Electronic cigarette, atomizer and heating assembly thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11903100-B2
Application number	US-202217970530-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 20, 2022
Priority date	Oct 8, 2018
Publication date	Feb 13, 2024
Grant date	Feb 13, 2024

Abstract

The invention relates to an electronic cigarette, an atomizer and a heating assembly thereof, wherein the heating assembly is used for the atomizer and includes an adsorption member, and at least one heating element for generating heat when electrified. The adsorption member comprises at least one surface defining at least one fixing groove therein, and the at least one heating element is disposed in the at least one fixing groove. The heating element is disposed in the fixing groove, so that the aerosol-generating substrate on the adsorption member can be more sufficiently coated on the heating element and dispersed to an outer surface of the heating element, preventing dry burning on the surface of the heating element; moreover, the amount of the aerosol-generating substrate heated and atomized by the heating element is increased, and so does the amount of aerosol generated by the heating element.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heating assembly, used for an atomizer, comprising:
an adsorption member, and
at least one heating element for generating heat when electrified;
wherein the adsorption member comprises at least one surface defining at least one fixing groove therein, and the at least one heating element is disposed in the at least one fixing groove, and
wherein the adsorption member is a porous substrate,
the heating element is higher than an outer edge of the fixing groove; or the heating element is flush with an outer edge of the fixing groove.

2. The heating assembly of claim 1 , wherein a number of the at least one heating element is one, and a number of the at least one fixing groove is one; the heating element fills the fixing groove.

3. The heating assembly of claim 1 , wherein the shape and dimension of the at least one fixing groove are matched with that of the at least one heating element.

4. The heating assembly of claim 1 , wherein the porous substrate is a porous ceramic.

5. The heating assembly of claim 4 , wherein minute voids in the porous ceramic have pore diameters ranging from 1 μm to 100 μm and an average pore diameter of 10 μm to 35 μm; and a volume of the minute voids having pore diameters of 5 μm to 30 μm in the porous ceramic accounts for more than 60% of a volume of all the minute voids in the porous ceramic.

6. The heating assembly of claim 1 , wherein the heating element comprises a first straight section, a second straight section, and a connecting section connected and bent between one end of the first straight section and one end of the second straight section.

7. The heating assembly of claim 6 , wherein a side surface of the adsorption member where the heating element located is in a longitudinal shape, the first straight section and the second straight section extend in the same direction, which is the longitudinal direction of the side surface of the adsorption member where the heating element is located.

8. The heating assembly of claim 6 , wherein the connecting section comprises a curved segment in a curved shape and a straight segment in a straight shape; the connecting section comprises at least one curved segment and at least one straight segment, and each of the curved segment and the straight segment is sequentially connected to form the connecting section.

9. The heating assembly of claim 6 , wherein an end portion of the first straight section opposite to the connection section and an end portion of the second straight section opposite to the connection section are connected to a power, respectively.

10. The heating assembly of claim 9 , wherein a first electrode is connected to the end portion of the first straight section opposite to the connecting section, a second electrode is connected to the end portion of the second straight section opposite to the connecting section, and the first electrode and the second electrode are respectively positioned on two opposite sides in the longitudinal direction of the side surface of the adsorption member where the heating element is located.

11. An atomizer, comprising:
the heating assembly of claim 1 .

12. The atomizer of claim 11 , wherein a number of the at least one heating element is one, and a number of the at least one fixing groove is one; the heating element fills the fixing groove.

13. The atomizer of claim 11 , wherein the shape and dimension of the at least one fixing groove are matched with that of the at least one heating element.

14. The atomizer of claim 11 , wherein the adsorption member is a porous substrate, and the porous substrate is a porous ceramic.

15. An electronic cigarette, comprising:
the atomizer of claim 11 .

16. The electronic cigarette of claim 15 , wherein the number of the at least one heating element is one, and the number of the at least one fixing groove is one; the heating element fills the fixing groove.

17. The electronic cigarette of claim 15 , wherein the shape and dimension of the at least one fixing groove are matched with that of the at least one heating element.

Assignees

• Shenzhen Smoore Technology Ltd

Inventors

• Li Xiaoping
• Yi Changyong
• Jiang Zhenlong
• Luo Hongliang

Classifications

• H05B3/265 Primary

  the insulating base being an inorganic material, e.g. ceramic (H05B3/262 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A24F40/44

  Wicks · CPC title

• H05B3/06

  Heater elements structurally combined with coupling elements or holders · CPC title

• H05B3/42

  non-flexible · CPC title

• A24F40/10

  Devices using liquid inhalable precursors · CPC title