WO2023103254A1

WO2023103254A1 - Assembled electronic cigarette cartridge and flavor-adjustable electronic cigarette

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Publication number: WO2023103254A1
Application number: PCT/CN2022/088367
Authority: WO
Inventors: 蔡跃栋; 雷煜; 周洪剑; 杨诗雨
Original assignee: 北京奇霾科技有限公司
Priority date: 2021-12-10
Filing date: 2022-04-22
Publication date: 2023-06-15
Also published as: CN114145500A

Abstract

An assembled electronic cigarette cartridge and a flavor-adjustable electronic cigarette. The electronic cigarette cartridge comprises a first cartridge (1) and a second cartridge (2) which can be assembled into a unit, wherein each of the first cartridge (1) and the second cartridge (2) is provided with an atomization assembly and an e-liquid storage cavity, and at the top, provided with a gas outlet (11, 21), and at the bottom, provided with a gas inlet (17, 27) and a separate electrical-connection portion (15, 25), and snap structures and a pair of electrical-connection structures, which are adapted to each other, are provided on assembling faces of the first cartridge and the second cartridge; and when the first cartridge (1) and the second cartridge (2) are assembled into a unit, the tops thereof are assembled into a mouthpiece portion (100), the separate electrical-connection portions (15, 25) at the bottoms thereof are used for being coupled to positive and negative output electrode contacts, respectively, a main body of an electronic cigarette to take power, at the same time, the electrical-connection structures between the first cartridge (1) and the second cartridge (2) are connected to each other and form two parallel circuit branches together with an internal circuit, and each of heating elements in the atomization assemblies of the first cartridge (1) and the second cartridge (2) is coupled to one of the branches.

Description

A spliced electronic cigarette cartridge and an electronic cigarette with adjustable taste

technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of electronic cigarettes, in particular to a spliced electronic cigarette cartridge and an electronic cigarette with adjustable taste.

Background technique

Electronic cigarette, also known as electronic cigarette, is a product used to replace traditional cigarettes, mainly used for smoking cessation and replacement of cigarettes. It has the same appearance and taste similar to cigarettes, and even has a lot more taste than ordinary cigarettes. It can also suck out smoke, taste and feeling like cigarettes. E-cigarettes have no other harmful components such as tar and suspended particles in cigarettes, and there is no diffuse or lingering second-hand smoke. Compared with traditional cigarettes, they are less harmful to the human body and the environment.

Electronic cigarettes usually include oil storage cups, atomization components, and power supply components. During use, the atomizing component generates heat to atomize the e-liquid, and the air is sucked into the mouth by the user. Traditional e-cigarettes only satisfy the user's physiological needs to relieve smoking addiction, and cannot allow users to experience more fun. At present, the common e-cigarettes on the market have a single flavor, and generally can only carry one pod, and do not have the playability of smoking two flavors at the same time, which makes it difficult to stimulate user creativity.

technical problem

Based on the above problems, existing electronic cigarette products or related patents have also developed or disclosed a variety of electronic cigarettes with two or more cartridges that can satisfy different tastes of users. However, the existing electronic cigarettes still have the following problems:

1) Using multiple pods, the structure is more complicated, and it is usually difficult to replace the pods, the flavor types are limited, and it is often difficult to operate when switching flavors or mixing flavors. At the same time, there is a problem of odor leakage between multiple pods.

2) A relatively independent circuit is used to supply power to each pod, and the selection of the target pod is realized by controlling the on-off of the power supply circuit of each pod to meet the needs of different tastes. However, the circuit design of this mode is relatively complicated, the manufacturing cost is high, certain operations are required when using it, and the service life is shorter than that of traditional electronic cigarettes.

