CN107946801A - A kind of electrical connection arrangement - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an electrical connection device, which includes a first control component, a second control component and a flexible conductor, and the flexible conductor is used for electrically connecting the first control component and the second control component. The positive pole of the energy storage component is connected to the heating component through the first control component, the flexible conductor is electrically connected to the positive pole of the energy storage component, and the first control component and the second control component are connected through the flexible conductor The negative electrodes of the first control component, the second control component, the flexible conductor and the energy storage component are all connected to the ground component. By adopting the present invention, the volume of the aerosol generating device can be reduced, and the design complexity of the aerosol generating device can be reduced.

Description

An electrical connection device

technical field

The invention relates to the field of electronic cigarettes, in particular to an electrical connection device.

Background technique

Electronic cigarettes mainly use power to heat tobacco products in the form of heating resistors instead of igniting tobacco products. Electric smoking devices mainly include power supplies, electronic control circuits and other related components. It is desirable to reduce the volume of electronic cigarettes and accommodate all components of electronic cigarettes in the housing of traditional lit cigarettes. Complexity puts forward higher requirements. In addition, during the smoking process of the electronic cigarette, if it is heated all the time, the temperature of the pod will be too high, resulting in low user comfort.

Contents of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide an electrical connection device that can reduce the volume and complexity of the electronic cigarette in view of the above-mentioned defects of the prior art.

An electrical connection device for an electronic cigarette, comprising: a flexible conductor, the flexible conductor is used to electrically connect a first control component and a second control component, and the first control component is used to control the heating of the electronic cigarette heating of the components, the second control component is used to control the charging of the energy storage components of the electronic cigarette;

Further, the positive pole of the energy storage component is electrically connected to the heating component through the first control component, the flexible conductor is electrically connected to the positive pole of the energy storage component, the flexible conductor has two transmission lines, and the first A control unit communicates with the second control unit through a transmission line of a flexible conductor;

Further, the negative pole of the first control component, the negative pole of the second control component and the negative pole of the energy storage component are connected to the grounding component;

Further, the energy storage component is accommodated in a cavity formed by the grounding component, the first control component is installed on the surface of the cavity, and the grounding component is a metal bracket;

Further, the flexible conductor is FPC;

Further, the grounding component has a plurality of elastic buckling parts for buckling and holding the energy storage component;

Further, the first control part has a switch for controlling the on-off of the first control part.

The present invention also provides an electronic cigarette, which includes the aforementioned electrical connection device, the positive pole of the energy storage component is connected to the heating component through the first control component, and the heating component is covered with a cartridge sleeve, so The negative electrodes of the first control component, the second control component, the flexible conductor, and the energy storage component are all connected to the grounding component, and the outer surface of the grounding component is covered with a sleeve.

The present invention also includes a method for controlling electronic cigarettes, which includes the following steps:

Determine whether the electronic cigarette is in the charging state, if so, disconnect the charging circuit;

When the electronic cigarette is in a non-charging state, the first control component controls the energy storage component to supply power to the heating component through the first control component;

When the electronic cigarette is in the heating state, determine whether the heating time of the electronic cigarette meets the first predetermined time value, and if so, stop heating;

When the electronic cigarette is in the non-heating state, it is determined whether the heating stop time of the electronic cigarette satisfies the second predetermined time value, and if yes, the heating is continued.

The present invention also provides another control method for electronic cigarettes, which includes the following steps:

Determine whether the electronic cigarette is in the charging state, if so, disconnect the charging circuit;

When the electronic cigarette is in a non-charging state, the first control component controls the energy storage component to supply power to the heating component through the first control component;

When the electronic cigarette is in the heating state, determine whether the temperature of the electronic cigarette meets the first predetermined temperature value, and if so, stop heating;

When the electronic cigarette is in a non-heating state, it is determined whether the temperature of the electronic cigarette satisfies the second predetermined temperature value, and if so, continues heating.

Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following advantages: a flexible conductor is used to connect the first control component and the second control component, and the flexible conductor is accommodated in the cavity formed by the ground plane, The volume of the electronic cigarette is reduced, and the overall design complexity is lower. By controlling the heating time and heating temperature, the temperature of the pod is controlled within a certain range, avoiding the problem of excessively high or low temperature of the pod.

