Planar Heating Element Structure Without Air Tube Supports
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional heating elements for atomizers are costly due to the need for additional components like supports and air tubes, which increase production costs.
Innovation Solution
A heating element design featuring a flat heating wire attached to the bottom of a body with pins, optionally formed by alloy wires in a sieve or lattice shape, and a through hole for vapor conduction, reducing the need for separate air tubes and supports.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If conventional heating elements use a single through hole or two through holes with vertically overlapped heating wire, then the heating element structure is simple, but additional components (support and air tube) are required which increase production cost
Solution Approach 1:
The heating wire is reconfigured from a vertical arrangement requiring separate support and air tube components to a horizontal planar arrangement that integrates directly into the body structure. The heating wire extends horizontally across the bottom of the body in a single plane, eliminating the need for additional supporting components and air tubes, thereby reducing component quantity and production cost while maintaining heating functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The body structure is designed to serve multiple functions: it provides structural support, contains the heating wire in a planar configuration, and facilitates vapor conduction through its through hole. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate dedicated support components and air tubes, reducing overall device complexity and manufacturing cost
2Ease of manufacture
If heating wire is vertically overlapped and disposed in through hole, then the structure is conventional and easy to manufacture, but support component is needed which increases cost
Solution Approach 1:
The heating wire is reconfigured from a vertical arrangement requiring separate support and air tube components to a horizontal planar arrangement that integrates directly into the body structure. The heating wire extends horizontally across the bottom of the body in a single plane, eliminating the need for additional supporting components and air tubes, thereby reducing component quantity and production cost while maintaining heating functionality
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of the conventional vertical arrangement where the heating wire is placed inside through holes and requires support from below, the invention inverts the arrangement by extending the heating wire horizontally across the bottom of the body in a planar configuration. This inversion eliminates the need for vertical support structures and separate air tubes, simplifying the overall structure and reducing component requirements
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 new design lowers the cost of atomizers by integrating vapor conduction directly into the heating element, simplifying structure and reducing component requirements.
Implementation Method 1
the heating wire produces heat and the heat is transferred to the body 1 to atomize the e-liquid therein
Implementation Method 2
the heat is transferred to the body 1 to atomize the e-liquid therein
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AI summary
A heating element includes a body, a heating wire, and two pins. The body is a concave member including a through hole. The two pins are disposed on two ends of the heating wire, respectively.