Liquid Stopper Wire Grooves for Compact E-Cigarette Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
The compactness of electronic cigarettes is hindered by conductive wires extending through the liquid reservoir, making it difficult for the liquid stopper to sit properly and preventing a compact arrangement.
Innovation Solution
The liquid stopper features wire grooves that guide conductive wires to the sidewall, allowing the bottom surface to directly contact adjacent components, and includes air channels for improved airflow, enabling a more compact and efficient design.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conductive wires extend through the liquid reservoir to connect heating assembly to electrodes, then electrical connection is achieved, but the liquid stopper cannot sit properly on adjacent components and compactness is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The liquid stopper is divided into multiple functional regions: wire grooves for conducting wires, a seating surface for stopping liquid, and air channels for airflow. This segmentation allows each region to perform its specific function without interfering with others, enabling the stopper to maintain compactness while accommodating wire passages and ensuring proper seating on adjacent components.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the liquid stopper are designed with different local qualities: the wire grooves provide pathways for electrical conductors, the bottom surface provides a sealing interface with adjacent components, and air channels provide airflow pathways. This local differentiation allows the stopper to simultaneously achieve electrical connectivity, mechanical support, and fluid flow control in a compact design.
2Device complexity
If wire grooves are formed in the liquid stopper to guide conductive wires, then compact arrangement is achieved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The liquid stopper serves multiple functions simultaneously: it stops liquid leakage, guides conductive wires through grooves, provides airflow channels, and offers a seating surface for adjacent components. By combining these functions into a single component, the design achieves compact arrangement without requiring separate parts for wire guidance, liquid sealing, and air flow management, thereby avoiding excessive manufacturing complexity.
3Ease of operation
If air channels are added to the liquid stopper, then airflow is improved for user experience, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The air channels are merged into the liquid stopper structure itself, combining the functions of liquid sealing and air flow management in a single component. This integration improves airflow for user experience while avoiding the need for separate air channels or additional parts, thereby preventing excessive increase in device complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A liquid stopper for an electronic cigarette, includes a main body configured for stopping a tobacco liquid of the electronic cigarette. The main body includes a bottom surface, at least one wire hole in communication with the bottom surface, and at least one wire groove formed in the bottom surface and in communication with the at least one wire hole. The at least one wire hole is configured to receive at least one conductive wire of the electronic cigarette, and the at least one wire groove is configured to guide the at least one conductive wire to a peripheral wall of the main body. An electronic cigarette using the liquid stopper is also provided.