CN108201179B - Battery assembly for aerosol generating device and aerosol generating device - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a battery assembly for an aerosol generating device and the aerosol generating device, wherein the aerosol generating device comprises an aerosol generating device main body, a controller and a smoking nozzle, the smoking nozzle is arranged at the upper end of the aerosol generating device main body, a battery hole is formed in the lower end of the aerosol generating device main body, the battery assembly is detachably arranged in the battery hole, the battery assembly comprises a battery bin shell and a battery, and the battery is arranged in the battery bin shell; the lower end of the battery compartment shell is provided with a handle, the battery compartment shell is provided with a connecting part connected with the battery hole, and the battery compartment shell is provided with an electric terminal connecting part electrically connected with the controller. The battery assembly is embedded in the battery hole of the aerosol generating device in a pluggable mode, a handle is arranged at the lower end of the battery bin shell, the battery assembly and the aerosol generating device can be separated easily and conveniently through the handle, and the battery assembly is taken out from the aerosol generating device.

Description

Battery assembly for aerosol generating device and aerosol generating device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the technical field of aerosol generating devices, and in particular to a detachable battery assembly for an aerosol generating device and an aerosol generating device having the battery assembly.

Background technique

With the development of society and the advancement of technology, a large number of aerosol generating devices that imitate cigarettes have appeared on the market. Common aerosol generating devices are usually integrated with batteries and aerosol generating devices. The batteries cannot be disassembled, so they must be charged in time after the battery is used up. Moreover, when charging, the aerosol generating device cannot be used normally, which makes it difficult to meet the needs of users with heavy smoking addiction. Common aerosol generating devices are characterized by small size, but such aerosol generating devices have low power consumption. After one inhalation, it takes several minutes to charge before the next use. On the contrary, in order to meet the needs of the number of uses, some products usually use larger batteries to increase the volume of the product to increase the power of the aerosol generating device to meet the power demand. However, aerosol generating devices with such structures are relatively bulky and large in size, which are inconvenient to carry and use, and may even affect the safety of the product.

Summary of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a battery assembly for an aerosol generating device, so that the battery assembly can be separated from the aerosol generating device more conveniently and quickly and taken out from the aerosol generating device.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an aerosol generating device, which makes the aerosol generating device more compact and light, and solves the technical problem in the prior art that the aerosol generating device uses an integrated battery, which leads to inconvenience in use.

To achieve the above object, the technical solution of the present invention is:

A battery assembly for an aerosol generating device of the present invention is installed in a battery hole of the aerosol generating device, the battery assembly comprises a battery compartment shell and a battery, the battery is arranged in the battery compartment shell; a handle is provided at the lower end of the battery compartment shell, the battery compartment shell is provided with a connecting portion connected to the battery hole, and the battery compartment shell is provided with an electrical terminal connecting portion electrically connected to a controller of the aerosol generating device.

A further improvement is that a guiding mechanism is provided on the battery compartment shell for orienting the battery assembly into the battery hole.

A further improvement is that the guide mechanism is a positioning rib or a positioning groove arranged on the side wall of the battery compartment shell and matched with the guide groove or the guide rib on the inner wall of the battery hole in the axial direction.

A further improvement is that the battery assembly includes a battery compartment cover, the battery compartment shell is a cylindrical structure with a sealed lower end and an open upper end, and the battery is sealed in the battery compartment shell by the battery compartment cover; a charging interface is provided at the lower end of the battery compartment shell, the power terminal connecting part is arranged on the battery compartment cover, and the connecting part is a clamping part arranged on the side wall of the battery compartment shell.

A further improvement is that the clamping portion is a clamping piece symmetrically arranged on the side wall of the lower end of the battery compartment shell, and the outer surface of the clamping piece is longitudinally provided with a clamping groove or clamping rib that matches the fastening strip or fastening groove on the inner wall of the battery hole.

