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Granted Patent B2
US 12,527,359 · App. 18/081,270 · Granted Jan 20, 2026

Electronic vaporization device and heating method and liquid content detection method

Inventors: Jun Li (Shenzhen, CN); Zhaohuan Zeng (Shenzhen, CN); Hua Tan (Shenzhen, CN); Danchong He (Shenzhen, CN); Pifa Shen (Shenzhen, CN); Ruofei Yan (Shenzhen, CN); Tao Chen (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: SHENZHEN SMOORE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
A24F40/57A24F40/10A24F40/42A24F40/485A24F40/51
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Patent No.
US 12,527,359
App. No.
18/081,270
Granted
Jan 20, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic vaporization device includes: a first conductor for accommodating an aerosol-generation product; a second conductor spaced apart from the first conductor; and a control unit for: obtaining an electrical parameter between the first conductor and the second conductor when the first conductor and the second conductor are electrically connected by the aerosol-generation product, obtaining a liquid content of the aerosol-generation product according to the electrical parameter, and controlling, according to the liquid content of the aerosol-generation product, a heating element to heat the aerosol-generation product.

Claims (48)

1 . An electronic vaporization device, comprising:

a first conductor configured to accommodate an aerosol-generation product;

a second conductor spaced apart from the first conductor; and

a control unit configured to: obtain an electrical parameter between the first conductor and the second conductor when the first conductor and the second conductor are electrically connected by the aerosol-generation product, obtain a liquid content of the aerosol-generation product according to the electrical parameter, and control, according to the liquid content of the aerosol-generation product, a heating element to heat the aerosol-generation product,

wherein the control unit further comprises a sampling unit configured to collect the electrical parameter between the first conductor and the second conductor when the first conductor and the second conductor are electrically connected by the aerosol-generation product, and

wherein the sampling unit is configured to collect an initial electrical parameter between the first conductor and the second conductor when the first conductor and the second conductor are not electrically connected by the aerosol-generation product.

2 . The electronic vaporization device of claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to: obtain a first difference between the electrical parameter and the initial electrical parameter, compare the first difference with a preset threshold to obtain a second difference, and obtain a liquid content of the aerosol-generation product according to the second difference.

3 . The electronic vaporization device of claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to control, based on the liquid content of the aerosol-generation product, the heating element to heat the aerosol-generation product.

4 . The electronic vaporization device of claim 3 , wherein the control unit is configured to select a preset heating curve matching the liquid content of the aerosol-generation product from a pre-stored preset heating curve set, and

wherein a time and/or a temperature in a different preset heating curve in the preset heating curve set for preheating the aerosol-generation product varies.

5 . The electronic vaporization device of claim 3 , wherein the control unit is configured to compensate for the pre-stored preset heating curve according to the liquid content of the aerosol-generation product so as to change a time and/or a temperature in the preset heating curve for preheating the aerosol-generation product.

6 . The electronic vaporization device of claim 1 , wherein the first conductor comprises a hollow columnar body and is used as the heating element.

7 . The electronic vaporization device of claim 6 , further comprising:

an electromagnetic coil surrounding the first conductor,

wherein the first conductor is configured to generate heat by electromagnetic induction.

8 . The electronic vaporization device of claim 6 , further comprising:

an insulator arranged between the first conductor and the second conductor for spacing the first conductor apart from the second conductor,

wherein the insulator has a through hole, and

wherein the aerosol-generation product passes through the first conductor and the insulator and is electrically connected to the second conductor.

9 . The electronic vaporization device of claim 1 , wherein the electrical parameter comprises a capacitance value and/or a resistance value.

10 . A liquid content detection method for detecting a liquid content of an aerosol-generation product, comprising:

spacing a first conductor apart from a second conductor;

electrically connecting the first conductor to the second conductor through the aerosol-generation product;

obtaining an electrical parameter between the first conductor and the second conductor; and

obtaining a liquid content of the aerosol-generation product according to the electrical parameter,

wherein obtaining the liquid content of the aerosol-generation product according to the electrical parameter comprises:

obtaining a first difference between the electrical parameter and an initial electrical parameter, the initial electrical parameter being an electrical parameter when the first conductor and the second conductor are not electrically connected by the aerosol-generation product;

comparing the first difference with a preset threshold to obtain a second difference; and

obtaining the liquid content of the aerosol-generation product according to the second difference.

11 . The detection method of claim 10 , wherein before electrically connecting the first conductor to the second conductor through the aerosol-generation product, the method further comprises:

collecting the initial electrical parameter between the first conductor and the second conductor.

12 . The detection method of claim 10 , wherein the electrical parameter comprises a capacitance value and/or a resistance value.

13 . A heating method of an electronic vaporization device, comprising:

obtaining a liquid content of an aerosol-generation product; and

controlling, according to the liquid content of the aerosol-generation product, a heating element to heat the aerosol-generation product,

wherein controlling, according to the liquid content of the aerosol-generation product, a heating element to heat the aerosol-generation product, comprises:

compensating the pre-stored preset heating curve according to the liquid content of the aerosol-generation product so as to change a time and/or a temperature in the preset heating curve for preheating the aerosol-generation product.

14 . The heating method of claim 13 , wherein obtaining the liquid content of the aerosol-generation product comprises:

collecting an electrical parameter between the first conductor and the second conductor in response to the first conductor and the second conductor that are spaced apart from each other being electrically connected by the aerosol-generation product; and

obtaining a liquid content of the aerosol-generation product according to the electrical parameter.

15 . The heating method of claim 14 , wherein obtaining the liquid content of the aerosol-generation product according to the electrical parameter comprises:

obtaining a first difference between the electrical parameter and an initial electrical parameter, the initial electrical parameter being an electrical parameter when the first conductor and the second conductor are not electrically connected by the aerosol-generation product;

comparing the first difference with a preset threshold to obtain a second difference; and

obtaining the liquid content of the aerosol-generation product according to the second difference.

16 . The heating method of claim 13 , wherein controlling, according to the liquid content of the aerosol-generation product, a heating element to heat the aerosol-generation product, comprises:

selecting a preset heating curve matching the liquid content of the aerosol-generation product from a pre-stored preset heating curve set, a time and/or a temperature in a different preset heating curve in the preset heating curve set for preheating the aerosol-generation product varying; and

controlling, according to the preset heating curve, the heating element to increase or reduce a preheating time for the aerosol-generation product.

17 . The heating method of claim 14 , wherein the electrical parameter comprises a capacitance value and/or a resistance value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2022
From: LI, JUN; ZENG, ZHAOHUAN; TAN, HUA; HE, DANCHONG; SHEN, PIFA; YAN, RUOFEI; CHEN, TAO
To: SHENZHEN SMOORE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202111625415.4 · Dec 28, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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