US20240057674A1

US20240057674A1 - Aerosol generation assembly, mechanism, device, and apparatus

Info

Publication number: US20240057674A1
Application number: US18/225,165
Authority: US
Inventors: Chengqin WU; Hui Liu; Tongxing FANG; Xiong Jiang
Original assignee: Shenzhen Aerosol Technology Research Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Aerosol Technology Research Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-08-16
Filing date: 2023-07-24
Publication date: 2024-02-22

Abstract

An aerosol generation assembly (10) includes an upright ceramic (100) and a heating element (200). The upright ceramic (100) includes a solid post (110) and at least one liquid-conducting projection (120) arranged on the solid post (110). A gas channel zone (101) is formed between a side wall of the liquid-conducting projections (120) and an outside wall of the solid post (110). A liquid passage zone (102) is formed on the liquid-conducting projection (120). The heating element (200) is at least partly arranged in the outside wall of the solid post (110) and located in the gas channel zone (101).

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to an aerosol generation assembly, mechanism, device, and apparatus.

DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART

In an electronic cigarette that includes a cylindrical ceramic heating core, which is also referred to as an instantaneous ceramic electronic cigarette, the cylindrical ceramic heating core has an axial opening formed in the center of the ceramic to serve as a gas channel, and a heating filament in largely embedded in an internal side of the ceramic, while an external side of the ceramic is fit to a hardware base in a manner of being wound with cotton.
However, at the site where the aerosol is generated in an electronic cigarette, a phenomenon of “frying” may readily occur. With the axial opening in the center of the cylindrical ceramic being the gas channel, when a gas flow of the electronic cigarette reaches the cylindrical ceramic, the gas flow is allowed to smoothly move through the gas channel formed in the cylindrical ceramic without being obstructed, condensate that is induced by “frying” or large liquid droplets will be largely inhaled by a user, causing discomfortable to the user. Further, during the generation of the aerosol, the cylindrical ceramic will be dynamically supplementing liquid to the aerosol generation site, namely the cylindrical ceramic consistently conducting liquid toward the aerosol generation site, however, as the heating filament is largely embedded in the internal side of the ceramic, the cylindrical ceramic has to supplement the liquid by adopting a manner of circumferentially transferring, so that liquid may not be timely supplemented, and dry burning may occur.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the above, it is desired to provide an aerosol generation assembly, mechanism, device, and apparatus, which effectively reduce the frying induced discomfort that a user may experience during the course of use and also effectively reduce dry burning.
An aerosol generation assembly comprises:

- an upright ceramic, the upright ceramic comprising a solid post and at least one liquid-conducting projection arranged on the solid post, a liquid passage zone being formed between a side wall of the liquid-conducting projection and an outside wall of the solid pos, the at least one liquid-conducting projection being provided with a liquid passage zone; and
- a heating element, the heating element being at least partly arranged in the outside wall of the solid post and located in the gas channel zone.

An aerosol generation mechanism comprises a liquid guiding member and an aerosol generation assembly described in any of the above embodiments. The liquid guiding member comprises an end attaching portion and a projection attaching portion connected to the end attaching portion, the end attaching portion being attached to an end portion of the solid post, the projection attaching portion being attached to the liquid passage zone of the liquid-conducting projection, the end attaching portion comprising a hollowed region, the hollowed region being arranged to correspond to the gas channel zone.
An aerosol generation device comprises a base and an aerosol generation mechanism described in any of the above embodiments. The base is formed with a liquid ingress hole and an aerosol generation compartment, the aerosol generation mechanism being disposed, through insertion, in the aerosol generation compartment, a compartment wall of the aerosol generation compartment enclosing the gas channel zone, the projection attaching portion being in contact engagement with the compartment wall of the aerosol generation compartment, the liquid ingress hole being in communication with the liquid passage zone.
An aerosol generation apparatus comprises an aerosol generation medium storage member and an aerosol generation device described in any of the above embodiments. The aerosol generation medium storage member is connected to the base, and the aerosol generation medium storage member is in communication with the liquid ingress hole.
Details of one or multiple embodiments of the present invention will be introduced in the following drawing and description. Other features, objectives, and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the disclosure, the drawings, and the claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To more clearly expound the technical solution of embodiments of the present invention, as well as that of the prior art, a brief description will be provided below for the drawings that are necessary for the illustration of the embodiments of the present invention or that of the prior art. Obviously, the drawings described below show only some of the embodiments of the present invention, and those having ordinary skill in the art may envisage, based on the attached drawings, drawings of other embodiments without creative endeavor.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an aerosol generation assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is another perspective view of the aerosol generation assembly shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the aerosol generation assembly shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is another cross-sectional view of the aerosol generation assembly shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a partial perspective view of the aerosol generation assembly shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an aerosol generation mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is another perspective view of the aerosol generation mechanism shown in FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the aerosol generation mechanism shown in FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing an aerosol generation device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is another perspective view of the aerosol generation device shown in FIG. 9 ;

