Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.
It is understood that the terminology used in the description and claims of the present application and the accompanying drawings is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present application. The terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present application and in the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between different objects and not for describing a particular order. The singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The term "comprises" and any variations thereof is intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. Further, the present application may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described in the present embodiment. The following detailed description is provided for the purpose of providing a more thorough understanding of the present disclosure, and the words used to indicate orientation above, below, left and right are used solely to describe the illustrated structure in the context of the corresponding figures.
While the specification concludes with claims describing preferred embodiments of the present application, it is to be understood that the above description is made only for the purpose of illustrating the general principles of the present application and is not intended to limit the scope of the present application. The protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the definitions of the appended claims.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, fig. 1 and 2 are cross-sectional views of an electronic cigarette 100 provided in an embodiment of the present application along different viewing directions; fig. 3 is a schematic view of a first perspective direction of a partial structure of the electronic cigarette 100 provided in an embodiment of the present application, fig. 4 is a schematic view of a mechanism of the support 20 of the electronic cigarette 100, and fig. 5 is a schematic view of a second perspective direction of a partial structure of the electronic cigarette 100 provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 1, the electronic cigarette 100 includes a housing 10, a bracket 20, an atomizer assembly 30, and a microphone assembly 40. The bracket 20 is disposed in the housing 10 and is hermetically connected to the housing 10. The atomizer assembly 30 is disposed at the top end of the support frame 20. The atomizer assembly 30 includes an atomizer body 32 having an atomizer base 31 disposed on the atomizer base 31. The atomizer main body 32 is provided with an atomizing air passage 320, and the atomizer base 31, the housing 10 and the bracket 20 are jointly enclosed to form an annular air passage 101 communicated with the atomizing air passage 320. The microphone assembly 40 is disposed at the bottom end of the support 20 and is spaced apart from the atomizer assembly 30. Wherein the bracket 20 is provided with a microphone airway 201. The microphone assembly 40 is disposed within the microphone airway 201. Miaow head air flue 201 with atomizing air flue 320 is mutual independent setting, and is linked together through annular air flue 101 to avoid producing the condensate of aerosol in the atomizing air flue 320 and oil leak liquid drop to miaow head subassembly 40 on, avoided the short circuit risk, and then prolong miaow head subassembly 40's life, improve user experience and feel.
It should be noted that, the top end described herein refers to an orientation in which the smoke outlet end of the atomizer assembly 30 faces upward when the electronic cigarette 100 is placed on a certain carrier, i.e., the mouth end of the electronic cigarette 100. The bottom end is directly opposite the top end, i.e., the battery end (or charging end) of the e-cigarette 100.
In this embodiment, the housing 10 is sleeved outside the bracket 20. The housing 10 has a hollow cylindrical structure. The cross-section of the housing 10 may be oval, elliptical, etc. The top end of the housing 10 is fixedly attached to the atomizer assembly 30.
Specifically, the atomizer body 32 includes an atomizing housing 321 fixedly connected to the housing 10. The atomizing housing 321 is partially embedded in the casing 10. The atomizing housing 321 and the housing 10 may be fixedly connected together by gluing, welding, screwing, and other connection methods. The atomizer base 31 is interposed between the atomizing housing 321 and the holder 20. The atomization housing 321 is axially opened with an atomization air passage 320.
As shown in fig. 1 and fig. 3 to 4, the bracket 20 includes a bracket body 21 and a first supporting platform 23 disposed at a top end of the bracket body 21. The first support platform 23 comprises a first boss 22 and a second boss 24, which are superimposed on each other. The first boss 22 abuts against the atomizer base 31, and the projection of the first boss 22 on the second boss 24 falls into the second boss 24, so that the atomizer base 31, the first boss 22, the second boss 24 and the housing 10 jointly enclose to form the annular air passage 101. Specifically, the side wall of the first boss 22, the top surface of the second boss 24, the bottom surface of the atomizer base 31 and the inner wall of the housing 10 together enclose an annular air passage 101. The first support platform 23 extends perpendicular to the central axis L1 of the electronic cigarette 100.
