ATOMIZATION ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE

• US 20160192710A1
• Filed: 03/14/2016
• Published: 07/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huizhou Kimree Technology Co., Ltd
• Original Assignee: Huizhou Kimree Technology Co., Ltd
• Inventors: LIU, Qiuming
• Application Number:
  US15/068,825
• Publication Number:
  US 20160192710A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 15/015 with means for refilling of liquid inhalable precursors
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/10 Devices using liquid inhalable precursors
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/44 Wicks
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/46 Shape or structure of electric heating means
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/485 Valves; Apertures
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 1/0244 Heating of fluids H05B1/0247 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 3/0014 Devices wherein the heating current flows through particular resistances
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 3/40 Heating elements having the shape of rods or tubes H05B3/62, H05B3/68, H05B3/78 take precedence

Abstract

An atomization assembly and an electronic cigarette are provided by the present application, the atomization assembly includes a liquid storage assembly and an atomization core assembly. The liquid storage assembly includes a liquid storage sleeve and a vapor pipe. The atomization core assembly includes an atomizing seat and an electric heating wire element. One end of the atomizing seat is covered with a cup cover, and an opening of the liquid storage chamber is covered by an end surface of the cup cover. A liquid guiding hole is provided at an area of the end surface of the cup cover, and a vapor hole is provided at an area of the end surface of the cup cover. A liquid guiding plate is provided at one side of the end surface of the cup cover. Thus, the liquid storage assembly and the atomization core assembly can be easily assembled.

Claims

1. An atomization assembly for being assembled with a battery assembly to form an electronic cigarette, wherein the atomization assembly comprises a liquid storage assembly and an atomization core assembly;

the liquid storage assembly comprises a liquid storage sleeve having a first end and a second end opposite to each other, a mouthpiece is provided at the first end of the liquid storage sleeve, a liquid filling port is formed at an end surface of the second end of the liquid storage sleeve, a vapor pipe in communication with the mouthpiece is provided in the liquid storage sleeve, and a liquid storage chamber for storing tobacco liquid is formed between the liquid storage sleeve and the vapor pipe;

the atomization core assembly comprises an atomizing seat, an electric heating wire element supported in an atomization space at one end of the atomizing seat for atomizing the tobacco liquid, and an electric connection element fixed at another end of the atomizing seat for being electrically connected to the electric heating wire assembly, and a cup cover connected to the atomizing seat in an insertion manner is provided at one end, where the electric heating wire assembly is provided, of the atomizing seat; and

one end, where the cup cover is provided, of the atomization core assembly, is inserted into the liquid storage sleeve and abuts against the vapor pipe at one end away from the mouthpiece, an opening of the liquid storage is covered by an end surface of the cup cover, a liquid guiding hole is provided at an area of the end surface of the cup cover corresponding to the liquid storage chamber, a vapor hole in communication with the vapor pipe and the atomization space is provided at the end surface of the cup cover corresponding to the vapor pipe, the liquid guiding plate is arranged at one side, away from the liquid storage chamber, of the end surface of the cup cover, and is made of a liquid-absorbable material, the liquid guiding plate fits the end surface of the cup cover and covers the liquid guiding hole, which allows the liquid guiding hole and the liquid guiding plate to guide the tobacco liquid in the liquid storage chamber into the electric heating wire assembly to be atomized.

2. The atomization assembly according to claim 1, wherein the atomizing seat comprises an atomizing seat body and a connecting sleeve sleeved on an outer side wall of the atomizing seat body, the electric heating wire assembly is supported in the atomizing seat body, the connecting sleeve has one end extending out of one end, away from the liquid storage assembly, of the atomizing seat body, and a connection structure detachably connected to the battery assembly is provided at the end of the connecting sleeve;

and

the cup cover comprises an end wall having the end surface and a side wall formed by a periphery of the end wall extending towards the connecting sleeve, the side wall is sleeved on the connecting sleeve by an interference fit, a position-limiting protruding portion abutting against an end portion of the side wall of the cup cover is provided on an outer side wall of the connecting sleeve, and the liquid guiding plate is clamped between one end, close to the liquid storage sleeve, of the connecting sleeve and the end surface of the cup cover.