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing an aerosol generation device according to another embodiment of the present invention:

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of the aerosol generation device shown in FIG. 11 ;

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing an aerosol generation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of the aerosol generation apparatus shown in FIG. 13 .

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

For better understanding of the present invention, the following provides a more comprehensive description of the present invention by taking reference to the attached drawings. However, the present invention can be embodied in various forms and is not limited to the embodiment described herein. On the contrary, the purpose of providing such embodiments is to allow the disclosed contents of the present invention to be understood in a more throughout manner.
It is noted that when an element is referred to as being “fixed” on another element, it can be directly arranged on said another element or there can be an intermediate therebetween. When an element is referred to as being “connected” to another element, it can be directly connected to said another element or there can be an intermediate element therebetween. The terms “vertical”, “horizontal”, “left” and “right”, and similar expressions as used herein are only for the purpose of illustration and are not intended to define a sole way of embodying.
Unless otherwise defined, all the terminology and scientific terms used herein are of the same meaning as that commonly understood by the technicians of the art to which the invention belongs. The terminology used in the disclosure of the present invention is only adopted for the purposes of illustrating specific embodiments, and is not for limiting the present invention. The term “and/or” as used herein includes any and all combinations of one or more related items that are listed.
Referring jointly to FIGS. 1 and 2 , an aerosol generation assembly 10 of an embodiment comprises an upright ceramic 100 and a heating element 200. The upright ceramic 100 comprises a solid post 110 and at least one liquid-conducting projection 120 arranged on the solid post 110. A gas channel zone 101 is formed between a side wall of the liquid-conducting projection 120 and an outside wall of the solid post 110. The liquid-conducting projection 120 has a liquid passage zone 102 formed thereon. The heating element 200 is at least partly arranged in the outside wall of the solid post 110 and is located in the gas channel zone 101.
The aerosol generation assembly 10 as discussed above makes the gas channel zone 101 formed between the side wall of the liquid-conducting projection 120 and the outside wall of the solid post 110 of the upright ceramic 100, and the gas channel zone 101 of the aerosol generation assembly 10 is located on an external circumference of the solid post 110 of the upright ceramic 100, so that when a gas flow of an electronic cigarette moves to the site of the aerosol generation assembly 10, the solid post 110 provides an effect of flow blocking to the gas flow, causing the gas flow reaching the gas channel zone 101 to pass therethrough in a turbulence form, making a liquid condensate or large liquid droplets caused by frying more frequently impacting the side walls of the liquid-conducting projection 120 and the solid post 110 to get attached to the side walls of the liquid-conducting projection 120 and the solid post 110, and thus reducing an amount of the liquid condensate or the large liquid droplets caused by frying to be brought out to thereby reduce the feeling of discomfort of a user caused by frying during the course of use, and also, the liquid-conducting projection 120 is provided with the liquid passage zone 102 formed thereon, and the liquid-conducting projection 120 and the solid post 110 are arranged in combination with the heating element 200 being at least partly arranged in the outside wall of the solid post 110 and located in the gas channel zone 101, meaning an atomizable cigarette liquid passes over the liquid-conducting projection 120 to be guided onto the solid post 110, and the atomizable cigarette liquid that is guided onto the solid post 110 is subjected to heating and atomizing by the heating element 200 arranged on the outside wall of the solid post 110 to form an aerosol. Compared to a cylinder, the solid post 110 exhibits a relatively large liquid storage capacity, and this implies a time period in which the atomizable cigarette liquid is continuously atomized at the site of the solid post 110 can be significantly extended. Further, the liquid-conducting projection 120 takes a form of linear transfer to carry out liquid supplementing to the solid post 110, and this, compared to liquid supplementing in a form of circumferential transfer, exhibits a relatively high efficiency of liquid supplementing, and this better ensures the timeliness of supplementing of the atomizable cigarette liquid to the site of the solid post 110 to thereby better reduce dry burning caused by untimely liquid supplementing.