Specifically, the extending direction of the holder body 21 is parallel to the central axis L1 of the electronic cigarette 100. The cross section of the bracket body 21 is approximately C-shaped, namely arc-shaped. The first boss 22 is substantially 8-shaped in outer shape, and the second boss 24 is substantially elliptical in outer shape. The first supporting platform 23 covers the top end of the support body 21, that is, the projections of the first supporting platform 23 and the support body 21 on the plane perpendicular to the central axis L1 of the electronic cigarette 100 coincide, so that the microphone assembly 40 disposed in the support 20 is isolated from the atomizer assembly 30, and the microphone assembly 40 is prevented from being damaged due to the contamination of condensate and leakage of the atomizer assembly 30.
As shown in fig. 1 and 3 to 5, a groove 26 penetrating through the first boss 22 and the second boss 24 is formed in the middle of the top end of the first supporting platform 23. Groove wall 261 of groove 26 is opened with opening 262 penetrating upper and lower end faces of first boss 22 so that groove 26 communicates with annular gas passage 101. The second boss 24 is provided with an air outlet 242 communicating with the microphone air passage 201 and the annular air passage 101 at a side opposite to the opening 262. The air outlet 242 is communicated with the groove 26 through the annular air passage 101, so that air discharged from the air outlet 242 flows around the annular air passage 101, enters the groove 26 from the opening 262 and then enters the atomizing air passage 320. Because the microphone air passage 201 is not directly connected with the atomizing air passage 320, the flow of the outside air is realized through the annular air passage 101, so that the problem that the microphone assembly 40 is polluted by condensate and leakage of the atomizer assembly 30 to cause damage is avoided. In addition, the annular air passage 101 can accumulate more air to ensure sufficient air supply and more uniform air flow, thereby ensuring smooth suction resistance and stability.
In some embodiments, the lands of the second bosses 24 are parallel to the lands of the first bosses 22. In other embodiments, the mesa of the second boss 24 forms an angle with the mesa of the first boss 22. Specifically, the slope of the second boss 24 decreases from the exit aperture 242 to the opening 262. In this manner, condensation and leakage from the atomizer assembly 30 are further prevented from entering the microphone airway 201 and contaminating the battery 50 or the microphone assembly 40.
The second boss 24 is provided with a decoration hole 241 communicated with the groove 26 at a position adjacent to the opening 262. The decoration hole 241 does not penetrate through the upper and lower end surfaces of the second boss 24, that is, the decoration hole 241 is isolated from the microphone air duct 201, and the decoration hole 241 can be used for loading the condensate and the leakage of the atomizer assembly 30, so that the condensate and the leakage of the atomizer assembly 30 can be further prevented from entering the microphone air duct 201 to pollute the battery 50 or the microphone assembly 40. The decoration hole 241 and the air outlet hole 242 are located outside the groove 26, and the decoration hole 241 is opposite to the air outlet hole 242, that is, the decoration hole 241 and the air outlet hole 242 are symmetrically arranged compared with the central axis L1 of the electronic cigarette 100.
Optionally, in some embodiments, the decoration hole 241 may extend through the upper and lower end surfaces of the second boss 24, that is, the decoration hole 241 also serves as an air outlet hole of the microphone air duct 201, so that when the suction resistance is large, sufficient air supply is enabled, and the user experience is improved.
The atomizer base 31 is axially provided with an atomization air inlet 311 communicated with the groove 26. The atomization air inlet holes 311, the decoration holes 241 and the air outlet holes 242 are arranged in a staggered mode and are located above the groove 26. The atomization air inlet 311 is disposed on a central axis L1 of the electronic cigarette 100. The projections of the atomization air inlet hole 311 and the decoration hole 241 on the plane perpendicular to the central axis L1 of the electronic cigarette 100 are mutually staggered. The atomization air inlet hole 311 is also communicated with the atomization air channel 320 and the groove 26, so that air circulation between the annular air channel 101 and the atomization air channel 320 is realized. The top of the atomization shell 321 is provided with a mouthpiece 322 with a smoke outlet 3220. The mouthpiece 322 may be integrally formed with the atomizing housing 321 or may also be removably attached together.
