Aerosol Heater Cover Break Structure Against Unsafe Tuning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users arbitrarily tuning aerosol generating devices by disassembling them to increase aerosol generation or operating time can lead to safety issues such as excessive heater temperature rise or battery explosion, necessitating a method to prevent such arbitrary tuning.
Innovation Solution
An aerosol generating device with a breaking structure that damages the electrical connection when the cover is detached, causing the device to cease operation and prevent safety accidents.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If users disassemble the aerosol generating device to tune or replace components, then the aerosol generation amount or operating time can be increased, but safety problems such as excessive heater temperature rise or battery explosion may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The breaking structure is pre-configured on the cover to automatically damage the electrical connection member when the cover is detached, preventing arbitrary tuning before safety accidents can occur. This preliminary protective action blocks the harmful effect by making the device non-operational after unauthorized disassembly.
2Duration of action of stationary object
If the cover is detached to replace or tune the device, then the operating time or aerosol generation can be extended, but the electrical connection is damaged causing operation to cease
Solution Approach 1:
The breaking structure is pre-positioned on the cover to automatically damage the electrical connection member upon detachment, preventing any attempt to extend operating time through unauthorized disassembly. The protective action occurs before the user can complete any tuning or replacement procedure.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the device is sealed to prevent arbitrary tuning, then safety is improved, but user convenience for legitimate maintenance is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The device is segmented into a housing and a removable cover, allowing legitimate access to the heater and battery for authorized maintenance while the breaking structure on the cover prevents unauthorized tuning. This segmentation enables differentiated access: open for legitimate purposes, closed for protection.
Solution Approach 2:
The breaking structure acts as an intermediary element on the cover that automatically engages to damage the electrical connection member when the cover is detached, mediating between the user's disassembly action and the device's operational state to prevent arbitrary tuning.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Prevents safety accidents by detecting arbitrary disassembly and ceasing device operation, ensuring safe usage.
Implementation Method 1
a breaking structure arranged on at least one area of the cover and configured to damage the electrical connection member when the cover is detached from the housing
Implementation Method 2
a heater configured to heat the aerosol generating article
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AI summary
An aerosol generating device may include a housing including an accommodating space for accommodating an aerosol generating article, and a heater configured to heat the aerosol generating article, a cover coupled to at least one area of the housing and including a conductive pad, a printed circuit board disposed in an internal space formed by the housing and the cover, an electrical connection member electrically connecting the conductive pad and the printed circuit board to each other, and a breaking structure arranged on at least one area of the cover and configured to damage the electrical connection member when the cover is detached from the housing.