In addition, the above-mentioned various types of multi-flavor electronic cigarettes cannot only transform the pods to achieve multi-flavors on the basis of the existing electronic cigarette main unit. For users who have already purchased the main unit, they need to purchase another main unit and supporting accessories The use of e-cigarette bombs has a relatively high consumption cost.

technical solution

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electronic cigarette with simple structure, convenient use and low cost to achieve adjustable taste, so as to solve at least one of the above-mentioned problems. Specifically adopted the following technical solutions:

The first aspect of the present invention discloses a spliced electronic cigarette cartridge, including a first cartridge and a second cartridge that can be spliced into one body, and each of the first cartridge and the second cartridge is provided with an atomizing component and The liquid storage chamber is provided with an air outlet on the top, an air inlet and a single electrical connection part on the bottom, and a matching snap-in structure and a pair of electrical connection structures are respectively provided on the splicing surface; the first smoke When the pod and the second pod are spliced together, the top is spliced into the nozzle part, and the single-connection part at the bottom is used to respectively couple the positive and negative output electrode contacts of the main body of the electronic cigarette to take power. At the same time, the first pod and the second pod The electrical connection structures between the pods are connected to each other, forming two parallel circuit branches with the internal circuit, and the heating elements in the first pod and the second pod atomization assembly are respectively coupled to one of the branches.

Further, the snap-in structure on the splicing surface of the first cartridge and the second cartridge includes:

At least one set of protrusions and/or grooves provided on the joint surface of the first cartridge, and grooves provided on the joint surface of the second cartridge and matched with the protrusions/grooves on the joint surface of the first cartridge and/or bosses.

Further, the electrical connection structure on the splicing surface of the first cartridge and the second cartridge includes a set of mutually matching conductive contacts/conductive contacts respectively provided on the splicing surface of the first cartridge and the second cartridge. slot.

The second aspect of the present invention discloses an electronic cigarette with adjustable taste, including:

The host computer includes a housing, a power supply module and an electronic control module arranged in the housing. The open end of the housing forms a socket cavity, and a pair of positive and negative output electrode contacts of the electronic control module are located at the bottom of the socket cavity. ;

And the first type of electronic cigarette cartridge adapted to the host, the first type of electronic cigarette cartridge is a spliced electronic cigarette cartridge as described in the first aspect above, and when the spliced electronic cigarette cartridge is spliced into one , the bottom matches the insertion cavity, and when the bottom of the splicing body is inserted into the insertion cavity, the single-connection parts of the first cartridge and the second cartridge abut against the positive and negative output electrode contacts of the main body of the electronic cigarette respectively.

Further, one of the liquid storage chambers of the first cartridge and the second cartridge is used for filling e-liquid containing nicotine, and the other liquid storage chamber is used for filling nicotine-free flavoring liquid.

Further, the bottoms of the first cartridge and the second cartridge are respectively provided with a first magnetic unit, and the bottom of the insertion cavity is also provided with a second magnetic unit corresponding to the first magnetic unit and having a different polarity. , attract each other when they are close together.

Further, the power supply module and the electronic control module are integrated into a core body installed in the casing, and an air flow channel communicating with the socket cavity is provided inside, and the air outlet hole of the air flow channel is located at the bottom of the socket cavity; The casing is provided with at least one air intake hole communicating with the airflow channel.

Further, an airflow sensing unit coupled to the electronic control module is provided in the air intake channel, and the electronic control module is used to connect the power circuit based on the airflow signal detected by the airflow sensing unit, so as to trigger point output operating current.

Further, the power module includes a battery and a power management circuit, and the other end of the housing is provided with a charging interface coupled to the power module.

Further, the electronic control module is also equipped with an information prompt unit, and the information prompt unit includes LED lights and/or vibrators for indicating working status or sending out vibration prompts.

Furthermore, the taste-adjustable electronic cigarette of the present invention also includes a second type of electronic cigarette bomb adapted to the host, the second type of electronic cigarette bomb includes an atomizing component and a liquid storage chamber, and is located on the top and The bottom is respectively provided with an air outlet and an air inlet; the appearance of the second type of electronic cigarette cartridge is consistent with the shape of the spliced body formed after splicing the spliced electronic cigarette cartridge.

Beneficial effect

Beneficial technical effect of the present invention is as follows:

1) The dual pod design is adopted, and the two pods can be equipped with different flavors of e-liquid according to the needs, which can meet the different taste needs of users.

