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: 20230051387
    Abstract: The present application provides an aerosol generating device which comprises: a cavity, being configured to receive a smokable material; a heater, being configured to extend along the axial direction of the cavity and at least partially surround the cavity, and being configured to heat the smokable material received in the cavity, a temperature sensor, being kept in the cavity, and being configured to be inserted into the smokable material when the smokable material is received in the cavity to sense the temperature of the smokable material. By adopting the aforesaid aerosol generating device in which the temperature sensor is arranged in the cavity and is capable of being inserted into the smokable material to directly detect the temperature of the smokable material, it is convenient to control the temperature in the heating process and the temperature monitoring in the smoking process is more accurate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: PEIXIA YU, YINZHE LI, XIAOGANG FANG, RUILONG HU, ZHONGLI XU, YONGHAI LI
  • Publication number: 20230048161
    Abstract: The present application provides an aerosol producing article and an aerosol generating system comprising the aerosol producing article. The aerosol producing article comprises: an aerosol-forming matrix and an external wrapping part; the external wrapping part comprises a first portion, and at least a part of the extension length of the first portion along the axial direction of the aerosol producing article coincides with the extension length of the aerosol-forming matrix; the outer surface of the first portion is provided with a plurality of holes penetrating through the external wrapping part. The above aerosol producing article has optimized infrared transmittance, and can promote the utilization efficiency of infrared rays when infrared heating is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: JIAN WU, ZUQIANG QI, JIAMAO LUO, BAOLING LEI, ZHONGLI XU, YONGHAI LI
  • Publication number: 20230044176
    Abstract: An aerosol generating device comprises a magnetic field generator and a heater for heating a smokable material; the heater comprises a susceptor portion and an infrared emission portion, the susceptor portion is penetrated by a magnetic field to generate heat and heat the smokable material by heat conduction, and the infrared emission portion receives the heat of the susceptor portion, and is excited by heating to radiate infrared rays to heat the smokable material. During the use of the above aerosol generating device, on the one hand, the susceptor portion generates heat by inductive heating so that the smokable material is directly heated by heat conduction; and on the other hand, the infrared emission portion is excited by the heat of the susceptor portion to radiate infrared rays, thereby assisting in the heating of the smokable material, and improving the utilization efficiency of heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: DONGJUN YAN, ZUQIANG QI, WENJUAN LI, RUILONG HU, JIAN WU, JIAMAO LUO, BAOLING LEI, WEI CHEN, XIAOGANG FANG, ZHONGLI XU, YONGHAI LI
  • Publication number: 20230044363
    Abstract: A smoking set comprises: a heating cavity and a heater; a first detection module, being configured to detect whether an object exists at a first position in the heating cavity to output a first detection signal; a second detection module, being configured to detect whether an object exists at a second position in the heating cavity to output a second detection signal; a microcontroller, being configured to: acquire the first detection signal and the second detection signal; identify object situation in the heating cavity according to different combinations of the first detection signal and the second detection signal. According to the present application, object situation in the heating cavity is identified according to different combinations of the first detection signal and the second detection signal; and the heater may be controlled to start heating or be turned off according to the identification result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: XINJUN LI, RUILONG HU, ZHONGLI XU, YONGHAI LI
  • Publication number: 20230044976
    Abstract: An atomizing core includes a liquid guiding element and a heating element. The liquid guiding element includes a first liquid guiding unit and a second liquid guiding unit. The second liquid guiding unit includes a first surface and a second surface that are opposed to one another. The first surface is in contact with the first liquid guiding unit. The second liquid guiding unit is provided with one or more liquid storage chambers extended through the first surface and the second surface. The heating element is in contact with the first liquid guiding unit, configured to heat an atomizing liquid conveyed from the first liquid guiding unit to generate an aerosol for inhaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Xiaoqiang Zhao, Zhongli Xu, Yonghai Li
  • Publication number: 20230033346
    Abstract: A heating device, used for heating an aerosol generating substrate to form an aerosol, comprises a heating body, wherein the heating body comprises a base body configured to have a chamber for receiving at least part of the aerosol generating substrate and further comprises an infrared radiation coating formed on the outer surface of the chamber and used for generating infrared rays after a temperature rise and transmitting energy to the aerosol generating substrate in the chamber at least in an infrared radiation manner, so that at least one component in the aerosol generating substrate is volatilized to form an aerosol, wherein the surface roughness of the outer surface of the chamber is greater than the surface roughness of the inner surface of the chamber. A rough surface is formed at an interface between the outer surface of the base body and the infrared electrothermal coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian WU, Zuqiang QI, Baoling LEI, Zhongli XU, Yonghai LI
  • Publication number: 20230030451
