U.S. patent application number 16/034455 was filed with the patent office on 2019-05-09 for battery assembly and electronic cigarette having same.
This patent application is currently assigned to SHENZHEN IVPS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.. The applicant listed for this patent is SHENZHEN IVPS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.. Invention is credited to Wen CHEN.
Application Number | 20190133185 16/034455 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 62975867 |
Filed Date | 2019-05-09 |
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United States Patent
Application |
20190133185 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
CHEN; Wen |
May 9, 2019 |
BATTERY ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE HAVING SAME
Abstract
A battery assembly for an electronic cigarette includes a
housing, a bracket, and a fastening member. The housing defines an
opening, and a receiving space communicating with the opening. The
bracket loads an object and is inserted into the receiving space
via the opening. The fastening member is mounted to the housing,
and configured to fasten the bracket inside the housing. The
fastening member is operated from outside of the housing to release
the bracket, the bracket with the object thus drops out of the
housing via the opening.
Inventors: |
CHEN; Wen; (Shenzhen,
CN) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
SHENZHEN IVPS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. |
Shenzhen |
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CN |
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Assignee: |
SHENZHEN IVPS TECHNOLOGY CO.,
LTD.
Shenzhen
CN
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Family ID: |
62975867 |
Appl. No.: |
16/034455 |
Filed: |
July 13, 2018 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A24F 47/008
20130101 |
International
Class: |
A24F 47/00 20060101
A24F047/00 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Nov 7, 2017 |
CN |
201721489661.0 |
Claims
1. A battery assembly for an electronic cigarette, comprising: a
housing defining an opening, and a receiving space communicating
with the opening; a bracket configured for loading an object, the
bracket being inserted into the receiving space via the opening;
and a fastening member mounted to the housing, the fastening member
being configured to fasten the bracket inside the housing, the
fastening member being operated from outside of the housing to
release the bracket, so that the bracket with the object drop out
of the housing via the opening.
2. The battery assembly according to claim 1, wherein the bracket
defines a locking hole, the fastening member comprises a locking
pin extending through the housing to insert into the locking hole
to fasten the bracket.
3. The battery assembly according to claim 2, wherein the bracket
comprises a bottom and a main body protruding from the bottom, the
locking hole is defined in the main body, the opening is sealed by
the bottom when the bracket is fastened inside the housing.
4. The battery assembly according to claim 3, wherein the locking
hole is adjacent to a top end of the main body away from the
bottom.
5. The battery assembly according to claim 4, wherein the bracket
further forms a guiding surface inclined from the top end of the
main body toward the locking hole.
6. The battery assembly according to claim 2, wherein the fastening
member further comprises an operating element and a connecting
element, the connecting element extends through the housing, the
operating element and the locking element are respectively
connected to two opposite ends of the connecting element, the
operating element and the locking element are positioned outside of
the housing, the locking element comprises a locking pin extending
through the housing and inserting into the locking hole to fasten
the bracket, the operating member is configured to drive the
connecting element to enable the locking element to separate from
the bracket.
7. The battery assembly according to claim 6, wherein the fastening
member further comprises an elastic member, the elastic member is
sleeved on the connecting element, and positioned between the
operating element and the housing, the elastic member is deformed
when the operating member is pressed, the elastic member is pressed
to deform when the locking pin is pressed by the bracket inserted
into the housing.
8. The battery assembly according to claim 7, wherein the housing
comprises a first housing and a second housing, the first housing
and the second housing are combined together to form the receiving
space and the opening.
9. The battery assembly according to claim 8, wherein the housing
further defines a mounting groove and a receiving groove, the
mounting groove is concaved from a surface of one of the first
housing and the second housing, the receiving groove is concaved
from a surface of the other one of the first housing and the second
housing, the operating member is positioned at the mounting groove,
the locking member covers the receiving groove.
10. An electronic cigarette, comprising: a housing defining an
opening, and a receiving space communicating with the opening; a
bracket configured for loading an object, the bracket being
inserted into the receiving space via the opening; and a fastening
member mounted to the housing, the fastening member being
configured to fasten the bracket inside the housing, the fastening
member being further operated from outside of the housing to
release the bracket, so that the bracket with the object drop out
of the housing via the opening.
