Rotating Reservoir Layout for Vibrating Mesh Aerosol Delivery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing aerosol delivery devices lack enhanced functionality and fail to provide the sensations of smoking without significant combustion or pyrolysis products.
Innovation Solution
An aerosol delivery device with a housing, power source, control component, and an atomization assembly that includes a vibrating mesh plate and a rotating reservoir, utilizing a piezoelectric component to vaporize a liquid composition into an inhalable aerosol.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If traditional combustion methods are used to produce smoking sensations, then the desired smoking experience is achieved, but harmful combustion and pyrolysis products are generated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the thermal combustion system with an ultrasonic vibration system. The ultrasonic atomization assembly uses high-frequency mechanical vibrations to atomize liquid composition directly, eliminating the need for combustion while producing inhalable aerosol that delivers smoking sensations without harmful combustion products
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the physical state and delivery parameters from combustion-generated smoke to ultrasonic-generated aerosol. By controlling ultrasonic vibration frequency and liquid composition properties, the system produces inhalable particles with desired size distribution and aerosol characteristics that mimic smoking sensations without thermal decomposition
2Adaptability or versatility
If a rotating reservoir is added to enhance functionality, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The rotating reservoir serves multiple functions: it enables different liquid composition delivery rates, allows selection of various liquid formulations, and provides adaptability for different usage scenarios. This single rotating component integrates what would otherwise require multiple separate systems, achieving versatility without proportionally increasing complexity
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 device effectively produces inhalable substances resembling traditional smoking sensations without combustion, offering enhanced functionality and efficient aerosol generation.
Implementation Method 1
utilizing a piezoelectric component to vaporize a liquid composition into an inhalable aerosol
Implementation Method 2
an atomization assembly configured to vaporize the liquid composition to generate an aerosol
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides an aerosol delivery device that may comprise a housing defining an outer wall. The device may further include a power source and a control component, a mouthpiece portion, a tank portion that includes a reservoir configured to contain a liquid composition, and an atomization assembly configured to vaporize the liquid composition to generate an aerosol. The atomization assembly may comprise a vibrating assembly that includes a mesh plate. In some implementations, the reservoir of the aerosol delivery device may be configured to rotate relative to the position of the aerosol delivery device. In some implementations, the aerosol delivery device may further comprise a perforated gate. In some implementations, the aerosol delivery device may further comprise a liquid transport element. In some implementations, the aerosol deliver device may further comprise a micropump assembly. In some implementations, the reservoir of the aerosol delivery device may be U-shaped.