Optionally, the groove 26 is butterfly shaped. The air outlet 242 is provided separately from the recess 26 to prevent condensate and leakage of the atomizer assembly 30 entering the recess 26 from entering the air outlet 242, thereby preventing contamination of the microphone assembly 40. The projections of the decoration hole 241, the air outlet hole 242 and the groove 26 on a plane perpendicular to the central axis L1 of the electronic cigarette 100 do not overlap, thereby avoiding the problem that the microphone assembly 40 is contaminated by the condensate and the leakage of the atomizer assembly 30 to cause damage. In the present embodiment, the decorative hole 241 is located at the head of the butterfly-shaped groove 26, and the air outlet hole 242 is located at the tail of the butterfly-shaped groove 26. Specifically, the decoration hole 241 and the air outlet hole 242 are opened at the side edge of the middle portion of the second boss 24. The groove bottom of the groove 26 and the mesa of the second boss 24 are located on different planes, and the mesa of the second boss 24 is closer to the atomizer assembly 30 than the groove bottom of the groove 26, so as to further prevent condensate and/or leakage of the atomizer assembly 30 collected in the groove 26 from flowing to the air outlet 242, thereby avoiding the problem that the microphone assembly 40 is polluted and damaged.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the first boss 22 forms an arc-shaped guide surface 263 at the edge of the opening 262. The guide surface 263 is smoothly connected to the side wall of the first projection 22. The guide surface 263 is used to guide the air discharged from the air outlet 242 into the annular air passage 101 and then into the opening 262 into the recess 26, so that the external air can enter the atomizing air passage 320 more.
As shown in fig. 2, two slots 28 are formed at the top end of the first supporting platform 23 and located at two opposite sides of the groove 26. The atomizer body 32 further includes two connecting electrodes 323 inserted in the two insertion grooves 28. The two insertion grooves 28 penetrate the first and second bosses 22 and 24, so that both end portions of each of the connection electrodes 323 can be exposed out of the insertion grooves 28, thereby achieving electrical connection of the two connection electrodes. Among them, the connection electrode 323 has elasticity. That is, the elastic thimble is disposed on the side of the connection electrode 323 close to the atomizer base 31, so as to improve the connection reliability and stability of the connection electrode 323.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the connection electrode 323 may be a magnetic electrode. Specifically, a limiting structure 281 is disposed in the slot 28. The atomizer body 32 further includes a magnetic structure 324 sleeved outside the connecting electrode 323. The magnetic structure 324 is a hollow cylindrical structure. The magnetic structure 324 is engaged in the slot 28 and stops against the limit structure 281.
The atomizer body 32 further includes an atomizing electrode 325 electrically connected to the connecting electrode 323. The atomizing electrode 325 is fixedly arranged on the atomizer base 31 and is in contact connection with the connecting electrode 323 to atomize the material of the electronic cigarette. The atomizing electrode 325 is substantially L-shaped in longitudinal section.
As shown in fig. 2, 3 to 5, the electronic cigarette 100 further includes a battery 50 disposed in the bracket 20. Specifically, the middle of the bracket body 21 is further provided with a second support platform 25. The second support platform 25 divides the inner cavity of the holder body 21 into a first cavity 211 and a second cavity 212 which are isolated from each other, and the second cavity 212 is located on the side of the first cavity 211 away from the atomizer assembly 30. The battery 50 is disposed in the first cavity 211, and the microphone assembly 40 is disposed in the second cavity 212. This allows the microphone assembly 40 to be located away from the atomizer assembly 30 to improve the safety and sensitivity of use of the microphone assembly 40.
Wherein battery 50 is used to provide electrical power to atomizer assembly 30. Specifically, one end of the connection electrode 323 is connected to the battery 50, and the other end of the connection electrode 323 is connected to the atomizing electrode 325, to achieve heating of the atomizing electrode 325 to atomize the aerosol material.