A further improvement is that the handle has a semicircular structure, and both ends of the handle are connected to the lower side wall of the battery compartment shell by a radially arranged rotating shaft. A fixing groove matching the shape of the handle is formed on the lower end surface of the battery compartment shell, so that the handle can be rotated around the rotating shaft and fit against the lower end surface of the battery compartment shell.

A further improvement is that a snap-fitting rib or a snap-fitting groove is provided on the outer side of the handle, and a groove or a rib snap-fittingly matching with the snap-fitting rib or the snap-fitting groove is provided on the edge of the battery hole.

A further improvement is that the power terminal connection portion protrudes upward to form a columnar guide positioning block, and an electrode connection interface is provided on the power terminal connection portion.

A further improvement is that a notch is provided on the edge of the upper port of the battery compartment shell, and a positioning protrusion matching the notch is provided on the battery compartment upper cover.

The present invention provides an aerosol generating device, which includes an aerosol generating device body, a controller, and a mouthpiece, wherein the mouthpiece is arranged at the upper end of the aerosol generating device body, the controller is arranged inside the aerosol generating device body, and a battery hole is provided at the lower end of the aerosol generating device body, wherein any one of the above-mentioned battery assemblies is detachably arranged in the battery hole, and the power terminal connecting portion is connected to the electrode connecting terminal of the controller.

A further improvement is that it also includes a mouthpiece cover and a button switch, wherein the opening of the mouthpiece cover is provided with snap-fitting ribs along the edge, and the mouthpiece cover is engaged with the inner wall of the upper end of the aerosol generating device body through the snap-fitting ribs; the button switch is provided on the side wall of the aerosol generating device body and is electrically connected to the controller.

The present invention adopts the above technical solution, so that it has the following beneficial effects:

The battery assembly of the present invention is embedded in the battery hole of the aerosol generating device in a pluggable manner, and a handle is provided at the lower end of the battery compartment shell, through which the battery assembly can be easily and conveniently separated from the aerosol generating device and taken out of the aerosol generating device; the battery assembly of the aerosol generating device is embedded and installed in the battery hole on the main body of the aerosol generating device by axial plugging and pulling, so that the volume of the aerosol generating device can be minimized, which is convenient for carrying and use; the battery assembly can be detachable and combined with multiple battery assemblies for alternate use, which can effectively solve the contradiction between the volume and power of the aerosol generating device; one end of the battery assembly is provided with a power terminal connected to the controller, and the other end is provided with a charging interface, and the charging The interface and the battery are connected by a charging and discharging PCB board, so that when the battery assembly is placed in the battery hole, it can be charged and smoked at the same time, which is more convenient to use; the handle of the battery assembly is set to be retractable. When the handle is not needed, the handle can be attached to the bottom surface of the battery compartment shell, which makes the entire appearance of the aerosol generating device more beautiful. At the same time, it can also prevent the handle from being hooked on other things during the use of the aerosol generating device, thereby damaging the handle; the side wall of the battery compartment shell is provided with a positioning groove or a positioning rib, which is used in conjunction with the guide rib or the guide groove on the inner wall of the battery hole, so that the power terminal connection part can be accurately connected to the electrode connection terminal of the controller, thereby improving the installation efficiency during use.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG1 is a schematic structural diagram of an aerosol generating device with a detachable and replaceable battery assembly according to the present invention;

FIG2 is a schematic structural diagram of the main body of the aerosol generating device of the present invention;

FIG3 is a schematic structural diagram of a battery assembly for an aerosol generating device according to the present invention;

FIG4 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the handle in the closed state of the present invention;

FIG5 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the handle of the present invention when it is in an open state;

FIG6 is a schematic structural diagram of a battery assembly for an aerosol generating device according to the present invention;

FIG7 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the battery compartment cover of the present invention;

FIG8 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the controller in the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of the cigarette holder cover of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 9 , the present invention provides an aerosol generating device with a detachable and replaceable battery, the aerosol generating device comprising an aerosol generating device body 1, a smoking mouthpiece 2, a battery assembly 3, and a controller 5. The smoking mouthpiece 2 is arranged at the upper end of the aerosol generating device body 1. In the present embodiment, a battery hole 11 is provided at the lower end of the aerosol generating device body 1, and the battery assembly 3 is detachably inserted into the battery hole 11; wherein, the aerosol generating device body 1 is a pen-shaped structure, and the smoking mouthpiece 2 and the controller 5 are both detachably arranged on the aerosol generating device body 1, wherein the controller 5 adopts the controller of the aerosol generating device in the prior art, and the installation method of the two can also be an existing mature detachable installation method, for example, screws, card slots and other connection methods, which will not be elaborated here.

