Electronic Cigarette Case

• US 20130342157A1
• Filed: 06/20/2012
• Published: 12/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huizhou Kimree Technology Co., Ltd
• Original Assignee: Huizhou Kimree Technology Co., Ltd
• Inventors: Liu, Qiuming
• Granted Patent: US 9,357,802 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/107
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 15/01 specially adapted for simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor battery charging means structurally associated with the case A24F40/95
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/95 structurally associated with cases

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic cigarette case, includes a case body, a charging device disposed in the case body for charging electronic cigarettes. The charging device includes a charging base, a rechargeable battery, and a control circuit board integrated with a circuit processing unit. The charging base has an electrode support where first and second electrode elements, and a trigger element spaced apart from the second electrode element are all disposed on the electrode support. The second electrode element is flexibly deformable when one of the electronic cigarettes is inserted into the case body to create a charging circuit. The circuit processing unit automatically controls the rechargeable battery for charging the electronic cigarette being inserted until it is full of power, whereby the electronic cigarette case is readily to be assembled and to sue, and has a reliable electrical connection with an outer power source.

Claims

1. An electronic cigarette case, comprising:

a case body for storing a plurality of electronic cigarettes;

a charging device disposed in the case body for charging the plurality of electronic cigarettes;

wherein the charging device comprises a charging base, a rechargeable battery, and a control circuit board integrated with a circuit processing unit;

the charging base comprising an electrode support where a first electrode element, a second electrode element, and a trigger element spaced apart from the second electrode element at a predetermined distance are all disposed on the electrode support;

two opposite ends of the first electrode element respectively electrically connected with a first electrode of one of the electronic cigarettes and a first electrode of the rechargeable battery;

two opposite ends of the second electrode element respectively electrically connected with a second electrode of the one of the electronic cigarettes and a second electrode of the rechargeable battery; and

the second electrode element being flexibly deformable when one of the electronic cigarettes is inserted into the case body to depress the second electrode element so as to enable the second electrode element to abut against the trigger element and create a charging circuit, wherein the circuit processing unit automatically controls the rechargeable battery for charging the electronic cigarette being inserted until it is full of power.

2. The electronic cigarette case of claim 1, wherein the electrode support is made of an insulating material, and the first and second electrode elements each is made of a conductive metal material and bends to form a sheet-shape so as to be deformable.

3. The electronic cigarette case of claim 2, wherein the trigger element and the first and second electrode elements are disposed in direct contact with corresponding land portions of the control circuit board, and are electrically connected with the rechargeable battery through the control circuit board.

4. The electronic cigarette case of claim 3, wherein the electrode support comprises an upper wall, a lower wall, a left wall, a right wall, and a rear wall cooperatively forming a rectangle case shape, the trigger element is mounted to the left wall with one end of the trigger element attached to the upper wall and the other end thereof extending out of the electrode support to contact the control circuit board, the second electrode element is mounted to the right wall with one end of the second electrode element disposed above the upper wall and spaced apart at the predetermined distance from the end of the trigger element attached to the upper wall, the other end of the second electrode element extending out of the electrode support to contact the control circuit board, and the first electrode element is mounted to the rear wall with one end of the first electrode element extending out of both the upper wall of the electrode support and the second electrode element, the other end of the first electrode element extending out of the electrode support to contact the control circuit board.

5. The electronic cigarette case of claim 4, wherein the trigger element has a main body, at least a fixing hole formed on the main body, a land contact plate that is deformable to contact the corresponding land portion of the control circuit board, and an electrode contact plate attached to the upper wall of the electrode support for contacting the second electrode element, the left wall of the electrode support having at least a positioning peg for being correspondingly mounted to the at least one fixing hole.

6. The electronic cigarette case of claim 5, wherein the main body and the electrode contact plate of the trigger element jointly form an L shape, and the land contact plate of the trigger element is deformable and has a U shape, V shape, or an arc shape.

7. The electronic cigarette case of claim 4, wherein the first electrode element has a main body, at least a fastening hole formed on the main body, a land contact plate that is deformable to contact the corresponding land portion of the control circuit board, and an electrode contact plate extending out of the upper wall of the electrode support and the second electrode element for contacting the first electrode of the electronic cigarette, the rear wall of the electrode support having at least a positioning peg for being correspondingly mounted to the at least one fastening hole.

8. The electronic cigarette case of claim 7, wherein the main body and the electrode contact plate of the first electrode element jointly form a substantially Z shape, and the land contact plate of the first electrode element is deformable and has a U shape, V shape, or an arc shape.

9. The electronic cigarette case of claim 4, wherein the second electrode element has a main body, at least a position hole formed on the main body, a land contact plate that is deformable to contact the corresponding land portion of the control circuit board, and an electrode contact plate for contacting the second electrode of the electronic cigarette and the trigger element, the right wall of the electrode support having at least a positioning peg for being correspondingly mounted to the at least one position hole, the electrode contact plate of the second electrode element being located above the upper wall and spaced apart at the predetermined distance from the trigger element.

10. The electronic cigarette case of claim 9, wherein the main body and the electrode contact plate of the second electrode element jointly form a substantially L shape, and the land contact plate of the second electrode element is deformable and has a U shape, V shape, or an arc shape.

11. The electronic cigarette case of claim 9, wherein the electrode contact plate of the second electrode element is formed with a through hole for the first electrode element to pass through.

12. The electronic cigarette case of claim 2, wherein the case body comprises a bottom case, a case cover, and a cover switch device for switchably fastening the case cover, the charging device disposed in the bottom case, the cover switch device comprising a key and a fastening element, the key which is disposed in a key hole formed on the bottom case and is engageable with the fastening element for controlling the fastening element, and the fastening element which is mounted to the bottom case and has an end portion being fastenable to an engaging slot formed on the case cover for fastening or releasing the case cover.

13. The electronic cigarette case of claim 2, wherein the bottom case body is provided with a first frame disposed in the case body for holding the charging device, and a second frame for guiding the plurality of electronic cigarettes to be inserted into the first frame.

14. The electronic cigarette case of claim 13, wherein the first frame defines a guiding slot for guiding one of the plurality of electronic cigarettes to be inserted in the guiding slot, and the guiding slot has a positioning ring for positioning the one electronic cigarette.

15. The electronic cigarette case of claim 1, wherein the case cover and/or the bottom case are made of wood by a processing technique, the wood material is selected from a natural wood group consisting of pine, redwood, padauck, rosewood, palisander, wenge, oak, walnut, maple, birch, cherrywood, shagbark, and camphor tree;

the processing technique includes steps of wood chipping, wood molding, wood surface decoration, and sterilizing.