The bracket body 21 is provided with a sealing ring 27 at the position of the first supporting platform 23 and the second supporting platform 25. Each of the packing rings 27 is interposed between the outer wall of the holder body 21 and the inner wall of the housing 10 to hermetically couple the holder 20 and the housing 10. The projection of the second supporting platform 25 on the first supporting platform 23 coincides with the first supporting platform 23, so that the first supporting platform 23, the second supporting platform 25 and the bracket body 21 form an axially closed first cavity 211, thereby improving the sensitivity and accuracy of the microphone assembly 40 in detecting the air pressure change of the atomizer assembly 30.
In the present embodiment, the first cavity 211 and the second cavity 212 sequentially extend along the axial direction of the bracket body 21. The second supporting platform 25 is provided with a vent 251 communicated with the air outlet 242. Wherein the vent 251 is offset from a central axis L1 of the electronic cigarette 100.
Wherein, the electronic cigarette 100 is provided with an air inlet 202 communicated with the microphone airway 201. The air inlet 202 is arranged on the side wall of the shell 10; and/or, open at the bottom of the support 20; and/or, the air inlet 202 is formed by a gap formed between the bracket 20 and the housing 10 at the bottom of the electronic cigarette 100.
Specifically, in an embodiment of the present invention, the housing 10 is provided with an air inlet 202 connected to the microphone air passage 201. The number of the air inlets 202 may be one or more. In the present embodiment, two opposite air inlets 202 are opened on the housing 10, so that the outside air enters the microphone airway 201 from the two air inlets 202 of the housing 10. An air inlet 202 is opened with the microphone airway 201. The number of the air inlets 202 may be one or more. In the present embodiment, two opposite air inlets 202 are opened on the housing 10, so that the outside air enters the microphone airway 201 from the two air inlets 202 of the housing 10.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the gap formed between the housing 10 and the bracket 20 at the bottom of the electronic cigarette 100 constitutes an air inlet 202 communicated with the microphone air passage 201. Thus, the external air can enter the first cavity 211 and the second cavity 212 of the microphone airway 201 in sequence through the air inlet 202.
Optionally, in order to solve the problems that the existing electronic cigarette is easily affected by the assembly tolerance between the tobacco rod and the atomizer assembly when the air inlet is formed at the top end, so that the smoothness and stability of the suction resistance are affected, and the overall attractiveness of the electronic cigarette is affected, at least one air inlet 202 is formed at the bottom end of the support 20, so that the smoothness and stability of the suction resistance are ensured, and the overall appearance of the electronic cigarette 100 is improved. At least one air inlet 202 is used for allowing outside air to enter the microphone air passage 201, the annular air passage 101 and the atomizing air passage 320 in sequence. Specifically, the bottom end of the holder body 21 is also provided with a bottom cover 29. The bottom cover 29 is provided with at least one air inlet 202. Wherein the air inlet 202 is offset from the central axis L1 of the electronic cigarette 100. Optionally, the bottom cover 29 is provided with an air inlet 202 communicating with the vent hole 251.
It is understood that the stand body 21, the first supporting platform 23, the second supporting platform 25 and the bottom cover 29 may be integrally formed to ensure the sealing performance of the first cavity, thereby improving the operation sensitivity and reliability of the microphone assembly 40. In other embodiments, the bracket body 21, the first supporting platform 23, the second supporting platform 25 and the bottom cover 29 can be disposed independently and fixedly connected together by clamping, welding, gluing, etc.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the bottom cover 29 further has a charging interface 291 for charging the battery 50. Charging interface 291 is provided on central axis L1 of electronic cigarette 100. Preferably, charging interface 291 is a USB charging interface. The charging interface 291 may serve as an air inlet of the electronic cigarette 100, that is, the electronic cigarette 100 may be separately provided with an air inlet independent of the charging interface 291, or may be provided with only one opening for both the air inlet and the charging interface; alternatively, the air inlet and the charging interface may be provided at the same time. Charging electrode 292 is correspondingly disposed in charging interface 291.
