WO2015109620A1

WO2015109620A1 - Electronic cigarette

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Publication number: WO2015109620A1
Application number: PCT/CN2014/072134
Authority: WO
Inventors: 刘秋明
Original assignee: 吉瑞高新科技股份有限公司
Priority date: 2014-01-26
Filing date: 2014-02-17
Publication date: 2015-07-30
Also published as: CN203662029U

Abstract

An electronic cigarette, comprising a cigarette body (101), a mouthpiece (102) connected to a first end of the cigarette body (101), an airflow sensor switch (103) arranged within the cigarette body (101), a ring-shaped lamp plate (200) arranged within a second end of the cigarette body (101), a plurality of light-emitting elements (201) arranged on the ring-shaped lamp plate (200), and a microcontroller (301) arranged within the cigarette body (101). The electronic cigarette enables the microcontroller (301) to control the plurality of light-emitting elements (201) arranged in the form of a surrounding circle, not only enabling light of an end portion of the electronic cigarette to become more uniform, thereby solving the problem in the prior art of light being more concentrated in a central area, but also enabling the light-emitting elements (201), controlled by the microcontroller (301), to have different light effects, thereby improving user experience.

Description

Electronic cigarette

The present application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 20142005216, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference. Technical field

The utility model relates to the field of electronic cigarette technology, in particular to an electronic cigarette with a light effect. Background technique

The existing electronic cigarette generally includes an atomizer. When the smoker smokes, a high-speed airflow is formed inside the electronic cigarette, and the electronic cigarette generates a control signal for turning on the atomizer according to the high-speed airflow, so that the atomizer is passed through the atomizer. An aerosol that simulates smoke is formed, and the existing electronic cigarette is generally provided with an indicator light, which indicates the state of charge and working state, and is used to simulate tobacco combustion.

The existing electronic cigarettes generally only have one indicator light, and the indicator light has only two states of lighting and closing, so that the lighting effect is very simple, and it is impossible to obtain a good lighting effect. Moreover, when the indicator light indicates the working state of the electronic cigarette, the luminous effect is not uniform, so that the electronic cigarette cannot obtain a good lighting effect, and the effect of simulating the burning of the tobacco is poor, which affects the user experience. Utility model content

In view of this, the present invention provides an electronic cigarette that enables a user to obtain a good lighting effect by using the electronic cigarette provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides the following technical solutions:

An electronic cigarette, wherein:

Cigarette 101 ;

A mouthpiece 102 connected to the first end of the body of smoke 101:

An airflow sensing switch 103 for generating a pulse signal is disposed inside the body of smoke 101;

A ring light plate 200 is disposed inside the second end of the body of the tobacco body 101;

A plurality of light emitting elements 201 are arranged on the ring light panel 200, and are located in the ring light The light emitting element 201 on the board 200 is rounded;

A controller 301 is disposed inside the cigarette body 101, the controller 301 is respectively connected to the airflow sensing switch 103 and the light emitting component 201, and the microcontroller 301 is configured to generate according to the pulse signal. A control signal for controlling the on/off of the light emitting element 201 is controlled.

The electronic cigarette, wherein

A plurality of the light-emitting elements 201 disposed on the ring light panel 200 are respectively connected to the microcontroller 301 through 10 ports of the microcontroller 301, and the microcontroller 301 is configured to use the control signal according to the control signal. The 10-port conduction is controlled such that a plurality of the light-emitting elements 201 are fully illuminated, blinking at a preset frequency, or gradually increasing the brightness of the light-emitting element 201.

The electronic cigarette, wherein

A plurality of the light emitting elements 201 disposed on the ring light panel 200 include a plurality of light emitting elements 201;

The group of the light-emitting elements 201 is connected to the microcontroller 301 through 10 ports of the microcontroller 301, and different sets of the light-emitting elements 201 pass through different ports 10 of the microcontroller 301 and the micro The controller 301 is connected such that the microcontroller 301 controls the 10-port alternate conduction according to the pulse signal to alternately illuminate a plurality of the light-emitting elements 201.