It is noted that liquid supplementing taken in the form of circumferential transfer is that in a cylindrical ceramic having a central axial opening to serve as a gas channel, during the course of liquid supplementing, when the atomizable cigarette liquid flows from a liquid chamber to the surface of the cylindrical ceramic, the atomizable cigarette liquid has to move in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical ceramic to have the atomizable cigarette liquid transferred to an inner circumferential wall of the cylindrical ceramic. The transfer path is relatively long, making it easy to cause untimely liquid supplementing that results in dry burning. Liquid supplementing taken in the form of linear transfer is that during the course of supplementing liquid through the liquid-conducting projection to the solid post, when the atomizable cigarette liquid flowing from the liquid chamber reaches the liquid-conducting projection, the atomizable cigarette liquid moves in a direction of thickness of the liquid-conducting projection, namely moving in a linear direction, to have the atomizable cigarette liquid transferred to the site of the solid post, and compared to circumferential transfer, the transfer path of linear transfer is relatively short and timeliness of liquid supplementing can be improved.
Further referring to FIGS. 3-5 , in one embodiment, the heating element 200 comprises a direct heating portion 210 and an embedded portion 220. The direct heating portion 210 is attached to, partly embedded in, or fully embedded in the outside wall of the solid post 110, and the direct heating portion 210 is located in the gas channel zone 101, and the direct heating portion 210 is connected with the embedded portion 220, and the embedded portion 220 is embedded in the liquid-conducting projection 120. It is appreciated that the embedded portion 220 is embedded in the liquid-conducting projection 120, and the embedded portion 220 is connected with the direct heating portion 210, namely by means of the embedded portion 220, stability of the direct heating portion 210 of the heating element 200 being attached to, partly embedded in, or fully embedded in the solid post 110 is realized in a better form, so as to better improve the stability of atomization that the heating element 200 carries out on the atomizable cigarette liquid at the site of the solid post 110, and the embedded portion 220 that is embedded in the liquid-conducting projection 120 provides a better effect of assisting heating and atomizing to better enhance the effect of atomization of the atomizable cigarette liquid.
Further referring to FIGS. 1-5 , in one embodiment, the heating element 200 further comprises an electrical conducting member 300, and the electrical conducting member 300 extends through the solid post 110 or the liquid-conducting projection 120 and is in electrical connection with the direct heating portion 210 and the embedded portion 220 to make the effect of heating and atomizing of the heating element 200 better realized.
In one embodiment, the heating element comprises a heating filament. Further, a portion of the heating filament is attached to, partly embedded, or fully embedded in the outside wall of the solid post serves as the direct heating portion. Further, a portion of the heating filament embedded in the liquid-conducting projection serves as the embedded portion. Further, the direct heating portion and the embedded portion are made as an integrally formed structure. It is appreciated that the direct heating portion and the embedded portion forming the heating filament and being made as an integrally formed structure could better improve the connection stability and connection compactness of the direct heating portion and the embedded portion to thereby better ensure the structure compactness and structure stability of the heating element to better ensure the stability of heating and atomizing of the heating element.
In one embodiment, the heating filament comprises a spiral heating filament. The heating filament is spirally wound around the side wall of the solid post, and a portion of the heating filament extends through the liquid-conducting projection. It is appreciated that the heating filament being spirally wound around the side wall of the solid post could allow the solid post to better achieve fully and uniformly heating to thereby enhance the effect of atomization of the atomizable cigarette liquid to better ensure mouth feeling of inhaling the aerosol.
In one embodiment, the solid post and the liquid-conducting projection are made as an integrally formed structure. It is appreciated that making the solid post and the liquid-conducting projections as an integrally formed structure could better enhance connection stability and connection compactness of the solid post and the liquid-conducting projections to thereby better ensure the structure stability and structure compactness of the upright ceramic.
In one embodiment, the heating element comprises a heating rack, a heating net, or a heating plate. The heating element is arranged on the outside wall of the solid post and located in the gas channel zone. It is appreciated that the heating rack, the heating net, or the heating plate may be, but not limited thereto, attached to, partly embedded in, or fully embedded in the outside wall of the solid post to better realize stable generation of aerosol in the gas channel zone.
