CN219939724U - Electronic cigarette - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses an electronic cigarette, which comprises a shell, an atomization assembly, a control assembly and a battery assembly, wherein the atomization assembly, the control assembly and the battery assembly are sequentially arranged in the shell from top to bottom; the atomization assembly is provided with a heating mechanism for heating the smoke liquid; the control assembly comprises a circuit board, and a microphone, an output electrode, an input electrode and a grounding electrode which are integrally arranged on the circuit board, wherein the microphone is used for controlling the heating mechanism; the first end of the grounding electrode and the output electrode are both inserted into the atomizing assembly and connected with the heating mechanism; the second end of the grounding electrode and the input electrode are correspondingly abutted against the negative electrode and the positive electrode of the battery assembly respectively. According to the utility model, the integrated circuit board is adopted, the electrodes collected on the circuit board are used for replacing the existing welded wires, so that the modularized design is realized, the complicated wires are not required to be arranged during assembly, the welding wires are not required, the assembly process is simplified, and the assembly difficulty is effectively reduced.

Description

Electronic cigarette

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of electronic cigarettes, in particular to an electronic cigarette.

Background

Electronic cigarettes typically include a nebulizer, a battery and a microphone, the battery powering the nebulizer and the microphone, the microphone controlling the nebulizer to nebulize and release smoke by detecting an air flow, causing the smoke to be nebulized into particles for inhalation by a user. However, limited by the prior art, the existing electronic cigarette has a plurality of defects. For example, a supporting seat is usually arranged between an atomizer and a battery of the existing electronic cigarette, a microphone is clamped and fixed on the supporting seat, a plurality of mounting grooves are further formed in the supporting seat, electrodes are arranged in each mounting groove and connected with the atomizer or the battery through wires, the wires are usually fixed in a soldering mode, on one hand, the internal circuit layout of the electronic cigarette can be complicated due to the fact that a plurality of wires are arranged on the other hand, a plurality of wires are required to be welded during assembly, the assembly process is complicated, and the assembly difficulty is high.

Disclosure of Invention

Therefore, the utility model aims to provide the electronic cigarette, wherein the electronic cigarette adopts a modularized design, and the assembly difficulty is low.

The electronic cigarette comprises a shell, and an atomization assembly, a control assembly and a battery assembly which are sequentially arranged in the shell from top to bottom; the atomization assembly is provided with a heating mechanism for heating the smoke liquid; the control assembly comprises a circuit board, and a microphone, an output electrode, an input electrode and a grounding electrode which are integrally arranged on the circuit board, wherein the microphone is used for controlling the heating mechanism; the first end of the grounding electrode and the output electrode are both inserted into the atomizing assembly and connected with the heating mechanism; the second end of the grounding electrode and the input electrode are correspondingly abutted against the negative electrode and the positive electrode of the battery assembly respectively.

Preferably, the atomizing device further comprises a sealing seat, one end of the sealing seat is fixedly arranged on the circuit board, the other end of the sealing seat abuts against the atomizing assembly, and the first ends of the output electrode and the grounding electrode penetrate through the sealing seat.

Preferably, the sealing seat is specifically a silica gel seat.

Preferably, the circuit board is provided with an air inlet, the atomization assembly comprises a support sleeve and an air pipe which are coaxially communicated, and the heating mechanism is fixedly arranged in the support sleeve; the air flow flowing in from the air inlet hole flows through the support sleeve and the vent pipe in sequence.

Preferably, the circuit board is provided with a microphone air inlet hole, and the microphone air inlet hole is opposite to the microphone.

Preferably, the circuit board is provided with an indicator lamp, and the indicator lamp is connected with the microphone.

Preferably, the second ends of the input electrode and the ground electrode are respectively provided with an elastic contact.

Preferably, the circuit board is fixedly provided with a contact support, and the elastic contact of the input electrode is arranged on the contact support.