3. The atomization assembly according to claim 2, wherein a first annular groove is provided at an outer side wall, in the liquid storage sleeve, of the connecting sleeve;

and

the atomization core assembly further comprises a sealing ring sleeved on the first annular groove and elastically pressing against an inner side wall of the liquid storage sleeve.

4. The atomization assembly according to claim 2, wherein the connecting sleeve and the liquid storage sleeve are connected in an insertion manner by an interference fit, a clearance is formed between the side wall of the cup cover and the liquid storage sleeve, and a width of the clearance is less than 0.1 mm.

5. The atomization assembly according to claim 1, wherein the atomization core assembly further comprises a sealing seat which is hollow and cylindrical on the whole and has a first end and a second end opposite to each other;

the first end of the sealing seat is inserted into the vapor hole of the cup cover, the second end abuts against one end of the vapor pipe, a diameter of an outer side wall of the second end of the sealing seat is greater than a diameter of an outer side wall of the first end, which allows an annular boss to be formed at an outer side wall of the sealing seat, and the end surface of the cup cover presses against the annular boss, which allows the sealing seat to press onto the vapor pipe and elastically press against the vapor pipe.

6. The atomization assembly according to claim 5, wherein the liquid guiding plate is elastically sleeved on the first end of the sealing seat.

7. The atomization assembly according to claim 2, wherein the atomizing seat body is a polyvinyl chloride silicone fiberglass tube or a ceramic tube, and one end of the atomizing seat body is provided with two opposite and apart U-shaped concave portions both extending in a side away from the mouth piece;

and

the electric heating wire assembly is of a U-shape, which comprises a first end and a second end in parallel with each other, a middle section for connecting the first end and the second end, the middle section of the electric heating wire assembly is supported at bottoms of the two U-shaped concave portions of the atomizing seat body, the first end and the second end of the electric heating wire assembly are respectively located in the two U-shaped concave portions of the atomizing seat body, and end surfaces of the first end and the second end of the electric heating wire assembly are directed at areas, corresponding to the liquid storage chamber, on the end surface of the cup cover through the liquid guiding plate.

8. The atomization assembly according to claim 2, wherein the atomizing seat body is a polyvinyl chloride silicone fiberglass tube or a ceramic tube, and two opposite and apart through-holes are provided with in a side wall of an atomizing seat body;

and

the electric heating wire assembly is of a U-shape, which comprises a first end and a second end in parallel with each other, and a middle section for connecting the first end and the second end, the middle section of the electric heating wire assembly passes through the two through-holes of the atomizing seat body, a first end and a second end of the electric heating wire assembly are located in parallel outside the side wall of the atomizing seat body, and end surfaces of the first end and the second end of the electric heating wire assembly are directed at areas, corresponding to the liquid storage chamber, on an end surface of the cup cover through the liquid guiding plate.

9. The atomization assembly according to claim 2, wherein the atomizing seat body is a polyvinyl chloride silicone fiberglass tube or a ceramic tube, and two opposite apart concave portions are provided at one end of an atomizing seat body;

and

an electric heating wire element is cylindrical, two ends of the electric heating wire assembly are mounted in the two concave portions of the atomizing seat body, and end surfaces of a first end and a second end of the electric heating wire assembly are directed at areas, corresponding to the liquid storage chamber, on an end surface of the cup cover through the liquid guiding plate.

10. The atomization assembly according to claim 1, wherein a liquid collecting chamber in communication with the vapor pipe is provided in the mouthpiece, and a chamber wall of the liquid collecting chamber is provided with an air outlet hole for flowing out of airflow, which allows condensed tobacco liquid to be collected in the liquid collecting chamber in the case that the vapor atomized by the electric heating wire assembly flows via the vapor pipe into the air outlet hole.

11. The atomization assembly according to claim 10, wherein one side at a periphery of the air outlet hole and facing to the vapor pipe, of the chamber wall of the liquid collecting chamber is provided with an annular boss for isolating the tobacco liquid, and/or a liquid absorbing piece made of a liquid-absorbable material is provided in the liquid collecting chamber.

