Battery assembly and electronic cigarette having same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11508536-B2
Application number	US-201816159615-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 13, 2018
Priority date	Jan 19, 2018
Publication date	Nov 22, 2022
Grant date	Nov 22, 2022

Abstract

The invention discloses a battery assembly and an electronic cigarette using the battery assembly, wherein the battery assembly comprises a main body, a circuit board mounted in the main body and a button assembly, the main body is provided with an avoidance hole and at least one stopper, the button assembly comprises a button cap and a button contact, the button contact is fixedly mounted in the main body and is electrically connected with the circuit board, and the button cap is slidably mounted in the avoidance hole. When the button cap slides to squeeze the button contact, the button cap abuts against the stopper to form a trigger position where the button cap triggers the button contact to transmit a control signal to the circuit board.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A battery assembly comprising a main body, a circuit board mounted in the main body and a button assembly, wherein the main body is provided with an avoidance hole and at least one stopper, the button assembly comprises a button cap and a button contact, the button contact is fixedly mounted in the main body and is electrically connected with the circuit board, and the button cap is slidably mounted in the avoidance hole, when the button cap slides to squeeze the button contact, the button cap abuts against the stopper to form a trigger position where the button cap triggers the button contact to transmit a control signal to the circuit board;
wherein an elastic member is further provided between the button cap and the button contact, one of the button cap and the button contact is fixedly connected with the elastic member, and the other elastically abuts against the elastic member; and wherein the elastic member is further provided with an extending part, when the button cap slides to the trigger position, the extending part elastically abuts against aside structure of the circuit board.

2. The battery assembly according to claim 1 , wherein one of the button cap and the elastic member is convexly provided with a fixed column, and the other is provided with a groove, the fixed column is inserted into the groove, so that the elastic member is fixed to the button cap.

3. The battery assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the button cap is further convexly provided with at least one limiting member, when the elastic member is fixedly mounted to the button cap, each of the limiting members abuts against a portion of an outer periphery of the elastic member.

4. The battery assembly according to claim 1 , wherein one of the extending part and the button cap is provided with a connecting buckle, and the other is provided with a connecting groove, and the connecting buckle is inserted into the connecting groove to fix the extending part to the button cap.

5. The battery assembly according to claim 1 , wherein an end of the button cap facing the button contact is further provided with a flange, when the flange is in contact with the periphery of the avoidance hole, the flange abuts against the periphery of the avoidance hole, thus limiting the button cap to the main body.

6. The battery assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the main body comprises a sleeve, a connecting assembly and an end cover, the sleeve is provided with a battery chamber for receiving the battery, the end cover and the connecting assembly are fixedly mounted on both ends of the sleeve, respectively, and block the battery chamber, the connecting assembly is fixedly connected with the circuit board and is used to connect an external load and conduct the external load and the circuit board, and the avoidance hole is provided on the outer periphery of the sleeve.

7. The battery assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the sleeve is further provided with at least one light-transmitting decorative member around the avoidance hole, the main body is further provided with at least one light source, the light source is electrically connected with the circuit board, and the light emitted by the light source is at least partially transmitted from the light-transmitting decorative member; and/or the connecting assembly comprises a negative electrode connector, an insulating member and a positive electrode conductive column, the negative electrode connector is provided with a through hole in which an external load is mounted and an avoidance groove in which the button cap reciprocates, the avoidance groove is convexly provided with at least one stopper, the insulating member is sleeved on the outer periphery of the positive electrode conductive column and abuts against the inner wall of the through hole, the positive electrode conductive column is fixed in the through hole, and the circuit board is electrically connected with the positive electrode conductive column and the negative electrode connector.

8. An electronic cigarette comprising an atomizer, wherein the electronic cigarette further comprises the battery assembly according to claim 1 , and one end of the atomizer is fixedly mounted to the battery assembly, and is electrically connected with a circuit board provided inside the battery assembly.

Assignees

• Shenzhen Ivps Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ouyang Junwei

Classifications

• H01M50/284

  with incorporated circuit boards, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB] · CPC title

• H01M50/271

  Lids or covers for the racks or secondary casings · CPC title

• H01H2009/065

  Battery operated hand tools in which the battery and the switch are directly connected · CPC title

• H01H9/06 Primary

  Casing of switch constituted by a handle serving a purpose other than the actuation of the switch, e.g. by the handle of a vacuum cleaner · CPC title

• H01M10/425

  Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing (printed circuits H05K1/00) · CPC title