CN220441913U - Atomizing subassembly and atomizer - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses an atomization assembly and an atomizer thereof, wherein the atomization assembly comprises a bracket, a first connecting structure is arranged on a first wall of a containing cavity; the atomization core comprises an oil guide body and a heating body, the oil guide body and the heating body are arranged in the accommodating cavity, and the heating body is arranged on one side of the oil guide body, which is away from the first wall; the base is connected to the bracket, an electrode is arranged on the base, a second connecting structure detachably connected with the first connecting structure is arranged on the electrode, and the electrode at least partially abuts against one side of the heating body, which is far away from the oil guide body; this application is connected through first connection structure and second connection structure cooperation for the electrode is contradicted to connect in one side that the heat-generating body deviates from the oil body, and heat-generating body and oil body are fixed in between electrode and the first wall by the centre gripping, and this kind of mode realizes electric contact through extrusion contact between heat-generating body and the electrode, consequently does not need to carry out welding process, has reduced welding procedure, has improved atomization component's assembly efficiency.

Description

Atomizing subassembly and atomizer

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of atomizers, in particular to an atomizing assembly and an atomizer.

Background

With the development of the electronic cigarette industry, electronic cigarettes are accepted by more and more users. In the structure of the electronic cigarette in the current market, welding modes are adopted among different parts in a limited space of an atomizer, so that the assembly difficulty can be greatly increased, and the phenomenon of cold welding or false welding is easy to generate in the welding process, so that potential safety hazards exist in the product. In particular, the heating element in the atomizer generally needs to be welded to hardware, and the welding mode is time-consuming and low in efficiency, and the phenomenon of cold joint exists.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the foregoing, the present utility model is directed to an atomization assembly and an atomizer, which reduce welding processes and improve assembly efficiency of the atomization assembly.

In one aspect of embodiments of the present application, there is provided an atomizing assembly comprising

The bracket is provided with a containing cavity, and a first wall of the containing cavity is provided with a first connecting structure;

the atomization core comprises an oil guide body and a heating body, the oil guide body and the heating body are arranged in the accommodating cavity, and the heating body is arranged on one side of the oil guide body, which is away from the first wall;

the base is connected to the support, be equipped with the electrode on the base, the electrode be equipped with the second connection structure of connection can be dismantled to first connection structure, the electrode at least part conflict in one side that the heat-generating body kept away from the oil conductor.

In some alternative embodiments, the first wall has two first connection structures spaced apart along a first direction; the base is provided with two electrodes at intervals, each electrode is provided with a second connecting structure, and the electrodes are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the first connecting structures; and the two ends of the heating body are provided with conductive parts, and each conductive part is clamped and fixed between the corresponding electrode and the second connecting structure.

In some alternative embodiments, one of the first connection structure and the second connection structure is a protrusion, and the other is a recess detachably inserted with the protrusion.

In some alternative embodiments, the first connection structure includes at least two protrusions spaced apart along a second direction, the second connection structure includes at least one recess cooperating with a plurality of protrusions, the second direction intersects the first direction, and the conductive portion is located at least partially within the space formed by two adjacent protrusions.

In some alternative embodiments, each conductive part is provided with a relief hole through which the convex part passes.

In some alternative embodiments, the accommodating cavity further comprises a second wall arranged along the first direction and disposed at two sides of the first wall, the second wall is provided with a limit groove, the conductive part is provided with a support leg, and the support leg is at least partially disposed in the limit groove.

In some alternative embodiments, the bracket is further provided with a jack, and the base is correspondingly provided with a plug matched with the jack.

In some alternative embodiments, the number of the jacks is two, and the two jacks are symmetrically arranged at two sides outside the opening of the accommodating cavity; and/or a clamping part is arranged on the inner wall of the jack, and a clamping groove matched with the clamping part is arranged at the end part of the plug.

In some alternative embodiments, the first wall is further provided with a mounting groove adapted to the oil body.

In some optional embodiments, the first wall further provides a lower oil port for communicating with the liquid storage cavity of the atomizer, and the oil guide body covers the lower oil port.

