# US 10,863,774 B2 · Battery stick of electronic cigarette

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- Number: US 10,863,774 B2
- Document ID: US10863774B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/067,135
- Filed: 2016-08-30
- Published: 2019-01-03
- Granted: 2020-12-15
- Earliest claimed: 2015-12-31
- Assignees: Guangrong Lin
- Applicants: Guangrong Lin
- Inventors: Guangrong Lin; Xianbin Zheng
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10863774B2

## CPC

- A24F 40/50: Control or monitoring
- A24F 40/485: Valves; Apertures
- A24F 40/90: Arrangements or methods specially adapted for charging batteries thereof
- H01M 50/213: adapted for cells having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic (H01M50/209, H01M50/216 take precedence)
- A24F 40/10: Devices using liquid inhalable precursors
- H01M 2220/30: Batteries in portable systems, e.g. mobile phone, laptop
- Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries
- A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06)
- H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

## Abstract

A battery stick of an electronic cigarette comprises an outer tube having a closed end and an opening end, and a connecting sleeve, wherein a battery is disposed inside the outer tube, an air inlet aperture is provided in a wall of the outer tube, an inner wall of the opening end of the outer tube is sleeved on an outer wall of the connecting sleeve, an inner wall of one end of the connecting sleeve corresponding to the opening end of the outer tube is sleeved on an outer electrode, an inner wall of the other end thereof is mounted with an air flow switch, a sealing component for the air flow switch and a circuit board, the outer electrode is arranged with connecting means, an inner electrode is arranged inside the outer electrode, and an insulation sleeve is arranged between the inner and outer electrodes.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A battery stick of an electronic cigarette, characterized in that: the battery stick comprises an outer tube having a closed end and an opening end, and a connecting sleeve, wherein a battery is disposed inside the outer tube, an air inlet aperture is provided in a wall of the outer tube, an inner wall of the opening end of the outer tube is sleeved on an outer wall of the connecting sleeve, an inner wall of one end of the connecting sleeve corresponding to the opening end of the outer tube is sleeved on and connected with an outer electrode, an inner wall of the other end of the connecting sleeve is sleeved on and mounted with an air flow switch, a sealing component for the air flow switch and a circuit board, the outer electrode is arranged with connecting means, an inner electrode is arranged inside the outer electrode, and an insulation sleeve is arranged between the inner electrode and the outer electrode to separate them from each other, the sealing component for the air flow switch and the circuit board are successively mounted in the connecting sleeve, the air flow switch is mounted inside the sealing component for the air flow switch, a notch which is rectangular in cross section is formed in a wall of the connecting sleeve at a position where the circuit board is mounted, a protruding and extending part is arranged at a circumferential edge of the circuit board and correspondingly engaged with the notch, and a bulge is arranged on an inner wall of one end of the connecting sleeve which is arranged with the notch, so as to retain the circuit board.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The battery stick of the electronic cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that: a circumferential protruding shoulder is radially arranged on one end of the connecting sleeve which is arranged with the outer electrode, wherein an outer diameter of the shoulder equals to that of the outer tube, or the difference therebetween is less than ±2 mm.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The battery stick of the electronic cigarette according to claim 2, characterized in that: the connecting sleeve is made of plastic light-guide materials, the circuit board is arranged with an LED indicator for emitting light when an electronic cigarette user smokes, and the light can be transmitted through a wall of the connecting sleeve to the shoulder and light up the shoulder.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The battery stick of the electronic cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that: the outer electrode comprises a connecting end and a fixed-connecting end, wherein the connecting end is tubular shaped and exposed from the connecting sleeve, the connecting end has a smaller outer diameter than the connecting sleeve, and the connecting means is internal thread provided on an inner wall of the connecting end; wherein the fixed-connecting end is fixedly connected to an inner wall of one end of the connecting sleeve, an inner wall of the fixed-connecting end adjacent to the connecting end is aligned with an inner wall of the connecting end, and inner diameter of another part of the inner wall of the fixed-connecting end sharply decreases, the inner electrode is sheathed with an insulation sleeve and then mounted on the inner wall of the fixed-connecting end at a position where the inner diameter is decreased.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The battery stick of the electronic cigarette according to claim 4, characterized in that: an annular groove is formed on an outer wall of the fixed-connecting end of the outer electrode, and an inner protruding shoulder which can be correspondingly engaged with the annular groove is formed on an inner wall of the connecting sleeve, and the fixed-connecting end of the outer electrode is engaged with the connecting sleeve by in-mold integral molding.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The battery stick of the electronic cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that: a metal sleeve is arranged between the outer electrode and the insulation sleeve.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The battery stick of the electronic cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that: circumferential bulges are radially arranged on an outer wall of the sealing component for the air flow switch, the sealing component for the air flow switch is axially arranged with a wiring channel, a receiving cavity for snugly receiving the air flow switch is provided inside one end of the sealing component for the air flow switch, an inner circumferential bulge is radially arranged at an opening of the receiving cavity so as to retain the air flow switch; wherein, at the other end of the sealing component for the air flow switch, a protruding hollow circular truncated cone is formed in the center and an annular-shaped groove is formed in the periphery, and a central aperture is provided in an upper surface of the circular truncated cone, so as to communicate with a hollow part of the circular truncated cone and with the receiving cavity.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The battery stick of the electronic cigarette according to claim 1, characterized in that: the sealing component for the air flow switch is made of soft plastic materials, silica gel or rubber materials.