IP Library Granted Patent US 9,427,025
Granted Patent B2
US 9,427,025 · App. 14/030,644 · Granted Aug 30, 2016

Electronic cigarette

Inventor: Qiuming Liu (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
A24F47/008
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Patent No.
US 9,427,025
App. No.
14/030,644
Granted
Aug 30, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

This present invention relates to the field of an electronic cigarette, comprising an atomizer, a battery rod, and a connecting structure mounted at a butt-jointed position between the atomizer and the battery rod; the connecting structure includes a first connecting member mounted at an end of the atomizer and a second connecting member mounted at an end of the battery rod; a side surface of the first connecting member is provided with at least one snap that is capable of elastically moving inward along a radial direction of the atomizer, the second connecting member defines a butt-jointed slot configured for receiving the first connecting member, and a slot wall corresponding to the butt-jointed slot defines at least one snap-fit portion matching the snap. The electronic cigarette of the invention can prevent the used atomizer from being misused and repeatedly used.

Claims (17)

1. An electronic cigarette, comprising an atomizer, a battery rod, and a connecting structure mounted at a butt-jointed position between the atomizer and the battery rod; wherein, the connecting structure includes a first connecting member mounted at an end of the atomizer and a second connecting member mounted at an end of the battery rod; a side surface of the first connecting member is provided with at least one snap that is capable of elastically moving inward along a radial direction of the atomizer, the second connecting member defines a butt-jointed slot configured for receiving the first connecting member, and a slot wall corresponding to the butt-jointed slot defines at least one snap-fit portion matching the snap;

wherein in assembly, the snap is forced to be clamped in the snap-fit portion, and the atomizer is connected with the battery rod;

wherein in disassembly, the first connecting member and the second connecting member are respectively subjected to two forces along two opposite directions, the snap is broken, and the atomizer and the battery rod are disconnected from each other;

wherein the first connecting member further includes a buckle body connected with the snap and configured to fix the snap;

wherein the buckle body includes a fixing part and a connecting part, one end of the connecting part axially extends from the fixing part, the other end of the connecting part is connected to the snap, and the snap protrudes from the connecting part along a radial direction of the atomizer.

2. The electronic cigarette of claim 1 , wherein the snap, the connecting part, and the fixed part are integrated.

3. The electronic cigarette of claim 1 , wherein the fixing part is ring-shaped, the first connecting member includes an outer electrode and an inner electrode coaxially sleeved inside the outer electrode, and the fixing part is clamped between the inner electrode and the outer electrode.

4. The electronic cigarette of claim 3 , wherein the first connecting member defines a motion space configured for enabling the snap to elastically move inward along the radial direction of the atomizer, and the motion space is a second groove defined in the outer electrode.

5. The electronic cigarette of claim 1 , wherein the fixing part is ring-shaped, the first connecting member is provided with an outer electrode, the outer electrode defines an annular groove in a circumference thereof, and the fixing part is embedded in the annular groove.

6. The electronic cigarette of claim 5 , wherein the first connecting member defines a motion space configured for enabling the snap to elastically move inward along the radial direction of the atomizer, and the motion space is a second groove defined in the outer electrode.

7. The electronic cigarette of claim 1 , wherein the fixing part is block-shaped, the first connecting member is provided with an outer electrode, an exterior of the outer electrode defines a first groove fitting the shape of the fixing part, and the fixing part is embedded in the first groove.

8. The electronic cigarette of claim 7 , wherein the first connecting member defines a motion space configured for enabling the snap to elastically move inward along the radial direction of the atomizer, and the motion space is a second groove defined in the outer electrode.

9. The electronic cigarette of claim 1 , wherein the connecting part is made from at least one material of rigid PVC, PC, PA, ABS material, and PMMA.

10. The electronic cigarette of claim 1 , wherein the connecting part is bar-shaped, a length of the connecting part measured along the axial direction of the atomizer is greater than or equal to 0, and a thickness of the connecting part measured along the radial direction of the atomizer is 0.1 mm˜0.5 mm.

11. The electronic cigarette of claim 1 , wherein one end surface of the snap facing the fixing part is a flat surface, and an angle between the flat surface and the connecting part is less than or equal to 90°.

12. The electronic cigarette of claim 1 , wherein one end of the snap facing the second connecting member forms a chamfer or a rounding.

13. The electronic cigarette of claim 12 , wherein an axial section of the snap is triangular.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2016
From: KIMREE HI-TECH INC.
To: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
Reel/Frame 039207/0019 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2014
From: LIU, QIUMING
To: KIMREE HI-TECH INC
Reel/Frame 033830/0772 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2013 2 0447830 · Jul 25, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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