Vaporizer Resilient Member Shape Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current electronic cigarette systems are complex and costly due to the need for intricate IC modules in consumable containers, which complicates information exchange and authentication between the vaporizer and consumable containers, increasing costs.
Innovation Solution
A vaporizer system with detecting units featuring resilient members, such as pogo pins, that encode information about the consumable container through shape recognition, including indentations and protrusions, allowing for simple and economical authentication and power supply, enabling a compact design.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If complex IC modules with authentication circuits are used in consumable containers, then information exchange and authentication between vaporizer and consumable container can be achieved, but device complexity and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex electronic IC modules with a mechanical detection system using resilient members (such as pogo pins) that physically contact the consumable container connecting surface. The shape features (indentations/protrusions) on the container surface encode authentication information, which is detected through mechanical contact and electrical resistance measurements, eliminating the need for complex integrated circuits in the consumable container.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses shape features (indentations and protrusions) on the consumable container connecting surface as a simplified copy or representation of authentication data. Instead of storing complex digital authentication circuits, the authentication information is encoded in the physical geometry of the container surface, which can be detected and verified by the vaporizer's resilient members.
2Reliability
If complex IC modules are integrated into consumable containers, then authentication functionality is improved, but manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs inexpensive resilient members (such as simple metal pogo pins or elastic contacts) instead of costly IC modules in the consumable container. These simple mechanical detection elements can be easily manufactured and integrated, significantly reducing the cost of disposable consumable containers while maintaining authentication functionality through shape-based encoding.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent substitutes expensive electronic authentication circuits with a mechanical detection system using resilient members that contact shape features on the container surface. This mechanical approach, combined with electrical resistance measurement, provides authentication functionality at a fraction of the cost of integrated circuit modules.
3Measurement precision
If multiple detecting units with resilient members are used, then information detection accuracy about consumable container shape is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the authentication detection function into multiple independent resilient members (such as several pogo pins) that contact different locations on the consumable container connecting surface. Each resilient member independently detects shape features at its contact point, and the combined information from multiple members provides comprehensive authentication data, improving detection accuracy through spatial segmentation.
Solution Approach 2:
The resilient members serve multiple functions: they provide mechanical contact for shape detection, establish electrical connection for resistance measurement, and can simultaneously transmit power signals. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components, thereby improving detection precision without proportionally increasing system 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
This solution allows for efficient and cost-effective information exchange and authentication between the vaporizer and consumable container, reducing system complexity and costs while maintaining compatibility with different e-liquid types and settings.
Implementation Method 1
a resilient member on the vaporizer connecting surface, on which the resilient member can take a projected or retracted position, configured to detect one or more aspects of the shape of the consumable container connecting surface
Implementation Method 2
the resilient member is a pogo pin. In a further embodiment, the pogo pins are capable of supplying a power to the consumable container
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a vaporizer configured to be connected to a consumable container for vaporizing a consumable contained in the consumable container, a vaporizer connecting surface of the vaporizer being connected to a consumable container connecting surface of the consumable container when the vaporizer is connected to the consumable container, wherein the vaporizer comprises one or more detecting units comprising a resilient member on the vaporizer connecting surface, on which the resilient member can take a projected or retracted position, configured to detect one or more aspects of the shape of the consumable container connecting surface encoding information about the consumable container by detecting whether or not or to which extent the resilient member is in a projected or retracted position when the vaporizer is connected to the consumable container.