3 to 6, specifically, the battery assembly 3 includes a battery compartment shell 30, a battery 31, and a battery compartment upper cover 36; wherein the battery cell of the battery 31 can be any rechargeable battery currently on the market, including but not limited to a dry cell battery pack, a nickel-metal hydride battery pack, a lithium-ion battery pack, etc., preferably a high-rate lithium-ion battery pack is used, which is stable, safe and reliable to use; the battery compartment shell 30 is a cylindrical structure with a sealed lower end and an open upper end, and the battery 31 is sealed in the battery compartment shell 30 by a battery compartment upper cover 36, and a handle 33 is provided at the lower end of the battery compartment shell 30. Preferably, in this embodiment, the handle 33 is a semicircular structure, and both ends of the handle 33 are connected to the side wall of the lower end of the battery compartment shell 30 by a rotating shaft arranged along the radial direction to form a semicircular ring, and the lower end surface of the battery compartment shell 30 is formed with a 3, the handle 33 can be rotated around the rotating shaft, and the handle 33 is attached to the lower end surface of the battery compartment housing 30; in another embodiment, on the basis of the above embodiment, a snap-fitting rib or a snap-fitting groove (not shown in the figure) is provided on the outer side of the handle 33, and the edge of the battery hole 11 is provided with a groove or a rib that is snap-fitted with the snap-fitting rib or the snap-fitting groove, so as to strengthen the fit of the handle 33 and strengthen the connection between the battery assembly 3 and the aerosol generating device body 1; when the handle 33 is not in use, it is tightly buckled in the fixing groove 35 on the lower end surface of the battery compartment housing 30 and is tightly buckled with the edge of the battery hole 11, so that the entire appearance of the aerosol generating device appears more beautiful, and it can also prevent the handle from being hooked on other things during the use of the aerosol generating device, which may easily cause the handle 33 to be damaged.

In this embodiment, a charging interface 34 is formed at the lower end of the battery compartment housing 30, and the charging and discharging PCB is arranged at the bottom of the battery compartment housing 30 and is fastened to the battery compartment housing 30 by screws. The battery 31 includes three electrodes, namely electrodes A/B/C, wherein the charging and discharging PCB is connected to the electrode C at the bottom of the battery 31 to control the charging or discharging function of the battery 31;

The battery compartment upper cover 36 is provided with a power terminal connection part 37 electrically connected to the controller 5. In the present embodiment, the power terminal connection part 37 is located on the upper surface of the battery compartment upper cover 36. The power terminal connection part 37 protrudes upward to form a columnar guide positioning block. The power terminal connection part 37 is provided with an electrode connection interface 371. The positive and negative electrodes on the battery 31 are respectively connected to the electrodes A and B on both sides of the battery. The positions of the battery compartment upper cover 36 corresponding to the electrode connection interface 371 are engraved with "+" and "-" symbols to indicate the positive and negative electrodes, and the controller 5 is provided with correspondingly connected wiring terminals 52. In order to make the battery 31 more accurately docked with the controller 5, a fixing groove 51 matching the shape of the columnar power terminal connection part 37 is formed on the lower surface of the controller 5, and the wiring terminal 52 is located in the fixing groove 51.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, referring to Figures 4 and 5, a clamping portion connected to the inner wall of the battery hole 11 is provided on the side wall of the battery compartment shell 30, and the clamping portion is a clamping piece 32 symmetrically arranged on the side wall of the lower end of the battery compartment shell, and a clamping groove or clamping rib matching the fastening strip 13 or fastening groove of the inner wall of the battery hole 11 is provided on the outer surface of the clamping piece 32 along the longitudinal direction.