Description of drawings

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the electrical connection device

Figure 2 is the working diagram of the electronic cigarette

Figure 3 is one of the control flow charts of electronic cigarettes

Figure 4 is another control flow chart of the electronic cigarette

Among them, 11-first control component, 12-flexible conductor, 13-second control component, 14-energy storage component, 15-grounding component, 16-heating component, 17-radiating component, 18-sleeve, 19- switch, 20-indicator

Detailed ways

The following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some, not all, embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In order to reduce the volume and complexity of the aerosol generating device in the electronic cigarette, the present invention proposes an electrical connection device. As shown in FIG. 1 , the electrical connection device 1 includes a flexible conductor 12 . The flexible conductor 12 is used to connect the first control component 11 and the second control component 13, the positive pole of the energy storage component 14 is electrically connected to the first control component 11, and the first control component 11 is electrically connected to the The heating component 16 is installed on the fixing frame. The flexible conductor 12 is electrically connected to the positive electrode of the energy storage component 14 . When the electronic cigarette is in the charging state, the second control part 13 is connected to the external power supply through the flexible conductor 12 and connected to the positive pole of the energy storage part 14, so as to charge the energy storage part. When the electronic cigarette is in the smoking state, the The energy storage component supplies power to the first control component, so that the heating component 16 is heated. In addition, the flexible conductor has two transmission lines, and the first control component and the second control component perform signal transmission and data exchange through the transmission lines of the flexible conductor.

The first control component may be a first PCB board, and the second control component may be a second control component.

The flexible conductor is FPC or electric wire. FPC: Flexible Printed Circuit is a highly reliable and excellent flexible printed circuit board made of polyimide or polyester film as the base material. It has the characteristics of high wiring density, light weight, thin thickness and good bendability.

The energy storage component is a rechargeable battery, specifically an aluminum poly battery, an aluminum ion battery, or the like.

Both the negative pole of the energy storage component 14 and the negative pole of the electrical connector are connected to the grounding component. The grounding part has a cavity for accommodating and holding the energy storage part, the width of the cavity is smaller than the width of the battery, and the cavity has elasticity, so that the energy storage part can increase the width of the opening part of the cavity to thereby Inserted into the cavity, the grounding component also has a plurality of elastic buckles holding the energy storage component, the elastic buckles are configured to move from the first position to the second position, and are suitable for receiving the energy storage unit in the second position. The cavity of the energy component provides clearance, and in the first position the resilient element acts on the energy storage component to retain the energy storage component within the cavity formed by the grounding component. The grounding component is further configured to install multiple pins of the first control component, the multiple pins are parallel to each other, preferably, there are four pins. A heat sink 17 is also disposed in the cavity of the grounding component, and the heat sink is used to dissipate heat to the first control component 11 , and the heat sink is located at the bottom of the first control component 11 .

The grounding component is also configured to have a groove for accommodating the flexible conductor, and the second control component is located on the outer surface of the grounding component. Preferably, the flexible conductor is an FPC circuit board, which is a flexible conductive copper , which provides a milliohm-level resistance between the energy storage component and the first control component, providing such resistance can effectively utilize the power supply.

The grounding member may be a metal bracket, specifically a hardware bracket.

The first control part is provided with a switch 19 for controlling the on-off circuit of the first control part, a mechanical button is arranged above the switch 19, and the mechanical button is placed on the sleeve 18, and the mechanical button on the sleeve 18 is pressed to trigger Switch 19 on the first control unit. An indicator light 20 is arranged on the first control part, and a light-transmitting column is arranged above the indicator light 20, and the upper end of the light-transmitting column is fixed on the mechanical button, so that the on and off of the indicator light can be observed from the surface of the mechanical button.

A controllable switch for controlling the on/off time of the circuit is set on the first control part, the controllable switch can be a relay or a switch tube, and the heating temperature is controlled according to the heating time, the power is cut off after a certain period of time, and the temperature after the power cut After a certain period of time, the power will be turned on again for heating, so as to control the heating temperature of the pod within a certain range.

The outside of the ground surface is socketed with a sleeve 18, which can be made of metal, so as to further fix the components placed on the ground surface, and the front end of the sleeve 18 is provided with an inwardly protruding stop The block is used to cooperate with the boss of the pod sleeve, so that the pod sleeve will not be easily pulled out of the casing 18 completely.

The heating component 16 is a ceramic heating sheet, specifically, an alumina ceramic, and a resistance wire is printed on the ceramic heating sheet, and the resistance wire is electrically connected to the first control component.

The resistance wires are arranged on the ceramic heating sheet in an S-shape or a Z-shape.

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the working principle of the electronic cigarette. As shown in the figure, the flexible conductor is used to connect one end of the first control part and the second control part, and the flexible conductor is also electrically connected to the energy storage The positive pole of the component, the other end of the first control component is also electrically connected to the heating component, the other end of the second control component can also be electrically connected to an external power supply, when the electronic cigarette is in a heating state, the first The control switch of the first control part is turned off, the second control part is connected to the external power supply, and the flexible conductor is connected to the positive pole of the energy storage part through the second control part, so as to realize the charging of the electronic cigarette, when the electronic cigarette When the cigarette is in a smoking state, the control switch of the first control component is turned off, and the energy storage component is connected to the heating component through the first control component, so as to realize heating and form an aerosol matrix.