Preferably, the first lead and the second lead of the heating mechanism are distributed in a shape like a Chinese character 'ji' and are respectively connected with the first end of the grounding electrode and the output electrode in an extrusion mode.

Preferably, the atomization assembly comprises a lower oil blocking plug, and the lower oil blocking plug is provided with two electrode slots respectively matched with the first end of the grounding electrode and the output electrode; the extension joint of the first lead is connected with the output electrode in one electrode slot in an extrusion mode, and the extension joint of the second lead is connected with the first end of the grounding electrode in the other electrode slot in an extrusion mode.

Compared with the background art, the control assembly is positioned between the atomizing assembly and the battery assembly, the circuit board of the control assembly is provided with the output electrode, the input electrode and the grounding electrode, the first end of the grounding electrode and the output electrode are both inserted into the atomizing assembly and connected with the heating mechanism of the atomizing assembly, and the second end of the grounding electrode and the input electrode are respectively correspondingly abutted against the negative electrode and the positive electrode of the battery assembly, so that the battery assembly can be ensured to supply power for the atomizing assembly and the control assembly at the same time, and the control assembly can be used for controlling the atomizing assembly.

The utility model adopts the integrated circuit board, utilizes the electrode integrated on the circuit board to replace the prior welded lead, simplifies the connection mode among the atomization component, the control component and the battery component, realizes modularized design, can be assembled without arranging complex lead or welding lead, only needs to sequentially assemble the components in the shell from top to bottom, simplifies the assembly process and effectively reduces the assembly difficulty.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only embodiments of the present utility model, and that other drawings can be obtained according to the provided drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a front view of an electronic cigarette according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is an isometric view of the components within the housing of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an axial cross-sectional view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is another cross-sectional view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is an exploded view of the atomizing assembly, control assembly, battery assembly, and seal cartridge of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a front view of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is an assembly view of the heating mechanism, control assembly and battery assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is an assembly view of the heating mechanism, control assembly and battery assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is an isometric view of the control assembly of FIG. 1;

fig. 14 is a front view of fig. 13;

FIG. 15 is a top view of FIG. 13;

FIG. 16 is a bottom view of FIG. 13;

FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view of the control assembly, seal housing, and upper oil dam of FIG. 1 after assembly;

fig. 18 is an isometric view of the battery assembly of fig. 1

Fig. 19 is an isometric view of the bottom cover of fig. 1.

Arrows in fig. 4 indicate the flow direction of the air stream.

The reference numerals are as follows:

1-shell, 2-atomization component, 3-control component, 4-battery component, 5-sealing seat, 6-cigarette holder and 7-bottom cover;

21-heating mechanism, 22-support sleeve, 23-vent pipe, 24-oil storage core, 25-oil storage pipe, 26-upper oil-blocking plug, 27-lower oil-blocking plug and 28-oil absorption ring;

211-a first wire, 212-a second wire, 213-an electric heating wire and 214-an oil guide core;

271-electrode slots and 272-center holes;

30-circuit board, 31-microphone, 32-output electrode, 33-input electrode, 34-ground electrode, 35-air inlet, 36-microphone air inlet, 37-indicator lamp, 38-elastic contact and 39-contact support;

41-negative electrode and 42-positive electrode;

51-gas transmission holes and 52-kidney-shaped grooves;

71-concave groove, 72-air inlet hole and 73-diversion groove.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.

In order that those skilled in the art will better understand the present utility model, the following description will be given in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

The embodiment of the utility model discloses an electronic cigarette which is convenient to assemble by adopting a module design.

As shown in fig. 1 to 19, the electronic cigarette includes a housing 1, and a mouthpiece 6 and a bottom cover 7 are respectively fixed at two ends of the housing 1, so that an installation cavity is formed between the mouthpiece 6 and the bottom cover 7, and a space is provided for installing other components. The mouthpiece 6 and the bottom cover 7 may each be an interference connection, but are not limited thereto. The housing 1 may be a steel pipe or an aluminum alloy, and the material thereof is not particularly limited herein.