11. The electronic cigarette according to claim 10, wherein the
bracket defines a locking hole, the fastening member comprises a
locking pin extending through the housing to insert into the
locking hole to fasten the bracket.
12. The electronic cigarette according to claim 11, wherein the
bracket comprises a bottom and a main body protruding from the
bottom, the locking hole is defined in the main body, the opening
is sealed by the bottom when the bracket is fastened inside the
housing.
13. The electronic cigarette according to claim 12, wherein the
locking hole is adjacent to a top end of the main body away from
the bottom.
14. The electronic cigarette according to claim 13, wherein the
bracket further forms a guiding surface inclined from the top end
of the main body toward the locking hole.
15. The electronic cigarette according to claim 11, wherein the
fastening member further comprises an operating element, a
connecting element, the connecting element extends through the
housing, the operating element and the locking element are
respectively connected to two opposite ends of the connecting
element, the operating element and the locking element are
positioned outside of the housing, the operating member is
configured to drive the connecting element to enable the locking
element to separate from the bracket.
16. The electronic cigarette according to claim 15, wherein the
fastening member further comprises an elastic member, the elastic
member is sleeved on the connecting element, and positioned between
the operating element and the housing, the elastic member is
deformed when the operating member is pressed, or the locking pin
is pressed by the bracket when the bracket is inserted into the
housing.
17. A battery assembly, comprising: a housing defining an opening,
and a receiving space communicating with the opening; a fastening
member mounted to the housing, the fastening member comprising: a
connecting element, extending through the housing; an operating
element, positioned outside of the housing and coupled to one end
of the connecting element, and a locking element, positioned
outside of the housing and coupled to the other end of the
connecting element, the locking element comprising a locking pin
extending through the housing; and a bracket configured for loading
a battery, the bracket being configured to insert into the
receiving space via the opening, the bracket defining a locking
hole, the locking pin being inserted into the locking hole to
fasten the bracket.
18. The battery assembly according to claim 17, wherein the bracket
defines a locking hole, the fastening member comprises a locking
pin extending through the housing to insert into the locking hole
to fasten the bracket.
19. The battery assembly according to claim 17, wherein the bracket
comprises a bottom and a main body protruding from the bottom, the
locking hole is defined in the main body, the opening is sealed by
the bottom when the bracket is fastened inside the housing.
20. The battery assembly according to claim 19, wherein the bracket
further forms a guiding surface inclined from the top end of the
main body toward the locking hole.
Description
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims the benefit of Chinese Patent
Application NO. 201721489661.0 filed on Nov. 7, 2017; the contents
of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present disclosure relates to electronic cigarettes, in
particular to a battery assembly and an electronic cigarette having
the battery assembly.
BACKGROUND
[0003] With the improvement of people's health consciousness, more
and more people recognize that smoking is bad for health. In recent
years, alternative cigarette products, such as electronic
cigarettes, have been invented. A typical electronic cigarette is a
depression and vapor electronic product. The typical is capable of
storing and heating the tobacco product or simulate product to
provide smokers with aerosol for smoking. With the improvement of
people's health consciousness, the electronic cigarettes are
rapidly developed, and more and more popular.
[0004] However, a changeable article, such as battery, is placed in
a battery bracket. The bracket is mounted in a housing that battery
is placed in or taken out of the housing. The bracket is usually
mounted the housing via a fastening mechanism. The fastening
mechanism is mounted inside of the housing and hardly disassembled.
Furthermore, the fastening mechanism is easy to damage when
disassembled.
[0005] Therefore, there is room for improvement in the art.
SUMMARY
[0006] A battery assembly for an electronic cigarette includes a
housing, a bracket, and a fastening member. The housing defines an
opening, and a receiving space communicating with the opening. The
bracket loads an object and is inserted into the receiving space
via the opening. The fastening member is mounted to the housing,
and configured to fasten the bracket inside the housing. The
fastening member is operated from outside of the housing to release
the bracket, the bracket with the object thus drops out of the
housing via the opening.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0007] For a better understanding of the embodiments of the present
disclosure or the technical scheme in the prior art, accompanying
drawings needed in the description of the embodiments or the prior
art are simply illustrated below. Obviously, the accompanying
drawings described below are some embodiments of the present
disclosure. For the ordinary skill in the field, other accompanying
drawings may be obtained according to the structure shown in these
accompanying drawings without creative work.