2) The structural design of double pods spliced and plugged into the main unit is adopted, which is convenient for replacing pods of different flavors, and is easy to install and use. At the same time, the shape of the spliced pod is the same as that of the original single pod, so that multi-flavor switching can be realized without replacing the main unit and only the pod, which greatly reduces the consumption cost of the user.

3) After splicing, the double pods are connected to each other through the electrical connection part, and form two parallel branches in the same circuit loop with the output circuit of the electronic control module. With this design, the electronic control module part does not need to independently design multiple power supply circuits, which greatly saves design and manufacturing costs. At the same time, the complexity of host design is also reduced, which helps to improve the service life of the host. Similarly, for consumers who have already purchased a single pod main unit, they can adjust various flavors by replacing the spliced pod of the present invention without repurchasing the main unit.

4) It adopts the intelligent control method of the airflow sensor combined with the electronic control module. When in use, the main unit can be started to generate smoke by directly sucking the nozzle, without additional switch and selection operations, and has a good user experience.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a spliced pod embodiment of the present invention after splicing.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the bottom structure of the embodiment of the spliced cartridge in Fig. 1 .

Fig. 3 is a disassembled structural diagram of the spliced pod embodiment in Fig. 1 .

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the embodiment of the spliced pod in Fig. 1 after disassembly and removal of one side of the casing.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of the first appearance of the main body of the electronic cigarette with adjustable flavor according to the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a second schematic diagram of the appearance of the main body of the electronic cigarette with adjustable flavor according to the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a third schematic diagram of the appearance of the main body of the electronic cigarette with adjustable flavor according to the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of the internal core structure of the main body of the electronic cigarette with adjustable flavor according to the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of the inner core body of the main body of the electronic cigarette with adjustable flavor according to the present invention without the protective shell.

Fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of the overall circuit connection of the flavor-adjustable electronic cigarette of the present invention.

Fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of the external appearance of the electronic cigarette with adjustable taste according to the present invention.

Fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of the integrated appearance of the electronic cigarette with adjustable taste according to the present invention.

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Embodiments of the present invention

Example 1

Referring to the accompanying drawings 1-4, the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention discloses a spliced electronic cigarette cartridge, which includes a first cartridge 1 and a second cartridge 2 that can be spliced into one body. The tops of the first cartridge 1 and the second cartridge 2 are respectively provided with air outlets 11 and 21 , and the bottoms are provided with air inlets 17 and 27 . After assembling, the upper ends of the first cartridge 1 and the second cartridge 2 together form the mouthpiece part 100 .

Referring to FIG. 4 , the first cartridge 1 and the second cartridge 2 each include an atomizing assembly 28 and a casing fitted on the atomizing assembly 28 , and the space inside the casing serves as a liquid storage chamber. A pipe 29 connecting the atomization assembly and the air outlet is also provided in the housing to guide the smoke to the nozzle part 100 .

Referring to Figures 2 and 3, in this exemplary embodiment, the bottoms of the first cartridge 1 and the second cartridge 2 are respectively provided with single power-connecting parts 15 and 25, which are metal contacts and are coupled to the atomizing components. The internal circuit is used to connect the output electrode contacts of the main body of the electronic cigarette to take power. At the same time, the splicing surfaces of the first cartridge 1 and the second cartridge 2 are respectively provided with a matching snap-in structure and a pair of electrical connection structures. Referring to Figure 3, the snap-fit structure on the splicing surface of the second cartridge 2 includes protrusions 221, 241 and grooves 222, 242 respectively arranged on the top and bottom of the splicing surface, corresponding to the splicing surface of the first cartridge 1 Grooves and protrusions matching the protrusions 221, 241 and grooves 222, 242 are provided, so that when the first cartridge 1 and the second cartridge 2 are spliced together, positioning is achieved through the cooperation of the protrusions and grooves And card connection, making the splicing more convenient and reliable. At the same time, there is also a set of electrical connection components on the splicing surface of the second cartridge 2, including conductive contacts 231 and conductive slots 232 coupled with the internal circuit of the atomization component; correspondingly, the splicing of the first cartridge 1 Corresponding conductive slots and conductive contacts are arranged on the surface. Therefore, when the first pod 1 and the second pod 2 are spliced together, the above-mentioned conductive contacts and the conductive slots are plugged together to form two conductive paths, and then form the same connection between the two single-connection parts 15 and 25 . Two parallel branches in the circuit loop, and the atomization components of the first cartridge and the second cartridge are respectively coupled to one of the branches.

