Patents by Inventor Yonghai Li

Yonghai Li has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230138171
    Abstract: The present application relates to the field of smoking sets, and provides an aerosol generation apparatus and a control method therefor. The method includes: determining total energy generated by heating of a heater within a preset time, and performing dry-burning detection according to the total energy generated by heating of the heater within the preset time, where the preset time is greater than or equal to duration when the temperature of the heater rises from an initial temperature to a preset target temperature. According to the present application, dry-burning detection is performed according to the total energy generated by heating of the heater within the preset time, avoiding the problem of damage to a heating component when the heater is in a dry-burning state while a cigarette is not inserted into the aerosol generation apparatus. Therefore, user experience is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: SHENGJIE HU, XIAODONG SUN, ZHONGLI XU, YONGHAI LI
  • Publication number: 20230133076
    Abstract: This application provides an areca nut-flavored product, containing an arecoline salt. Because an arecoline salt is used in the product, a user absorbs arecoline when consuming the product, and an effect similar to chewing areca nuts is produced, with relatively little irritation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: GUOFENG FU, JIN LU, MING CHU, XING ZHOU, WENWEN HUANG, ZHONGLI XU, YONGHAI LI
  • Publication number: 20230128317
    Abstract: An aerosol generating device, comprising: a chamber (30), that is for receiving a smokable material (A), the chamber having a first radial direction and a second radial direction that are perpendicular to one another; and a first infrared emitter (21) and a second infrared emitter (22) that are arranged along the first radial direction of the chamber, and that are used to radiate infrared rays to the chamber so as to heat the smokable material, the first infrared emitter and the second infrared emitter at least partially extending along the second radial direction, thereby defining the chamber between the first infrared emitter and the second infrared emitter, and such that the size of the chamber along the second radial direction is greater than that along the first radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian WU, Zuqiang QI, Jiamao LUO, Baoling LEI, Zhongli XU, Yonghai LI
  • Publication number: 20230126094
    Abstract: Disclosed are an ultrasonic atomization control system and an electronic cigarette. The system includes: a current feedback circuit and/or a voltage feedback circuit, a microcontroller unit, a push-pull circuit, and an oscillator driving circuit; wherein the push-pull circuit is coupled between the microcontroller unit and the oscillator driving circuit, the current feedback circuit and/or the voltage feedback circuit are/is coupled between the oscillator driving circuit and the microcontroller unit; and the oscillator driving circuit is configured to be connected with a load; wherein the microcontroller unit is configured to output a pulse width modulation signal with a predetermined frequency and voltage to the push-pull circuit, judge a current and/or a voltage fluctuation fed back by the current feedback circuit and/or the voltage feedback circuit are/is greater than a threshold, and stop operation of the load if the fluctuation is greater than the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Yonghai Li, Zhongli Xu, Huiyong Yan
  • Publication number: 20230122845
    Abstract: An atomizer and an electronic cigarette having same are provided. The atomizer includes an atomizing sleeve with a liquid storage chamber formed therein; a mouthpiece is disposed at a top end of the atomizing sleeve; an air passage pipe is disposed at a center of the atomizing sleeve; a supporter is disposed at a bottom end of the air passage pipe; a hollow heating element is disposed in the supporter longitudinally; a side wall of the supporter has at least one liquid inlet hole communicated with the liquid storage chamber and configured for allowing radial infiltration of liquid to the heating element; a sealing component is disposed between the heating element and the supporter to encircle the heating element and configured for avoiding leakage of the liquid along a longitudinal direction of the heating element. The sealing component includes an encircling sleeve with a top end opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Shenzhen First Union Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yindeng DENG, Yonghai LI, Zhongli XU, Xiaoqiang ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20230115358
    Abstract: An atomizer (1) and an electronic cigarette (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: YI ZOU, ZHONGLI XU, YONGHAI LI
  • Publication number: 20230108108
    Abstract: Disclosed are a susceptor for an aerosol generation apparatus, and the aerosol generation apparatus. The susceptor includes: a metal body, which may be penetrated by a varying magnetic field to generate heat; and a protective layer, formed on the metal body, the protective layer containing a quasicrystal alloy material to reduce adhesion or deposition of organic matter from a smokable material on the surface of the susceptor. When in use, water vapor, aerosol condensation oil, and the like from the smokable material cannot spread on the surface of the quasicrystal alloy material, and can be maintained in a substantially spherical shape and can be easily separated from the susceptor. Meanwhile, solid-phase organic matter such as tobacco slag and carbon deposition falling on the susceptor is difficult to be stubbornly bound to the protective layer, without forming stubborn adhesion or deposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: ZUQIANG QI, BAOLING LEI, JIAN WU, JIAMAO LUO, ZHONGLI XU, YONGHAI LI
  • Publication number: 20230106237
    Abstract: This application provides a composition and a product thereof. The composition includes arecoline and an acid. The composition is convenient to use and widely used, with a low pH value and weak irritation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: GUOFENG FU, XING ZHOU, WENWEN HUANG, ZHONGLI XU, YONGHAI LI