[0008] FIG. 1 is a first explored isometric view of a battery
assembly in accordance with an embodiment.
[0009] FIG. 2 is an explored isometric view of a battery assembly
viewed from another respect in FIG. 1 accordance with an
embodiment.
[0010] FIG. 3 is a second explored isometric view of a battery
assembly in accordance with an embodiment.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0011] A clear and complete description as below is provided for
the technical scheme in the embodiments of the present disclosure
in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present
disclosure. Obviously, the embodiments described hereinafter are
simply part embodiments of the present disclosure, but all the
embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by the ordinary skill
in the art based on the embodiments in the present disclosure
without creative work are intended to be included in the scope of
protection of the present disclosure.
[0012] It should be noted that all directional indications (such as
top, bottom, left, right, front, behind . . . ) in the embodiments
of the present disclosure are merely to illustrate a relative
position relation, a relative motion condition, etc. between each
part in a certain state (for example, the state shown in the
drawings). If the state changes, the directional indication changes
accordingly.
[0013] In addition, if terms "first", "second", etc. appear in the
present disclosure, they are merely for the purpose of description,
but cannot be understood as the indication or implication of
relative importance or as the implicit indication of the number of
the designated technical features; therefore, features defined by
"first" and "second" may specifically or implicitly include one or
more such features. In the description of the present disclosure,
unless otherwise stated, "a plurality of" means at least two, for
example, two, three, etc.
[0014] In the present disclosure, unless otherwise specifically
stated and defined, terms "connected", "fixed", etc. should be
interpreted expansively. For example, "fixed" may be fixed
connection, also may be detachable connection, or integration; may
be mechanical connection, also may be electrical connection; may be
direct connection, also may be indirect connection through an
intermediate, and may be internal communication between two
elements or interaction of two elements, unless otherwise
specifically defined. The ordinary skill in this field can
understand the specific implication of the above terms in the
present disclosure according to specific conditions.
[0015] In addition, technical schemes of each embodiment of the
present disclosure maybe combined mutually; however, this must be
carried out on the basis that the or ordinary skill in this field
can implement the combination. When the combination of technical
schemes has a conflict or cannot be implemented, it should
considered that such combination of technical schemes does not
exist and is not in the scope of protection claimed by the present
disclosure.
[0016] The present disclosure relates to a battery compartment for
an electronic cigarette, aiming to solve the problem of
disassembling in related art.
[0017] FIGS. 1-3 illustrates an electronic cigarette 1000 in
accordance with an embodiment. In this embodiment, the electronic
cigarette 1000 includes a battery assembly 200 and an atomizer (not
shown). The atomizer is detachably mounted to the battery assembly
200, and configured to power the atomizer. In other embodiments,
the atomizer and the battery assembly 200 are undetachable. In
other embodiments, the electronic cigarette 1000 is capable of
heating solid tobacco or pipe tobacco without the atomizer.
[0018] In this embodiment, the battery assembly 200 includes a
housing 210, a fastening mechanism 100, and a bracket 220. In other
embodiments, the battery assembly 200 maybe also called the
electronic cigarette, such as the battery assembly 200 is
undetachably secured to the atomizer, or the battery assembly 20 is
contained in an electronic cigarette which is capable of heating
solid tobacco or pipe tobacco without the atomizer. The bracket 220
is configured for loading an object to be change, such as a
battery. In this embodiment, the object is at least one battery.
The housing 210 defines a receiving space 214 and forms an opening
2101 communicating with the receiving space 214. The bracket 220 is
inserted into the receiving space 214 via the opening 2101. The
fastening mechanism 100 is mounted to the housing 210 and
configured to hold the bracket 220 inside of the housing 210. The
fastening mechanism 100 is further configured to be operated from
outside of the housing 210 to release the bracket 220, and the
fastening mechanism 100 is disassembled from the housing 210. In
detail, the bracket 220 is fetched from the housing 210 or falls
out of the housing 210 via the opening 2101.
