CARTRIDGE, BATTERY ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE

• US 20180279682A1
• Filed: 03/21/2018
• Published: 10/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Joyetech Europe Holding GmbH
• Original Assignee: Joyetech Europe Holding GmbH
• Inventors: GUO, David, QIU, Weihua, HUA, Neng, XU, Xiaoqi
• Granted Patent: US 11,127,988 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/10 Devices using liquid inhalable precursors
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/42 Cartridges or containers for 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: H01M 10/425 Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing printed circuits H05K1/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2220/30 Batteries in portable systems, e.g. mobile phone, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/24 adapted for protecting batteries from their environment, e.g. from corrosion thermal insulation H01M10/658
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/247 specially adapted for portable devices, e.g. mobile phones, computers, hand tools or pacemakers
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 50/284 with incorporated circuit boards, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/021 Heaters specially adapted for heating liquids
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2203/022 Heaters specially adapted for heating gaseous material
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 3/04 Waterproof or air-tight seals for heaters
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 3/141 Conductive ceramics, e.g. metal oxides, metal carbides, barium titanate, ferrites, zirconia, vitrous compounds
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 3/44 heating conductor arranged within rods or tubes of insulating material
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a cartridge, a battery assembly and an electronic cigarette. The cartridge, includes: a liquid absorbing assembly, and a liquid container for supplying tobacco liquid to the liquid absorbing element, the liquid absorbing element is arranged below the liquid container, the liquid absorbing assembly is arranged in such a manner that the tobacco liquid is kept in the liquid container or the liquid absorbing element before the cartridge is assembled at an in-use state.

Claims

1. A cartridge, comprising:

a liquid absorbing assembly, and a liquid container for supplying tobacco liquid to the liquid absorbing element, wherein;

the liquid absorbing element is arranged below the liquid container;

the liquid absorbing assembly is arranged in such a manner that the tobacco liquid is kept in the liquid container or the liquid absorbing element before the cartridge is assembled at an in-use state.

2. The cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the liquid absorbing element is formed of rigid material.

3. The cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the liquid absorbing assembly further comprises a membrane and a puncturing unit, the membrane is arranged on a bottom of the liquid container, and the puncturing unit is arranged with a predefined distance below the membrane.

4. The cartridge according to claim 3, wherein the cartridge further includes a heater removably located below the liquid absorbing assembly, the puncturing unit includes a puncturing element and an elastic element, one end of the puncturing element is attached to the heater, and the opposite end of the puncturing element is protruded above the liquid absorbing assembly.

5. The cartridge according to claim 3, wherein the elastic element is elastically compressively disposed between the puncturing element and the bottom of the liquid container, one end of the elastic element abuts against the puncturing element and the other end of the elastic element abuts against the bottom of the liquid container.

6. The cartridge according to claim 3, wherein the puncturing unit includes a puncturing element and an elastic element, the puncturing element is attached to the cartridge or the liquid absorbing assembly, and the elastic element is elastically compressively disposed between the liquid absorbing assembly and the bottom of the liquid container.

7. The cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the cartridge further includes a heater arranged below the liquid absorbing assembly, and a liquid adjusting element removably attached to the cartridge.

8. The cartridge according to claim 7, wherein the liquid absorbing assembly includes a first absorbing assembly and a second absorbing assembly separated from the first absorbing assembly by the liquid adjusting element, when the liquid adjusting element is assembled at a non-use state.

9. The cartridge according to claim 8, wherein the cartridge further includes a cartridge shell, a liquid container located within the cartridge shell, one part of the liquid adjusting element is arranged within the cartridge shell, the liquid adjusting element is provided with an upper positioning slot, a lower positioning slot and a positioning element, the upper positioning slot is arranged in parallel to a bottom surface of the liquid container, and the lower positioning slot is arranged on the bottom of the liquid adjusting element, the positioning element is configured to cooperate with the upper positioning slot and the lower positioning slot to maintain the liquid adjusting element in preset positions.

10. The cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the cartridge includes a liquid adjusting element a heater and a cartridge shell, the liquid container located within the cartridge shell, the heater arranged below the liquid absorbing assembly, the liquid absorbing assembly is partly contacted with the heater, the liquid adjusting element is rotatably disposed between the cartridge shell and the liquid absorbing assembly.

11. The cartridge according to claim 10, wherein the liquid adjusting element defines one or more liquid adjusting outlets corresponding to the outflow pathways defined on the liquid container.

12. The cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the cartridge further includes a heat transferring element arranged below the liquid absorbing assembly, the upper surface of the heat transferring element defines one or more vapor outlets, one side of the heat transferring element is provided with an air inlet opening, and the other side of the heat transferring element is provided with a vapor outlet opening.

13. The cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the liquid absorbing assembly further comprises a joint element, the joint element is arranged between the liquid container and the liquid absorbing element.

14. The cartridge according to claim 13, wherein the joint element is made of elastic material.

15. The cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the cartridge further includes holding element, the upper end of the holding element is sleeved on the bottom of the liquid container, the lower end of the holding element is provided with an aperture, the liquid absorbing assembly is inserted into the holding element from the aperture.

16. A battery assembly, comprising a housing, and a heater, an insulating element and a power supply unit are accommodated within the housing, the power supply unit comprises a circuit board and a battery, wherein:

the insulating element is arranged between the housing and the power supply unit;

the heater has one or more openings and is electrically connected to the circuit board extending through the insulating element;

the battery is arranged below the circuit board.

17. The battery assembly according to claim 16, wherein the heater comprises a heating element and a plurality of electrical clamps;

one end of the electrical clamp is clamped on the heating element;

the other end of the electrical clamp is connected to the circuit board.

18. The battery assembly according to claim 16, wherein the heater is clamped on the circuit board by virtue of two clamps, one end of the clamp is clamped on the heater, the other end of the clamp is connected to the circuit board.

19. The battery assembly according to claim 16, wherein the heater is formed of aluminum nitride.

20. An electronic cigarette, comprising a cartridge and a battery assembly electrically connected to the cartridge, wherein:

the cartridge, comprise a liquid absorbing assembly, and a liquid container for supplying tobacco liquid to the liquid absorbing element, the liquid absorbing element is arranged below the liquid container;

the liquid absorbing assembly is arranged in such a manner that the tobacco liquid is kept in the liquid container or the liquid absorbing element before the cartridge is assembled at an in-use state.