With the above design, the two pods can respectively store different flavors or types of e-liquid to meet the needs of multiple flavors. At the same time, after splicing, the electrical connection structure between the two pods constitutes a parallel circuit connection relationship, so that the pods after splicing only need a pair of positive and negative output electrode contacts of the main unit to supply power, which simplifies the design of the main unit And the manufacturing cost also makes it applicable to the main unit that was originally equipped with a single pod, reducing the consumption cost of the user.

As a further preferred example, referring to Fig. 2, the bottoms of the first cartridge 1 and the second cartridge 2 are respectively provided with magnetic adsorption units 16, 26, which can be matched with the magnetic adsorption units on the main unit, and the combined The pod is adsorbed on the main unit.

Example 2

The second exemplary embodiment of the present invention discloses a taste-adjustable electronic cigarette, which includes a main body and a first type of electronic cigarette bomb adapted to it, and the first type of electronic cigarette bomb is the above-mentioned implementation The spliced electronic cigarette cartridge in Example 1.

Referring to Figures 5-7, the main engine includes a housing 31 and an integrated core 4 installed in the housing 31. The core 4 at least includes a bracket, a protective shell, and a power module and an electronic control module installed in it.

Referring to Figure 7, after the integrated core 4 is installed in the housing 31, an insertion cavity 310 is formed at the open end of the housing 31, and the size of the insertion cavity 310 is the same as the bottom of the spliced pod in Example 1 after splicing. 101 are matched in size, so that the spliced spliced body can be inserted into the insertion cavity 310 .

Referring to FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 , the bottom of the socket cavity 310 is integrated with the top of the core 4 , on which a pair of positive and negative output electrode contacts 51 and 52 coupled to the electronic control module are arranged. When the splicing body bottom 101 composed of the first cartridge and the second cartridge is inserted into the socket cavity 310, the single-connection parts at the bottom of the first cartridge and the second cartridge abut against the positive and negative output electrode contacts 51 and 52 respectively. Take electricity to form a conductive circuit.

Referring to Figure 10, when the splicing body composed of the first cartridge and the second cartridge is inserted into the socket cavity 310 of the main unit, the single-connection parts at the bottom of the first cartridge and the second cartridge respectively abut against the positive parts in the socket cavity. Negative output electrode contacts 51 and 52 take power; at the same time, a pair of conductive plugs on the splicing surfaces of the first cartridge and the second cartridge are plugged into each other to form two conductive paths, and then the two single-connected parts 15 and 25 to form two parallel branches, and the heating elements (heating wires) in the atomization components of the first cartridge and the second cartridge are respectively coupled to one of the branches. With this design, the power demand of two pods can be met at the same time when only a pair of output electrode contacts are used for power supply, which greatly simplifies the design and manufacturing cost of the main unit, and can also make the original matching single pod The host can be adapted to the spliced double pods of the present invention to meet the needs of different tastes and reduce the consumption cost of users.

As a further preferred example, referring to FIG. 8 , two magnetic adsorption units 53 and 54 are arranged on the top of the integrated core 4 . When the splicing body composed of the first cartridge and the second cartridge is inserted into the socket cavity 310 of the main unit, the magnetic adsorption units 16 and 26 at the bottom of the first cartridge and the second cartridge and the magnetic adsorption at the top of the integrated core 4 The units 53 and 54 attract each other to form a magnetic adsorption connection, so that the pod can be stably connected to the host.