In another aspect of the embodiments herein, there is also provided an atomizer comprising the atomizing assembly described above and an oil cup, the atomizing assembly being at least partially mounted within the oil cup and defining a reservoir in fluid communication with the oil guide.

In the atomizing subassembly and atomizer thereof that this application provided, through set up first connection structure on the support, electrode on the base is equipped with the second connection structure who can dismantle with first connection structure, and when first connection structure and second connection structure cooperation are connected, make the electrode conflict connect in the heat-generating body deviate from one side of leading the oil body, also heat-generating body and lead the oil body to be fixed in between electrode and the first wall by the centre gripping promptly, this kind of mode realizes electric contact through extrusion contact between heat-generating body and the electrode, consequently need not carry out welding process, welding procedure has been reduced, atomizing subassembly's assembly efficiency has been improved.

Drawings

In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present utility model more comprehensible, preferred embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

In the drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale, like numerals may describe similar components in different views. The same reference numerals with letter suffixes or different letter suffixes may represent different instances of similar components. The accompanying drawings illustrate various embodiments by way of example in general and not by way of limitation, and together with the description and claims serve to explain the disclosed embodiments. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts. Such embodiments are illustrative and not intended to be exhaustive or exclusive of the present apparatus or method. The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the utility model and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiments of the utility model and together with the description serve to explain the utility model and do not constitute a limitation on the utility model.

In the drawings: FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an exploded view of an atomizing assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of another view of an atomizing assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of an assembly structure of an atomization assembly according to an embodiment of the present application.

Reference numerals:

an atomizing assembly 100;

a bracket 10; a first wall 11; a convex portion 111; a mounting groove 112; a second wall 12; a limit groove 121; a lower oil port 13; a jack 14; a clamping part 141;

an atomizing core 20; an oil guide 21; a heating element 22; a conductive portion 221; a relief hole 222; legs 223;

a base 30; a plug 31; a clamping groove 311;

an electrode 40; a concave portion 41;

a flexible member 50; a first direction x; a second direction z; and a third direction y.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present utility model will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but not limiting the utility model.

It should be understood that various modifications may be made to the embodiments disclosed herein. Therefore, the above description should not be taken as limiting, but merely as exemplification of the embodiments. Other modifications within the scope and spirit of the utility model will occur to persons of ordinary skill in the art.

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the utility model and, together with a general description of the utility model given above, and the detailed description of the embodiments given below, serve to explain the principles of the utility model.

These and other characteristics of the utility model will become apparent from the following description of a preferred form of embodiment, given as a non-limiting example, with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It is also to be understood that, although the utility model has been described with reference to some specific examples, a person skilled in the art will certainly be able to achieve many other equivalent forms of the utility model, having the characteristics as set forth in the claims and hence all coming within the field of protection defined thereby.

The above and other aspects, features and advantages of the present utility model will become more apparent in light of the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Specific embodiments of the present utility model will be described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings; however, it is to be understood that the disclosed embodiments are merely exemplary of the utility model, which can be embodied in various forms. Well-known and/or repeated functions and constructions are not described in detail to avoid obscuring the utility model in unnecessary or unnecessary detail. Therefore, specific structural and functional details disclosed herein are not intended to be limiting, but merely as a basis for the claims and as a representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art to variously employ the present utility model in virtually any appropriately detailed structure.

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and the claims of the present utility model and the above figures are used for distinguishing between similar objects and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used may be interchanged where appropriate such that the embodiments of the utility model described herein may be implemented in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

The specification may use the word "in one embodiment," "in another embodiment," "in yet another embodiment," or "in other embodiments," which may each refer to one or more of the same or different embodiments in accordance with the utility model.

