Overheat protection circuit, electronic cigarette and electronic equipment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020221780-A1
Application number	US-202016742905-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 14, 2020
Priority date	Jan 15, 2019
Publication date	Jul 16, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

An overheat protection circuit, an electronic cigarette and electronic equipment are provided. The overheat protection circuit includes a battery assembly and at least one overheat protector, wherein each overheat protector is in one-to-one correspondence with one battery in the battery assembly; wherein one terminal of each overheat protector is connected to a positive pole of a corresponding battery, another terminal of each overheat protector is connected to at least one power utilization circuit; when temperature of each overheat protector is larger than or equal to a preset temperature, internal metal of the overheat protector deforms and is disconnected. When the temperature is lower than the preset temperature, the internal metal is reset and conducted. And the effect that the electronic equipment can be continuously used due to automatic conduction after short circuit of the electronic equipment leads to open circuit is achieved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An overheat protection circuit, comprising a battery assembly and at least one overheat protector, wherein:
each overheat protector is in one-to-one correspondence with one battery in the battery assembly; one terminal of each overheat protector is connected to a positive pole of its corresponding battery, and another terminal of each overheat protector is connected to at least one power utilization circuit comprising at least one of a load circuit, a display circuit and a control circuit; wherein, internal metal is deformed and disconnected when temperature of the corresponding overheat protector is greater than or equal to a preset temperature; and the internal metal is reset and conducted when the temperature is less than the preset temperature.

2 . The circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the overheat protection circuit comprises a first overheat protector and a second overheat protector, the battery assembly is comprised of a first battery, a second battery connected in series, and a negative pole of the first battery is connected to a positive pole of the second battery, wherein:
a positive pole of the first battery is connected to one terminal of the first overheat protector, another terminal of the first overheat protector is connected to a low-voltage-power-utilization circuit, and the low-voltage-power-utilization circuit comprises at least one of a display circuit and a control circuit; the positive pole of the second battery is connected to one terminal of the second overheat protector, and another terminal of the second overheat protector is connected to the load circuit.

3 . The circuit of claim 1 , wherein at least two overheat protectors are attached to a main board within the electronic equipment.

4 . The circuit of claim 1 , wherein the overheat protection circuit is further connected to a charging circuit, wherein:
the charging circuit comprises a boosting chip, a PMOS transistor, and a first transistor; the boosting chip comprises at least one charging voltage output terminal electrically connected to a source of the PMOS transistor, a drain of the PMOS transistor is electrically connected to a positive pole of the battery assembly, and a gate of the PMOS transistor is connected to the source of the PMOS transistor through a first current limiting resistor; the gate of the PMOS transistor is connected to a collector of the first transistor, an emitter of the first transistor is grounded, and a base of the first transistor is electrically connected to the voltage bus terminal of the connector.

5 . The circuit according to claim 4 , wherein the overheat protection circuit further comprises a voltage detecting chip and a second transistor, the voltage detecting chip comprising at least one voltage detecting terminal, wherein:
each battery in the battery assembly is connected to a voltage detecting terminal of the voltage detecting chip through a detecting resistor, and each voltage detecting terminal of the voltage detecting chip is grounded through at least one detecting capacitor; an output terminal of the voltage detecting chip is electrically connected to a base of the second transistor, an emitter of the second transistor is grounded, and a collector of the transistor is electrically connected to one terminal of a second current limiting resistor and is electrically connected to one terminal of a third current limiting resistor, and another terminal of the second current limiting resistor electrically connected to the base of the first transistor, another terminal of the third current limiting resistor is electrically connected to the voltage bus terminal of the connector; the voltage detecting chip, when detecting that the battery assembly is fully charged, outputs a high level through the output terminal to make the second transistor turn on, the first transistor turn off, and the PMOS transistor turn off, thereby preventing the boosting chip from charging the battery assembly.

6 . The circuit according to claim 5 , wherein the output terminal of the voltage detecting chip is connected to a base of the second transistor through a fourth current limiting resistor (R 56 ), the output terminal of the voltage detecting chip is connected to the emitter of the second transistor through a fifth current limiting resistor.

7 . The circuit according to claim 5 , wherein the boosting chip is further configured to determine whether the battery in the battery assembly is balanced charged according to detected value of the voltage detecting terminal of the boosting chip.

8 . The circuit according to claim 5 , wherein the boosting chip comprises at least a first voltage detecting terminal, a second voltage detecting terminal and a third voltage detecting terminal, wherein:
the positive pole of the first battery is connected to the first voltage detecting terminal through a sixth current limiting resistor; the positive pole of the second battery is connected to the second voltage detecting terminal; the third voltage detecting terminal is grounded through a seventh current limiting resistor.

9 . The circuit of claim 1 , wherein the overheat protection circuit further comprises a boosting chip, an NTC terminal of the boosting chip is connected to ground via a thermistor.

10 . An electronic equipment, wherein the electronic equipment comprises an overheat protection circuit according to claim 1 .

11 . The electronic equipment of claim 10 , wherein the overheat protection circuit comprises a first overheat protector and a second overheat protector, the battery assembly is comprised of a first battery, a second battery connected in series, and a negative pole of the first battery is connected to a positive pole of the second battery, wherein:
a positive pole of the first battery is connected to one terminal of the first overheat protector, another terminal of the first overheat protector is connected to a low-voltage-power-utilization circuit, and the low-voltage-power-utilization circuit comprises at least one of a display circuit and a control circuit; the positive pole of the second battery is connected to one terminal of the second overheat protector, and another terminal of the second overheat protector is connected to the load circuit.

12 . The electronic equipment of claim 10 , wherein the overheat protection circuit is further connected to a charging circuit, wherein:
the charging circuit comprises a boosting chip, a PMOS transistor, and a first transistor; the boosting chip comprises at least one charging voltage output terminal electrically connected to a source of the PMOS transistor, a drain of the PMOS transistor is electrically connected to a positive pole of the battery assembly, and a gate of the PMOS transistor is connected to the source of the PMOS transistor through a first current limiting resistor; the gate of the PMOS transistor is connected to a collector of the first transistor, an emitter of the first transistor is grounded, and a base of the first transistor is electrically connected to the voltage bus terminal of the connector.

13 . The electronic equipment of claim 12 , wherein the overheat protection circuit further comprises a voltage detecting chip and a second transistor, the voltage detecting chip comprising at least one voltage detecting terminal, wherein:
each battery in the battery assembly is connected to a voltage detecting terminal of the voltage detecting chip through a detecting resistor, and each voltage detecting terminal of the voltage detecting chip is grounded through at least one detecting capacitor; an output terminal of the voltage detec

Assignees

• Changzhou Patent Electronic Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Qiu Weihua
• Chen Hansen

Classifications

• H02J7/825

  Detection of fully charged condition · CPC title

• H02J7/96

  in response to battery voltage · CPC title

• H02J7/65

  against overtemperature · CPC title

• H02J7/62 Primary

  against overcurrent · CPC title

• H01M50/581

  in response to temperature · CPC title