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Granted Patent B2
US 11,291,246 · App. 16/310,814 · Granted Apr 5, 2022

Electronic cigarette and method for unlocking electronic cigarette

Inventor: Furong Huang (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: Shenzhen YouMe Information Technology Co., Ltd
A24F40/40A24F40/51A24F40/53A24F40/60G07C9/00563A24F40/49
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Patent No.
US 11,291,246
App. No.
16/310,814
Granted
Apr 5, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an electronic cigarette, which includes a base ( 1 ) defining a receiving space, and an atomizer ( 2 ) connected with the base ( 1 ), a power supply ( 3 ), a control device ( 4 ), and an information collecting device ( 5 ) are all located in the base ( 1 ), a locking device ( 6 ) is located between the atomizer ( 2 ) and the base ( 1 ). The information collecting device ( 5 ) is electronically connected with the control device ( 4 ) and configured to collect a verification signal and output the verification signal to the control device ( 4 ), the control device ( 4 ) is connected with the power supply ( 3 ) and the locking device ( 6 ), and is configured to drive the power supply ( 3 ) to start and drive the locking device ( 6 ) to unlock the atomizer ( 2 ) and the base ( 1 ). The present disclosure also provides a method for unlocking the electronic cigarette.

Claims (16)

1. An electronic cigarette, comprising a base defining a receiving space, and an atomizer connected with the base, the electronic cigarette further comprising:

a power supply, located in the base, the power supply being configured to power the electronic cigarette;

a locking device, located between the atomizer and the base, the locking device being configured to lock the atomizer and the base;

a control device, located in the base and connected with the power supply and the locking device, the control device being configured to drive the electronic cigarette to start, and drive the locking device to unlock the atomizer and the base; and

an information collecting device, located in the base and connected with the control device, the information collecting device being configured to collect a verification signal and then output the verification signal to the control device; wherein,

the control device drives the electronic cigarette to start and drives the locking device to unlock the atomizer and the base based on the verification signal collected by the information collecting device;

wherein the locking device comprises a first locking member located at the base, a second locking member located at the atomizer and configured to lock with the first locking member, a drive device configured to drive the first locking member to move until separating from the second locking member, and a reset device connected with the first locking member and configured to drive the first locking member to reset.

2. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1 , wherein the driving device is an electromagnet.

3. The electronic cigarette according to claim 2 , wherein the first locking member is made of a material which physically interacts with the drive device, or at least a part of the first locking member physically interacts with the drive device.

4. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1 , wherein the reset device is elastic medium.

5. The electronic cigarette according to claim 4 , wherein the elastic medium is a spring, a shrapnel, a silicone member, or a plastic member.

6. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the base connected with the first locking member defines a slide rail and a limiting structure.

7. The electronic cigarette according to claim 6 , wherein the first locking member slides along the slide rail.

8. The electronic cigarette according to claim 6 , wherein the limiting structure is connected with the first locking member, the limiting structure is configured to define a reset position of the first locking member.

9. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1 , wherein the information collecting device is a pressure detection unit, a capacitance detection unit, a photoelectric detection unit, a sound collection unit, a biometric information collection unit, or an image recognition unit.

10. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1 , wherein the information collecting device comprises a coded lock which is formed by combining at least two selected from a group consisting of a pressure detection unit, a capacitance detection unit, a photoelectric detection unit, a sound collection unit, a biometric information collection unit, and an image recognition unit.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2019
From: SHENZHEN GOLDREAMS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: SHENZHEN YOUME INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 051015/0139 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2019
From: SHENZHEN BLUEMARK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: SHENZHEN GOLDREAMS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050335/0607 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2018
From: HUANG, FURONG
To: SHENZHEN BLUEMARK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047800/0983 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810286919.X · Mar 30, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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