Fig. 3 is the control flowchart of electronic cigarette, and it comprises the following steps:

Step 31: start;

Step 32: Determine whether the electronic cigarette is in a charging state; if yes, execute step 33; if not, execute step 34;

Step 33: Make the energy storage component in a non-charging state, and go to step 34;

Step 34: the first control component controls the energy storage component to supply power to the heating component through the first control component;

Step 35: Judging whether the heating time reaches the first predetermined time value, if yes, then proceed to step 36, if not, then proceed to step 37;

Step 36: After stopping the heating for a period of time, judge whether the heating stop time reaches the second predetermined time value, if yes, go to step 37; if not, continue to stop the heating;

Step 37: continue heating, go to step 35.

By controlling the heating time of the electronic cigarette, the heating temperature of the pod can be controlled within a certain range, avoiding the situation that the temperature of the pod is too high or too low, thereby improving the comfort of use.

Fig. 4 is another kind of control mode of electronic cigarette, and it comprises the following steps:

Step 41: start;

Step 42: Determine whether the electronic cigarette is in a charging state; if yes, execute step 43; if not, execute step 44;

Step 43: make the energy storage component in a non-charging state, and turn to step 44;

Step 44: the first control component controls the energy storage component to supply power to the heating component through the first control component;

Step 45: Judging whether the heating time reaches the first predetermined temperature value, if yes, then proceed to step 46, if not, then proceed to step 47;

Step 46: After stopping heating for a period of time, judge whether the heating stop time has reached the second predetermined temperature value, if yes, go to step 47; if not, continue to stop heating;

Step 47: continue heating, go to step 45.

By controlling the heating temperature, the heating temperature of the pod can be controlled within a certain range, avoiding the situation that the temperature of the pod is too high or too low, and improving the comfort of the user.

Claims (10)

1. An electrical connection device for an electronic cigarette, comprising: a flexible conductor, the flexible conductor is used to electrically connect a first control component and a second control component, and the first control component is used to control the electronic cigarette The heating component is heated, and the second control component is used to control the charging of the energy storage component of the electronic cigarette. 2. An electrical connection device according to claim 1, characterized in that: the positive pole of the energy storage component is electrically connected to the heating component through the first control component, and the flexible conductor is connected to the positive pole of the energy storage component. Electrically connected, the flexible conductor has at least two transmission lines, and the first control component and the second control component communicate through the transmission lines of the flexible conductor. 3. An electrical connection device according to claim 2, wherein the negative pole of the first control component, the negative pole of the second control component and the negative pole of the energy storage component are connected to the grounding component. 4. An electrical connection device according to claim 3, wherein the energy storage component is accommodated in a cavity formed by the grounding component, the first control component is installed on the surface of the cavity, and the The grounding part is a metal bracket. 5. The electrical connection device according to claim 2, wherein the flexible conductor is FPC. 6 . The electrical connection device according to claim 4 , wherein the grounding component has a plurality of elastic buckle parts for holding the energy storage component. 7 . 7. An electrical connection device according to claim 1, characterized in that: the first control part has a switch for controlling the working state of the first control part. 8. An electronic cigarette, comprising an electrical connection device according to any one of claims 1-7, the positive pole of the energy storage component is connected to the heating component through the first control component, and the heating component The component is covered with a pod sleeve, and the negative electrodes of the first control component, the second control component, the flexible conductor, and the energy storage component are all connected to the grounding component, and the outer surface of the grounding component is covered with a sleeve. 9. A method for controlling an electronic cigarette according to claim 8, comprising the following steps: Determine whether the electronic cigarette is in the charging state, if so, disconnect the charging circuit; When the electronic cigarette is in a non-charging state, the first control component controls the energy storage component to supply power to the heating component through the first control component; When the electronic cigarette is in the heating state, determine whether the heating time of the electronic cigarette meets the first predetermined time value, and if so, stop heating; When the electronic cigarette is in the non-heating state, it is determined whether the heating stop time of the electronic cigarette satisfies the second predetermined time value, and if yes, the heating is continued. 10. A method for controlling an electronic cigarette as claimed in claim 8, comprising the following steps: Determine whether the electronic cigarette is in a charging state, and if so, make the energy storage component in a non-charging state; When the electronic cigarette is in a non-charging state, the first control component controls the energy storage component to supply power to the heating component through the first control component; When the electronic cigarette is in the heating state, determine whether the temperature of the electronic cigarette meets the first predetermined temperature value, and if so, stop heating; When the electronic cigarette is in a non-heating state, it is determined whether the temperature of the electronic cigarette satisfies the second predetermined temperature value, and if so, continues heating.