In order to insert the battery assembly into the battery hole 11 in a directional manner so that the power terminal connection portion 37 is accurately inserted into the fixing groove 51, a guide mechanism can be provided between the battery compartment shell 30 and the battery hole 11. In the present embodiment, the guide mechanism is a positioning rib 301 or a positioning groove provided on the outer wall of the battery compartment shell 30 and matched with the guide groove 12 or the guide rib on the inner wall of the battery hole 11 along its axial direction, that is, when the positioning rib 301 is provided, the inner wall of the battery hole 11 is provided with a guide groove 12 matching the positioning rib 301; conversely, if a positioning groove is provided, a positioning rib is provided on the inner wall of the battery hole 11.

As shown in Figure 7, in this embodiment, a notch 302 is provided on the edge of the upper port of the battery compartment shell 30, and a positioning protrusion 372 matching the notch 302 is provided on the battery compartment cover 36. In actual production applications, when the battery compartment cover 36 and the battery compartment shell 30 are connected together by ultrasonic welding, the positioning protrusion 372 coincides with the positioning rib 301, and then ultrasonic welding is used to improve the sealing and stability of the two.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 8 , a button switch 14 is provided on the side wall of the aerosol generating device body 1 , and the controller 5 and the battery assembly 3 are electrically connected through the button switch 14 . When inhalation is required, the button switch 14 is turned on to connect the circuit. When inhalation is not required, the button switch 14 is turned off to disconnect the circuit and save power.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 9 , the aerosol generating device further comprises a mouthpiece cover 4, an opening of the mouthpiece cover 4 being provided with a circle of fastening ribs 41 along the edge, and the mouthpiece cover 4 is engaged with the inner wall of the upper end of the aerosol generating device body 1 through the fastening ribs 41. Specifically, a circle of arc-shaped grooves 15 cooperating with the fastening ribs 41 is formed on the inner wall of the upper end of the aerosol generating device body 1; in order to make it easy to fasten or disengage the fastening ribs 41, in this embodiment, the fastening ribs 41 can be divided into multiple sections in the circumferential direction by providing notches 42, so that the fastening ribs 41 are easily deformed when squeezed by the inner wall of the upper end of the aerosol generating device body 1, thereby fastening or disengaging with the inner wall of the upper end of the aerosol generating device body 1.

The present invention embeds the battery assembly in the battery hole of the aerosol generating device in a pluggable manner, and provides a handle at the lower end of the battery compartment shell, through which the battery assembly can be easily and conveniently separated from the aerosol generating device and taken out of the aerosol generating device; the battery assembly of the aerosol generating device is embedded and installed in the battery hole on the main body of the aerosol generating device by axial plugging and pulling, so that the aerosol generating device can be easily disassembled into several major large parts, so that the volume of the aerosol generating device can be minimized, which is convenient for carrying and using; the battery assembly is detachable and multiple battery assemblies are used alternately, and when the battery power is insufficient, the spare battery assembly can be used to power the aerosol generating device, ensuring that the aerosol generating device can be used by the user at any time The battery pack can be used at any time, and when the battery pack is in the aerosol generating device, the aerosol generating device can be charged while being inhaled, which effectively solves the contradiction between the volume and power of the aerosol generating device and improves the user experience; the handle of the battery pack is arranged to be foldable, and when the handle is not needed, the handle can be attached to the bottom surface of the battery compartment shell, which makes the entire appearance of the aerosol generating device more beautiful, and at the same time, it can also prevent the handle from being hooked on other things during the use of the aerosol generating device, thereby damaging the handle; the side wall of the battery compartment shell is provided with a positioning groove or a positioning rib, which is used in conjunction with the guide rib or the guide groove on the battery hole, so that the power terminal connection part can be accurately connected to the electrode connection terminal of the controller, thereby improving the installation efficiency during use.