[0019] The bracket 220 includes a bottom 2201, and a main body 2202
protruding from the main bottom 2201. The main body 2202 defines at
least one chamber 2203 for receiving the at least one battery, and
a locking hole 221. The locking hole 221 is near the top end of the
bracket 220 away from the bottom 2201. The main body 2202 further
forms a guiding surface 2204 inclined from the top end of the
bracket 220 toward the locking hole 221.
[0020] Referring to FIG. 1, the housing 210 includes a first
housing 211, and a second housing 212 detachably combined with the
first housing 211 to form the receiving groove 214 among the first
housing 211 and the second housing 212. The housing 210 further
defines a through hole 213, the through hole 213 extends through
the first housing 211 and the second housing 212. The first housing
211 includes a casing 2112, and a mounting board 2113. The mounting
board 2113 is secured to the casing 2112 and form a space to
receive electronic components (not shown). The first housing 211
defines a mounting groove 211 concaved from an outside surface of
the first housing 211. The second housing 212 defines a receiving
groove 2121 concaved from an outside surface of the second housing
212. The through hole 213 is located in the mounting groove 211 and
the receiving groove 2121. The second housing 212 further defines a
connecting hole 2123 and a guiding hole 2122. The guiding hole
2122, and the connecting hole 2123 are located in the receiving
groove 2121, the through hole 213 is located between the connecting
hole 2123 and the guiding hole 2122. A securing member 230 extends
the through the second housing 212 via the connecting hole 2123 and
is then secured in the second housing 212. The first housing 211 is
thus secured to the second housing 212.
[0021] The fastening member 100 includes a locking element 10, a
connecting element 50, an elastic element 30, and an operating
element 52. The locking element 10 and the operating element 52 are
outside of the housing 210. The connecting element 50 extends
through the housing 210 via the through hole 213, and two opposite
ends of the connecting element 50 extend out of the housing 210.
One end of the connecting element 50 is secured to the locking
element 10, the other end of the connecting element 50 is secured
to the operating element 30. The elastic element 30 is sleeved on
the connecting element 50 and positioned between the housing 210
and the operating element 52. The locking element 10 includes a
connecting board 12, and a locking pin 11 protruding from the
connecting board 12 and extending inside the housing 210 via the
guiding hole 2122. The connecting board 12 is positioned in the
receiving groove 2121 and covers the receiving groove 2121. The
securing member 230 further covers the securing member 230.
[0022] Referring to FIG. 1, in this embodiment, the operating
element 52 is in a cap shaped. The side wall of the operating
element 52 defines a plurality of concaves. The operating element
52 is secured to the connecting element 50 via a screw (not
labeled) and positioned in the mounting groove 211. The screw is
screwed from the top end of the operating element 52. In this
embodiment, the operating element 52 is detachably secured to the
connecting element 50, it is easy for the user to change or
maintain damage elements. In other embodiments, the operating
element 52 is integrally formed in the connecting element 50.
[0023] When the bracket 220 is inserted into the housing 210, the
locking hole 221 corresponds to the locking pin 11, the guiding
surface 2204 presses the bracket 220 and guides the locking pin 11
to insert into the locking hole 221, the bracket 220 is held by the
fastening member 100. When the battery is desired to be
disassembled from the housing 220, the operating element 52 is
pressed to push the locking element 10 that the elastic element 30
is deformed, the locking pin 11 is pushed out of the locking hole
221, and the bracket 220 with the battery drop out of the housing
210. When the operating element 52 is released, the elastic element
30 rebounds and the locking element 10 is moved back.
[0024] The above are preferred embodiments of the present
disclosure merely and are not intended to limit the patent scope of
the present disclosure. Any equivalent structures made according to
the description and the accompanying drawings of the present
disclosure without departing from the idea of the present
disclosure, or any equivalent structures applied in other relevant
technical fields directly or indirectly are intended to be included
in the patent protection scope of the present disclosure.
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