Multi-Cartridge Vapor Assembly With Independent Power Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional E-cigarettes and personal vaporizers face issues with inconsistent vapor production due to battery power depletion, leading to an unreliable 'smoking experience, as they fail to provide a consistent and desirable volume of vapor, hindering users' efforts to quit smoking.
Innovation Solution
A versatile assembly that includes a housing with multiple connectors and batteries, allowing for concurrent energization of vaporizable material cartridges, with independent control switches to regulate current flow to each cartridge, enhancing vapor volume and flavor variability, and compatibility with various brands and types of cartridges.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a single battery power source is used in conventional vaporizers, then the device structure remains simple, but the vapor volume becomes inconsistent and decreases as battery power depletes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the single battery power source into multiple separate battery cells (first battery cell, second battery cell, etc.), each independently powering a heating element. This segmentation allows each battery to maintain stable voltage independently, preventing the vapor inconsistency that occurs when a single battery's voltage drops, while also enabling increased total vapor output through parallel operation of multiple heating elements.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple vaporizable material cartridges are used concurrently, then vapor volume and flavor variety increase, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the assembly with multiple standardized connectors (first connector, second connector, etc.) that can universally accept different types of vaporizable material cartridges. Each connector-heating element-battery combination functions as an independent module, allowing the system to maintain versatility across multiple cartridge types while managing complexity through modular, repeatable structural units.
3Ease of operation
If independent control switches are added for each heating element, then current regulation precision improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent provides each heating element with its own independent control switch (first control switch, second control switch, etc.), segmenting the control function into separate, manageable units. This allows users to independently regulate current to each heating element for precise control over vapor production and flavor selection, while the modular switch design keeps the overall control structure organized and manageable rather than overly complex.
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 assembly significantly increases vapor output, allowing users to customize vapor quantity and flavor, providing a more satisfying experience by ensuring consistent vapor production and versatility across different cartridges.
Implementation Method 1
a heating element or atomizer, which in-turn vaporizes the E-liquid solution or vaping substance
Implementation Method 2
heating element or atomizer, which in-turn vaporizes the E-liquid solution or vaping substance to produce a consumable vapor
Implementation Method 3
battery-powered devices which simulate tobacco smoking by producing a consumable vapor
Data Source
AI summary
An assembly facilitating the generation of vapor including a power source and a power adapter electrically connected to said power source and including a plurality of connectors. The power adapter includes a plurality of conductors disposed and structured to independently direct current flow from the power source to each of said plurality of connectors. Each of the connectors includes a conductive terminal electrically connected to the power adapter. Each of the plurality of connectors is structured for removable, electrically conductive connection, via corresponding ones of the terminals and conductors, to a different one of a plurality of vaporizable material cartridges.