    Abstract: A heat-not-burn tobacco device, which is used to heat an aerosol-generating substrate so as to generate an aerosol. The heat-not-burn tobacco device comprises: a housing; a heating assembly, which is provided inside of the housing and comprises a heating chamber that extends along the axial direction and that is used to contain an aerosol-generating substrate; a containing cavity, which is located at one end of the heating assembly and is in communication with the heating chamber; a moving member, which is removably connected on the housing and comprises an insertion box that can be inserted into the containing cavity, at least part of the insertion box being axially aligned with the heating chamber so as to receive residue formed inside of the heating chamber. The heat-not-burn tobacco device facilitates the cleaning of residue generated by heating an aerosol-generating substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chenpan DAI, Ruilong HU, Zhongli XU, Yonghai LI
  • Publication number: 20230032029
    Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating device, comprising: a holder (31), wherein at least a portion of the tubular hollow of the holder forms a chamber (310) to receive a smokable material A; an induction coil (32) arranged on the holder; a susceptor (33) electromagnetically coupled with the induction coil to heat the smokable material A received in the chamber, wherein the susceptor comprises a heating portion (331) and a base portion (332); and a ceramic fixing seat (34) arranged in the holder, wherein the heating portion of the susceptor penetrates the ceramic fixing seat to reach the interior of the chamber, and the base portion abuts against the ceramic fixing seat to fix and maintain the susceptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao WU, Huanjie HE, Hengkun ZHAO, Junhui LI, Zhongli XU, Yonghai LI
  • Patent number: 11564414
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yonghai Li, Zhongli Xu, Huiyong Yan
  • Publication number: 20230026749
    Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of smoking sets, and embodiments of the present application are a heating assembly and an electric heating smoking set. The heating assembly comprises: a heating tube comprising a tube body and a conductive part formed on the tube body; at least a base, the base being connected to the tube body; an insulating element provided between the base and the tube body; and a conductive element provided on the base and comprising a first part and a second part which are electrically connected to each other, wherein the first part is located between the insulating element and the tube body and makes contact with the conductive part to form electric connection, the second part deviates in the direction away from the tube body with respect to the first part, and the second part is used for being coupled with a power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zexin WU, Zhongli XU, Yonghai LI
  • Publication number: 20230012249
    Abstract: A heat insulation mechanism suitable for an electromagnetic induction-type aerosol generation device and an aerosol generation device are provided. The aerosol generation device comprises a magnetic field generator and a susceptor that are inductively coupled; a heat insulator configured to reduce conduction of heat from the susceptor to the outside, the heat insulator comprising a tube wall, and a central region defined by the tube wall, the tube wall containing a metal or an alloy, and the pressure in the central region being configured to be lower than the pressure outside the heat insulator; and a magnetic field shield, configured to isolate the heat insulator from a varying magnetic field, so as to prevent the heat insulator from being penetrated by the varying magnetic field to generate heat. The aerosol generation device can shield the vacuum heat insulator from the magnetic field as far as possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zuqiang QI, Baoling LEI, Jiamao LUO, Zhongli XU, Yonghai LI
  • Publication number: 20230000160
    Abstract: A heater and a cigarette device containing the heater are provided. The heater includes a base. A cavity chamber is formed inside the base and is used to receive solid smoking substances. The base has an opened end and a closed end disposed opposite to each other. The solid smoking substances are received in the cavity chamber or removed from the cavity chamber through the opened end. An infrared heating assembly is used to receive electric powers of an electric power source in order to generate heat, and transmits the generated heat in at least a way of infrared radiation toward the solid smoking substances received in the cavity chamber from the closed end of the base in order to generate aerosols for inhaling. The generated aerosols are brought away by airflows passing the opened end of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: RUILONG HU, ZHONGLI XU, YONGHAI LI
  • Publication number: 20230000158
    Abstract: Provided are an atomization assembly and an electronic cigarette. The electronic cigarette comprises: the atomisation assembly, and a battery assembly. The atomization assembly comprises an atomization component and first electrodes, each first electrode comprises a base portion and a connecting portion, the connecting portion extends along a first direction of the electronic cigarette, and the base portion extends along a second direction basically perpendicular to the first direction. The battery assembly comprises second electrodes, each second electrode abuts against the bass portion, and the second electrode extends in the first direction of the electronic cigarette and is deviated from the connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiangguo ZHAO, Zhongli XU, Yonghai LI
  • Publication number: 20230000154
