IP Library Granted Patent US 12,108,795
Granted Patent B2
US 12,108,795 · App. 17/688,924 · Granted Oct 8, 2024

Atomization device, atomization device assembly, and control system of atomization device

Inventors: Nobuyuki Okazaki (Osaka, JP); Aiichiro Ikeda (Osaka, JP); Fuminori Tanaka (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
A24F40/46A24F40/42A24F40/48A24F40/53
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Patent No.
US 12,108,795
App. No.
17/688,924
Granted
Oct 8, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An atomization device, an atomization device assembly, and a control system therefor capable of stably spraying are provided. An atomization device of the disclosure includes: a main body that has a vibrating device and a cavity part and in which the vibrating device is disposed above the cavity part and includes a vibrating element; and a tank assembly that is detachably provided with respect to the main body and is accommodated in the cavity part in a coupled state attached to the main body, wherein the tank assembly includes a liquid supply tank that has a space to hold a liquid, and a liquid supply core that supplies the liquid in the liquid supply tank to one side of the vibrating device, and wherein the atomization device further includes a relay absorber that is installed between the vibrating element and the liquid supply core.

Claims (43)

1. An atomization device comprising:

a main body that has a vibrating device and a cavity part and in which the vibrating device is disposed above the cavity part and includes a vibrating element; and

a tank assembly that is detachably provided with respect to the main body and is accommodated in the cavity part in a coupled state of being attached to the main body,

wherein the tank assembly comprises:

a liquid supply tank that has a space to hold a liquid, and

a liquid supply core that supplies the liquid in the liquid supply tank to one side of the vibrating device, and

wherein the atomization device further comprises:

a relay absorber disposed between the vibrating element and the liquid supply core,

wherein the vibrating element comprises a mesh plate located in a central portion and a piezoelectric element located in a peripheral portion, the mesh plate has a dome part at a center of the vibrating element, and a part of the relay absorber is disposed in the dome part of the mesh plate,

the relay absorber has a cut-out portion, and a part of the cut-out portion communicates with an inside of the dome part of the mesh plate,

the relay absorber is deformable according to a shape of the dome part and substantially fills a gap between the vibrating element and the liquid supply core.

2. The atomization device according to claim 1 , wherein the cut-out portion comprises a radial slit, and at least a part of the radial slit overlaps the dome part in an orthographic projection direction.

3. The atomization device according to claim 2 , wherein single one radial slit is provided, and a length of the radial slit is larger than a radius of the relay absorber.

4. The atomization device according to claim 2 , wherein a plurality of the radial slits are provided, and the plurality of radial slits are radial in an orthographic projection direction of the relay absorber.

5. The atomization device according to claim 1 , wherein the cut-out portion comprises a plurality of parallel slits, and in an orthographic projection direction of the relay absorber, the plurality of parallel slits are disposed in a staggered pattern to be point-symmetrical with respect to a center of a circle of the relay absorber.

6. The atomization device according to claim 1 , wherein the relay absorber comprises a protrusion located at a center and a peripheral flat portion located around the protrusion, a thickness of the protrusion is thicker than that of the peripheral flat portion, and the protrusion is disposed within the dome part.

7. The atomization device according to claim 6 ,

wherein a length of the cut-out portion is a sum of a length of the peripheral flat portion and a diameter of the protrusion.

8. The atomization device according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid supply core has a liquid absorbing end and an atomizing end, and a diameter of the atomizing end of the liquid supply core is smaller than an outer diameter of a portion of the liquid supply core other than the atomizing end.

9. The atomization device according to claim 8 , wherein the atomizing end of the liquid supply core has a spherical shape.

10. The atomization device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the vibrating device further comprises:

an upper lid, a base, and an internal pressure adjusting sheet installed between the upper lid and the base, and

wherein the vibrating element is installed between the upper lid and the base, and the liquid is atomized by the vibrating element.

11. The atomization device according to claim 10 , wherein each of the upper lid and the base has an upper through hole and a lower through hole, and the upper through hole and the lower through hole communicate with an outside air.

12. The atomization device according to claim 10 , wherein the vibrating device further comprises a plurality of sealing members respectively disposed between the vibrating element and the upper lid and between the vibrating element and the base.

13. The atomization device according to claim 1 , wherein the tank assembly further comprises a support rod, the support rod is installed in the liquid supply tank, and in the coupled state, the support rod is connected to the vibrating device, the liquid supply core has a liquid absorbing end and an atomizing end, and the relay absorber is disposed between the vibrating element and the atomizing end of the liquid supply core.

14. The atomization device according to claim 13 , wherein the tank assembly further comprises a sealing member disposed between the support rod and the liquid supply tank.

15. The atomization device according to claim 13 ,

wherein the support rod comprises:

a connection upper part that is connected to the vibrating device, and

a pipe part that accommodates the liquid supply core, and

wherein the connection upper part has a first through hole, the pipe part has a second through hole in a side wall of the pipe part, and the first through hole and the second through hole communicate with an outside air.

16. The atomization device according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the relay absorber consists of polyurethane.

17. The atomization device according to claim 1 , wherein the main body comprises a case and a lid locking mechanism disposed on the case, and the lid locking mechanism is provided to be movable with respect to the case and has a closed state where an ejection port of the vibrating device is closed and an open state where the ejection port of the vibrating device is exposed.

18. An atomization device assembly comprising:

the atomization device according to claim 1 ; and

a waterproof case,

wherein the atomization device is disposed in the waterproof case.

19. A control system for an atomization device for controlling the atomization device according to claim 1 , the control system comprising:

a micro controller unit that controls the vibrating device of the atomization device and atomizes the liquid flowing from the liquid supply core to the relay absorber with a vibration of the vibrating element; and

a driver circuit that monitors a drive voltage and a drive current of the piezoelectric element,

wherein the driver circuit detects a change in impedance of the piezoelectric element on the basis of the drive voltage and the drive current and feeds back the change to the micro controller unit.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2025
From: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. (F/K/A FE-TECH CO., LTD.)
To: FEC IP LLC
Reel/Frame 073121/0883 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2025
From: FUNAI GROUP CO., LTD
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073121/0824 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2025
From: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: BRADY WORLDWIDE, INC.
Reel/Frame 070724/0640 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2023
From: FUNAI ELECTRIC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064093/0487 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NATURE OF CONVEYANCE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 063815 FRAME: 0716. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jun 2, 2023
From: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063843/0907 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2023
From: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063815/0716 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2022
From: OKAZAKI, NOBUYUKI; IKEDA, AIICHIRO; TANAKA, FUMINORI
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059202/0560 →