Atomizing modules, power supply modules, and aerosol generating devices

An aerosol generating device, comprising:

• an atomizing module that comprises a first housing, an atomizing core, and a first electrode assembly, wherein the first housing has a first end face and a second end face opposite to each other along a height direction of the first housing, and the first housing has a first side wall located between the first end face and the second end face along a circumferential direction of the first housing, wherein an interior of the first housing is provided with an airway and a storage cavity for storing a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, and the atomizing core is disposed in an airflow path of the airway and is in communication with the storage cavity, and wherein the first electrode assembly is electrically connected to the atomizing core, and a portion of the first electrode assembly is exposed on the first side wall;
• and
• a power supply module that comprises a second housing, a battery, and a second electrode assembly, wherein the second housing has a third end face and a fourth end face opposite to each other along a height direction of the second housing, and the second housing has a second side wall located between the third end face and the fourth end face along a circumferential direction of the second housing, and wherein the battery is mounted in the second housing and is electrically connected to the second electrode assembly, a portion of the second electrode assembly is exposed on the second side wall, and the second side wall is detachably connected to the first side wall and the second electrode assembly is in electrical contact with the first electrode assembly,
• wherein the atomizing module further comprises a first control circuit board mounted in the first housing, wherein the first control circuit board is electrically connected to the atomizing core, and the first electrode assembly, respectively, and wherein the first electrode assembly comprises a first positive electrode, a first negative electrode, and a first communication electrode that are spaced apart from each other,
• wherein the power supply module further comprises a second control circuit board mounted in the second housing, and the second control circuit board is electrically connected to the battery and the second electrode assembly, respectively, wherein the second electrode assembly comprises a second positive electrode, a second negative electrode, and a second communication electrode that are spaced apart from each other, and wherein the second positive electrode is electrically in contact with the first positive electrode, the second negative electrode is electrically in contact with the first negative electrode, and the second communication electrode is in electrical contact with the first communication electrode,
• wherein the first control circuit board is configured to transmit pre-stored first inspection information to the second control circuit board after the first negative electrode is in contact with the second negative electrode and the first communication electrode is in contact with the second communication electrode,
• wherein the second control circuit board is configured to:
• in response to determining that the first inspection information matches a pre-stored second inspection information, establish an electrical connection between the second positive electrode and the battery, and
• in response to determining that the first inspection information does not match the second inspection information, perform at least one of disconnecting the electrical connection between the second positive electrode and the battery, or outputting a first prompt message,
• wherein the atomizing module further comprises an airflow sensor for detecting changes in airflow of the airway, and the airflow sensor is mounted in the first housing,
• wherein the first control circuit board comprises a first control unit and a first switch tube, the first control unit is respectively electrically connected to the first switch tube, the airflow sensor, the atomizing core, the first negative electrode, and the first communication electrode, and the first switch tube is electrically connected to the atomizing core and the first positive electrode, respectively,
• wherein the second control circuit board comprises a second control unit and a second switch tube, the second control unit is electrically connected to the battery, the second switch tube, the second negative electrode, and the second communication electrode, respectively, and the second switch tube is electrically connected to the battery and the second positive electrode, respectively,
• wherein the first control unit is configured to:
• transmit the first inspection information to the second control unit after the first negative electrode is in contact with the second negative electrode and the first communication electrode is in contact with the second communication electrode, and
• control the first switch tube to be turned on when the second positive electrode is in a conductive state with the battery and the first control unit receives a suction signal sent by the airflow sensor, and
• wherein the second control unit is configured to:
• in response to determining that the first inspection information matches the second inspection information, control the second switch tube to be turned on, and
• in response to determining that the first inspection information does not match the second inspection information, perform at least one of controlling the second switch tube to be turned off or outputting a second prompt message.

An aerosol generating device, wherein the aerosol generating device comprises a power supply module and an atomizing module that comprises a first housing, an atomizing core and a first electrode assembly, the power supply module comprising:

• a second housing;
• a battery mounted in the second housing;
• a control circuit board mounted in the second housing and electrically connected to the battery;
• a second electrode assembly electrically connected to the control circuit board, wherein the second electrode assembly is configured to be in electrical contact with the first electrode assembly;
• a display assembly for displaying visual information, wherein the display assembly is electrically connected to the control circuit board;
• and
• a protective shell made of a light-transmitting material, wherein the protective shell is mounted on the second housing and covers the display assembly,
• wherein the first housing of the atomizing module has a first end surface and a second end surface opposite to each other along a height direction of the first housing, and the first housing has a first side wall located between the first end surface and the second end surface along a circumferential direction of the first housing, and wherein an interior of first housing is provided with an airway and a storage cavity for storing a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, the atomizing core is mounted in an air flow path of the airway and is in communication with the storage cavity, and the first electrode assembly is disposed exposedly on the first side wall and is electrically connected to the atomizing core,
• wherein the second housing of the power supply module has a third end face and a fourth end face opposite to each other along a height direction of the second housing, the second housing has a second side wall and three third side walls, which are located between the third end face and the fourth end face along a circumferential direction of the second housing, and wherein the second electrode assembly of the power supply module is disposed exposedly on the second side wall,
• wherein the second side wall of the second housing is configured to detachably connect with the first side wall of the atomizing module, one of the three third side walls and the second side wall are disposed back-to-back with each other along a first direction of the second housing, and remaining two of the three third side walls are disposed back-to-back with each other along a second direction of the second housing, and the first direction, the second direction, and a height direction of the second housing are mutually perpendicular to each other,
• wherein the atomizing module further comprises a liquid storage cup installed in the first housing, and the airway comprises an atomizing channel, wherein the liquid storage cup comprises a top cover made of a first sealing material, a bottom cover made of a second sealing material, an air tube with the atomizing channel, and a cup body that has a through hole extending through a bottom end and a top end of the cup body, the top cover being fitted to the top end of the cup body, the bottom cover being fitted to the bottom end of the cup body, wherein the top cover is provided with a first mounting hole, the bottom cover is provided with a second mounting hole, and a first end of the air tube is in communication with the first mounting hole and a second end of the air tube is fitted into the second mounting hole, and wherein the top cover, the bottom cover, the air tube and the cup body together define the storage cavity, a liquid inlet hole communicated with the storage cavity is arranged on a side wall of the air tube, and the atomizing core is mounted in the air tube and covers the liquid inlet hole, and
• wherein the storage cavity is provided with a liquid storage cotton that is arranged to cover the liquid inlet hole, and wherein a side of the top cover facing the bottom cover is provided with a protruding block, and an end surface of the protruding block departing from the top cover is offset against a side surface of the liquid storage cotton facing the protruding block.