Further referring to FIGS. 1-5 , in one embodiment, the solid post 110 comprises a cylinder, and the liquid-conducting projection 120 comprises a fan-shaped projection block, and a top portion of the liquid-conducting projection 120 is connected to the solid post 110. It is noted that the fan-shaped projection block has a cross section that has a planar structure in the form of a fan shape from which a concentric fan shape of the same radian is removed. Further, the planar structure is extended into a columnar structure that is the fan-shaped projection block. The cross section of the fan-shaped projection block can be regarded as being similar to a trapezoid, with the shorter arc being the top portion and the longer are the bottom portion. In other words, the top portion of the liquid-conducting projection 120 is the side to which the shorter arc line of the cross section corresponds. It is appreciated that the side to which the longer arc line of the fan-shaped projection block corresponds faces toward the direction of being away from the solid post 110, namely the part that is in communication with a liquid ingress hole, so that the side surface that has a relatively large side surface area can face the liquid ingress opening to ensure better blocking of the liquid ingress opening and better ensuring the amount of the liquid being transferred. Further, the side surface of the fan-shaped projection block that has the shorter arc line is connected to the solid post 110 to realize concentration of transfer of liquid under a condition of ensuring a space of the gas channel zone 101 to better realize timeliness of liquid supplementing from the fan-shaped projection block to the solid post 110.
Further referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 , in one embodiment, the liquid-conducting projection 120 is arranged by two in number, and the two liquid-conducting projections 120 are arranged in axial symmetry about a central axis of the solid post 110 to thereby define two gas channel zones 101, respectively, for better increasing the space of the gas channel zones 101, thus increasing the space for aerosol generation and increasing the amount of aerosol generated and reducing the path of liquid supplementing to further reduce the issue of dry burning caused by untimely liquid supplementing.
In one embodiment, there are a plurality of liquid-conducting projections, and the number of the liquid-conducting projections is defined by M, M being greater than two. The M liquid-conducting projections are arranged to distribute in a circumference about the central axis of the solid post to define M gas channel zones. It is appreciated that circumferential distribution about the central axis of the solid post is to distribute along a circular circumference of a circle about the central axis of the solid post, for better realizing a multiplicity of paths for liquid supplementing to the solid post to thereby ensure the amount of liquid supplemented to the solid post and enhancing the effect of atomization. However, it is not the case that the greater the value of M, the better the effect of atomization, the sum of the lengths of the shorter arc lines of the liquid-conducting projections taking ⅓-⅗ of the circumference length of the solid post provides a better intensity of liquid supplementing and shows a better quantity of aerosol generation so as to ensure a better effect of atomization.
Further referring to FIGS. 6-8 , an aerosol generation mechanism 10A of an embodiment comprises a liquid guiding member 20 and an aerosol generation assembly 10 described in any of the above-discussed embodiments. The liquid guiding member 20 comprises an end attaching portion 201 and a projection attaching portion 202 connected to the end attaching portion 201. The end attaching portion 201 is attached to an end portion of the solid post 110, and the projection attaching portion 202 is attached to the liquid passage zone 102 of the liquid-conducting projection 120. The end attaching portion 201 includes a hollowed region 203, and the hollowed region 203 is arranged to correspond to the gas channel zone 101. Further, referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 , in the instant embodiment, the aerosol generation assembly 10 comprises an upright ceramic 100 and a heating element 200. The upright ceramic 100 comprises a solid post 110 and at least one liquid-conducting projection 120 arranged on the solid post 110. A gas channel zone 101 is formed between a side wall of the liquid-conducting projection 120 and an outside wall of the solid post 110. The liquid-conducting projection 120 has a liquid passage zone 102 formed thereon. The heating element 200 is at least partly arranged in the outside wall of the solid post 110 and is located in the gas channel zone 101.
In the aerosol generation mechanism 10A discussed above, the aerosol generation mechanism 10A is adopted to have the end attaching portion 201 attached to the end portion of the solid post 110, so that the liquid guiding member 20 is fixed to the end portion of the solid post 110 by means of the end attaching portion 201 to effectively ensure the stability of fixing of the liquid guiding member 20 to better realize a sealing effect that the liquid guiding member 20 applies to the atomizable cigarette liquid, and also, the end attaching portion 201 includes the hollowed region 203, and the hollowed region 203 is arranged to correspond to the gas channel zone 101, and the projection attaching portion 202 is attached to the liquid passage zone 102 of the liquid-conducting projection 120, so that the liquid guiding member 20 can avoid the gas channel zone 101 by applying the projection attaching portion 202 to attach to the side surface of the liquid-conducting projection 120 that is distant from the solid post 110 to effectively ensure the effect of liquid guiding that the liquid guiding member 20 applies to the liquid-conducting projection 120.
