ULTRASONIC ATOMIZER AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE

Abstract

An electronic vaping set, and in particular, an ultrasonic atomizer and an electronic cigarette are disclosed. An embodiment of the The-ultrasonic atomizer comprises an atomization cavity with an air inlet and a vapor outlet, wherein an ultrasonic atomization piece and various elements of the embodiment are arranged such that an inclined upward airflow channel from the air inlet to the vapor outlet is formed above the ultrasonic atomization piece. Embodiments of the present invention can reduce E-liquid droplets in vapor, thereby preventing the E-liquid droplets from being inhaled by a user, and improving the user experience.

Claims

1. An ultrasonic atomizer, comprising an atomization cavity (123) with an air inlet (1232) and a smoke outlet (1233), an ultrasonic atomization piece (32) being installed at a bottom of the atomization cavity, wherein a top surface of the atomization cavity is configured as a first inclined surface (1231), an angle of 20°-75° is formed between the first inclined surface and the ultrasonic atomization piece, the air inlet is arranged at a bottom end of the first inclined surface, the smoke outlet is arranged at a top end of the first inclined surface, the air inlet (1232) and the smoke outlet (1233) are arranged on two opposite sides of the atomization cavity respectively, and a bottom surface of the smoke outlet is higher than a top surface of the air inlet, so that an inclined upward airflow channel from the air inlet to the smoke outlet is formed above the ultrasonic atomization piece.

2. The ultrasonic atomizer according to claim 1, wherein an e-liquid guide ceramic (21) is placed above the atomization region (321) of the ultrasonic atomization piece, an air passage (211) is provided in a middle part of the e-liquid guide ceramic, and the air passage is arranged corresponding to the center of the atomization region of the ultrasonic atomization piece.

3. The ultrasonic atomizer according to claim 2, wherein a top surface of the air passage is configured as a second inclined surface (214), and the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface are located on the same inclined surface.

4. The ultrasonic atomizer according to claim 2, wherein the e-liquid guide ceramic is an n-shaped as a whole, an n-shaped e-liquid guide groove (212) is provided inside the e-liquid guide ceramic, and a top end of the e-liquid guide groove (212) is communicated with an e-liquid cartridge (13).

5. The ultrasonic atomizer according to claim 2, wherein a recovery groove (213) for recovering e-liquid is provided on a top surface of the air passage. claim 6. The ultrasonic atomizer according to claim 4, wherein a bottom surface of the e-liquid guide ceramic presses an e-liquid reservoir (22) against the atomization region of the ultrasonic atomization piece.

6. The ultrasonic atomizer according to claim 4, wherein a bottom surface of the e-liquid guide ceramic presses an e-liquid reservoir (22) against the atomization region of the ultrasonic atomization piece.

7. The ultrasonic atomizer according to claim 2, wherein the e-liquid guide ceramic is installed at a distance from the ultrasonic atomization piece, an n-shaped e-liquid guide groove (212) is provided inside the e-liquid guide ceramic, and a top end of the e-liquid guide groove (212) is communicated with an e-liquid cartridge (13); a bottom of the e-liquid guide groove penetrates the bottom of the e-liquid guide ceramic, so that a lower segment of the e-liquid guide groove also serves as an e-liquid reservoir fixing groove (215); two ends of the e-liquid reservoir (22) are inserted and fixed in the e-liquid reservoir fixing groove, and a middle part of the e-liquid reservoir is pressed against the atomization region of the ultrasonic atomization piece by a spring.

8. The ultrasonic atomizer according to claim 7, wherein the e-liquid reservoir is provided with fixed segments (221), transition segments (222) and a contact segment (223) from two ends to the middle, the fixed segments are inserted and fixed in the e-liquid reservoir fixing groove, and the contact segment is pressed against the atomization region (321) of the ultrasonic atomization piece by the spring (23) and arranged just below the e-liquid guide ceramic.

9. The ultrasonic atomizer according to claim 1, wherein further comprising a housing (11) and a plug (12) which are clamped and engaged with each other, wherein an e-liquid cartridge (13) is arranged between the housing and the plug; an e-liquid passing groove (121), an e-liquid guide ceramic fixing groove (122), the atomization cavity (123) and an atomization core mounting groove (124) are sequentially provided at a middle part of the plug from top to bottom; an air inlet groove (125) communicated with the air inlet is provided on one side of the atomization core mounting groove, and an atomization core (3) is mounted in the atomization core mounting groove.