The utility model will be further described with reference to the drawings and specific examples.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, an embodiment of the present application provides an atomizer, where the atomizer includes an oil cup and an atomizing assembly 100 at least partially disposed in the oil cup, and a liquid storage cavity for storing atomized liquid is disposed in the oil cup. Specifically, the atomizing assembly 100 is partially mounted within the oil cup and defines a reservoir in fluid communication with the oil guide 21. The atomizing assembly 100 is configured to fluidly communicate with the reservoir and atomize the atomized liquid to form an aerosol for inhalation by a user.

In some embodiments, the atomizing assembly 100 includes a support 10, an atomizing core 20, a base 30, and an electrode 40 disposed on the base 30, the base 30 being coupled to the support 10, the atomizing core 20 being held between the support 10 and the electrode 40. Wherein the bracket 10 has a receiving cavity, a first wall 11 of the receiving cavity having a first connection structure; the atomization core 20 comprises an oil guide body 21 and a heating body 22 which are accommodated in the accommodating cavity, and the heating body 22 is arranged on one side of the oil guide body 21, which is away from the first wall 11; the electrode 40 is provided with a second connecting structure which is detachably connected and matched with the first connecting structure, and the electrode 40 at least partially abuts against one side of the heating body 22, which is away from the oil guide body 21.

Wherein, the base 30 is used for supporting the electrode 40 and the support 10, the electrode 40 is in conductive contact with the heating body 22, so that an external power supply device (such as a power supply) can supply power to the heating body 22 through the electrode 40; the oil guide 21 may be made of one or more materials selected from cotton, non-woven fabric, glass fiber, porous ceramic, porous glass, and the like, which is not particularly limited in this application.

The heat-generating body 22 may be a metal heat-generating sheet having a certain shape, which is made of, but not limited to, a material metal material and formed by punching or etching.

In some specific embodiments, the oil guide body 21 and the heating body 22 may be integrally formed, or may be a split structure, where the oil guide body 21 is used for absorbing the atomized liquid in the liquid storage cavity, and the heating body 22 is used for heating and atomizing the atomized liquid on the oil guide body 21 to form aerosol for the user to inhale.

The embodiment of the application provides an atomization component 100, through set up first connection structure on support 10, electrode 40 on base 30 is equipped with the second connection structure who can dismantle with first connection structure, and when first connection structure and second connection structure cooperation are connected, the conflict connects in one side that heat-generating body 22 deviates from oil guide body 21, make heat-generating body 22 and oil guide body 21 be fixed in between electrode 40 and the first wall 11 by the centre gripping, this kind of mode, realize electric contact through extrusion contact between heat-generating body 22 and the electrode 40, do not need to carry out welding treatment, the welding procedure has been reduced, the assembly efficiency of atomization component 100 has been improved.

In some embodiments, the first wall 11 has two first connection structures arranged at intervals along the first direction x, and two electrodes 40 are arranged at intervals on the base 30, wherein each electrode 40 is provided with a second connection structure, and the electrodes 40 and the first connection structures are disposed in a one-to-one correspondence. The two ends of the heating element 22 along the first direction x are provided with conductive parts 221, and each conductive part 221 is clamped and fixed between the corresponding electrode 40 and the second connection structure, that is, the conductive parts 221 on the heating element 22 are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the electrodes 40.

According to the embodiment of the application, by arranging the two electrodes 40 which are arranged in parallel, the heating body 22 is arranged on the conducting parts 221 which are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the two electrodes 40, the heating body 22 is provided with two parts pressed by the electrodes 40, and when the electrodes 40 are connected and matched through the first connecting parts and the second connecting parts, the heating body 22 can be firmly pressed and attached to one side, deviating from the first wall 11, of the oil guide body 21, and the heating body 22 is prevented from being attached to the oil guide body 21 in an untight manner, so that the problem of local high-temperature dry combustion is caused.

In other embodiments, the heating element 22 may also have a plurality of conductive portions 221 arranged at intervals along the first direction x, and the same base 30 is also provided with a plurality of electrode 40 portions corresponding to the conductive portions 221 one by one, where the specific number may be set according to actual needs, and this application is not limited in particular.

