Battery assembly and electronic cigarette having same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11517046-B2
Application number	US-201816147615-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2018
Priority date	Jan 19, 2018
Publication date	Dec 6, 2022
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a battery assembly and an electronic cigarette using the battery assembly, wherein the battery assembly comprises a main body and a cover, the main body is provided with a battery compartment with an opening, one end of the cover is rotatably mounted on the main body, and the other end is provided with a locking assembly, the end of the battery compartment close to the opening is provided with a limiting part, the cover is locked to the main body and covers the opening when rotating to the locking assembly to be fastened to the limiting part, the main body is further provided with at least one elastic assembly which elastically abuts against the cover when the cover covers the main body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A battery assembly comprising a main body and a cover, wherein the main body is provided with a battery compartment with an opening, one end of the cover is rotatably mounted on the main body, and the other end is provided with a locking assembly, an end of the battery compartment close to the opening is provided with a limiting part, the cover is locked to the main body and covers the opening when the cover is rotated to a position where the locking assembly is coupled to the limiting part, the main body is further provided with at least one elastic assembly, the at least one elastic assembly elastically abuts against the cover when the cover covers the main body, and an outer periphery of the elastic assembly abuts against a side wall of the cover facing the limiting part when the cover is rotated to expose the opening;
wherein one end of the cover is provided with a rotatable part;
the elastic assembly comprises a limiting head;
wherein the rotatable part is further provided with an avoidance groove corresponding to the elastic assembly, the limiting head abuts against the avoidance groove, the limiting head slides along the avoidance groove and is ejected from the receiving hole when the rotatable part rotates, and the limiting head is disengaged and completely ejected from the receiving hole, and abuts against a side groove wall of the avoidance groove facing the limiting part when the cover is rotated to expose the opening.

2. The battery assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the main body is provided with a receiving groove for receiving the cover, the receiving groove comprises a small-diameter section and a large-diameter section, the large-diameter section is provided with the limiting part, the rotatable part is rotatably mounted on the small-diameter section, the elastic assembly is provided adjacent to an intersection of the small-diameter section and the large-diameter section, and the outer periphery of the elastic assembly abuts against a side wall of the rotatable part facing the limiting part when the cover is rotated to expose the opening.

3. The battery assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the elastic assembly further comprises a fixed base provided with a receiving hole, and an elastic member mounted in the receiving hole, and the limiting head is connected with the elastic member, the fixed base is mounted on the main body, the limiting head is partially slidably mounted in the fixed base, the limiting head abuts against the fixed base when sliding to the end of the fixed base, the cover abuts against the limiting head when the cover is coupled with the main body, and the side wall of the rotatable part facing the limiting part abuts against the outer periphery of the limiting head when the cover is rotated to expose the opening.

4. The battery assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the battery assembly is further provided with an elastic needle rotating shaft, the rotatable part is provided with a first shaft hole receiving the elastic needle rotating shaft, two side walls of the small-diameter section are provided with two second shaft holes corresponding to the first shaft hole, the elastic needle rotating shaft penetrates through the first shaft hole, and both ends of the elastic needle rotating shaft are exposed from the first shaft hole and are received in the two second shaft holes.

5. The battery assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the elastic needle rotating shaft comprises an elastic connector, a sleeve received in the first shaft hole, and two end shafts exposed to both ends of the sleeve, the elastic connector is received in the sleeve and is fixedly connected with the two end shafts, and each of the end shafts is partially slidably mounted in the sleeve, and abuts against the sleeve when sliding to an end position of the sleeve.

6. The battery assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the cover is further provided with a sliding groove and a retaining groove opening, the retaining groove opening is provided away from the opening and enables an outside space to be communicated with the sliding groove, the locking assembly is slidably mounted in the sliding groove and is at least partially received in the retaining groove opening, the locking assembly slides along the sliding groove to abut the end of the retaining groove opening close to the limiting part when being in contact with the end of the retaining groove opening close to the limiting part to form a locking position, and the locking assembly slides along the sliding groove to abut the end of the retaining groove opening far away from the limiting part when being in contact with the end of the retaining groove opening far away from the limiting part to form a disengaging position.

7. The battery assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the locking assembly comprises a locking member, a control member and a spring, one end of the control member is fixedly connected with the locking member, and the other end is received in the retaining groove opening, the locking member is slidably mounted in the sliding groove, the locking member abuts against the limiting part and locks the cover to the main body when the locking member slides until the control member is in the locking position, the locking member is separated from the limiting part and the cover is partially disengaged from the main body when the locking member slides until the control member is in the disengaged position, one end of the spring is fixedly connected with one end of the locking member far away from the limiting part, and the other end is fixedly connected with the inner groove wall of the sliding groove.

8. The battery assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the thickness value H of the limiting part is gradually reduced from an end at which the limiting part is connected with the main body toward the end at which the limiting part extends, and is integrally provided in a wedge shape, the locking member is adapted to be wedge-shaped corresponding to the limiting part; the definition is as follows: the distance value of the limiting part from a surface facing the opening to a surface far away from the opening is the thickness value H of the limiting part.

9. An electronic cigarette comprising an atomizer, wherein the electronic cigarette further comprises the battery assembly according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Shenzhen Ivps Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ouyang Junwei

Classifications

• H01M50/107

  having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic (H01M50/103, H01M50/109, H01M50/11 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01M50/262

  with fastening means, e.g. locks · CPC title

• H01M50/503

  characterised by the shape of the interconnectors · CPC title

• H01M50/271

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

• H01M50/233

  characterised by physical properties of casings or racks, e.g. dimensions · CPC title