The electronic cigarette, wherein the light emitting element 201 is an LED light.

The electronic cigarette, wherein

A plurality of positioning holes 202 are disposed in the ring light plate 200 such that the ring light plate 200 is disposed inside the smoke body 101 through the positioning holes 202.

The electronic cigarette, wherein

A transparent casing 501 is disposed at the tail of the body 101.

The electronic cigarette, wherein

Inside the cigarette body 101, a battery 502 for supplying power to the micro-controller 301 and the light-emitting element 201 is provided in connection with the microcontroller 301.

The electronic cigarette, wherein the airflow sensing switch 103 includes;

Cylindrical shell 401 ;

The controller 301 is disposed at one end of the outer casing 401; a negative pressure chamber 402 is disposed inside the outer casing 401;

An inductor 403 connected to the cymbal controller 301 is disposed inside the negative pressure chamber 402, and the inductor 403 is configured to generate the pulse signal if a pressure drop inside the negative pressure chamber 402 is detected.

The electronic cigarette, wherein the cymbal controller 301 is located inside the negative pressure chamber 402 or outside the negative pressure chamber 402.

The electronic cigarette, wherein the inductor 403 is an air flow sensor.

As can be seen from the above technical solution, the electronic cigarette provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes a cigarette body and a mouthpiece connected to the cigarette body, and an airflow sensing switch for generating a pulse signal is disposed inside the cigarette body. A ring light panel is disposed inside the cigarette body, and a plurality of light-emitting elements surrounded by a ring are arranged on the ring light plate, and a controller 301 is disposed inside the cigarette body, and the controller 301 is respectively The air flow sensing switch is connected to the light emitting element, and the microcontroller 301 is configured to generate a control signal for controlling the turning on and off of the light emitting element according to the pulse signal. The electronic cigarette provided by the embodiment can enable the microcontroller 301 to control a plurality of the light-emitting elements that are annular, not only to make the light of the end of the electronic cigarette tend to be uniform, but also solve the problem that the light is concentrated in the prior art. The problem in the central region is that the simulated tobacco combustion is more realistic, and so that the light-emitting elements have different lighting effects under the control of the microcontroller 301.

DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described below, and obviously, the attached in the following description The drawings are only some embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can obtain other drawings according to the drawings without any creative work.

1 is a cross-sectional structural view showing an embodiment of an electronic cigarette according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view showing another embodiment of a ring light panel in an electronic cigarette according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is another embodiment of circuit connection of an electronic cigarette according to an embodiment of the present invention. Schematic diagram

4 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of an airflow sensing switch of an electronic cigarette according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of an electronic cigarette according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of an electronic cigarette according to an embodiment of the present invention. detailed description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. example. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

The structure of the electronic cigarette will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1:

The electronic cigarette includes: a cigarette body 101 and a mouthpiece 102 connected to the body 101, and the mouthpiece 102 is disposed at a first end of the body 101.

An air flow sensing switch 103 for generating a pulse signal is disposed inside the body 101.

That is, when the user smokes through the mouthpiece 102, an airflow is formed inside the mouthpiece 102. After the airflow sensing switch 103 senses the airflow, a pulse signal is generated to cause the microcontroller 301 (shown in FIG. 3) to sense the pulse signal. The circuit in which the atomizer of the electronic cigarette is controlled is turned on, so that the atomizer generates the smoke. The specific working process of the atomizer is the prior art, which is not described in this embodiment.

A ring light plate 200 is disposed inside the body 101, and the specific structure of the ring plate 200 is shown in FIG.

A plurality of light emitting elements 201 are arranged on the annular light plate 200 such that the light emitting elements 201 are rounded around the annular light plate 200, so that the light emitting elements 201 of the electronic cigarette can emit uniform light. This allows users to achieve even lighting effects, simulate the effects of tobacco burning more realistic, and enhance the experience of the smoking process. Not only does the light at the end of the electronic cigarette tend to be uniform, but also the problem of the prior art that the light is concentrated in the central region is solved.

The specific number of the light-emitting elements 201 located on the ring-shaped light board 200 is not performed in this embodiment. Limited.