  • Patent number: 11617394
    Abstract: A low-temperature baked vaporizer and a low-temperature baked smoking set are disclosed, the vaporizer includes a sleeve, for receiving vaporizable materials; and a heating element, manufactured by metal materials and sleeved outside the sleeve, configured for heating the sleeve; the heating element includes a plurality of through holes, configured for adjusting resistance of the heating element such that the heating element generates heat evenly. By relying on all kinds of arrays of through holes, they make the whole resistance of the heating element even, with consequently making the current to be even during the vaporizer is working, therefore, the vaporizer generates heat evenly, ensures the tobacco cigarette to be heated evenly, to improve efficiency and stability of vaporizing smoking smog.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Shenzhen First Union Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zexin Wu, Yonghai Li, Zhongli Xu
  • Patent number: 11617843
    Abstract: An elastic electrode structure for an electronic cigarette is disclosed. The electronic cigarette includes an atomizing assembly and a battery assembly. The battery assembly has a threaded sleeve arranged on an upper end thereof. The elastic electrode structure includes an electrode ring arranged in the threaded sleeve. The electrode ring has a lower end extending out from a through hole defined at the bottom of the threaded sleeve. The elastic electrode structure further includes an insulating ring arranged between the electrode ring and the threaded sleeve, and the elastic electrode structure further includes an elastic sealing ring arranged between the electrode ring and the insulating ring. The elastic electrode structure has good leak-proofing effect and low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Shenzhen First Union Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhanjun Jiang, Yonghai Li, Zhongli Xu
  • Publication number: 20230086478
    Abstract: A smoking set control circuit for a smoking set includes: a power circuit first and second sampling circuits; a voltage regulating circuit having power tubes; a microcontroller configured to: control the power tubes to work at a plurality of different preset switching frequencies; acquire first electrical parameters and second electrical parameters at different preset switching frequencies, and accordingly determine corresponding efficiencies of the voltage regulating circuit at different preset switching frequencies; control the power tube to take the preset switching frequency corresponding to the highest efficiency among the corresponding efficiencies as the working frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: WENJUAN LI, XIAOGANG FANG, PEIXIA YU, ZHONGLI XU, YONGHAI LI
  • Publication number: 20230086893
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating system includes a reservoir containing an aerosol-forming substrate. The system also includes first and second heating elements and first and second liquid transfer elements. The first and second heating elements are spaced apart from the reservoir. The first and second liquid transfer elements are configured to deliver aerosol-forming substrate from the reservoir to the heating elements. The first liquid transfer element has first and second end portions and a portion between the first and second end portions at the first heating element. The second liquid transfer element has first and second end portions and a portion between the first and second end portions at the second heating element. The portion of the first liquid transfer element at the first heating element may extend in a first direction. The portion of the second liquid transfer element at the second heating element may extend in a second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Eric FORCE, Yonglu GUO, Yonghai LI
  • Patent number: 11596177
    Abstract: A heating device includes a base; a supporter disposed on the base, the supporter has a chamber therein and the chamber being configured for receiving the tobacco cigarette; an electromagnetic induction coil, wound around the supporter and configured for generating an alternative magnetic field in the chamber; at least one first heating element disposed in the chamber; when the tobacco cigarette is disposed in the chamber, the at least one first heating element contacts an outer surface of the tobacco cigarette and is configured for generating a vortex in the alternative magnetic field to heat the tobacco cigarette; and a second heating element disposed on the base; when the tobacco cigarette is disposed in the chamber, the second heating element is inserted into the tobacco cigarette and configured to generate a vortex in the alternative magnetic field to heat the tobacco cigarette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Shenzhen First Union Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zexin Wu, Yonghai Li, Zhongli Xu
  • Patent number: 11602018
    Abstract: A heating element for heating cigarette and a heater are disclosed, the heating element includes: a heating part at a proximal end of the heating element, with a longitudinal axis along the longitudinal direction of the heating element; the heating part is configured for inserting inside the cigarette along the longitudinal direction; a fixing part at a distal end of the heating element and secured with the heating part, the fixing part is provided with an air inlet; the heating part comprises an air flow path formed therein and extending along the longitudinal direction; the air inlet is in communication with the air flow path; the heating part is bored with an air hole that communicates the air flow path with outside the heating part, such that the air flow in the air flow path is flowing into the cigarette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Shenzhen First Union Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shufeng Zhang, Zongping Yu, Zhongli Xu, Yonghai Li
  • Publication number: 20230062406