The electronic cigarette further comprises an atomization component 2, a control component 3 and a battery component 4 which are sequentially arranged in the shell 1 from top to bottom. Wherein the atomizing assembly 2 is used for atomizing the smoke liquid into particles for the suction of a user. The atomizing assembly 2 is provided with a heating mechanism 21 for heating the liquid smoke. The heating mechanism 21 comprises an electric heating wire 213 and an oil guide core 214 wrapped outside the electric heating wire 213, the oil guide core 214 is tightly attached to the electric heating wire 213, and the oil guide core 214 after oil absorption is baked at high temperature through the electric heating wire 213 to generate an atomization effect. The oil guide 214 may be made of oil guide cotton or porous ceramic. The control assembly 3 is used to control the aerosol output of the atomizing assembly 2. The end of the battery assembly 4 is provided with a cathode electrode 41 and an anode electrode 42 which are concentrically and annularly distributed, the anode electrode 42 is circular and is positioned at the center, and the cathode electrode 41 is surrounded outside the anode electrode 42 and is annular.

The control assembly 3 includes a circuit board 30 and a microphone 31, an output electrode 32, an input electrode 33, and a ground electrode 34 integrally provided on the circuit board 30. The atomizing assembly 2 is controlled by the microphone 31 by detecting the air flow, which may be embodied as a silicon microphone, and the structure and operation principle thereof are specifically referred to the prior art. The circuit board 30 is provided with a microphone air inlet hole 36, and the microphone air inlet hole 36 is opposite to the microphone 31, so that air flows to the microphone 31 through the microphone air inlet hole 36. It should be noted that, the atomizing assembly 2, the control assembly 3 and the battery assembly 4 are grounded through the grounding electrode 34, which is beneficial to simplifying the internal structure of the electronic cigarette and facilitating assembly.

The first end of the grounding electrode 34 and the output electrode 32 are both inserted into the atomizing assembly 2 and connected with the heating mechanism 21, and the second end of the grounding electrode 34 and the input electrode 33 are respectively corresponding to and propped against the negative electrode 41 and the positive electrode 42 of the battery assembly 4, so that the battery assembly 4 can supply power to the atomizing assembly 2 and the control assembly 3 at the same time, and the control assembly 3 can control the atomizing assembly 2. Specifically, the first end of the ground electrode 34 refers to the end that is proximate to the atomizing assembly 2, and the second end of the ground electrode 34 refers to the end that is proximate to the battery assembly 4. The input electrode 33 abuts against the positive electrode 42 of the battery assembly 4, and the second end of the ground electrode 34 abuts against the negative electrode 41 of the battery assembly 4. The first end of the ground electrode 34 and the output electrode 32 are both columnar electrodes and are vertically fixed on the circuit board 30.

In summary, the integrated circuit board 30 is adopted, the electrodes collected on the circuit board 30 are utilized to replace the existing welded wires, so that the connection mode among the atomizing assembly 2, the control assembly 3 and the battery assembly 4 is simplified, the three are in modularized design, complicated wires are not required to be arranged during assembly, the wires are not required to be welded, the assemblies are only required to be sequentially arranged in the shell 1 from top to bottom, the assembly process is simplified, and the assembly difficulty is effectively reduced.

The electronic cigarette further comprises a sealing seat 5, one end of the sealing seat is fixedly arranged on the circuit board 30, the other end of the sealing seat abuts against the atomization assembly 2, and first ends of the output electrode 32 and the grounding electrode 34 penetrate through the sealing seat 5, so that the sealing seat 5 can be used for fixing the circuit board 30, sealing gaps between the circuit board 30 and the shell 1, enabling air flow to circulate only along a preset air flow channel, and preventing liquid from leaking to the circuit board 30 and the battery assembly 4 to cause circuit short circuit under the condition that condensate is generated in the liquid leakage of the atomization assembly 2 or in the atomization process. The sealing seat 5 is specifically a silica gel seat, and is fixed in the casing 1 by extrusion. Of course, the material of the seal seat 5 is not limited thereto.