In this embodiment, an airflow sensing switch 103 is disposed inside the tobacco body 101. When the user smokes, the airflow sensing switch 103 senses the airflow generated by the smoking, and generates a pulse signal, and the controller 301 generates a control signal according to the pulse signal. The on/off corresponding to the plurality of light emitting elements 201 is arranged on the ring light panel 200. The light effect of the electronic cigarette is made more diverse by the embodiment, so that the electronic cigarette is more interesting during use, and the light emitted by the electronic cigarette is uniformed by surrounding the circular light-emitting element 201, thereby effectively improving the smoking of the user. The experience of the process.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 1 details the structure of the electronic cigarette, and the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 details the specific structure in which the annular light board is disposed inside the cigarette body, and the following implementation is combined with the embodiment shown in FIG. For details, how the microcontroller 301 controls the light-emitting elements will be described in detail;

A plurality of the light-emitting elements 201 disposed on the ring-shaped light plate 200 are respectively connected to the microcontroller 301 through the ports of the micro-controller 301.

The microcontroller 301 is configured to control the 10-port conduction according to the control signal, so that the plurality of the light-emitting elements 201 are all bright, blink at a preset frequency, or gradually increase the brightness of the light-emitting element 201.

The specific circuit connection structure is shown in Figure 3.

More specifically, when the user smokes, the light-emitting element 201 can exhibit a breathing effect, that is, the controller 301 controls the light-emitting element 201 connected thereto through the 10-port to be turned on, and gradually increases the current so that the brightness of the light-emitting element 201 is gradually increased. Gradually absorb the light.

Or,

When the user smokes, the light-emitting element 201 can exhibit a long-light effect, that is, the controller 301 controls the light-emitting element 201 connected thereto through the 10-port to be turned on, and causes the light-emitting element 201 to be bright.

Or,

When the user smokes, the light-emitting element 201 can exhibit a flickering effect, that is, the controller 301 controls the light-emitting element 201 connected thereto through the 10-port to blink at a preset frequency.

Preferably, the light-emitting element 201 can also be used to indicate the state of charge of the electronic cigarette, such as in an electronic cigarette. When the charger is inserted, the light-emitting element 201 is bright or gradually increases the brightness of the light-emitting element 201, and the electronic cigarette is abnormally charged, and the light-emitting element 201 is flashed at a preset frequency.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the operating mode of the electronic cigarette indicated by the light-emitting element 201 is particularly bright or blinking or fade-out. The specific operating mode is not limited in this embodiment.

The plurality of the light emitting elements 201 disposed on the ring light panel 200 may further include a plurality of light emitting elements 201.

An example of how the group of light-emitting elements 201 achieves alternating lighting is illustrated in conjunction with FIG. 3:

The plurality of the light-emitting elements 201 on the ring-shaped light-emitting board 200 includes three sets of light-emitting element groups. It is to be understood that the number of light-emitting element groups specifically included is not limited in this embodiment.

Each of the optical component groups is connected to a microcontroller 301 via a microcontroller 301 through a port 10 of the microcontroller 301.

In a specific application, when the user smokes, the microcontroller 301 controls the 10 ports to alternately conduct according to the pulse signal, for example, the first light emitting element group, the second light emitting element group, and the third light emitting element group are alternately lit. In order to cause the plurality of the light-emitting elements 201 located on the ring-shaped light panel 200 to exhibit the display effect of the marquee.

Further, the light-emitting element located on the annular light panel 200 preferably uses an LED light. Through the embodiment, the microcontroller 301 can control the 10-port conduction according to the control signal, so that the plurality of the light-emitting elements 201 are all bright, blink at a preset frequency, or gradually increase the brightness of the light-emitting element 201. In order to enable the user to enhance the experience during smoking according to the light-emitting or blinking state of the light-emitting element 201, the smoking process is more specific and interesting. The use of the light-emitting element 201 in the blinking or blinking state can also be used to indicate whether the electronic cigarette is normally charged. Through the embodiment, when the user smokes, the plurality of the light-emitting elements located on the ring-shaped light panel 200 exhibit a display form of the marquee, which further enhances the light. The display effect effectively improves the experience of the user during smoking, and the light emitted by the plurality of the light-emitting elements during the display process is uniform, which improves the experience of the user during smoking.