    Abstract: A cartridge and an atomizer having the cartridge are provided. The cartridge includes a micro-porous body with an absorption surface and an atomization surface; a heating element is embedded in the micro-porous body; the heating element is disposed between the absorption surface and the atomization surface; the heating element includes a first surface and a second surface; the heating element is bored with multiple spaced through holes, the through holes are extending from the first surface to the second surface. The heating element includes a tube-shaped or a flake-shaped structure with an even thickness. An axial direction of the through holes is parallel with a direction of liquid conduction between the absorption surface and the atomization surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Shenzhen First Union Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yunkai Zhang, Zhengfa Li, Zhongli Xu, Yonghai Li
  • Publication number: 20230055048
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating device comprises an infrared emitter and an electric core for supplying power to the infrared emitter; the infrared emitter comprises at least one first infrared emission region and at least one second infrared emission region arranged in sequence along the circumferential direction of the chamber; the first infrared emission region and the second infrared emission region are independently activatable to independently radiate infrared rays into the chamber to heat different portions of the smokable material. In the above aerosol-generating device, the regions of the smokable material receiving chamber which are different along the circumferential direction correspond to the first infrared emission region and the second infrared emission region, respectively, and can be independently heated by the first infrared emission region and the second infrared emission region, respectively, in use, so that the smokable material can be gradually heated from part to whole in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: LINHAI LU, RUILONG HU, DONGJUN YAN, WENJUAN LI, JIAN WU, ZUQIANG QI, BAOLING LEI, ZHONGLI XU, YONGHAI LI
  • Publication number: 20230055965
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heating assembly and a low-temperature smoking set, wherein the heating assembly comprises a heating body and a cavity for containing at least a part of the cigarette, the heating body comprises a base, an infrared radiation layer and an electrode, the base comprises a surface, the infrared radiation layer is arranged on the surface for generating infrared radiation to heat at least a part of the cigarette located in the cavity; at least a part of the electrode is recessed from the surface and buried in the base so that the electrode and the base are formed into an integral structure, and the electrode is electrically connected with the infrared radiation layer. The present utility model well prevents the infrared radiation layer from being scraped off and prevents the electrode from falling off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: CHENPAN DAI, ZHONGLI XU, YONGHAI LI
  • Patent number: 11583005
    Abstract: An atomizer and an electronic cigarette having same include an atomizing sleeve with a liquid storage chamber formed therein; a mouthpiece is disposed at a top end of the atomizing sleeve; an air passage pipe is disposed at a center of the atomizing sleeve; a supporter with two ends opened is disposed at a bottom end of the air passage pipe; a hollow heating element is disposed in the supporter longitudinally; a side wall of the supporter has at least one liquid inlet hole communicated with the liquid storage chamber and configured for allowing radial infiltration of the tobacco liquid to the heating element; a sealing component is disposed between the heating element and the supporter to encircle the heating element and configured for avoiding leakage of the tobacco liquid along a longitudinal direction of the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Shenzhen First Union Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yindeng Deng, Yonghai Li, Zhongli Xu, Xiaoqiang Zhao
  • Publication number: 20230048440
    Abstract: An aerosol generation device comprises a heating element (4). The heating element (4) comprises a base body (41), an infrared radiation layer (42), and at least one light convergence mechanism (43). The base body (41) has a chamber (411) for accommodating an aerosol substrate material. The infrared radiation layer (42) is disposed on a surface of the base body (41), and is used to generate infrared radiation to heat the aerosol substrate material disposed in the chamber (411). The at least one light convergence mechanism (43) is combined with the base body (41) and disposed thereon, and is configured to converge the infrared radiation into the chamber (411) to heat at least a portion of the aerosol substrate material. The aerosol generation device can increase the speed of aerosol formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ruilong HU, Wei CHEN, Chenpan DAI, Zhongli XU, Yonghai LI
  • Publication number: 20230046414
    Abstract: A smoking article comprises a smoke generating section, having a tube wall and a tube cavity; the tube cavity being configured to contain the aerosol-forming matrix; an infrared radiation layer, being formed on at least part of the inner surface of the tube wall; the infrared radiation layer being configured to be heated by the smoking set to generate infrared rays and at least heat the aerosol-forming matrix by radiation. The infrared radiation layer is arranged on the inner surface of the tube wall, so that the infrared radiation layer is heated by the smoking set to generate infrared rays and at least heat the aerosol-forming matrix by radiation. The infrared rays have relatively long wavelength, and they can penetrate substance and “resonate” with molecules and atoms inside the substance and produce strong vibration and rotation, so that the temperature of the substance rises to achieve the purpose of heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: ZUQIANG QI, JIAN WU, JIAMAO LUO, BAOLING LEI, ZHONGLI XU, YONGHAI LI