Referring to Fig. 7 and Fig. 8, in an illustrated example, an air inlet 32 is provided on both sides of the main body casing 31 (only one side is shown in the figure); at the same time, the top of the integrated core 4 is provided with There is an air outlet 55, and the air inlet 32 and the air outlet 55 are communicated through the airflow passage provided in the core 4, so that air can be inhaled from the air inlet 32, flow out from the air outlet 55 through the airflow passage, and then enter the first smoke. The air inlets 17 and 27 at the bottom of the pod 1 and the second pod 2.

As a further preferred example, referring to FIG. 9 , an airflow sensor 45 (preferably a microphone in this embodiment) is provided inside the integrated core 4 , and its sampling head is located in the airflow channel in the core 4 . Further, a sealing ring 56 matched with the housing 31 is provided on the top of the integral core 4 to increase the airtightness. At the same time, as a part of the electronic control module, the circuit board 42 located in the core body 4 is provided with a control circuit coupled to the airflow sensor 45, so that when the user makes a suction action and then there is airflow flowing through the airflow channel, the airflow sensor 45 The airflow signal can be sensed, and then the control circuit is connected to the power circuit, and the working current is output through the output electrode contacts 51 and 52, so as to realize the automatic mode of suction and use, which is more convenient to use and enhances the user experience.

As a further preferred example, the above-mentioned circuit board 42 is also provided with LED lamp beads; correspondingly, referring to FIG. failure state.

As a further preferred example, the above-mentioned circuit board 42 is also provided with a vibrator 46, which can vibrate under the drive of the control circuit to give information prompts, such as the host starts to work, or the number of puffs by the user exceeds a certain limit. value.

Referring to FIG. 9 , in this illustrative example, the power module includes a battery 43 and a small circuit board 44 configured with a power management circuit, and the small circuit board 44 is coupled to the charging interface 33 . Referring to FIG. 7 , the charging interface 33 is located at the other end of the housing of the host after assembly.

Referring to FIG. 8 , in this illustrative example, snapping mechanisms 41 are provided on both sides of the integrated core 4 , so that the integrated core 4 can be snapped and installed in the housing 31 .

Referring to Fig. 11 and Fig. 12, in the electronic cigarette with adjustable taste in this embodiment, when the first pod 1 and the second pod 2 are combined into one body, the top part is combined into a nozzle part 100, and the bottom part 101 is plugged into the main unit It can be used after inserting into the cavity at the top of the housing 31.

As nicotine-containing e-cigarettes are included in the scope of control, single-cart e-cigarettes can only be made into nicotine-containing tobacco flavors, which is difficult to meet consumers' needs for multiple flavors. In the flavor-adjustable electronic cigarette in this embodiment, one pod is filled with e-liquid containing nicotine, and the other pod can be filled with flavoring liquid that does not contain nicotine, so that various flavors can be adjusted.

On the other hand, the flavor-adjustable electronic cigarette of the present invention can also use the second type of electronic cigarette cartridge that is compatible with the above-mentioned host, that is, a single-chamber cartridge. Its appearance is consistent with the shape of the spliced body formed after splicing the spliced electronic cigarette cartridges, including the atomization component and the liquid storage chamber, the top and the bottom are respectively provided with an air outlet and an air inlet, and the bottom is provided with a connection with the bottom of the insertion chamber. The power-connecting electrodes adapted to the output electrode contacts 51 and 52 can also be used on the host computer in this embodiment.

Based on the above design, for consumers who have already purchased the main unit and the second type of electronic cigarette cartridges in this embodiment, that is, single-chamber cartridges, they only need to purchase the spliced cartridges in the aforementioned embodiment 1 again to realize multiple e-cig cartridges. The regulation of various tastes, thereby greatly saved consumption cost, made product of the present invention have good market prospect.

The descriptions of the above embodiments are only used to help understand the method and core idea of the present invention. It should be pointed out that for those skilled in the art, without departing from the principle of the present invention, some improvements and modifications can be made to the present invention, and these improvements and modifications also fall within the protection scope of the claims of the present invention.