The manner of fixing the ring light plate 200 is further shown in FIG. 2;

That is, a plurality of positioning holes 202 are arranged in the annular light plate 200, and the positioning light is passed through the positioning holes 202 through the positioning holes 202.

Further, referring to Fig. 1, a transparent outer casing 501 is disposed at the tail of the body 101. The transparent casing 501 is passed through such that the light emitted from the plurality of the light-emitting elements 201 disposed on the annular lamp panel 200 can pass through the transparent casing 501.

Referring further to Fig. 1, a battery 502 disposed in communication with the controller 301 is provided inside the body 101 to supply power to the microcontroller 301 and the light emitting element 201.

The specific structure of the airflow sensing switch of the electronic cigarette will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiment shown in FIG. 4;

The airflow sensing switch 103 allows the atomizer to operate to generate smoke.

Specifically, the air flow sensing switch 103 includes a cylindrical outer casing 401.

The controller 301 is disposed at a first end of the outer casing 401.

A negative pressure chamber 402 is disposed inside the outer casing 401;

An inductor 403 connected to the crucible controller 301 is disposed inside the negative pressure chamber 402, and the inductor 403 is configured to generate the pulse signal if the pressure inside the negative pressure chamber 402 is detected to decrease.

Specifically, the inductor 403 is an air flow sensor.

More specifically, the controller 301 is located inside the negative pressure chamber 402 or outside the negative pressure chamber 402. The specific location is not limited in this embodiment.

The specific application process of the airflow sensing switch 103 is as follows:

The user smokes through the mouthpiece 102, wherein the body 101 is threadedly coupled to the mouthpiece 102.

When the user smokes, the pressure of the negative pressure chamber 402 located in the cylindrical outer casing 401 is reduced, and an air flow is generated in the negative pressure chamber 402, and the sensor 403 senses that the pressure of the negative pressure chamber 402 is reduced, and generates The pulse signal is transmitted to the microcontroller 301.

The microcontroller 301 simultaneously outputs a control signal to turn on the circuit switch where the atomizer is located, causing the atomizer to operate to generate smoke. And the controller 301 controls the long-lighting of the light-emitting elements connected through the 10-port, Flashing or gradually increasing the current flowing through the light-emitting element at a certain frequency.

When the user stops smoking, the microcontroller 301 does not detect the electrical signal and turns off the circuit switch where the atomizer is located, thereby stopping the atomizer and the sounder.

Wherein, if the pressure in the negative pressure chamber 402 increases or is shocked by an external force, the sensor 403 does not generate any signal, that is, the negative pressure chamber 402 is only generated by the negative pressure chamber 402 when the user smokes. The negative pressure generates a pulse signal.

Further referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the working principle of the electronic cigarette provided by the present invention is further described in detail. The model of the control chip in the microcontroller 301 is SN8P2711B. The following describes the working process of the above circuit in detail:

When smoking, the airflow sensor 403 transmits the smoking signal to the control chip of the control module 301.

The MCU, the control panel MCU controls the FET Q1 in the switch assembly to be turned on, so that the battery 502 supplies power to the heating wire D of the atomizer, so that the heating wire D atomizes the oil, and simultaneously controls the switch indicator LED1 and LED2. bright. The capacitor C2 is used to supply power to the control chip when a short circuit occurs between CH+ and CH-, so that the control chip has a buffer time for turning off the FET Q1, thereby avoiding a dangerous situation.

The sensor 403 of the airflow sensing switch 103 shown in this embodiment can generate a pulse signal according to the airflow generated by the user smoking, and the microcontroller 301 generates, according to the pulse signal, a control for controlling the atomizer and the light emitting component 201 to be turned on and off. control signal. By using the electronic cigarette shown in this embodiment, the user can generate smoke when smoking and can make the corresponding light-emitting elements on the electronic cigarette emit light, so that the electronic cigarette has a beautiful lighting effect and improves the user experience. Moreover, the electronic cigarette provided by the utility model can avoid the occurrence of dangerous situations and effectively improve the service life of the electronic cigarette.