The atomizing assembly 2 comprises a support sleeve 22 and a vent pipe 23 which are coaxially communicated, and the heating mechanism 21 is fixedly arranged in the support sleeve 22.

In addition, the atomization assembly 2 further comprises an oil storage core 24, an oil storage pipe 25, an upper oil blocking plug 26, a lower oil blocking plug 27 and an oil absorption ring 28, wherein the oil storage core 24 is filled between the breather pipe 23 and the oil storage pipe 25, and a through hole is formed in the side wall of the support sleeve 22 and used for communicating the oil guide core 22 and the oil storage core 24. The oil storage pipe 25 is tightly attached to the inner wall of the shell 1, the upper oil blocking plug 26 and the lower oil blocking plug 27 are respectively arranged at two ends of the oil storage core 24, and the oil absorption ring 28 is fixedly arranged at one end of the upper oil blocking plug 26 away from the oil storage core 24. Both the oil storage core 24 and the oil absorption ring 28 can be oil storage cotton, so that the oil storage core and the oil absorption ring have an oil absorption function. The oil storage cotton may be made of polypropylene and polyethylene, but the material of the two is not limited thereto, and for example, the oil absorption ring 28 may be an oil absorption paper.

The circuit board 30 is provided with an air intake hole 35, and the air flow flowing in from the air intake hole 35 flows through the support sleeve 22 and the ventilation pipe 23 in order. It should be noted that the support sleeve 22 and the ventilation pipe 23 are coaxially connected, but the support sleeve 22 and the ventilation pipe 23 are not collinear with the air inlet hole 35, but are offset.

The bottom of the bottom cover 7 is provided with a concave groove 71, the bottom of the concave groove 71 is provided with at least one penetrating air inlet 72, and all the air inlet 72 are communicated with the concave groove 71 in a penetrating way. Each air inlet 72 may be a cylindrical hole, and the bottom cover 7 may be provided with three air inlets 72 distributed in a triangular shape, which is not limited to the structure, number and distribution of the air inlets 72. The end surface of the concave groove 71 is provided with at least one flow guide groove 73, and each flow guide groove 73 is a long groove penetrating along the radial direction of the bottom cover 7. All the flow guide grooves 73 are in one-to-one correspondence with all the air inlet holes 72 in the radial direction of the bottom cover 7, so that all the flow guide grooves 73 can guide the air flow from the air inlet holes 72 to the gaps between the battery assembly 4 and the case 1.

The sealing seat 5 is provided with an air delivery hole 51 penetrating axially, the air delivery hole 51 can be communicated with the air inlet hole 35 coaxially, and the air delivery hole 51 and the air inlet hole 35 can be arranged in a dislocation manner for avoiding the indicator lamp 37. The upper end surface of the sealing seat 5 is also provided with a kidney-shaped groove 52, the center of the lower oil blocking plug 27 is provided with a through center hole 272, the kidney-shaped groove 52 is opposite to the center hole 272, and the kidney-shaped groove 52 can release the extrusion force born by the sealing seat 5 when being extruded and can collect a small amount of condensate flowing out from the center hole 272. It should be noted that, the air delivery hole 51 and the central hole 72 are not coaxial, and are arranged in a staggered manner, so that air flows into the central hole 272 of the lower oil blocking plug 27 along the end surface of the sealing seat 5, thus improving the sensitivity of the electronic cigarette during suction by prolonging the air flow channel, ensuring more sufficient air flow to drive the microphone 31, and simultaneously reducing the risk of smoke liquid and condensate entering the control board 30 and the battery assembly 4. Of course, the air delivery hole 51 and the central hole 72 may be coaxial, so as to form a straight up-down air channel, and the air flow direction of the cigarette holder 6 is not affected.

