Heating assembly, atomizer and electronic cigarette having same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10939703-B2
Application number	US-201715462788-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 17, 2017
Priority date	Mar 21, 2016
Publication date	Mar 9, 2021
Grant date	Mar 9, 2021

Abstract

An exemplary heating assembly includes a liquid conducting and heating body and an inductive coil corresponding to the liquid conducting and heating body. The liquid conducting and heating body includes a micro-porous ceramic main body and a metallic powder evenly distributed in the ceramic main body. The inductive coil is configured for generating high frequency magnetic field in response to an alternating current, so that eddy current and heat are generated in the liquid conducting and heating body. The liquid conducting and heating body is configured for absorbing tobacco liquid and heating the tobacco liquid to form aerosol.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic cigarette, comprising:
a main body;
a heating assembly arranged in the main body, comprising:
a liquid conducting and heating body comprising a micro-porous ceramic main body and a metallic powder evenly distributed in the ceramic main body; and
an inductive coil corresponding to the liquid conducting and heating body;
wherein the inductive coil is configured for generating high frequency magnetic field in response to an alternating current, so that eddy current and heat are generated in the metallic powder of the liquid conducting and heating body; the liquid conducting and heating body is configured for absorbing tobacco liquid in the ceramic main body and heating the tobacco liquid via the metallic powder to form aerosol;

a liquid conducting groove in communication with a liquid chamber, wherein the main body defines the liquid chamber and an air passage, the liquid chamber is configured for storing tobacco liquid, the heating assembly is arranged in the air passage, the liquid conducting and heating body is in communication with the liquid chamber via the liquid conducting groove, and the aerosol is expelled via the air passage; and
a power supply configured for supplying the heating assembly with alternating current;
wherein the air passage is oriented along an axial direction of the main body, the liquid conducting and heating body is oriented perpendicular to the air passage, an end of the liquid conducting and heating body is plugged into the liquid conducting groove, and the end of the liquid conducting and heating body contacts with the tobacco liquid in the liquid conducting groove.

2. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1 , wherein the ceramic main body is made of at least one material selected from a group consisting of aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, kaolin, diatomite, montmorillonite, and the metallic powder comprises iron cobalt powder.

3. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid conducting and heating body is cylindrical or tubular, and the inductive coil is wound around an outer peripheral surface of the liquid conducting and heating body.

4. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid conducting and heating body is disk-shaped, the inductive coil is a disk-shaped coil, and the inductive coil is parallel to the liquid conducting and heating body; a first end of the inductive coil is led out from a center of the inductive coil, and an opposite second end of the inductive coil is led out from a periphery of the inductive coil.

5. The electronic cigarette according to claim 4 , wherein the heating assembly further comprises an insulator sandwiched between the liquid conducting and heating body and the inductive coil.

6. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1 , wherein the main body defines an air inlet; the electronic cigarette further comprises an airflow adjusting ring in the main body, and the airflow adjusting ring is configured for adjusting an output of the aerosol by controlling an opening dimension of the air inlet.

Assignees

• Shenzhen First Union Tech Co

Inventors

• Li Yonghai
• Xu Zhongli
• Hu Shuyun

Classifications

• H05B6/362

  with flat coil conductors · CPC title

• H05B6/108 Primary

  for heating a fluid · CPC title

• A24F40/485

  Valves; Apertures · CPC title

• A24F40/46 Primary

  Shape or structure of electric heating means · CPC title

• A24F40/465

  specially adapted for induction heating · CPC title