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Electronic cigarette

US11744282B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 16, 2016
Grant dateSep 5, 2023
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Expiry dateMar 14, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M11/042
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An electronic cigarette, comprising a shell and a power supply installed in the shell, and the electronic cigarette further comprises a tobacco bin which is provided in the shell and communicates with the outside air, and a suction nozzle which communicates with the tobacco bin; and a piezoelectric ceramic piece which clings to the tobacco bin is provided in the shell, the piezoelectric ceramic piece is a bearing surface of the tobacco bin on which a tobacco material is loaded as well as a heating surface of the tobacco bin, and the piezoelectric ceramic piece is electrically connected with the power supply. The electronic cigarette has a simple atomization mode and directly atomizes the tobacco material by means of the high frequency vibration and heat of the piezoelectric ceramic.

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