10. The ultrasonic atomizer according to claim 9, wherein the atomization core (3) comprises a conductive hollow atomization sleeve (31), and the ultrasonic atomization piece (32), an insulating seat (33) and a PCB (34) are sequentially arranged in the inner cavity of the atomization sleeve (31) from top to bottom.

11. The ultrasonic atomizer according to claim 1, wherein the opening size of the air inlet gradually increases.

12. An electronic cigarette, wherein comprising the ultrasonic atomizer according claim 1.

13. The electronic cigarette according to claim 12, wherein an e-liquid guide ceramic (21) is placed above the atomization region (321) of the ultrasonic atomization piece, an air passage (211) is provided in a middle part of the e-liquid guide ceramic, and the air passage is arranged corresponding to the center of the atomization region of the ultrasonic atomization piece.

14. The electronic cigarette according to claim 13, wherein a top surface of the air passage is configured as a second inclined surface (214), and the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface are located on the same inclined surface.

15. The electronic cigarette according to claim 13, wherein the e-liquid guide ceramic is an n-shaped as a whole, an n-shaped e-liquid guide groove (212) is provided inside the e-liquid guide ceramic, and a top end of the e-liquid guide groove (212) is communicated with an e-liquid cartridge (13).

16. The electronic cigarette according to claim 13, wherein a recovery groove (213) for recovering e-liquid is provided on a top surface of the air passage.

17. The electronic cigarette according to claim 15, wherein a bottom surface of the e-liquid guide ceramic presses an e-liquid reservoir (22) against the atomization region of the ultrasonic atomization piece.

18. The electronic cigarette according to claim 13, wherein the e-liquid guide ceramic is installed at a distance from the ultrasonic atomization piece, an n-shaped e-liquid guide groove (212) is provided inside the e-liquid guide ceramic, and a top end of the e-liquid guide groove (212) is communicated with an e-liquid cartridge (13); a bottom of the e-liquid guide groove penetrates the bottom of the e-liquid guide ceramic, so that a lower segment of the e-liquid guide groove also serves as an e-liquid reservoir fixing groove (215); two ends of the e-liquid reservoir (22) are inserted and fixed in the e-liquid reservoir fixing groove, and a middle part of the e-liquid reservoir is pressed against the atomization region ofthe ultrasonic atomization piece by a spring.

19. The electronic cigarette according to claim 18, wherein the e-liquid reservoir is provided with fixed segments (221), transition segments (222) and a contact segment (223) from two ends to the middle, the fixed segments are inserted and fixed in the e-liquid reservoir fixing groove, and the contact segment is pressed against the atomization region (321) ofthe ultrasonic atomization piece by the spring (23) and arranged just below the e-liquid guide ceramic.

20. The electronic cigarette according to claim 12, wherein the opening size of the air inlet gradually increases.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0023] FIG. 1 is a front sectional view of a first embodiment of an ultrasonic atomizer of the present invention. in which arrows indicate the flow direction of air

[0024] FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 1, in which arrows indicate the flow direction of e-liquid.

[0025] FIG. 3 is a partial front sectional view of an e-liquid guide ceramic according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

[0026] FIG. 4 is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the e-liquid guide ceramic seen from the bottom according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

[0027] FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the e-liquid guide ceramic seen from the bottom according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

[0028] FIG. 6 is a three-dimensional structural diagram of a plug in an upright state according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

[0029] FIG. 7 is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the plug in an inverted state according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

[0030] FIG. 8 is a structural diagram of the plug and an atomization core according to the first embodiment of the present invention, in which arrows indicate the flow direction of air, and dotted lines indicate smoke.

[0031] FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of air flow and smoke flow in the atomization cavity according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

[0032] FIG. 10 is a front sectional view of a second embodiment of an ultrasonic atomizer of the present invention, in which arrows indicate the flow direction of air.

[0033] FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 10, in which arrows indicate the flow direction of e-liquid.

[0034] FIG. 12 is a partial front sectional view of an e-liquid guide ceramic according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[0035] FIG. 13 is a three-dimensional view of the e-liquid guide ceramic seen from the bottom according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[0036] FIG. 14 is a three-dimensional structural diagram of an e-liquid reservoir according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[0037] FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional three-dimensional structural diagram of the e-liquid guide ceramic and the e-liquid reservoir in a fitting state according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[0038] In the figures: [0039] [0039] 1 - main body: 11 - housing: 12 - plug: 13 - e-liquid cartridge; 111 - suction nozzle: 112 - air outlet tube; 121 - e-liquid passing groove: 122 - e-liquid guide ceramic fixing groove; 123 -atomization cavity; 124 - atomization cavity mounting groove; 125 - air inlet groove; 126 air tube insertion hole; 1231 - first inclined surface; 1232 - air inlet; 1233 - smoke outlet; [0040] [0040] 2 - e-liquid guide assembly; 21 - e-liquid guide ceramic; 22, e-liquid reservoir; 23 - spring; 211 - air passage; 212 - e-liquid guide groove; 213 - recovery groove; 214 - second inclined surface; 215 - e-liquid reservoir fixing groove; 221 - fixed segment; 222 - transition segment; 223 - contact segment; [0041] [0041] 3 - atomization core; 31 - atomization sleeve; 32 - ultrasonic atomization piece; 33 -insulating seat; 34 - PCB; 35 - electrode assembly; 321 - atomization region.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

[0042] The present invention will be further described below with reference to specific preferred embodiments, but the scope of protection of the present invention is not limited thereby.

[0043] For ease of description, the relative positional relationships of components, such as upper, lower, left, and right, are described according to the layout direction of the accompanying drawings in the specification, and do not limit the structure of this patent.

Embodiment 1

[0044] As shown in FIGS. 1 to 9, an ultrasonic atomizer in this embodiment includes a main body 1, an e-liquid guide assembly 2 and an atomization core 3.

[0045] The main body 1 includes a housing 11 and a plug 12, and an e-liquid cartridge 13 is formed by connecting the housing 11 with the plug 12. The housing 11 is provided with a suction nozzle 111 and an air outlet tube 112. The plug 12 is preferably an elastic silica gel plug. An e-liquid passing groove 121, an e-liquid guide ceramic fixing groove 122, an atomization cavity 123, and an atomization core mounting groove 124 are sequentially provided at the middle part of the plug 12 from top to bottom; an air inlet groove 125 is provided on one side of the atomization core mounting groove 124, an air tube insertion hole 126 is provided at the top of the plug 12, and the air tube insertion hole 126 is connected with the bottom end of the air outlet tube 112 on the housing 11 to form an air outlet channel.

[0046] The e-liquid guide assembly 2 includes an e-liquid guide ceramic 21 installed in the e-liquid guide ceramic fixing groove 122 and an e-liquid reservoir 22 located on the bottom surface of the e-liquid guide ceramic 21.

[0047] The atomization core 3 includes a conductive hollow atomization sleeve 31, and an ultrasonic atomization piece 32, an insulating seat 33, and a PCB 34 are sequentially arranged in the inner cavity of the atomization sleeve 31 from top to bottom. An electrode assembly 35 is arranged in the middle of the insulating base 33 and the PCB 34. An upper surface electrode and an atomization region are arranged on the upper surface of the ultrasonic atomization piece 32, and a lower surface electrode is arranged on the lower surface of the ultrasonic atomization piece 32. The upper end of the atomization sleeve 31 is connected with the upper surface electrode of the ultrasonic atomization piece 32 in an abutting manner, the lower end of the atomization sleeve 31 is covered on the bottom surface of the PCB 34 to serve as a first electrode connecting terminal, the lower surface electrode of the ultrasonic atomization piece 32 is electrically connected with the electrode assembly 35, and the electrode assembly 35 serves as a second electrode terminal.

[0048] The atomization core 3 is mounted in the atomization core mounting groove 124, the atomization cavity 123 is arranged above the atomization core 3, the ultrasonic atomization piece 32 serves as the bottom surface of the atomization cavity 123 (the top end of the atomization sleeve 31 has an opening for exposing the atomization region of the atomization piece 32), and the atomization cavity 123 is formed in the plug 12.

[0049] The top surface of the atomization cavity 123 is configured as a first inclined surface 1231. an angle of 20°-75° is formed between the first inclined surface 1231 and the upper surface of the ultrasonic atomization piece 32, the bottom end of the first inclined surface 1231 is provided with an air inlet 1232 communicated with the air inlet groove 125, the top end of the first inclined surface 1231 is provided with a smoke outlet 1233 communicated with the air outlet tube 112, and the air inlet 1232 and the smoke outlet 1233 are arranged on two opposite sides of the atomization cavity 123. The opening size of the air inlet 1232 is increased gradually along the first inclined surface 1231 (in the presence of the first inclined surface 1231, the opening size of the air inlet 1232 gradually increases), the bottom surface of the smoke outlet 1233 is higher than the top surface of the air inlet 1232, and the bottom surface of the smoke outlet 1233 and the top surface of the air inlet 1232 are both located approximately in the plane where the first inclined surface 1231 is located, so that an inclined upward airflow channel from the air inlet 1232 to the smoke outlet 1233 is formed above the ultrasonic atomization piece.