In some embodiments, one of the first and second connection structures is a protrusion 111, and the other is a recess 41 that mates with and removably mates with the protrusion 111. Specifically, the first connection structure includes a protrusion 111 provided on the first wall 11, and the second connection structure includes a recess 41 provided on the electrode 40, wherein the protrusion 111 is a protrusion protruding toward the oil body 21 along a direction perpendicular to the first wall 11, and the recess 41 is a recess in which the electrode 40 is recessed away from the first wall 11. It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the first connection structure may also include a recess 41 provided on the first wall 11 and the second connection structure may also include a protrusion 111 provided on the electrode 40.

The first connecting portion and the second connecting structure are respectively arranged into the structural forms of the concave portion 41 and the convex portion 111, so that the electrode 40 and the support 10 can be matched and connected through concave-convex matching.

In some specific embodiments, the first connection structure includes at least two protrusions 111 spaced apart along the second direction z, the second connection structure includes at least one recess 41 mated with the plurality of protrusions 111, the conductive portion 221 is at least partially located within the space formed by two adjacent protrusions 111, the second direction z intersects the first direction x, and the conductive portion 221 of the heat-generating body 22 is at least partially located within the space of two adjacent protrusions 111.

Specifically, the first direction x may be a lateral direction of the stent 10 and the second direction z may be a longitudinal (vertical) direction of the stent 10. It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the first direction x and the second direction z may both be inclined at an angle of less than 90 ° or greater than 90 °.

For the concave portion 41 of each second connection structure, the concave portion 41 may extend along the first direction x, and each convex portion 111 of the first connection structure corresponding to the second connection portion may be inserted into the concave portion 41, so that a plurality of contact matching positions are formed between the first connection structure and the second connection structure, so as to ensure the reliability of matching between the first connection structure and the second connection structure, and avoid the problem of increasing processing difficulty when a plurality of concave portions 41 corresponding to the convex portions 111 one by one are provided. It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the second connection structure may also include a plurality of concave portions 41 disposed on the electrode 40, where the concave portions 41 are disposed in a one-to-one correspondence with the convex portions 111.

In this embodiment, by setting the plurality of protruding portions 111 arranged at intervals along the first direction x, and the conductive portion 221 at least partially located in the interval between the two adjacent protruding portions 111, when the plurality of protruding portions 111 of the first connection structure are matched with the at least one recessed portion 41 of the second connection structure, the reliability of the matching of the first connection structure and the second connection structure is improved, and the conductive portion 221 partially located between the two adjacent protruding portions 111, the contact area with the electrode 40 can be increased, the reliability of the electrical contact between the electrode 40 and the heating element 22 is ensured, and the problem of poor contact is avoided.

In some specific embodiments, each conductive portion 221 of the heating element 22 is provided with a relief hole 222 through which the convex portion 111 passes. The number of the avoidance holes 222 may be one or more, and may be specifically set according to actual requirements, which is not specifically limited in this application.

In this embodiment, dodge hole 222 through setting up on conductive part 221 for heating element 22 can be through dodging hole 222 and convex part 111 locate fit, convenient assembly, simultaneously, reduce conductive part 221's the region that generates heat, reduce the consumption.

In some embodiments, the first wall 11 is further provided with a mounting groove 112 adapted to the oil guide 21, and the oil guide 21 is placed in the mounting groove 112. Wherein, two first connection structures are disposed on two opposite sides of the mounting groove 112 in the first direction x.

Specifically, the mounting groove 112 may be T-shaped, for example, and the oil guide 21 may be T-shaped, for example. It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the mounting groove 112 and the oil guide 21 may take other regular or irregular configurations, such as square, circular, etc.

Wherein, the mounting groove 112 can set up the middle part position at the first wall 11 of support 10, and this application is through leading oil body 21 and the cooperation of mounting groove 112 ground, makes things convenient for leading oil body 21 and support 10 ground location installation, prevents to lead oil body 21 and support 10 and takes place the aversion.

