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US 12,232,525 · App. 17/777,998 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Atomizer for electronic cigarette and electronic cigarette

Inventor: Changhao Yi (Shenzhen, CN)
A24F40/42A24F7/02A24F40/10A24F40/44A24F40/46A24F40/485H05B3/06H05B2203/021
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Patent No.
US 12,232,525
App. No.
17/777,998
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to an atomizer for an electronic cigarette and an electronic cigarette with a new connection structure scheme. The solution adopted in the present invention is: an atomizer for an electronic cigarette, comprising an oil storage pipe, a ventilation pipe, an atomization assembly and an electrical connection seat. The ventilation pipe is arranged in the oil storage pipe. The atomizer comprises a limiting stepped column and a protrusion protruding from an outer side surface of the ventilation pipe. The stepped column and the protrusion are arranged at one end of the ventilation pipe and define a groove at the outer side surface of the ventilation pipe. One end of the oil storage pipe is radially provided with a flange and one end of the electrical connection seat is radially provided with an edgefold. The flange and the edgefold are sleeved and fixed in the groove.

Claims (17)

1. An atomizer for an electronic cigarette, comprising an oil storage pipe, a ventilation pipe, an atomization assembly and an electrical connection seat for connecting an external power supply, at least one part of the ventilation pipe being arranged in the oil storage pipe, and the ventilation pipe and the oil storage pipe together forming an oil storage cavity, the ventilation pipe being provided with an oil inlet hole that communicates with the oil storage cavity, and at least one part of the atomization assembly being arranged in the ventilation pipe to absorb the fuming material from the oil inlet hole, the electrical connection seat being provided with a conductive electrode, and a heating element in the atomization assembly being electrically connected to the conductive electrode;

wherein the atomizer comprises a limiting stepped column protruding from an outer surface of the ventilation pipe, and a protrusion protruding from the outer surface of the ventilation pipe, the stepped column and the protrusion are arranged at one end of the ventilation pipe and define a groove at the outer side surface of the ventilation pipe, one end of the oil storage pipe is radially provided with a flange, one end of the electrical connection seat is radially provided with an edgefold, at least one part of the flange and at least one part of the edgefold are sleeved and fixed in the groove, and the connection between the oil storage pipe and the ventilation pipe is an airtight coupling.

2. The atomizer for the electronic cigarette of claim 1 , wherein the ventilation pipe is also sleeved with a first sealing ring, the first sealing ring is located in the groove and compresses the limiting stepped column and the flange, the edgefold abuts the flange and the protrusion.

3. The atomizer for the electronic cigarette of claim 1 , wherein a sealant is further provided between the stepped column and the flange, the sealant is used to seal the connection gap between the stepped column and the flange; the edgefold abuts the flange and the protrusion.

4. The atomizer for the electronic cigarette of claim 1 , wherein the stepped column is located in the oil storage cavity, the flange abuts the stepped column after passing the protrusion, the edgefold goes through the protrusion by elastic deformation and then abuts the flange and the protrusion.

5. The atomizer for the electronic cigarette of claim 4 , wherein the edgefold is a claw-like structure composed of a plurality of elastic bodies; the inner diameter defined by the edgefold is less than the outer diameter of the protrusion or the groove; the surface of the protrusion contacting the edgefold is substantially perpendicular to the side surface of the ventilation pipe, the surface of the edgefold contacting the protrusion is substantially perpendicular to the side surface of the ventilation pipe.

6. The atomizer for the electronic cigarette of claim 4 , wherein during the assembly process, the surface that the protrusion and the edgefold contact first is an inclined surface or an arc transitional surface.

7. The atomizer for the electronic cigarette of claim 1 , further comprising a suction nozzle, the oil storage cavity enclosed by the ventilation pipe and the oil storage pipe has an opening, after the suction nozzle is connected to the ventilation pipe or/and the oil storage pipe, the opening is sealed.

8. The atomizer for the electronic cigarette of claim 7 , wherein the suction nozzle is connected to the ventilation pipe through a clamping structure, after the suction nozzle is connected to the ventilation pipe, the suction nozzle abuts against the oil storage pipe to seal the opening.

9. The atomizer for the electronic cigarette of claim 8 , further comprising a second sealing ring and a third sealing ring, the second sealing ring is located between the suction nozzle and the ventilation pipe, the second sealing ring tightly presses the suction nozzle and the ventilation pipe; the third sealing ring tightly presses the suction nozzle and the oil storage pipe.

10. The atomizer for the electronic cigarette of claim 1 ,

wherein the atomization assembly has an oil absorber, the atomization assembly has two ends, both ends of the atomization assembly are sleeved with elastic sealing sleeves, the part of the middle side surface of the atomization assembly that is not covered by the sealing sleeve is close to the oil inlet hole so as to absorb the e-liquid flowing in from the oil inlet hole; after the atomization assembly is installed in the ventilation pipe, both the sealing sleeves abut against the inner wall of the ventilation pipe.

11. The atomizer for the electronic cigarette of claim 10 , wherein each of the sealing sleeves is provided with at least one convex ring surrounding the sealing sleeve on the surface contacting the ventilation pipe.

12. The atomizer for the electronic cigarette of claim 10 , wherein the outer diameter of the portion of the oil absorber covered by the sealing sleeve is less than the outer diameter of the portion of the oil absorber that is not covered by the sealing sleeve.

13. The atomizer for the electronic cigarette of claim 10 , wherein the outer diameter of the part of the oil absorber by the oil inlet hole is close to the inner diameter of the space in which the atomization assembly is arranged in the ventilation pipe.

14. The atomizer for the electronic cigarette of claim 1 , wherein the electrical connection seat comprises a plastic socket, a first electrode and a second electrode, and the edgefold is integrally formed on the socket, the first electrode is fixed on the socket and is located at one end away from the edgefold, and the first electrode and the second electrode are connected by an insulator sleeved between.

15. An electronic cigarette comprising an atomizer and a power supply, the power supply is used to supply power for the atomizer, wherein the atomizer is the atomizer of claim 1 .

Priority Claims (1)
CN 201922283489.9 · Dec 18, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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