It should be understood that the directional words are established in combination with the daily operating habits of operators and users and the drawings in the specification, and their appearance should not affect the protection scope of the present invention.

The present invention is described in detail above in conjunction with the embodiments of the drawings, and those skilled in the art can make various variations of the present invention according to the above description. Therefore, certain details in the embodiments should not constitute limitations of the present invention, and the scope of protection of the present invention shall be defined by the scope of the attached claims.

Claims (8)

1. A battery assembly for an aerosol generating device, which is installed in a battery hole of the aerosol generating device, the battery assembly comprising a battery compartment housing and a battery, wherein the battery is arranged in the battery compartment housing; the lower end of the battery compartment shell is provided with a handle which is in a semicircular structure, two ends of the handle are connected with the side wall of the lower end of the battery compartment shell through rotating shafts arranged in the radial direction, and a fixing groove matched with the handle in shape is formed in the lower end face of the battery compartment shell, so that the handle can rotate around the rotating shafts and is attached to the lower end face of the battery compartment shell; the battery compartment shell is provided with a connecting part connected with the battery hole, the connecting part is a clamping part arranged on the side wall of the battery compartment shell, and the battery compartment shell is provided with an electric terminal connecting part electrically connected with a controller of the aerosol generating device; the battery compartment shell is provided with a guide mechanism for enabling the battery assembly to be inserted into the battery hole in a directional mode, and the guide mechanism is a positioning rib or a positioning groove which is arranged on the side wall of the battery compartment shell and matched with a guide groove or a guide rib on the inner wall of the battery hole in the axial direction.

2. The battery pack for an aerosol generating device according to claim 1, wherein the battery pack comprises a battery compartment upper cover, the battery compartment housing is of a cylindrical structure with a sealed lower end and an open upper end, and the battery is sealed in the battery compartment housing by the battery compartment upper cover; the battery compartment is characterized in that a charging interface is arranged at the lower end of the battery compartment shell, the connecting part of the electric terminal is arranged on the upper cover of the battery compartment, and the connecting part is a clamping part arranged on the side wall of the battery compartment shell.

3. The battery pack for an aerosol generating device according to claim 2, wherein the engaging portion is engaging pieces symmetrically provided on a lower end side wall of the battery compartment case, and an outer side surface of the engaging pieces is provided with engaging grooves or engaging ribs in cooperation with fastening strips or grooves of an inner wall of the battery hole in a longitudinal direction.

4. The battery pack for an aerosol generating device according to claim 1, wherein a locking rib or a locking groove is provided on the outer side of the handle, and a groove or a rib which is in locking match with the locking rib or the locking groove is provided on the edge of the battery hole.

5. The battery pack for an aerosol generating device according to claim 4, wherein the electrical terminal connection portion protrudes upward to form a columnar guide positioning block, and an electrode connection interface is provided on the electrical terminal connection portion.

6. The battery pack for an aerosol generating device according to claim 2, wherein a notch is provided at an edge of an upper port portion of the battery compartment housing, and a positioning protrusion is provided on the battery compartment upper cover to be fitted with the notch.

7. An aerosol generating device, which is characterized by comprising an aerosol generating device main body, a controller and a smoking nozzle, wherein the smoking nozzle is arranged at the upper end of the aerosol generating device main body, the controller is arranged in the aerosol generating device main body, a battery hole is formed in the lower end of the aerosol generating device main body, the battery assembly as claimed in any one of claims 1-6 is detachably arranged in the battery hole, and the electric terminal connecting part is connected with an electrode connecting terminal of the controller.

8. The aerosol generating device according to claim 7, further comprising a mouthpiece cover and a push button switch, wherein a buckling rib is arranged along the edge of the opening of the mouthpiece cover, and the mouthpiece cover is meshed with the inner wall of the upper end of the aerosol generating device main body through the buckling rib; the button switch is arranged on the side wall of the aerosol generating device main body and is electrically connected with the controller.