 33 when the pressing portion 20 is pressed. In this way, similarly, the contact of the contact plate 312 and the second conductive pillar 331 can realize the conductive contact of the activating member 31 and the second triggering member 33, thereby facilitating the second switch function of the second triggering member 33 when the person touches the pressing portion 20.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 4, 6 and 8, the actuating member 31 may include a conductive foam 100 connected between the pressing portion 20 and the contact plate 312. Thus, stable contact of the pressing portion 20 of the exciting member 31 can be further ensured, and the stability of the switch assembly 3 can be improved.

Optionally, referring to fig. 4, fig. 6 and fig. 8, the switch assembly 3 may include a circuit board 34 disposed on the base 1, the first trigger 32 includes a first button 322 connected to the circuit board 34, the second trigger 33 includes a second button 332 connected to the circuit board 34, wherein the conductive foam 100 is connected between the first button 322 and the first conductive pillar 321, so that the conductive foam 100 may ensure that the first conductive pillar 321 and the first button 322 are in stable conductive contact, and the conductive foam 100 is connected between the second button 332 and the second conductive pillar 331, so that the conductive foam 100 may ensure that the second conductive pillar 331 and the second button 332 are in stable conductive contact, and further improve stability of the switch assembly 3. Here, in practical use of the slider assembly, in the first position, the person may cause the second key 332 to be activated by touching the pressing portion 20, and in the second position, the person may cause the first key 322 to be activated by touching the pressing portion 20.

According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an electronic cigarette, comprising a body 200 and a slider assembly as described above, wherein the slider assembly is disposed at an upper portion of the body 200 and at least partially disposed within the body 200. The electronic cigarette comprises all the beneficial effects of the sliding cover assembly, and the details are not repeated in the disclosure. According to some embodiments, the sliding direction may be a width direction of the body, which is not limited by the present disclosure.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, referring to fig. 1 to 4, the sliding cover 2 of the present disclosure may also be slidably connected to the body 200 or other components of the electronic cigarette to realize sliding of the sliding cover 2 relative to the base 1, which is not limited by the present disclosure.

In the following, the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the above embodiments for the operation of the electronic cigarette and the sliding cover assembly.

Specifically, referring to fig. 2, 7 and 8, when a person needs to use the electronic cigarette to smoke, the sliding cover 2 is slid to switch the sliding cover 2 to the second position, at this time, the person may insert a cigarette into the cigarette insertion hole 11, and then the first switch function of the first trigger 32 may be triggered by touching the pressing portion 20, for example, to implement starting up of the electronic cigarette, after smoking is completed, referring to fig. 1, 5 and 6, the sliding cover 2 is slid to switch the sliding cover 2 to the first position, at this time, the sliding cover 2 closes the cigarette insertion hole 11, and the second switch function of the second trigger 33 may be triggered by touching the pressing portion 20, for example, to implement shutdown of the electronic cigarette. Like this, this disclosed electron cigarette when using, can effectively prevent the mistake of electron cigarette shut down and the mistake of shutdown state under the electron cigarette from opening the machine when personnel smoke, has improved the stability and the reliability of electron cigarette.

The preferred embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, however, the present disclosure is not limited to the specific details of the above embodiments, and various simple modifications may be made to the technical solution of the present disclosure within the technical idea of the present disclosure, and these simple modifications all belong to the protection scope of the present disclosure.

It should be noted that, in the foregoing embodiments, various features described in the above embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner, and in order to avoid unnecessary repetition, various combinations that are possible in the present disclosure are not described again.

In addition, any combination of various embodiments of the present disclosure may be made, and the same should be considered as the disclosure of the present disclosure as long as it does not depart from the gist of the present disclosure.

Claims (10)

1. The sliding cover assembly of the electronic cigarette is characterized by comprising a base, a sliding cover and a switch component, wherein a cigarette inserting hole is formed in the base, the sliding cover is arranged in a sliding manner relative to the base, the switch component comprises an exciting piece arranged on the sliding cover and a first triggering piece arranged on the base, the sliding cover is provided with a first position and a second position which are mutually switched in the sliding direction, the sliding cover closes the cigarette inserting hole in the first position, and the exciting piece and the first triggering piece are arranged in a staggered manner so as to limit the exciting piece to trigger the first triggering piece; in the second position, the sliding cover opens the cigarette insertion hole, and the trigger member is aligned with and capable of triggering the first trigger member.

2. The slide assembly of the electronic cigarette of claim 1, wherein the switch assembly includes a second trigger mounted to the base, the first trigger and the second trigger being spaced apart in the sliding direction,

in the first position, the trigger member is aligned with and capable of triggering the second trigger member; in the second position, the trigger member is offset from the second trigger member to limit the trigger member from triggering the second trigger member.

3. The slide cover assembly of the electronic cigarette as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the switch component is configured as a touch-sensitive switch, the slide cover has a pressing portion corresponding to the trigger, and in the second position, the trigger is in conductive contact with the first trigger and is capable of triggering the first trigger when the pressing portion is pressed.

4. The slide assembly of the electronic cigarette of claim 3, wherein in the first position the trigger member is in conductive contact with a second trigger member and is capable of triggering the second trigger member when the push portion is pushed.

5. The slide cover assembly of the electronic cigarette according to claim 3, wherein the slide cover includes an upper cover body and a lower cover body that are fastened together, the lower cover body is disposed adjacent to the base, the upper cover body is formed with the pressing portion, the exciting member is disposed between the upper cover body and the lower cover body, and includes a compression spring made of a metal material and a contact plate having a contact surface exposed to the lower cover body, the spring is disposed between the pressing portion and the contact plate and presses the contact plate against the lower cover body,

the first trigger piece comprises a first conductive column exposed on the base, and the contact surface is in contact with the first conductive column in a fitting mode at the second position.

6. The slide assembly of an electronic cigarette of claim 5, wherein the second trigger comprises a second conductive post exposed at the base, the contact surface being in abutting contact with the second conductive post in the first position, the trigger triggering the second trigger when the pressing portion is pressed.

7. The slider assembly of the electronic cigarette of claim 5, wherein the trigger comprises a conductive foam coupled between the press section and the contact plate.

8. The sliding cover assembly of an electronic cigarette as claimed in claim 6, wherein the switch assembly comprises a circuit board disposed on the base, the first trigger comprises a first button connected to the circuit board, the second trigger comprises a second button connected to the circuit board, a conductive foam is connected between the first button and the first conductive post, and a conductive foam is connected between the second button and the second conductive post.

9. The slide assembly of the electronic cigarette of claim 1, wherein the slide is slidably coupled to the base.

10. An electronic cigarette comprising a body and a slider assembly as in any of claims 1-9, wherein the slider assembly is disposed at an upper portion of the body and at least partially disposed within the body.

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