    Abstract: An atomization assembly comprises an e-liquid reservoir, a porous body, and a healing element. The e-liquid reservoir comprises an e-liquid storage cavity (b) for storing e-liquid. Used for adsorbing e-liquid in the e-liquid storage cavity, the porous body comprises an e-liquid contract surface, an e-liquid atomization surface and an air inlet surface and it adsorbs the e-liquid in the e-liquid storage cavity by means of the e-liquid contact surface; the air inlet surface is for allowing gas to flow into the porous body and flow into the e-liquid storage cavity by means of the porous body; the distance between the air inlet surface and the e-liquid contact surface is smaller than the distance between the e-liquid atomization surface and the e-liquid contact surface, and at least part of the heating element is in contact with the e-liquid atomization surface so as to atomize the e-liquid on the e-liquid atomization surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun YUAN, Baoling LEI, Wenpeng WANG, Ming CHEN, Zhongli XU, Yonghai LI
  • Publication number: 20220408814
    Abstract: A heater and a cigarette device having the heater is provided. The heater includes a base having a surface, an infrared electric-heating coating layer disposed on the surface of the base, and a conductor including a first conducting part and a second conducting part disposed on the surface of the base. Both of the first conducting part and the second conducting part are at least partially electrically connected with the infrared electric-heating coating layer. The first conducting part includes a first electric conducting spiral section, and the second conducting part includes a second electric conducting spiral section. A spacing between the first electric conducting spiral section and the second electric conducting spiral section is not zero. Through the first and second electric conducting spiral sections disposed on the surface of the base, a path of electric currents flowing through the infrared electric-heating coating layer of the base is shorter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: WEI CHEN, RUILONG HU, ZHONGLI XU, YONGHAI LI
  • Patent number: 11528940
    Abstract: A cartridge and an atomizer having the cartridge are disclosed, the cartridge includes a micro-porous body with an absorption surface and an atomization surface; a heating element embedded in the micro-porous body; the heating element 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen First Union Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yunkai Zhang, Zhengfa Li, Zhongli Xu, Yonghai Li
  • Publication number: 20220378110
    Abstract: The invention pertains to the field of smoking devices, and provides an aerosol generation device (10) and a control method thereof. The method comprises: controlling a heater (101) to rise from an initial temperature to a first pre-determined temperature (S11); if the heater (101) has risen from the initial temperature to the first pre-determined temperature, controlling the heater (101) to maintain the first pre-determined temperature for a first pre-determined duration (S12); and controlling a sum of the duration of the heater (101) to rise from the initial temperature to the first pre-determined temperature and the first pre-determined duration to be greater than or equal to a second pre-determined duration (S13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: SHENZHEN FIRST UNION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peixia YU, Ruilong HU, Zhongli XU, Yonghai LI
  • Publication number: 20220369719
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes a device housing, and an atomizing device disposed in the device housing and an airflow sensor. An airflow path is formed between an air inlet and an aerosol passageway of the device housing so that air outside the electronic cigarette flows into the aerosol passageway through the airflow path. The airflow path includes a first airflow passageway and a second airflow passageway. The first airflow passageway extends along a direction from the air inlet toward the airflow sensor to be spatially communicated with the airflow sensor, and to lead the air outside the electronic cigarette flowing toward the airflow sensor. The second airflow passageway is used to be spatially communicated with the first airflow passageway and the aerosol passageway, respectively, and is used to lead air from the first airflow passageway flowing toward the aerosol passageway along a reverse direction facing away from the airflow sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: ZHI YUAN, ZHONGLI XU, YONGHAI LI
  • Publication number: 20220361578
    Abstract: The present invention provides an atomizing assembly and an electronic cigarette. The atomizing assembly includes a base and an atomizing core. A liquid storing cavity is disposed inside the base to store liquid tobacco. The atomizing core includes a body and a heater. An atomizing channel is opened and disposed to penetrate through the body. The heater is disposed on an inner wall of the atomizing channel. The body is made from porous materials. An outer sidewall of the body includes at least an absorbing face. A liquid conducting hole or a plurality of liquid conducting holes is opened and disposed on the absorbing face and extends into a wall of the body from the absorbing face. A contact area between the liquid tobacco and the absorbing face is large to facilitate control of an amount of conducted liquid tobacco.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: RUILONG HU, SENBING ZHAO, ZHONGLI XU, YONGHAI LI
  • Publication number: 20220361584
    Abstract: An airflow sensor includes a sensing circuit module having a circuit board and a sensing component, a first sealing piece and a second sealing piece. The first sealing piece is disposed to cover at least a part of a first surface of the circuit board. The second sealing piece is disposed to cover at least a part of a second surface opposite to the first surface. A first accommodating cavity is formed between the first sealing piece and the circuit board. The sensing component is received in the first accommodating cavity. The first sealing piece includes a first waterproof air-permeable portion. A connecting soldering pad electrically connected with the sensing component is disposed at the circuit board. The airflow sensor is electrically connected with other circuitry components through the connecting soldering pad. The connecting soldering pad is not covered by either the first sealing piece or the second sealing piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: JING YANG, LAIHONG ZHANG, ZHONGLI XU, YONGHAI LI