As shown in fig. 4, the air flow flowing in from the air inlet hole 72 flows into the gap between the battery assembly 4 and the housing 1 under the guidance of the diversion trench 73, flows into the air delivery hole 51 along the air inlet hole 35, flows out from the air delivery hole 51, flows into the central hole 272 along the upper end surface of the sealing seat 5, flows into the support sleeve 22 and the ventilation pipe 23 sequentially through the central hole 272, passes through the upper oil blocking plug 26 and the oil absorption ring 28 sequentially, and finally flows into the cigarette holder 6 for the user to suck.

When a user sucks, air flows into the cigarette holder 6 through the bottom cover 7, the circuit board 30, the sealing seat 5, the lower oil blocking plug 27, the supporting sleeve 22, the ventilation pipe 23, the upper oil blocking plug 26 and the oil absorbing ring 28 in sequence, and at the same time, a part of air flows into the microphone air inlet hole 36 to trigger the microphone 31, the microphone 31 conducts a circuit, the battery assembly 4 supplies power for the heating mechanism 21, and the heating mechanism 21 starts to atomize smoke liquid. When the user stops sucking, the air flow is stopped, the microphone 31 opens the circuit, the power supply to the heating mechanism 21 is stopped, and the heating mechanism 21 stops generating heat.

The circuit board 30 is also provided with an indicator lamp 37, the indicator lamp 37 is connected with the microphone 31, the indicator lamp 37 has various display states, and different display states refer to different working states. When the electronic cigarette enters a power-on self-checking state, the indicator lamp 37 flashes 1. When the user smokes normally, the indicator lamp 37 is turned on and off gradually. When the long-time smoking protection state is entered, the indicator lamp 37 is flashed 2. When the short-circuit protection state or the overcurrent protection state is entered, the indicator lamp 37 is normally turned on for 2S. When the low voltage protection state is entered, the indicator lamp 37 flashes 10. It should be noted that, the control of the indicator lamp 37 to switch between different display states is in the prior art, and will not be described in detail herein. It should be noted that, the indicator lamp 37 is powered by the battery assembly 4, the battery assembly 4 may be a rechargeable battery, and accordingly, the housing 1 may be provided with a charging interface connected to the circuit board 30 to supplement the battery assembly 4 with electric energy.

The second ends of the input electrode 33 and the ground electrode 34 are provided with elastic contacts 38, so that the second ends of the input electrode 33 and the ground electrode 34 can be reliably connected with the battery assembly 4. The structure and operation of the spring contact 38 are all referred to in the prior art.

The circuit board 30 is fixedly provided with a contact support 39, and the elastic contact 38 of the input electrode 33 is arranged on the contact support 39, so that the input electrode 33 is reliably fixed. Of course, the type and mounting manner of the input electrode 33 are not limited thereto.

The heating mechanism 21 further includes a first conductive wire 211 and a second conductive wire 212 connected to the heating wire 213, respectively, and the first conductive wire 211 and the second conductive wire 212 are distributed in a shape of a figure, and are respectively connected with the first end of the ground electrode 34 and the output electrode 32 in a pressing manner, so that the battery assembly 4 reliably supplies power to the heating mechanism 21, and of course, the connection manner between the first end of the ground electrode 34 and the output electrode 32 and the heating wire 213 is not limited thereto.