Further referring to FIGS. 6-8 , in one embodiment, the end portion of the solid post 110 is provided with a positioning portion 111, and the end attaching portion 201 includes a positioning region 204, and the positioning portion 111 is connected to the positioning region 204. It is appreciated that a regular liquid guiding member 20 is a piece of wound cotton on the ceramic surface, and the operation of the cotton winding is relatively complicated and shows poor consistency, making quality inspection burdensome, while in the application, the liquid guiding member 20 that has been pre-fabricated and includes the end attaching portion 201 and the projection attaching portion 202 allows the positioning portion 111 and the positioning region 204 to be connected during assembly to better realize attachment and connection of the liquid guiding member 20 with the solid post 110 and the liquid-conducting projection 120 individually to effectively enhance the consistency of the aerosol generation mechanism 10A and better realize reduction of fabrication difficulty of the aerosol generation mechanism 10A.
Further referring to FIGS. 6-8 , in one embodiment, the positioning portion 111 comprises a positioning projection, and the positioning region 204 is a positioning hole. The positioning projection is received in the positioning hole to better realize connection stability between the positioning portion 111 and the positioning region 204. In other embodiments, the positioning portion may include, but not limited thereto, two opposite roughened surfaces, and the positioning region may include, but not limited thereto, two opposite end attaching portions on one side adjacent to the solid post, and for assembly, the liquid guiding member is fit onto the upright ceramic to better realize connection stability between the positioning portion and the positioning region.
In one embodiment, the end attaching portion and the projection attaching portion are made as an integrally formed cotton structure to enhance the connection stability and connection compactness of the end attaching portion and the projection attaching portion to thereby better ensure structural strength and compactness of the liquid guiding member and also to enhance the fabrication efficiency of the liquid guiding member.
Further referring to FIGS. 9-12 , an aerosol generation device 10B of an embodiment comprises a base 20A and an aerosol generation mechanism 10A described in any of the above-discussed embodiments. The base 20A is formed with a liquid ingress hole 201A and an aerosol generation compartment 202A. The aerosol generation mechanism 10A is arranged, as being inserted, in the aerosol generation compartment 202A. A compartment wall of the aerosol generation compartment 202A encloses the gas channel zone 101. The projection attaching portion 202 is in contact engagement with the compartment wall of the aerosol generation compartment 202A, and the liquid ingress hole 201A is in communication with the liquid passage zone 102.
In the aerosol generation device 10B discussed above, the aerosol generation mechanism 10A is adopted to have the compartment wall of the aerosol generation compartment 202A enclose the gas channel zone 101, and the projection attaching portion 202 is in contact engagement with the compartment wall of the aerosol generation compartment 202A, and the liquid ingress hole 201A is in communication with the liquid passage zone 102, so as to better realize the atomizable cigarette liquid being guided linearly from the projection attaching portion 202 and the liquid-conducting projection 120 onto the solid post 110 for heating and atomizing, thereby better ensuring reduction of the feeling of discomfort of a user caused by frying during the course of use, and better ensuring reduction of dry burning caused by untimely liquid supplementing.
Further referring to FIGS. 11 and 12 , in one embodiment, a liquid blocking step 30A is arranged at an end portion of the compartment wall of the aerosol generation compartment 202A, and the liquid blocking step 30A is arranged to correspond to the gas channel zone 101 to better realize the liquid blocking step 30A better blocking the liquid condensate or the large liquid droplets generated by frying when frying occurs at the site of the heating element 200 to reduce the liquid condensate or the large liquid droplets generated by frying being brought out to thereby reduce the feeling of discomfort of a user caused by frying during the course of use.
Further referring to FIGS. 13 and 14 , an aerosol generation apparatus 10C of an embodiment comprises an aerosol generation medium storage member 20B and an aerosol generation device 10B described in any of the above-discussed embodiments. The aerosol generation medium storage member 20B is connected to the base 20A, and the aerosol generation medium storage member 20B is in communication with the liquid ingress hole 201A.
In the aerosol generation apparatus 10C discussed above, the aerosol generation device 10B is adopted to have the aerosol generation medium storage member 20B connected to the base 20A and the aerosol generation medium storage member 20B in communication with the liquid ingress hole 201A, so that the base 20A and the aerosol generation medium storage member 20B are connected together to surround and define a chamber in which the atomizable cigarette liquid is stored and have the chamber in communication with the liquid ingress hole 201A to better realize contact of the atomizable cigarette liquid with the liquid guiding member 20 to thereby better ensure effective liquid guiding by the liquid guiding member 20 and the liquid-conducting projection 120.