In some embodiments, the housing cavity further comprises a second wall 12 arranged on opposite sides of the first wall 11 along the first direction x, the second wall 12 being provided with a limiting groove 121, the conductive portion 221 being provided with a leg cooperating with the limiting groove 121, the leg being at least partially located in the corresponding limiting groove 121. Wherein, the conductive parts 221 at two ends of the heating body 22 in the first direction x are respectively corresponding to the second walls 12 at two sides one by one, and the supporting legs of each conductive part 221 are detachably arranged in the corresponding limit groove 121, so that the solid-line heating body 22 is matched with the bracket 10 in a positioning way.

The conductive part 221 of the heating element 22 is matched with the limit groove 121 through the support legs, so that the problems of displacement and the like of the heating element 22 and the support 10 are avoided, the stability of the heating element 22 on the support 10 is improved, and the positioning and the installation of the heating element 22 and the support 10 are facilitated.

In some embodiments, the first wall 11 of the bracket 10 is further provided with a lower oil port 13 for a liquid storage cavity of the atomizer, and the oil guide 21 covers the lower oil port 13. Specifically, the lower oil port 13 is arranged at the middle part of the first wall 11 and is respectively communicated with the mounting groove 112 and the liquid storage cavity, and one side of the oil guide body 21, which is away from the heating body 22, is covered on the lower oil port 13, so that atomized liquid in the liquid storage cavity can flow to the oil guide body 21 through the lower oil port 13, and the heating body 22 atomizes the atomized liquid on the oil guide body 21 to form aerosol during working.

In some specific embodiments, the support 10 and the base 30 may be detachably connected by a connection method including but not limited to clamping, plugging, etc., which is exemplified by that the support 10 and the base 30 are clamped with each other to facilitate the assembly and disassembly of the electronic cigarette, so as to improve the convenience of the assembly of the electronic cigarette. Wherein the base 30 may be connected to an end of the stand 10, by way of example, the base 30 is connected to an end of the stand 10 remote from the reservoir, i.e., a bottom end of the stand 10.

In order to realize the joint between support 10 and base 30, be provided with jack 14 on the support 10, correspond on the base 30 set up with jack 14 complex plug 31, thereby plug 31 on the base 30 can insert in jack 14 realizes the joint between support 10 and the base 30, can optimize the connected mode between support 10 and the base 30 like this, has improved assembly efficiency.

In some specific embodiments, the number of the jacks 14 is two, the two jacks 14 are symmetrically arranged at two sides outside the opening of the accommodating cavity, and the stability of connection is improved by connecting the two jacks 14 with the corresponding plugs 31, so that the structural strength is optimized in one step.

Further, the clamping portion 141 is disposed on the inner wall of the jack 14, the clamping groove 311 matched with the clamping portion 141 is disposed at the end of the plug 31, and after the plug 31 is inserted into the jack 14, the relative position between the plug 31 and the jack 14 can be fixed and locked through the matching between the clamping portion 141 and the clamping groove 311, so that the connection between the bracket 10 and the base 30 is more stable.

Further, the base 30 may further be provided with a flexible member 50, where the flexible member 50 is located between the base 30 and the support 10, specifically, the flexible member may be made of flexible materials such as silica gel, rubber, etc., and the flexible member 50 may play a role in buffering between the base 30 and the support 10, for example, after the flexible member 50 is provided on the base 30, connection between the flexible member 50 and the support 10 is achieved, so that vibration can be effectively slowed down, and assembly precision is improved.

The atomizer in the above embodiment is assembled as follows:

first, the oil guide 21 is placed in the mounting groove 112 of the bracket 10 along a third direction y, wherein the third direction is a width direction of the bracket, that is, the third direction is perpendicular to the first direction x and the second direction z, respectively. After the oil guide body 21 is fixed, the heating body 22 is continuously placed in the third direction y, wherein the supporting legs of the conductive part 221 of the heating body 22 are positioned in the limit groove 121, and the convex part 111 is penetrated with the avoidance hole 222 of the conductive part 221;

secondly, assembling the base 30 and the electrode 40 along the second direction z, so that the electrode 40 is inserted into the base 30, and sleeving the flexible piece 50 on the base 30;

then, the base 30 and the bracket 10 are assembled such that the plug 31 of the base 30 is inserted into the insertion hole 14 of the bottom of the bracket 10 in the third direction y; the electrode 40 and the holder 10 are mated with each other by the concave portion 41 and the convex portion 111, so that the oil guide 21 and the heat generating body 22 are pressed between the holder 10 and the electrode 40, and the electrode 40 is in electrical contact with the heat generating body 22.