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Claims

A spliced electronic cigarette cartridge is characterized in that it includes a first cartridge and a second cartridge that can be spliced into one body, and the first cartridge and the second cartridge are respectively provided with an atomizing component and a liquid storage chamber, The top is provided with an air outlet, the bottom is provided with an air inlet and a single electrical connection part, and a matching snap-in structure and a pair of electrical connection structures are respectively provided on the splicing surface; the first pod and the second When the pods are spliced together, the top is spliced into the nozzle part, and the single power connection part at the bottom is used to respectively couple the positive and negative output electrode contacts of the main body of the electronic cigarette to take power. The electrical connection structures of the two are connected to each other, forming two parallel circuit branches with the internal circuit, and the heating elements in the first pod and the second pod atomization assembly are respectively coupled to one of the branches.
The splicing electronic cigarette cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the snap-fit structure on the splicing surface of the first cartridge and the second cartridge comprises:

At least one set of protrusions and/or grooves provided on the joint surface of the first cartridge, and grooves provided on the joint surface of the second cartridge and matched with the protrusions/grooves on the joint surface of the first cartridge and/or bosses.
The spliced electronic cigarette cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the electrical connection structures on the splicing surfaces of the first cartridge and the second cartridge include respectively provided on the splicing surface of the first cartridge and the second cartridge A set of mating conductive contacts/conductive sockets on a mating face.
An electronic cigarette with adjustable taste is characterized in that it includes:

The host computer includes a housing, a power supply module and an electronic control module arranged in the housing. The open end of the housing forms a socket cavity, and a pair of positive and negative output electrode contacts of the electronic control module are located at the bottom of the socket cavity. ;

And a first type of electronic cigarette cartridge adapted to the host, the first type of electronic cigarette cartridge is the spliced electronic cigarette cartridge according to any one of claims 1-3, and the spliced electronic cigarette cartridge is spliced When integrated, the bottom matches the insertion cavity, and when the bottom of the splicing body is inserted into the insertion cavity, the single-connection parts of the first cartridge and the second cartridge abut against the positive and negative output electrodes of the main body of the electronic cigarette respectively contacts.
The electronic cigarette with adjustable taste according to claim 4, characterized in that one of the liquid storage chambers of the first cartridge and the second cartridge is used for filling e-liquid containing nicotine, and the other liquid storage chamber The cavity is used to refill nicotine-free flavored liquids.
The electronic cigarette with adjustable taste according to claim 4, characterized in that, the bottoms of the first cartridge and the second cartridge are respectively provided with a first magnetic unit, and the bottom of the insertion cavity is also provided with a corresponding magnetic unit. The first magnetic unit and the second magnetic unit with different polarities attract each other when they are close to each other.
The flavor-adjustable electronic cigarette according to claim 4, characterized in that, the power module and the electronic control module are integrated into a core body and installed in the casing, and an airflow channel communicating with the plug-in cavity is provided inside, so that The air outlet hole of the air flow channel is located at the bottom of the socket cavity; the housing is provided with at least one air intake hole communicating with the air flow channel.
The flavor-adjustable electronic cigarette according to claim 7, wherein an airflow sensing unit coupled to the electronic control module is provided in the air intake passage, and the electronic control module is used for detecting the airflow based on the airflow sensing unit. The airflow signal connects the power circuit to output the working current through the output electrode contacts.
The flavor-adjustable electronic cigarette according to claim 4, wherein the power module includes a battery and a power management circuit, and the other end of the casing is provided with a charging interface coupled to the power module.
The electronic cigarette with adjustable taste according to claim 7, characterized in that, the electronic control module is also equipped with an information prompt unit, and the information prompt unit includes LED lights and/or vibrators for indicating working status or sending out Vibration alert.
The flavor-adjustable electronic cigarette according to any one of claims 4-10, further comprising a second type of electronic cigarette bomb adapted to the host, and the second type of electronic cigarette bomb includes a single atomizer The component and the liquid storage chamber are provided with an air outlet and an air inlet at the top and bottom respectively, and a power-connecting electrode adapted to the output electrode contact at the bottom of the insertion chamber is provided at the bottom; the outer surface of the second type of electronic cigarette bomb The shape is consistent with the shape of the spliced body formed after splicing the spliced electronic cigarette bomb.