Further referring to FIGS. 13 and 14 , in one embodiment, the aerosol generation apparatus 10C further comprises an electrical power bar 30B and an inhalation mouth 40B. The electrical power bar 30B is electrically connected with the heating element 200. The inhalation mouth 40B is in communication with the gas channel zone 101, and the inhalation mouth 40B is connectable to the aerosol generation medium storage member 20B and/or the base 20A to better realize the atomization function of the aerosol generation apparatus 10C on the atomizable cigarette liquid to thereby better realize the aerosol generation function of the aerosol generation apparatus 10C.
Further referring to FIGS. 13 and 14 , in one embodiment, the inhalation mouth 40B is formed with a liquid filling void area 401B. Further, the base 20A and the aerosol generation medium storage member 20B are connected to form the liquid chamber 101B. The base 20A is formed with a liquid filling hole 201B. The liquid filling hole 201B is in communication with the liquid chamber 101B. The liquid chamber 101B is in communication with the liquid ingress hole 201A. The liquid filling hole 201B is also in communication with the liquid filling void area 401B. The liquid chamber 101B functions to store and hold therein the atomizable cigarette liquid to better realize supplement of the atomizable cigarette liquid in the liquid chamber 101B.
Further referring to FIGS. 13 and 14 , in one embodiment, the aerosol generation apparatus IDC further comprises a mouth cap 50B. The mouth cap 50B is set on and covers the inhalation mouth 40B. The mouth cap 50B is connectable to the inhalation mouth 40B in a detachable manner to better ensure the cleanability of the site of the inhalation mouth 40B.
Compared to the known art, the present invention at least includes the following advantages:
The aerosol generation assembly 10 according to the present invention is such that the gas channel zone 101 is formed between the side wall of the liquid-conducting projections 120 and the outside wall of the solid post 110 of the upright ceramic 100, and the gas channel zone 101 of the aerosol generation assembly 10 is located on the external circumference of the solid post 110 of the upright ceramic 100 so that when a gas flow of an electronic cigarette moves to the site of the aerosol generation assembly 10, the solid post 110 provides an effect of flow blocking to the gas flow, causing the gas flow reaching the gas channel zone 101 to pass therethrough in a turbulence form, making a liquid condensate or large liquid droplets caused by frying more frequently impacting the side walls of the liquid-conducting projection 120 and the solid post 110 to get attached to the side walls of the liquid-conducting projection 120 and the solid post 110, and thus reducing an amount of the liquid condensate or the large liquid droplets caused by frying to be brought out to thereby reduce the feeling of discomfort of a user caused by frying during the course of use, and also, the liquid-conducting projection 120 is provided with the liquid passage zone 102 formed thereon, and the liquid-conducting projection 120 and the solid post 110 are arranged in combination with the heating element 200 being at least partly arranged in the outside wall of the solid post 110 and located in the gas channel zone 101, meaning an atomizable cigarette liquid passes over the liquid-conducting projection 120 to be guided onto the solid post 110, and the atomizable cigarette liquid that is guided onto the solid post 110 is subjected to heating and atomizing by the heating element 200 arranged on the outside wall of the solid post 110 to form an aerosol. Compared to a cylinder, the solid post 110 exhibits a relatively large liquid storage capacity, and this implies a time period in which the atomizable cigarette liquid is continuously atomized at the site of the solid post 110 can be significantly extended. Further, the liquid-conducting projection 120 takes a form of linear transfer to carry out liquid supplementing to the solid post 110, and this, compared to liquid supplementing in a form of circumferential transfer, exhibits a relatively high efficiency of liquid supplementing, and this better ensures the timeliness of supplementing of the atomizable cigarette liquid to the site of the solid post 110 to thereby better reduce dry burning caused by untimely liquid supplementing.
All the features of the embodiments described above can be combined arbitrarily, and for simplicity of the description, all possible combinations of the features of the above embodiments have been expounded. However, all the combinations of such features are all considered within the scope of the disclosure provided there is no contradiction between such features.
The above-discussed embodiments only illustrate some of the embodiments of the present invention. The illustration is made specific and detailed, and it should not be construed as being limitative to the scope of protection of the present invention. It is noted that for those having ordinary skill in the art, various changes and modifications can be contemplated without departing from the inventive idea of the present invention, and such are all considered within the scope of protection of the present invention. Thus, the scope of patent protection of the present invention is only defined by the appended claims.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. An aerosol generation assembly, comprising:

