Electronic Cigarette Atomizer Housing for Secure Cartridge Replacement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic cigarette atomizers expose cigarette cartridges, making them prone to falling and requiring inconvenient installation and replacement.
Innovation Solution
An electronic cigarette atomizer design featuring a housing body with separate battery and cigarette cartridge bins, a detachable base with a mounting hole for the cartridge, and a magnetic connection, along with a microphone for airflow sensing, ensures secure and convenient cartridge replacement and protection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the cigarette cartridge is exposed outside the atomizer to facilitate installation and replacement, then the ease of operation is improved, but the reliability deteriorates as the cartridge may fall off
Solution Approach 1:
The cigarette cartridge is nested inside the atomizer housing, specifically within a dedicated cartridge receiving cavity. This nested configuration allows the cartridge to be protected and retained while still allowing for easy insertion and removal through the openable housing structure, resolving the contradiction between exposure for ease of operation and containment for reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The housing incorporates an openable structure with a hinge mechanism that allows dynamic access to the cartridge. The housing can be opened to facilitate cartridge installation and replacement, then closed to secure and protect the cartridge, providing both ease of operation and reliability through dynamic structural transformation.
2Ease of operation
If the cigarette cartridge is exposed outside the atomizer, then the ease of operation is improved, but the object-generated harmful factors worsen as the cartridge is more prone to falling
Solution Approach 1:
By nesting the cartridge within the protected cavity of the atomizer housing, the design eliminates the harmful effect of cartridge falling while maintaining accessibility for installation and replacement through the openable housing structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The housing structure provides pre-established protective containment for the cartridge before any potential falling can occur. The cavity and hinge mechanism are designed in advance to prevent the harmful effect of cartridge dislodgement while still allowing easy user access.
3Ease of manufacture
If the housing body is made detachable with separate bins, then the ease of manufacture is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The atomizer is segmented into distinct modular components: a housing body containing separate battery and cartridge bins, and a detachable base with mounting features. This segmentation allows independent manufacturing and assembly of each module, improving ease of manufacture while the standardized connection interfaces manage the resulting structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The detachable base and housing design provide multi-functionality, allowing the same structural components to serve both as manufacturing modules for easy assembly and as functional elements for cartridge retention and battery accommodation, thereby managing complexity through versatile design.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The design securely contains and protects the cigarette cartridge, allowing easy replacement and prevents falling, while maintaining airflow functionality and ensuring continuous operation even when the air channel is blocked.
Implementation Method 1
a magnetic connection, along with a microphone for airflow sensing
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AI summary
An electronic cigarette atomizer includes a housing body, a cigarette holder, and a base. A battery bin and a cigarette cartridge bin are disposed in the housing body. A battery is detachably disposed in the battery bin. A first opening communicating with the battery bin and the cigarette cartridge bin is defined at a first end of the housing body. A second opening communicating with the cigarette cartridge bin is defined at a second end of the housing body. The cigarette holder communicating with the second opening is detachably disposed at one end, close to the second opening, of the housing body. A printed circuit board (PCB) is disposed in the base. An ejector pin is connected to the PCB. A mounting hole is further defined on the base. The mounting hole is configured to detachably mount a cigarette cartridge. An air inlet hole is further defined on the base.