[0050] The bottom surface of the e-liquid guide ceramic 21 presses the e-liquid reservoir 22 against the atomization region 321 of the ultrasonic atomization piece 32, and the center of the atomization region of the ultrasonic atomization piece 32 is just below the e-liquid guide ceramic 21.

[0051] In order to prevent the position, where the most violent ultrasonic oscillation occur, of the ultrasonic atomization piece 32 (the center of the atomization region) from being covered by the e-liquid guide ceramic 21, and to ensure that the airflow channel in the atomization cavity 123 is unobstructed, the e-liquid guide ceramic 21 is n-shaped as a whole, and an air passage 211 is provided in the middle of the bottom of the e-liquid guide ceramic 21. The air passage 211 is arranged corresponding to the center of the atomization region of the ultrasonic atomization piece 32, to prevent the e-liquid guide ceramic 21 from affecting the high-frequency oscillating atomization effect at the center of the ultrasonic atomization piece 32, so that the ultrasonic atomization piece 32 is started quickly for ultrasonic atomization and emits smoke quickly, the generated smoke is maximized as soon as possible, and the e-liquid is fully atomized to prevent the user from inhaling e-liquid droplets.

[0052] In order to prevent the top surface of the air passage 211 of the e-liquid guide ceramic 21 from affecting the trend of inclined upward flow of air, the top surface of the air passage 211 is configured as a second inclined surface 214. and the first inclined surface 1231 and the second inclined surface 214 are located on the same inclined surface.

[0053] In order to enable the e-liquid guide ceramic 21 to transfer e-liquid as soon as possible so as to ensure e-liquid supply for ultrasonic atomization, an n-shaped e-liquid guide groove 212 is provided inside the e-liquid guide ceramic 21, the upper part of the e-liquid guide groove 212 is aligned with the e-liquid passing groove 121. and the bottom of the e-liquid guide groove 212 extends to the bottom of the e-liquid guide ceramic 21; the top end of the e-liquid guide groove 212 is communicated with the e-liquid cartridge 13. the lower end of the e-liquid guide groove 212 is a blind hole (which is beneficial to preventing a large amount of e-liquid from entering the e-liquid reservoir 22), and the e-liquid in the e-liquid cartridge 13 enters the e-liquid guide groove 212 through the e-liquid passing groove 121 and then penetrates into the e-liquid reservoir 22.

[0054] In order to recycle splashing e-liquid droplets produced during the oscillation of the ultrasonic atomization piece 32 and large-particle e-liquid droplets in the smoke, the top surface of the air passage 211 is provided with a recovery groove 213 for recovering the e-liquid, and the recovery groove 213 is arranged corresponding to the center of the atomization region of the ultrasonic atomization piece 32.

[0055] In order to avoid the phenomenon of air trapping, the outlet end of the air passage 211 is directly communicated with the smoke outlet 1233, so that the smoke inside the air passage 211 can be directly discharged through the smoke outlet 1233.

[0056] In order to allow the e-liquid to quickly arrive at the place around the e-liquid guide ceramic 21 after penetrating through the e-liquid guide ceramic 21, the middle part of the e-liquid guide groove 212 is arranged corresponding to the recovery groove 213. and the middle part of the e-liquid guide groove 212 and the recovery groove 213 are both arranged at the middle part of the e-liquid guide ceramic 21.

[0057] When the ultrasonic atomizer in this embodiment is used, the user inhales from the suction nozzle 111 of the main body 1, outside air enters the atomization cavity 123 from the air inlet groove 125, e-liquid is transferred by the e-liquid guide assembly 2 from the e-liquid cartridge 13 to the ultrasonic atomization piece 32, the ultrasonic atomization piece 32 is electrically connected to an external power supply by means of the atomization sleeve 31 and the electrode assembly 35 to implement ultrasonic atomization, and most of the intake air is guided by the top surface (the first inclined surface) of the atomization cavity 123 and flows obliquely upward to the smoke outlet. During this process, most of the intake air passes through the end of smoke, that is, the smoke far from the surface of the atomization region of the ultrasonic atomization piece is brought to the smoke outlet, and is discharged by the air outlet tube and the suction nozzle. A small part of the intake air passes through the beginning of smoke, that is, the surface of the atomization region, so that the smoke containing large-particle e-liquid droplets near the surface of the atomization region hits the inner wall of the atomization cavity near the smoke outlet and condenses, while a small part of the air returns to the ultrasonic atomization piece along the inner wall of the atomization cavity, and the e-liquid droplets contained in the smoke participate in the ultrasonic atomization again.

Embodiment 2

[0058] Embodiment 2 differs from Embodiment 1 in the e-liquid guide assembly 2. The e-liquid guide assembly 2 in Embodiment 2 includes an e-liquid guide ceramic 21 installed in the e-liquid guide ceramic fixing groove 122, an e-liquid reservoir 22 fixedly installed at the lower part of the e-liquid guide ceramic 21, and a spring 23 arranged between the e-liquid guide ceramic 22 and the e-liquid reservoir 22. In order to prevent the e-liquid guide ceramic 21 from covering the atomization region 321 of the ultrasonic atomization piece 32 to affect the amount of atomization, and to ensure that the airflow channel in the atomization cavity 123 is unobstructed, the bottom surface of the e-liquid guide ceramic 21 is spaced apart from the atomization region 321 of the ultrasonic atomization piece 32 by a distance. The e-liquid guide ceramic 21 is n-shaped as a whole, and an n-shaped e-liquid guide groove 212 is provided inside the e-liquid guide ceramic 21. The bottom of the e-liquid guide groove 212 penetrates the bottom of the e-liquid guide ceramic 21, so that the lower segment of the e-liquid guide groove 212 also serves as an e-liquid reservoir fixing groove 215. The e-liquid reservoir 22 is made of a flexible material, such as a cotton material, and the e-liquid reservoir 22 includes fixed segments 221, transition segments 222 and a contact segment 223. The fixed segments 221 are located at two ends of the e-liquid reservoir 22, the contact segment 223 is located in the middle of the e-liquid reservoir 22, the transition segments 222 are used to connect the fixed segments 221 with the contact segment 223. the fixed segments 221 are inserted and fixed in the e-liquid reservoir fixing groove 215, and the contact segment 223 is pressed against the atomization region 321 of the ultrasonic atomization piece 32 of the atomization core 3 by the spring 23, and is just below the e-liquid guide ceramic 21. The upper end of the spring 23 abuts against the e-liquid guide ceramic 21, and the lower end of the spring 23 abuts against the contact segment 223.

[0059] The e-liquid from the e-liquid cartridge 14 can be transferred by the fixed segments 221 of the e-liquid reservoir 22 to the contact segment 223 and finally arrive at the atomization region 321 of the ultrasonic atomization piece 32, or can be transferred by the e-liquid guide ceramic 21 to the contact segment 223 of the e-liquid reservoir 22 and finally arrive at the atomization region 321 of the ultrasonic atomization piece 32. When the fixed segments 221 of the e-liquid reservoir 22 fit the e-liquid reservoir fixing groove 215 too tight to hinder the e-liquid and air from passing through the fixed segments 221, the e-liquid and the air can penetrate each other through the e-liquid guide ceramic 21 to replace the e-liquid in the e-liquid cartridge 13 with air, so that the e-liquid can be smoothly transferred to the ultrasonic atomization piece 32 along the space between the e-liquid reservoir 22 and the e-liquid guide ceramic 21 and supplied for ultrasonic atomization to form smoke, to avoid the phenomenon of dry burning caused by insufficient supply of e-liquid. In addition, because the porosity of the e-liquid guide ceramic 21 is constant, the penetration of the e-liquid and air in the e-liquid guide ceramic 21 are uniform, which can prevent insufficient atomization caused by excessive e-liquid on the surface of the atomization region of the ultrasonic atomization piece 32 and prevent inhaling of e-liquid droplets.

[0060] The forgoing descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present application, and do not limit the present application in any form. Although the present application is disclosed above with the preferred embodiments, the present application is not limited thereto. Some variations or modifications made by any skilled person familiar with the art using the disclosed technical contents without departing from the scope of the technical solution of the present application are equivalent to the embodiments, and all fall within the scope of the technical solution.