an upright ceramic, the upright ceramic comprising a solid post and at least one liquid-conducting projection arranged on the solid post, a gas channel zone being formed between a side wall of the liquid-conducting projection and an outside wall of the solid post, the at least one liquid-conducting projection being provided with a liquid passage zone; and

a heating element, the heating element being at least partly arranged in the outside wall of the solid post and located in the gas channel zone.

2. The aerosol generation assembly according to claim 1, wherein the heating element comprises a direct heating portion and an embedded portion;

the direct heating portion is attached to, partly embedded in, or fully embedded in the outside wall of the solid post;

the direct heating portion is located in the gas channel zone and connected to the embedded portion; and

the embedded portion is embedded in the liquid-conducting projection.

3. The aerosol generation assembly according to claim 2, wherein the heating element further comprises an electrical conducting member, the electrical conducting member extending through the solid post or the liquid-conducting projection and being electrically connected with the direct heating portion and the embedded portion.

4. The aerosol generation assembly according to claim 2, wherein the heating element comprises a heating filament;

a portion of the heating filament that is attached to, partly embedded, or fully embedded in the outside wall of the solid post serves as the direct heating portion;

a portion of the heating filament that is embedded in the liquid-conducting projection serves as the embedded portion; and

the direct heating portion and the embedded portion are made as an integrally formed structure.

