Vaporization Device Heating Component Assembly and Liquid Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional e-cigarettes face issues with inefficient heating and vaporization due to inadequate contact between the heating component and the liquid reservoir, leading to high vapor temperatures and reduced liquid absorption, along with complex assembly processes and excessive production costs.
Innovation Solution
A vaporization device with a heating component featuring an absorbent core element and a heating coil wound around it, which absorbs liquid and vaporizes it efficiently, along with a simplified assembly design and reduced parts count, including a nozzle cap with an oil-absorbing element to manage vapor temperature and airflow.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a heating wire is wound around a glass fiber core and guided out of a venting tube, then the heating component can be assembled, but the assembly process becomes complicated and the heating wire is prone to damage
Solution Approach 1:
The heating component is divided into separate modular elements: a heating element holder that receives the heating wire, and a venting tube that is separately assembled. This segmentation allows each component to be prepared independently and assembled through simple insertion, eliminating the need for complex winding and guiding operations while reducing the risk of damage to the heating wire during assembly.
2Reliability
If multiple parts are used in conventional e-cigarettes, then functional requirements can be met, but production costs and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple functional components are merged into integrated assemblies. The heating element holder combines support for the heating wire, liquid distribution channels, and structural mounting features into a single component. The venting tube integrates airflow control and structural support functions. This merging reduces the total number of parts while maintaining all necessary functions, thereby lowering production costs and assembly time.
3Ease of manufacture
If the heating component does not achieve sufficient contact with the liquid reservoir, then assembly is simple, but heating and vaporization efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The heating element holder is designed with localized liquid distribution channels that deliver liquid precisely to the heating wire contact points. This creates high-quality local contact between the liquid and heating element where needed, ensuring efficient vaporization. The overall assembly remains simple because the liquid delivery path is pre-configured in the holder structure, requiring no complex adjustment or additional components.
4Productivity
If vaporized aerosol is provided at high temperature, then vaporization occurs, but user safety and comfort are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The heating element holder acts as an intermediary structure that facilitates efficient heat transfer from the heating wire to the liquid while maintaining controlled vapor temperature. The holder's material properties and structural design enable effective thermal coupling between the heating element and liquid reservoir, ensuring complete vaporization at lower temperatures. This intermediary design allows high vaporization efficiency without the need for excessive heating temperatures that would compromise user safety.
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 achieves efficient vaporization with reduced vapor temperatures, simplified assembly, and lower production costs, providing a consistent and safer user experience by ensuring only the absorbed liquid is heated, thus preventing molecular breakdown and undesirable flavors.
Implementation Method 1
The heating coil is configured to be energized to produce vaporized aerosol from the liquid
Implementation Method 2
the heating coil to produce vaporized aerosol from the liquid
Implementation Method 3
The core element is configured to absorb a liquid
Data Source
AI summary
In one example, a vaporization device includes a housing, a heating component disposed in the housing, and a first sleeving. The heating component includes an absorbent core element and a heating coil at least partially wound around the core element. The first sleeving includes an outer wall defining a notch leading to a through hole configured to receive and fixedly secure the core element. In another example, a vaporization device includes a bottom cap including an airflow sensor, a light source, and a light guide element. The light guide element is configured to operatively secure the bottom cap to a housing and to permit illuminated light from the light source to pass therethrough. In another example, a vaporization device includes a nozzle cap defining an air inlet, an air outlet, and an air channel and including a baffle and an oil-absorbing element.