The lower oil blocking plug 27 of the atomizing assembly 2 is provided with two electrode insertion grooves 271, and both the first end of the ground electrode 34 and the output electrode 32 are respectively inserted into the two electrode insertion grooves 271. The extension joint of the first lead 211 is press-connected with the output electrode 32 in one of the electrode insertion grooves 271, and the extension joint of the second lead 212 is press-connected with the first end of the ground electrode 34 in the other electrode insertion groove 271, further ensuring a reliable connection between both the first end of the ground electrode 34 and the output electrode 32 and the heating wire 213. Of course, the bottom of the atomizing assembly 2 can be arranged in a concentric circle structure, and the connected electrodes can be in point-to-face contact instead by referring to the battery assembly 4, so that the purpose of the utility model can be still achieved. In addition, an elastic contact piece can be additionally arranged in each electrode slot 271, and the elastic contact piece is used for elastically propping against the first end of the ground electrode 34 and the output electrode 32, so that the inserting and pulling difficulty of the ground electrode 34 and the output electrode 32 can be reduced by increasing the diameter of the electrode slot 271.

The electronic cigarette provided by the utility model is described in detail, and specific examples are applied to illustrate the principle and the implementation mode of the utility model, and the description of the examples is only used for helping to understand the method and the core idea of the utility model; meanwhile, as those skilled in the art will have variations in the specific embodiments and application scope in accordance with the ideas of the present utility model, the present description should not be construed as limiting the present utility model in view of the above.

Claims (10)

1. The electronic cigarette is characterized by comprising a shell (1), an atomization assembly (2), a control assembly (3) and a battery assembly (4), wherein the atomization assembly (2), the control assembly (3) and the battery assembly (4) are sequentially arranged in the shell (1) from top to bottom; the atomization assembly (2) is provided with a heating mechanism (21) for heating the smoke liquid; the control assembly (3) comprises a circuit board (30), and a microphone (31), an output electrode (32), an input electrode (33) and a grounding electrode (34) which are integrated on the circuit board (30), wherein the microphone (31) is used for controlling the heating mechanism (21); the first end of the grounding electrode (34) and the output electrode (32) are both inserted into the atomizing assembly (2) and connected with the heating mechanism (21); the second end of the grounding electrode (34) and the input electrode (33) respectively correspondingly abut against a negative electrode (41) and a positive electrode (42) of the battery assembly (4).

2. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, further comprising a sealing seat (5) with one end fixed to the circuit board (30) and the other end abutting against the atomizing assembly (2), wherein the first ends of the output electrode (32) and the ground electrode (34) both penetrate through the sealing seat (5).

3. The electronic cigarette according to claim 2, characterized in that the sealing seat (5) is in particular a silicone seat.

4. An electronic cigarette according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the circuit board (30) is provided with an air inlet hole (35), the atomizing assembly (2) comprises a support sleeve (22) and an air pipe (23) which are coaxially communicated, and the heating mechanism (21) is fixedly arranged in the support sleeve (22); the air flow flowing in from the air inlet hole (35) flows through the support sleeve (22) and the ventilation pipe (23) in sequence.

5. An electronic cigarette according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the circuit board (30) is provided with a microphone inlet hole (36), the microphone inlet hole (36) being opposite the microphone (31).

6. An electronic cigarette according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the circuit board (30) is provided with an indicator light (37), the indicator light (37) being connected to the microphone (31).

7. An electronic cigarette according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the second ends of the input electrode (33) and the ground electrode (34) are each provided with a resilient contact (38).

8. The electronic cigarette according to claim 7, characterized in that the circuit board (30) is fixedly provided with a contact support (39), the elastic contact (38) of the input electrode (33) being mounted to the contact support (39).

9. An electronic cigarette according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the first and second wires (211, 212) of the heating means (21) are arranged in a figure and are respectively connected by extrusion to the first end of the ground electrode (34) and the output electrode (32).

10. The electronic cigarette according to claim 9, characterized in that the atomizing assembly (2) comprises a lower oil-blocking plug (27), the lower oil-blocking plug (27) being provided with two electrode slots (271) respectively cooperating with the first end of the ground electrode (34) and the output electrode (32); the extending joint of the first lead (211) is connected with the output electrode (32) in one electrode slot (271) in a pressing mode, and the extending joint of the second lead (212) is connected with the first end of the grounding electrode (34) in the other electrode slot (271) in a pressing mode.