EP3479708A1 - Ensemble de batterie et cigarette électronique le comprenant - Google Patents

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EP3479708A1
EP3479708A1 EP18183521.6A EP18183521A EP3479708A1 EP 3479708 A1 EP3479708 A1 EP 3479708A1 EP 18183521 A EP18183521 A EP 18183521A EP 3479708 A1 EP3479708 A1 EP 3479708A1
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Wen Chen
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Shenzhen IVPS Technology Co Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
    • A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
    • A24F40/40—Constructional details, e.g. connection of cartridges and battery parts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
    • A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
    • A24F40/10—Devices using liquid inhalable precursors
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
    • A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
    • A24F40/20—Devices using solid inhalable precursors

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  • the present disclosure relates to electronic cigarettes, in particular to a battery assembly and an electronic cigarette having the battery assembly.
  • a typical electronic cigarette is a depression and vapor electronic product.
  • the typical is capable of storing and heating the tobacco product or simulate product to provide smokers with aerosol for smoking.
  • the electronic cigarettes are rapidly developed, and more and more popular.
  • a changeable article such as battery
  • the bracket is mounted in a housing that battery is placed in or taken out of the housing.
  • the bracket is usually mounted the housing via a fastening mechanism.
  • the fastening mechanism is mounted inside of the housing and hardly disassembled. Furthermore, the fastening mechanism is easy to damage when disassembled.
  • a battery assembly for an electronic cigarette includes a housing, a bracket, and a fastening member.
  • the housing defines an opening, and a receiving space communicating with the opening.
  • the bracket loads an object and is inserted into the receiving space via the opening.
  • the fastening member is mounted to the housing, and configured to fasten the bracket inside the housing. The fastening member is operated from outside of the housing to release the bracket, the bracket with the object thus drops out of the housing via the opening.
  • first, second, etc. appear in the present disclosure, they are merely for the purpose of description, but cannot be understood as the indication or implication of relative importance or as the implicit indication of the number of the designated technical features; therefore, features defined by “first” and “second” may specifically or implicitly include one or more such features.
  • a plurality of' means at least two, for example, two, three, etc.
  • fixed may be fixed connection, also may be detachable connection, or integration; may be mechanical connection, also may be electrical connection; may be direct connection, also may be indirect connection through an intermediate, and may be internal communication between two elements or interaction of two elements, unless otherwise specifically defined.
  • fixed may be fixed connection, also may be detachable connection, or integration; may be mechanical connection, also may be electrical connection; may be direct connection, also may be indirect connection through an intermediate, and may be internal communication between two elements or interaction of two elements, unless otherwise specifically defined.
  • the present disclosure relates to a battery compartment for an electronic cigarette, aiming to solve the problem of disassembling in related art.
  • FIGs.1-3 illustrates an electronic cigarette 1000 in accordance with an embodiment.
  • the electronic cigarette 1000 includes a battery assembly 200 and an atomizer (not shown).
  • the atomizer is detachably mounted to the battery assembly 200, and configured to power the atomizer.
  • the atomizer and the battery assembly 200 are undetachable.
  • the electronic cigarette 1000 is capable of heating solid tobacco or pipe tobacco without the atomizer.
  • the battery assembly 200 includes a housing 210, a fastening mechanism 100, and a bracket 220.
  • the battery assembly 200 maybe also called the electronic cigarette, such as the battery assembly 200 is undetachably secured to the atomizer, or the battery assembly 20 is contained in an electronic cigarette which is capable of heating solid tobacco or pipe tobacco without the atomizer.
  • the bracket 220 is configured for loading an object to be change, such as a battery. In this embodiment, the object is at least one battery.
  • the housing 210 defines a receiving space 214 and forms an opening 2101 communicating with the receiving space 214.
  • the bracket 220 is inserted into the receiving space 214 via the opening 2101.
  • the fastening mechanism 100 is mounted to the housing 210 and configured to hold the bracket 220 inside of the housing 210.
  • the fastening mechanism 100 is further configured to be operated from outside of the housing 210 to release the bracket 220, and the fastening mechanism 100 is disassembled from the housing 210.
  • the bracket 220 is fetched from the housing 210 or falls out of the housing 210 via the opening 2101.
  • the bracket 220 includes a bottom 2201, and a main body 2202 protruding from the main bottom 2201.
  • the main body 2202 defines at least one chamber 2203 for receiving the at least one battery, and a locking hole 221.
  • the locking hole 221 is near the top end of the bracket 220 away from the bottom 2201.
  • the main body 2202 further forms a guiding surface 2204 inclined from the top end of the bracket 220 toward the locking hole 221.
  • the housing 210 includes a first housing 211, and a second housing 212 detachably combined with the first housing 211 to form the receiving groove 214 among the first housing 211 and the second housing 212.
  • the housing 210 further defines a through hole 213, the through hole 213 extends through the first housing 211 and the second housing 212.
  • the first housing 211 includes a casing 2112, and a mounting board 2113.
  • the mounting board 2113 is secured to the casing 2112 and form a space to receive electronic components (not shown).
  • the first housing 211 defines a mounting groove 211 concaved from an outside surface of the first housing 211.
  • the second housing 212 defines a receiving groove 2121 concaved from an outside surface of the second housing 212.
  • the through hole 213 is located in the mounting groove 211 and the receiving groove 2121.
  • the second housing 212 further defines a connecting hole 2123 and a guiding hole 2122.
  • the guiding hole 2122, and the connecting hole 2123 are located in the receiving groove 2121, the through hole 213 is located between the connecting hole 2123 and the guiding hole 2122.
  • a securing member 230 extends the through the second housing 212 via the connecting hole 2123 and is then secured in the second housing 212. The first housing 211 is thus secured to the second housing 212.
  • the fastening member 100 includes a locking element 10, a connecting element 50, an elastic element 30, and an operating element 52.
  • the locking element 10 and the operating element 52 are outside of the housing 210.
  • the connecting element 50 extends through the housing 210 via the through hole 213, and two opposite ends of the connecting element 50 extend out of the housing 210.
  • One end of the connecting element 50 is secured to the locking element 10, the other end of the connecting element 50 is secured to the operating element 30.
  • the elastic element 30 is sleeved on the connecting element 50 and positioned between the housing 210 and the operating element 52.
  • the locking element 10 includes a connecting board 12, and a locking pin 11 protruding from the connecting board 12 and extending inside the housing 210 via the guiding hole 2122.
  • the connecting board 12 is positioned in the receiving groove 2121 and covers the receiving groove 2121.
  • the securing member 230 further covers the securing member 230.
  • the operating element 52 is in a cap shaped.
  • the side wall of the operating element 52 defines a plurality of concaves.
  • the operating element 52 is secured to the connecting element 50 via a screw (not labeled) and positioned in the mounting groove 211.
  • the screw is screwed from the top end of the operating element 52.
  • the operating element 52 is detachably secured to the connecting element 50, it is easy for the user to change or maintain damage elements.
  • the operating element 52 is integrally formed in the connecting element 50.
  • the bracket 220 When the bracket 220 is inserted into the housing 210, the locking hole 221 corresponds to the locking pin 11, the guiding surface 2204 presses the bracket 220 and guides the locking pin 11 to insert into the locking hole 221, the bracket 220 is held by the fastening member 100.
  • the operating element 52 When the battery is desired to be disassembled from the housing 220, the operating element 52 is pressed to push the locking element 10 that the elastic element 30 is deformed, the locking pin 11 is pushed out of the locking hole221, and the bracket 220 with the battery drop out of the housing 210.
  • the elastic element 30 rebounds and the locking element 10 is moved back.
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