Battery component and electronic cigarette

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9901115-B2
Application number	US-201314915275-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 30, 2013
Priority date	Aug 30, 2013
Publication date	Feb 27, 2018
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018

Abstract

A battery component comprises a casing pipe used for accommodating a battery and an end cover that is arranged on and covers an open end of the casing pipe, and also comprises a rotation mechanism used for connecting the casing pipe to the end cover. The end cover rotates around the center axis of the rotation mechanism to open or close the casing pipe. Using the rotation mechanism, the end cover can be directly rotated to open the casing pipe. When a connection structure on one side of the end cover facing the rotation mechanism fails, the end cover is not naturally opened, overcoming a defect that reserved space exists in an axial direction of the electronic cigarette when a fastening structure in an end cover flipping technology fails, making the end cover partially open, and thus power leakage hidden danger exists.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery component, comprises a casing pipe ( 1 ) used for accommodating a battery and an end cover ( 2 ) that is arranged on and covers an open end of the casing pipe ( 1 );
wherein the battery component further comprises a rotation mechanism ( 3 ) used for connecting the casing pipe ( 1 ) to the end cover ( 2 ); a center axis of the rotation mechanism ( 3 ) is parallel to a central axis line of the casing pipe ( 1 ); and
the end cover ( 2 ) rotates about the center axis of the rotation mechanism ( 3 ) so as to open or close the casing pipe ( 1 ); and
wherein the rotation mechanism ( 3 ) comprises a first connection portion and a second connection portion; and
the first connection portion is connected to the second connection portion via a rotation shaft or a pin shaft.

2. An electronic cigarette, comprising an atomizing unit and a battery component, wherein the battery component comprises a casing pipe ( 1 ) used for accommodating a battery and an end cover ( 2 ) that is arranged on and covers an open end of the casing pipe ( 1 );
wherein the battery component further comprises a rotation mechanism ( 3 ) used for connecting the casing pipe ( 1 ) to the end cover ( 2 ); a center axis of the rotation mechanism ( 3 ) is parallel to a central axis line of the casing pipe ( 1 ); and
the end cover ( 2 ) rotates about the center axis of the rotation mechanism ( 3 ) so as to open or close the casing pipe ( 1 ); and
wherein the rotation mechanism ( 3 ) comprises a first connection portion and a second connection portion, and the first connection portion is connected to the second connection portion via a rotation shaft or a pin shaft.

3. The battery component according to claim 1 , wherein the first connection portion is connected to the second connection portion via the rotation shaft; the first connection portion is a first flange; wherein the first flange is defined on a side edge of the open end of the casing pipe ( 1 ) and further radially extends along a direction away from a central axis of the casing pipe ( 1 );
the second connection portion is a second flange ( 32 ); the second flange ( 32 ) is defined on a side edge of the end cover ( 2 ) and further extends along the same direction with the first flange;
a first through hole is defined on the first flange; a second through hole ( 321 ) is defined on the second flange ( 32 ); the rotation shaft successively passes through space respectively formed by the first through hole and the second through hole ( 321 ); and
limiting covers ( 33 ) are arranged on both ends of the rotation shaft, and are used for limiting an axial displacement of the end cover ( 2 ).

4. The battery component according to claim 1 , wherein, a magnetic connection structure ( 4 ) is arranged on an end face of the casing pipe ( 1 ), and the end face is contacted with the end cover ( 2 ).

5. The battery component according to claim 1 , wherein an elastic snap-fit connection structure ( 5 ) is arranged on another side opposite to the rotation mechanism ( 3 ), and the elastic snap-fit connection structure ( 5 ) is used to form an elastic snap-fit connection between the end cover ( 2 ) and the casing pipe ( 1 ).

6. The battery component according to claim 5 , wherein the elastic snap-fit connection structure ( 5 ) comprises at least one overhead part and at least one accommodating part matching with the overhead part; wherein the overhead part is defined on a peripheral wall surface of the casing pipe ( 1 ) or the end cover ( 2 );
the accommodating part is defined on the peripheral wall surface of end cover ( 2 ) or the casing pipe ( 1 ); and
the overhead part is elastically arranged on the top inside the accommodating part.