It should be clarified that the external shape of the electronic cigarette provided by the embodiment is only a description, and the outer shape of the electronic cigarette may be designed into other shapes according to different design purposes, that is, the exterior of the electronic cigarette. The specific shape is not limited in this embodiment, for example, as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG.

As shown in FIG. 5, a protrusion 501 may be formed at a second end of the body 101, and the ring plate 200 is disposed inside the protrusion 501. As shown in FIG. 6, the tobacco body 101 may be disposed in other shapes, that is, the specific shape of the tobacco body 101 is not limited in the present invention.

The embodiments shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 have corresponding technical effects, and are not described herein again.

The various embodiments in the present specification are described in a progressive manner, and each embodiment focuses on differences from other embodiments, and the same similar parts between the various embodiments can be referred to each other.

The above description of the disclosed embodiments enables those skilled in the art to make or use the invention. Various modifications to these embodiments are obvious to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Therefore, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein, but the scope of the invention.

Claims

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1. An electronic cigarette, characterized by including:

smoke body (101);

A cigarette holder (102) connected to the first end of the cigarette body (101);

An airflow sensing switch (103) for generating pulse signals is provided inside the smoke body (101); an annular light panel (200) is provided inside the second end of the smoke body (101);

A plurality of light-emitting elements (201) are arranged on the annular light panel (200), and the light-emitting elements (201) located on the annular light panel (200) are arranged in a circular shape;

A microcontroller (301) is provided inside the smoke body (101), and the microcontroller (301) is connected to the airflow sensing switch (103) and the light-emitting element (201) respectively, and the microcontroller (301) The controller (301) is configured to generate a control signal for controlling the on/off of the light-emitting element (201) according to the pulse signal.

2. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that,

A plurality of the light-emitting elements (201) provided on the ring-shaped light panel (200) are respectively connected to the microcontroller (301) through port 10 of the microcontroller (301), and the microcontroller (301) is used to control the conduction of the 10 port according to the control signal, so that a plurality of the light-emitting elements (201) are fully lit, flash at a preset frequency, or gradually increase the brightness of the light-emitting elements (201).

3. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that,

The plurality of light-emitting elements (201) provided on the annular light panel (200) include multiple light-emitting element (201) groups;

The light-emitting element (201) group is connected to the microcontroller (301) through port 10 of the microcontroller (301), and different light-emitting element (201) groups are connected through different microcontrollers. Port 10 of (301) is connected to the microcontroller (301), so that the microcontroller (301) controls the port 10 to be turned on alternately according to the pulse signal, so that a plurality of the light-emitting elements (201) ) groups light up alternately.

4. The electronic cigarette according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the light-emitting element (201) is an LED lamp.

5. The electronic cigarette according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that,

A plurality of positioning holes (202) are provided on the annular light panel (200), so that the annular light panel (200) is arranged inside the smoke body (101) through the positioning hole (202).

6. The electronic cigarette according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that,

A transparent shell (501) is provided at the tail of the cigarette body (101).

7. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that,

Inside the cigarette body (101), a battery (502) for powering the microcontroller (301) and the light-emitting element (201) is provided and is connected to the controller (301).

8. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that the airflow sensing switch (103) includes;

cylindrical shell (401);

The microcontroller (301) is provided at one end of the housing (401);

A negative pressure chamber (402) is provided inside the housing (401);

A sensor (403) connected to the microcontroller (301) is provided inside the negative pressure chamber (402), and the sensor (403) is used to detect the inside of the negative pressure chamber (402). The pressure decrease generates the pulse signal.

9. The electronic cigarette according to claim 8, characterized in that the microcontroller (301) is located inside the negative pressure chamber (402) or outside the negative pressure chamber (402).

10. The electronic cigarette according to claim 8, characterized in that the sensor (403) is an airflow sensor.