Electronic cigarette and method for manufacturing atomizing assembly thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11266798-B2
Application number	US-202017004215-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2020
Priority date	Oct 21, 2015
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

An atomizing assembly for an electronic cigarette includes: a liquid absorption element made of porous ceramic, the liquid absorption element having a liquid absorption surface configured to absorb liquid, and an atomizing surface being opposite to the liquid absorption surface; and a heating element embedded in the liquid absorption element and configured to atomize the liquid absorbed by the liquid absorption element into atomized pas; wherein a side of the liquid absorption element having the liquid absorption surface has a higher thermal conductivity than a thermal conductivity of a side of the liquid absorption element having the atomizing surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An atomizing assembly for an electronic cigarette, comprising:
a liquid absorption element made of porous ceramic, the liquid absorption element having a liquid absorption surface configured to absorb liquid, and an atomizing surface being opposite to the liquid absorption surface; and
a heating element embedded in the liquid absorption element and configured to atomize the liquid absorbed by the liquid absorption element into atomized gas;
wherein a side of the liquid absorption element having the atomizing surface has a higher thermal conductivity than a thermal conductivity of a side of the liquid absorption element having the liquid absorption surface;
wherein the liquid absorption element has a tubular shape, the liquid absorption element defines an atomizing passage therein, the atomizing surface is a sidewall of the atomizing passage, the liquid absorption element comprises a first layer proximately to the atomizing passage and a second layer away from the atomizing passage, the first layer has a higher thermal conductivity than a thermal conductivity of the second layer, the heating element is embedded in the first layer of the liquid absorption element.

2. The atomizing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the heating element is a spiral tubular heating wire, which spirally surrounds the atomizing passage, an edge of the heating element is internally tangent to the atomizing surface.

3. The atomizing assembly according to claim 2 , wherein a distance between the heating wire to the atomizing surface is less than a distance between the heating wire to the liquid absorption surface of the liquid absorption element.

4. The atomizing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the porous ceramic has a porosity of 30% to 60%.

5. The atomizing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid absorption surface is an outer circumferential surface of the liquid absorption element.

6. The atomizing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid absorption surface is an end surface of the liquid absorption element.

7. The atomizing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a thermal conductivity of the liquid absorption element is gradually reduced from inside to outside along a radial direction.

8. An electronic cigarette, comprising:
a liquid reservoir configured to store liquid;
an atomizing assembly comprising:
a liquid absorption element made of porous ceramic, and the liquid absorption element having a liquid absorption surface configured to absorb the liquid, and an atomizing surface being opposite to the liquid absorption surface, wherein a side of the liquid absorption element having the atomizing surface has a higher thermal conductivity than a thermal conductivity of a side of the liquid absorption element having the liquid absorption surface; and

a heating element embedded in the liquid absorption element and configured to atomize the liquid absorbed by the liquid absorption element into atomized gas; and
a power source assembly connected to the atomizing assembly, the power source assembly being configured to provide power for the heating element;
wherein the liquid absorption element has a tubular shape, the liquid absorption element defines an atomizing passage therein, the atomizing surface is a sidewall of the atomizing passage, the liquid absorption element comprises a first layer proximately to the atomizing passage and a second layer away from the atomizing passage, the first layer has a higher thermal conductivity than a thermal conductivity of the second layer, the heating element is embedded in the first layer of the liquid absorption element.

9. The electronic cigarette according to claim 8 , wherein the heating element is a spiral tubular heating wire, which spirally surrounds the atomizing passage, an edge of the heating element is internally tangent to the atomizing surface.

10. The electronic cigarette according to claim 9 , wherein a distance between the heating wire to the atomizing surface is less than a distance between the heating wire to the liquid absorption surface of the liquid absorption element.

11. The electronic cigarette according to claim 8 , wherein the porous ceramic has a porosity of 30% to 60%.

12. The electronic cigarette according to claim 8 , wherein the liquid absorption surface is an outer circumferential surface of the liquid absorption element.

13. The electronic cigarette according to claim 8 , wherein the liquid absorption element is located at an end of the liquid reservoir, the liquid absorption surface is an end surface of the liquid absorption element facing the liquid reservoir.

14. The electronic cigarette according to claim 8 , wherein a thermal conductivity of the liquid absorption element is gradually reduced from inside to outside along a radial direction.

Assignees

• Shenzhen Smoore Technology Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Pingkun

Classifications

• A24F40/44

  Wicks · CPC title

• A61M15/06 Primary

  Inhaling appliances shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes · CPC title

• A24F40/70

  Manufacture · CPC title

• A24F40/10

  Devices using liquid inhalable precursors · CPC title

• A24F40/46

  Shape or structure of electric heating means · CPC title