E-Cigarette Design for Convenient Refilling and Charging
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Summary
Problems
Conventional electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) designs face challenges in replicating the user experience of traditional cigarettes, including inconvenient re-filling and re-charging processes, which hinder mass-market adoption and public health benefits.
Innovation solutions
A portable, personal storage and carrying case that allows e-liquid refilling and battery recharging without disassembling the e-cigarette, featuring a user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir and an electronic pump for fluid transfer, enabling easy and mess-free operation.
TRIZ Analysis
Specific contradictions:
General conflict description:
Principle concept:
If conventional e-cigarette designs are used, then the device can deliver nicotine vapor, but frequent battery depletion and e-liquid consumption require inconvenient re-filling and re-charging processes
Why choose this principle:
The e-cigarette system is divided into separate modular components: a reusable main body and replaceable cartridges that contain pre-filled e-liquid reservoirs and integrated power sources. This segmentation allows users to simply swap cartridges instead of manually refilling e-liquid or recharging batteries, dramatically improving ease of operation and eliminating time loss associated with maintenance tasks.
Principle concept:
If conventional e-cigarette designs are used, then the device can deliver nicotine vapor, but frequent battery depletion and e-liquid consumption require inconvenient re-filling and re-charging processes
Why choose this principle:
The cartridge design nests multiple functional elements within a single replaceable unit: the e-liquid reservoir, atomizer, and battery are integrated into one cartridge that fits inside the main device body. This nested structure enables simultaneous replacement of all consumable components in a single action, resolving the contradiction by making the device as convenient as replacing traditional cigarette cartridges.
Application Domain
Data Source
AI summary:
A portable, personal storage and carrying case that allows e-liquid refilling and battery recharging without disassembling the e-cigarette, featuring a user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir and an electronic pump for fluid transfer, enabling easy and mess-free operation.
Abstract
A user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir for dispensing e-liquid, the reservoir being inserted into, or otherwise attached to, a portable, personal e-cigarette device and engaging with an electrical or electronic pump fluid transfer system in the device, the device including: an electrical or electronic pump, being configured to transfer e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to an atomizing unit in the device, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable.