Deformable Regulating Ring for Automatic Airflow Control in Electronic Cigarettes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing atomizers with airflow adjusting rings require manual adjustment, leading to inconsistent airflow and poor user experience, while those with fixed airflow settings often result in excessive sucking resistance or inadequate airflow, making them difficult and costly to manufacture.
Innovation Solution
An airflow regulator with a main ring body and a deformable regulating ring piece that adjusts airflow based on user suction pressure, integrated with an atomizer and electronic cigarette system, allowing automatic adjustment of air intake.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If an airflow adjusting ring is used to adjust the amount of airflows, then the airflow can be adjusted, but the manual adjustment process is complicated and difficult for users to accurately adjust the suitable airflow
Solution Approach 1:
The regulating ring piece automatically adjusts the airflow based on the suction pressure generated by the user during smoking. The elastic deformation of the ring piece in response to suction force directly controls the airflow passage opening, eliminating the need for manual adjustment by the user.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides real-time feedback between the user's suction action and the airflow regulation. The regulating ring piece responds immediately to the suction pressure, dynamically adjusting the airflow passage to match the user's breathing intensity, creating a closed-loop control system.
2Adaptability or versatility
If an airflow adjusting ring is used, then the airflow can be adjusted, but parts for the airflow adjusting ring require higher cost and complicated structures to be made
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the physical state and mechanical properties of the regulating ring piece by using elastic materials with specific deformation characteristics. This allows the component to perform multiple functions (sealing, regulating, and structural support) through material property selection rather than complex mechanical design.
Solution Approach 2:
The regulating ring piece combines multiple functions into a single component: it serves as both the sealing element and the airflow regulation mechanism. The elastic deformation of this single piece simultaneously controls the airflow passage opening and maintains the seal, reducing the number of parts needed.
3Device complexity
If an atomizer has a fixed amount of airflows, then the structure is simple, but users experience larger sucking resistance or nothing to be smoked
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the static, fixed airflow structure into a dynamic system where the airflow passage opening changes continuously based on the user's suction pressure. The regulating ring piece moves from a fixed position to a dynamically adjustable position, allowing the airflow to adapt to different smoking intensities.
4Extent of automation
If the regulating ring piece deforms according to suction pressure, then the airflow is automatically adjusted, but the structure requires elastic materials with specific deformation properties
Solution Approach 1:
The regulating ring piece utilizes the user's own suction action as the actuating force, eliminating the need for external actuators, sensors, or power sources. The elastic material naturally converts the suction pressure into mechanical deformation that directly regulates the airflow, creating a self-powered automatic control system.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances user experience by automatically adjusting airflow according to user suction force, eliminating manual adjustment complexities and improving smoking experience while reducing manufacturing costs.
Implementation Method 1
the regulating ring piece is used to deform correspondingly according to magnitudes of pressures of incoming airflows passing through the air inlet
Data Source
AI summary
An airflow regulator has a main ring body and a regulating ring piece. The main ring body is a hollow structure and a sidewall thereof comprises an air inlet. The regulating ring piece is disposed on a bottom of an inner periphery of the main ring body. The regulating ring piece is used to deform correspondingly according to a magnitude of pressure of incoming airflows passing through the air inlet. An electronic cigarette and an atomizer having the airflow regulator are structurally novel and convenient to use. The regulating ring piece of the airflow regulator can correspondingly deform according to magnitudes of sucking forces of the user when the user smokes in order to automatically adjust an amount of air intake.