5. The aerosol generation assembly according to claim 4, wherein the heating filament comprises a spiral heating filament which is spirally wound around the side wall of the solid post, and a portion of the spiral heating filament extends through the liquid-conducting projection.

6. The aerosol generation assembly according to claim 1, wherein the solid post and the liquid-conducting projection are made as an integrally formed structure;

and/or the heating element comprises a heating rack, a heating net, or a heating plate, and the heating element is arranged on the outside wall of the solid post and located in the gas channel zone; and/or

the solid post comprises a cylinder, and the liquid-conducting projection comprises a fan-shaped projection block, a top portion of the liquid-conducting projections being connected to the solid post.

7. The aerosol generation assembly according to claim 1, wherein the at least one liquid-conducting projection comprises two liquid-conducting projections and the two liquid-conducting projections are arranged in axial symmetry about a central axis of the solid post to form two gas channel zones; or

the at least one liquid-conducting projection comprises M liquid-conducting projections which are arranged to distribute in a circumference about a central axis of the solid post to define M gas channel zones, M being an integer greater than two.

8. An aerosol generation mechanism, comprising a liquid guiding member and the aerosol generation assembly according to claim 1, wherein the liquid guiding member comprises an end attaching portion and a projection attaching portion connected to the end attaching portion, the end attaching portion being attached to an end portion of the solid post, the projection attaching portion being attached to the liquid passage zone of the liquid-conducting projection, the end attaching portion comprising a hollowed region, the hollowed region being arranged to correspond to the gas channel zone.

9. The aerosol generation mechanism according to claim 8, wherein an end portion of the solid post is provided with a positioning portion, and the end attaching portion comprises a positioning region, the positioning portion being connected to the positioning region.

10. The aerosol generation mechanism according to claim 9, wherein the positioning portion comprises a positioning projection, and the positioning region comprises a positioning hole, the positioning projection being received in the positioning hole.

11. The aerosol generation mechanism according to claim 8, wherein the end attaching portion and the projection attaching portion are made as an integrally formed cotton structure.

12. An aerosol generation device, comprising a base and the aerosol generation mechanism according to claim 8, wherein the base is formed with a liquid ingress hole and an aerosol generation compartment, the aerosol generation mechanism being disposed in the aerosol generation compartment, a compartment wall of the aerosol generation compartment enclosing the gas channel zone, the projection attaching portion being in contact engagement with the compartment wall of the aerosol generation compartment, the liquid ingress hole being in communication with the liquid passage zone.

13. The aerosol generation device according to claim 12, wherein a liquid blocking step is arranged at an end portion of the compartment wall of the aerosol generation compartment, and the liquid blocking step corresponds to the gas channel zone.

14. An aerosol generation apparatus, comprising an aerosol generation medium storage member and the aerosol generation device according to claim 12, wherein the aerosol generation medium storage member is connected to the base, and the aerosol generation medium storage member is in communication with the liquid ingress hole.

15. The aerosol generation apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the aerosol generation apparatus further comprises an electrical power bar and an inhalation mouth, the electrical power bar being electrically connected with the heating element, the inhalation mouth being in communication with the gas channel zone, the inhalation mouth being connectable to the aerosol generation medium storage member and/or the base.

16. The aerosol generation apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the inhalation mouth is formed with a liquid filling void area; and

the base and the aerosol generation medium storage member are connected to form a liquid chamber, the base being formed with a liquid filling hole, the liquid filling hole being in communication with the liquid chamber, the liquid chamber being in communication with the liquid ingress hole, the liquid filling hole being also in communication with the liquid filling void area, the liquid chamber being configured for storing and holding therein the atomizable cigarette liquid.

17. The aerosol generation apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the aerosol generation apparatus further comprises a mouth cap, the mouth cap being set on and covering the inhalation mouth, the mouth cap being connectable to the inhalation mouth in a detachable manner.