In the present embodiment, the microphone airway 201 is an air passage formed by at least one air inlet 202, the first cavity 211, the vent 251, the second cavity 212, and the air outlet 242. Because the air outlet 242 of the microphone air passage 201 deviates from the atomization air inlet 311 of the atomization air passage 320, the microphone air passage 201 is not directly connected with the atomization air passage 320, but is communicated with the atomization air passage 320 through the annular air passage 101 and the groove 26, so that the condensate and the oil leakage liquid of aerosol generated in the atomization air passage 320 cannot drop onto the microphone assembly 40, the short circuit risk of the microphone assembly 40 is reduced, the service life is prolonged, and the user experience is improved. In addition, the air discharged from the air outlet 242 can enter the groove 26 around the annular air passage 101, so that the electronic cigarette 100 can circulate more smoothly with the outside air, sufficient air input supply is ensured, and the phenomenon that the air input is insufficient and the use is not smooth due to over-strong suction resistance is avoided.
The microphone assembly 40 includes a microphone 41 and a sealing member 42 covering the microphone 41. Specifically, the seal member 42 is fixed to the inner wall of the holder body 21. The sealing member 42 is provided as a semi-open cylindrical structure having an opening 421. The microphone 41 is fixedly accommodated in the sealing member 42. Preferably, the seal 42 is made of a silicone material. The microphone 41 is fixed to the holder 20 by a seal 42. In other embodiments, the microphone 41 is fixedly disposed on the sealing member 42, and the sealing member 42 is fixedly disposed at the middle of the second supporting platform 25 of the bracket 20.
The microphone assembly 40 also includes a circuit board 43 electrically connected to the microphone 41. The circuit board 43 is disposed in the second cavity 212, and the circuit board 43 is fixed on the bracket body 21. Specifically, the holder body 21 is convexly provided with a plurality of fixing posts 2121 along a central axis L1 perpendicular to the electronic cigarette 100. The circuit board 43 is locked to the fixing post 2121 by a locking member 2122, such as a screw, so that the circuit board 43 is fixed. The extending direction of the circuit board 43 is parallel to the central axis L1 of the electronic cigarette 100, so that the occupied space of the circuit board 43 is saved, and the electronic cigarette 100 is suitable for miniaturization design. The circuit board 43 is further electrically connected to the atomizer assembly 30, the battery 50 and the charging interface 291. Specifically, the wiring board 43 is electrically connected to the connection electrode 323 of the atomizer body 32 to realize that the wiring board 43 is used to control the operating state of the atomizer assembly 30. The battery 50 may provide power for operation of the circuit board 43. One end of the charging interface 291 is fixed on the circuit board 43, the other end of the charging interface 291 extends to the charging interface 291 at the bottom of the second cavity 212, and the charging electrode 292 in the charging interface 291 is electrically connected with the circuit board 43.
When the microphone holder is used, a user sucks the cigarette holder 322 through the mouth, outside air enters the second cavity 212 of the microphone airway 201 from the air inlet 202 at the bottom of the bracket 20, the microphone 41 is started to generate a signal, the circuit board 43 receives the signal and starts the atomizer assembly 30 according to the signal, the outside air continuously flows to sequentially enter the vent hole 251 and the first cavity 211 from the second cavity 212, sequentially enters the annular airway 101 and the groove 26 from the air outlet 242, enters the atomization airway 320 through the atomization air inlet 311, and finally flows out of the smoke outlet 3220 of the cigarette holder 322 to enter the mouth of the user.
According to the electronic cigarette provided by the embodiment of the utility model, based on the fact that the microphone assembly and the atomizer assembly are arranged in an isolated manner, the atomizer main body is provided with the atomizing air passage, the atomizer base, the shell and the support are arranged together to form the annular air passage communicated with the atomizing air passage, the support is provided with the microphone air passage, and the microphone air passage and the atomizing air passage are arranged independently and communicated with each other through the annular air passage, so that condensate and oil leakage liquid of aerosol generated in the atomizing air passage cannot drip onto the microphone assembly, the short circuit risk of the microphone assembly is further reduced, the service life is prolonged, and the user experience is improved.
The above embodiments of the present invention are described in detail, and the principle and the implementation of the present invention are explained by applying specific embodiments, and the above description of the embodiments is only used to help understanding the method of the present invention and the core idea thereof; meanwhile, for a person skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present invention, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in view of the above, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present invention.