Patent Grant
10874143
The present invention relates to a connector, a power supply, and an electronic cigarette using same.
A typical electronic cigarette includes an atomizer and a power supply. The power supply is electrically connected to the atomizer via electrodes, and configured for feeding the atomizer power. For different atomizers, height of electrodes may be different. Accordingly, these atomizers may be unsuitable for a common power supply, thus rending unsatisfactory.
What are needed, therefore, are a connector, a power supply, and an electronic cigarette using same, which can overcome the above shortcomings.
The present disclosure relates to an exemplary connector for an electronic cigarette, and the connector is configured for connecting an atomizer and a power supply. The connector includes a substrate served as a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, and a first spring body. The substrate and the second electrode are configured for inputting power to the atomizer. The third electrode is insulated from the substrate. The second electrode nests the third electrode. The third electrode is configured for feeding back an electronic signal, and is an elastic electrode. The third electrode is movable along an axial direction of the connector relative to the second electrode. The first spring body nests the second electrode, and is configured such that the second and the third electrodes as a whole are movable along an axial direction of the connector relative to the substrate.
Many aspects of the present disclosure can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the present disclosure. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, where appropriate, reference numerals have been repeated among the different figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements. In addition, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments described herein. However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the embodiments described herein can be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, methods, procedures and components have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the related relevant feature being described. Also, the description is not to be considered as limiting the scope of the embodiments described herein. The drawings are not necessarily to scale and the proportions of certain parts have been exaggerated to better illustrate details and features of the present disclosure.
The disclosure is illustrated by way of example and not by way of limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings in which like references indicate similar elements. It should be noted that references to “an” or “one” embodiment in this disclosure are not necessarily to the same embodiment, and such references mean at least one.
Several definitions that apply throughout this disclosure will now be presented.
The term “outside” refers to a region that is beyond the outermost confines of a physical object. The term “inside” indicates that at least a portion of a region is partially contained within a boundary formed by the object. The term “substantially” is defined to be essentially conforming to the particular dimension, shape or other word that substantially modifies, such that the component need not be exact. For example, substantially cylindrical means that the object resembles a cylinder, but can have one or more deviations from a true cylinder. The term “comprising,” when utilized, means “including, but not necessarily limited to”; it specifically indicates open-ended inclusion or membership in the so-described combination, group, series and the like.
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In the present embodiment, the first and the second spring bodies 170, 160 both are springs. In other embodiments, the first and the second spring bodies 170 may be elastic pieces, and so on.
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In detail, the third electrode 120 is configured for feeding back a signal of the atomizer 300, e.g., a temperature signal of a heating wire, or a temperature signal of aerosol. The second electrode 130 and the substrate 140 are configured for feeding the atomizer power. In the present embodiment, the second electrode 130 is a positive electrode, and the substrate 140 is a negative electrode. In a feedback circuit, the third electrode 120 and the substrate 140 form a circuit loop.
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It is understood that the above-described embodiments are intended to illustrate rather than limit the disclosure. Variations may be made to the embodiments and methods without departing from the spirit of the disclosure. Accordingly, it is appropriate that the appended claims be construed broadly and in a manner consistent with the scope of the disclosure.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 2016 2 0351433 U | Apr 2016 | CN | national |
| Number | Name | Date | Kind |
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| 8375957 | Hon | Feb 2013 | B2 |
| Number | Date | Country |
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| 103720055 | Apr 2014 | CN |
| 204670388 | Sep 2015 | CN |
| Entry |
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| English translation of CN-103720055-A (Year: 2014). |
| English translation of CN-204670388-U (Year: 2015). |
| Number | Date | Country | |
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| 20170215483 A1 | Aug 2017 | US |