7. The battery component according to claim 6 , wherein the overhead part is a bulge ( 51 ); the bulge ( 51 ) axially extends along a direction away from the open end of the casing pipe ( 1 ) in such a way that a gradient thereof gradually decreases; the accommodating part is a groove ( 52 ).

8. The battery component according to claim 6 , wherein the overhead part is an elastic piece; and two ends of the elastic piece are movably mounted inside a tapered groove defined between an inner wall and an outer wall of the casing pipe ( 1 ).

9. The battery component according to claim 6 , wherein a first mounting hole ( 53 ) is defined between an inner wall and an outer wall of the casing pipe ( 1 ), and is further defined axially along the open end of the casing pipe ( 1 ); the overhead part is a telescopic rod ( 55 ) movably connected to an inside of the first mounting hole ( 53 );
an elastic member ( 56 ) is fixed between the telescopic rod ( 55 ) and a bottom of the first mounting hole ( 53 );
the accommodating part is a second mounting hole ( 54 ) defined on the end cover ( 2 ) and right opposite the first mounting hole ( 53 );
when the end cover ( 2 ) and the casing pipe ( 1 ) are closed, the telescopic rod ( 55 ) is inserted into the second mounting hole ( 54 ) under an elastic force of the elastic member ( 56 ); while during the opening process of the end cover ( 2 ) and the casing pipe ( 1 ), the telescopic rod ( 55 ) is pressed into the first mounting hole ( 53 ).

10. The battery component according to claim 1 , wherein a circular groove ( 20 ) is defined in the middle of an end of the end cover ( 2 ), and the end faces the casing pipe ( 1 );
a radius of the circular groove ( 20 ) is equal to an inner diameter of the casing pipe ( 1 ); and
a circular truncated cone ( 21 ) used for abutting against the battery is defined on a bottom of the circular groove ( 20 ) and axially extends along a direction towards the casing pipe ( 1 ).

11. The battery component according to claim 10 , wherein a contact piece ( 22 ) used for abutting against the battery is arranged on an area where the circular truncated cone ( 21 ) is contacted with the battery.

12. The electronic cigarette according to claim 2 , wherein an elastic snap-fit connection structure ( 5 ) is arranged on another side opposite to the rotation mechanism ( 3 ), and the elastic snap-fit connection structure ( 5 ) is used to form an elastic snap-fit connection between the end cover ( 2 ) and the casing pipe ( 1 ).

13. The electronic cigarette according to claim 2 , wherein the atomizing unit and the battery component are an integrally formed structure or a detachably connected structure.

14. The electronic cigarette according to claim 2 , wherein the first connection portion is connected to the second connection portion via the rotation shaft; the first connection portion is a first flange; wherein the first flange is defined on a side edge of the open end of the casing pipe ( 1 ) and further radially extends along a direction away from a central axis of the casing pipe ( 1 );
the second connection portion is a second flange ( 32 ); the second flange ( 32 ) is defined on a side edge of the end cover ( 2 ) and further extends along the same direction with the first flange;
a first through hole is defined on the first flange; a second through hole ( 321 ) is defined on the second flange ( 32 ); the rotation shaft successively passes through space respectively formed by the first through hole and the second through hole ( 321 ); and
limiting covers ( 33 ) are arranged on both ends of the rotation shaft, and are used for limiting an axial displacement of the end cover ( 2 ).

15. The electronic cigarette according to claim 2 , wherein a magnetic connection structure ( 4 ) is arranged on an end face of the casing pipe ( 1 ), and the end face is contacted with the end cover ( 2 ).

Assignees

• Huizhou Kimree Technology Co Ltd Shenzhen Branch

Inventors

• Liu Qiuming

Classifications

• A24F47/008

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• H01M2/1005

  Electricity · mapped topic

• A24F47/002

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• H01M2/105

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01M2220/30

  Batteries in portable systems, e.g. mobile phone, laptop · CPC title