12. The atomization assembly according to claim 1, wherein a positioning column is arranged around one end, close to the mouthpiece, of the vapor pipe, and the vapor pipe runs through a center axis of the positioning column;

and

an outer side wall of the positioning column is inserted into the liquid storage sleeve, for fixing the vapor pipe in parallel with the inner side wall of the liquid storage sleeve, a second annular groove is provided in the outer side wall of the positioning column, and a sealing ring elastically abutting against the inner side wall of the liquid storage sleeve is sleeved in the second annular groove.

13. The atomization assembly according to claim 12, wherein an air outlet hole is provided in the mouthpiece at a position corresponding to a center axis of the liquid storage sleeve, and an annular positioning boss extending along the center axis of the liquid storage sleeve is provided at one side, facing to the vapor pipe, of a periphery of the air outlet hole;

and

a positioning ring is provided at an end surface of one end, close to the mouthpiece, of the positioning column, and one end, away from the positioning column, of the positioning ring extends to the annular positioning boss of the mouthpiece and is sleeved on the annular positioning boss, and an inner side wall of the positioning ring and an outer side wall of the annular positioning boss are tightly clamped by an interference fit.

14. The atomization assembly according to claim 1, wherein the mouthpiece, the liquid storage sleeve and the vapor pipe are formed integrally.

15. The atomization assembly according to claim 1, wherein an annular position-limiting step is provided at a position, corresponding to the end surface of the cup cover, on an inner side wall of the liquid storage sleeve, and a periphery of the end surface of the cup cover presses against the position-limiting step.

16. The atomization assembly according to claim 1, wherein the liquid storage sleeve is made of a light-permeable material.

17. The atomization assembly according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of liquid guiding holes are provided, and the plurality of liquid guiding holes are arranged around a the vapor hole and form an annular shape.

18. The atomization assembly according to claim 1, wherein a diameter of each of the liquid guiding holes is less than 1.5 mm.

19. The atomization assembly according to claim 1, wherein an included angle formed between an extending direction of each of the liquid guiding holes and an extending direction of the liquid storage chamber is greater than 30 degrees.

20. An electronic cigarette, comprising a battery assembly and an atomization assembly connected to each other, wherein the atomization assembly is assembled with a battery assembly to form an electronic cigarette, and the atomization assembly comprises a liquid storage assembly and an atomization core assembly;

the liquid storage assembly comprises a liquid storage sleeve having a first end and a second end opposite to each other, a mouthpiece is provided at the first end of the liquid storage sleeve, a liquid filling port is formed at an end surface of the second end of the liquid storage sleeve, a vapor pipe in communication with the mouthpiece is provided in the liquid storage sleeve, and a liquid storage chamber for storing tobacco liquid is formed between the liquid storage sleeve and the vapor pipe;

the atomization core assembly comprises an atomizing seat, an electric heating wire element supported in an atomization space at one end of the atomizing seat for atomizing the tobacco liquid, and an electric connection element fixed at another end of the atomizing seat for being electrically connected to the electric heating wire assembly, and a cup cover connected to the atomizing seat in an insertion manner is provided at one end, where the electric heating wire assembly is provided, of the atomizing seat; and

one end, where the cup cover is provided, of the atomization core assembly, is inserted into the liquid storage sleeve and abuts against the vapor pipe at one end away from the mouthpiece, an opening of the liquid storage is covered by an end surface of the cup cover, a liquid guiding hole is provided at an area of the end surface of the cup cover corresponding to the liquid storage chamber, a vapor hole in communication with the vapor pipe and the atomization space is provided at the end surface of the cup cover corresponding to the vapor pipe, the liquid guiding plate is arranged at one side, away from the liquid storage chamber, of the end surface of the cup cover, and is made of a liquid-absorbable material, the liquid guiding plate fits the end surface of the cup cover and covers the liquid guiding hole, which allows the liquid guiding hole and the liquid guiding plate to guide the tobacco liquid in the liquid storage chamber into the electric heating wire assembly to be atomized.