In this application, all adopt the demountable assembly between base 30 and the support 10, can dismantle the link between electrode 40 and the support 10, easy dismounting to do not need to carry out welding process between heat-generating body 22 and the electrode 40, simplified the installation process, improved assembly efficiency.

The foregoing embodiment numbers of the present utility model are merely for the purpose of description, and do not represent the advantages or disadvantages of the embodiments.

In the foregoing embodiments of the present utility model, the descriptions of the embodiments are emphasized, and for a portion of this disclosure that is not described in detail in this embodiment, reference is made to the related descriptions of other embodiments.

In the foregoing embodiments, the descriptions of the embodiments are emphasized, and for parts of one embodiment that are not described in detail, reference may be made to related descriptions of other embodiments.

The above description is only of the preferred embodiments of the present utility model and is not intended to limit the present utility model, but various modifications and variations can be made to the present utility model by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present utility model should be included in the protection scope of the present utility model.

Claims (11)

1. An atomizing assembly, comprising

The bracket is provided with a containing cavity, and a first wall of the containing cavity is provided with a first connecting structure;

the atomization core comprises an oil guide body and a heating body, the oil guide body and the heating body are arranged in the accommodating cavity, and the heating body is arranged on one side of the oil guide body, which is away from the first wall;

the base is connected to the support, be equipped with the electrode on the base, the electrode be equipped with the second connection structure of connection can be dismantled to first connection structure, the electrode at least part conflict in one side that the heat-generating body kept away from the oil conductor.

2. The atomizing assembly of claim 1, wherein the first wall has two of the first connecting structures spaced apart in a first direction;

the base is provided with two electrodes at intervals, each electrode is provided with a second connecting structure, and the electrodes are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the first connecting structures;

and the two ends of the heating body are provided with conductive parts, and each conductive part is clamped and fixed between the corresponding electrode and the second connecting structure.

3. The atomizing assembly of claim 2, wherein one of the first and second connection structures is a male portion and the other is a female portion removably insertable into the male portion.

4. The atomizing assembly of claim 3, wherein the first connecting structure includes at least two protrusions spaced apart along a second direction, the second connecting structure includes at least one recess for mating with a plurality of protrusions, the second direction intersects the first direction, and the conductive portion is at least partially within the space defined by adjacent two of the protrusions.

5. The atomizing assembly of claim 3, wherein each of the conductive portions is provided with a relief hole through which the boss is disposed.

6. The atomizing assembly of claim 5, wherein the receiving chamber further includes a second wall disposed in the first direction and on opposite sides of the first wall, the second wall having a spacing slot, the conductive portion having a leg, the leg being at least partially disposed within the spacing slot.

7. The atomizing assembly of claim 1, wherein the bracket further comprises a receptacle, and the base is correspondingly provided with a plug for mating with the receptacle.

8. The atomizing assembly of claim 7, wherein the number of the jacks is two, and the two jacks are symmetrically arranged at two sides outside the opening of the accommodating cavity; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

the inner wall of the jack is provided with a clamping part, and the end part of the plug is provided with a clamping groove matched with the clamping part.

9. The atomizing assembly of claim 1, wherein the first wall is further provided with a mounting groove adapted to the oil-conducting body.

10. The atomizing assembly of any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the first wall is further provided with a lower oil port for communicating with a reservoir of the atomizer, and the oil guide body covers the lower oil port.

11. An atomizer comprising an oil cup and the atomizing assembly of any one of claims 1-10, the atomizing assembly being at least partially mounted within the oil cup and defining a reservoir in fluid communication with the oil conductor.