Patents by Inventor Zhiyong Xiang

Zhiyong Xiang 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).

  • Patent number: 9877519
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette including an electronic cigarette body is provided. The electronic cigarette body is provided with an atomizer assembly configured to atomize nicotine liquid and a battery assembly configured to power the electronic cigarette body. A communication assembly is disposed between the atomizer assembly and the battery assembly and is provided with a first connecting end detachably connected to the battery assembly, a second connecting end detachably connected to the atomizer assembly, and a conductive module configured to connect the battery assembly to the atomizer assembly. The communication assembly is further provided with a microcontroller configured to record smoking information of the electronic cigarette according to an electrical signal of the conductive module and control operation of modules of the communication assembly, and a wireless communication module configured to establish communication connection with the external terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Zhiyong Xiang
  • Patent number: 9877507
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette and the method for detecting expiration date of the electronic cigarette is provided in the present invention; the electronic cigarette comprises: a power supply battery, a microcontroller connected and an atomizer connected with said power supply battery respectively; the microcontroller contains a first timing module, a comparison module and a control module; the first timing module is configured to timing; the comparison module is configured to compare said first timing module's timing period with a presetting period; the control module is configured to control the power supply module being disconnected with the atomizer when the comparison module's comparison result is that the timing period is equal to or greater than the presetting period. When an expiration date of an electronic cigarette is passed, the electronic cigarette will stop working and remind users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Zhiyong Xiang
  • Patent number: 9872519
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette comprising a battery pole and an atomizer is provided, the battery pole includes a battery and a control module, and the atomizer includes an identification signal generation module and an atomizing module; the identification signal generation module is configured for sending an identification signal to the control module by wired transmission or wireless transmission; the control module is configured for determining whether the atomizer matches with the battery pole basing on whether the identification signal is received or whether the identification signal is correct, and controlling the battery to be electrically connected with or to be electrically isolated from the atomizing module according to the determining result. The case that different kinds of tobacco juices with different tastes may be mixed together, and the case that battery poles and atomizers provided by different manufacturers may be randomly assembled together can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Zhiyong Xiang
  • Publication number: 20170360097
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette control method and an electronic cigarette. The method comprises: S1, reading the available smoking time when an atomization circuit of the electronic cigarette is in a turn-off state and the electronic cigarette detects a user's smoking action; S2, determining whether or not the available smoking time is equal to or less than the first preset value to obtain a first determination result; S3, when the first determination result is YES, outputting a prompt message to remind the user that e-liquid is almost to be exhausted, and outputting the available smoking time and/or available smoking times of the electronic cigarette; S4, determining whether the available smoking time is greater than the second preset value to obtain a second determination result; S5, controlling the atomization circuit to stay in the turn-off state when the second determination result is NO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventor: Zhiyong Xiang
  • Publication number: 20170347707
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette and method for controlling the smoke amount of electronic cigarette. The electronic cigarette comprises a gas sensor (11), an atomizer (12), a voltage output unit (13) and a smoke volume control unit (14). The method for controlling the smoke amount of electronic cigarette comprises: pre-establishing the mathematical model of the relationship of smoking intensity, smoking time and the output voltage or output power; detecting current smoking intensity and smoking time of the electronic cigarette; calculating and/or finding out the corresponding voltage or power from the mathematical model, according to the detected smoking intensity and smoking time; and adjusting the voltage or power output to the atomizer (12) of the electronic cigarette according to the calculated and/or found voltage or power. Thus the smoke amount of the electronic cigarette is close or equal to the amount of the cigarette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Zhiyong Xiang
  • Publication number: 20170325507
    Abstract: A temperature monitoring and control device and method for an atomizer heating wire, and an electronic cigarette. The temperature monitoring and control device comprises a temperature signal generation unit and a signal processing unit. The temperature signal generation unit comprises a heating wire, a first end wire and a second end wire; the first and second end wires are made of different conductor materials; when the heating wire generates heat, an electromotive force signal is generated. The signal processing unit is configured for controlling to reduce an atomizing power of the heating wire or turn off a power supply circuit of the heating wire when the current temperature value is greater than or equal to a preset value. The technical effect is to keep the temperature of the heating wire in a suitable temperature range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventor: Zhiyong Xiang
  • Patent number: 9769878
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette and a method for identifying whether there is a match between a battery assembly and an atomizer assembly therein are provided. The electronic cigarette comprises a laser identifying assembly, a battery assembly and an atomizer assembly. The laser identifying assembly includes an information portion, a laser transceiver and a controlling module, the information portion includes a group of grooves and bulges which represent a product information, the information portion is defined on one of the battery assembly and the atomizer assembly, the laser transceiver is mounted on the other of the battery assembly and the atomizer assembly; when the atomizer assembly is jointed with the battery assembly, the laser transceiver aims at the information portion, and the information portion reflects an original laser beam sent out by the laser transceiver back, then the controlling module determines whether the atomizer assembly is matched with the battery assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Zhiyong Xiang
  • Patent number: 9750281
    Abstract: The present application discloses an electronic cigarette charging and discharging circuit, wherein the electronic cigarette is provided with a charging input interface, such that the battery assembly can be directly inserted into a charger to be charged without removing the atomizing assembly, therefore the operation is more convenient, and wear and loose at the connecting portion caused by frequent disassembling and assembling can also be avoided. The present application further provides an electronic cigarette having the above charging structure and a battery assembly of the electronic cigarette. Besides being convenient for charging, the electronic cigarette may directly use a battery sleeve as an electrode, thus has a simple structure and is easy to manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Zhiyong Xiang
  • Publication number: 20170231273
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling smoking in a public area, and a control method for an electronic cigarette. The method for controlling smoking in a public area comprises the following steps: S1: a first wireless emitting device emits a first wireless signal within a predetermined range, the first wireless signal is provided with a smoking-prohibited information; S2: an electronic cigarette receiving the first wireless signal identifies information within the first wireless signal, and when the first wireless signal contains the smoking-prohibited information, the electronic cigarette performs self-locking and/or issues a first prompt message. The method prevents a user from smoking in a non-smoking area, and has advantageous effects of preventing a user from violating public rules and damaging the health of other people.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventor: Zhiyong Xiang
  • Publication number: 20170224021
    Abstract: A forming method for a heating element of an electronic cigarette and a manufacturing method for an atomization assembly are provided, the forming method comprises coiling a heating wire into a heating coil, dividing the heating coil into sections including a plurality of heating sections and connecting sections; providing a deposition preventing layer on an external surface of the heating section; electroplating the heating coil, coating outer peripheral faces of all of the connecting sections of the heating coil with coatings having an electrical resistivity lower than that of the heating wire; removing the deposition preventing layer; and cutting the heating coil electroplated. The present application makes the manufacturing process of the heating element and the atomization assembly continues automatically, the production efficiency is improved, the resistance of the heating element or atomization assembly manufactured is more stable, and the product quality is higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhiyong XIANG
  • Patent number: 9723871
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electronic cigarette and a method for disposing smoking data of the electronic cigarette. The electronic cigarette includes a microcontroller, a smoking signal detecting module and a memory that are both connected with the microcontroller; the smoking signal detecting module configured to detect smoking signals and send the smoking signals to the microcontroller; the microcontroller configured to record a time of each reception of the smoking signals and a continuation time length of each received smoking signal, and calculate a smoking data according to the time and the continuation time length; the memory configured to store the time, the continuation time length and the smoking data; the smoking data including a time interval between every two smoking signals and a number of receiving the smoking signals during a preset period. The smoking data of the users using the electronic cigarette can be recorded and stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Zhiyong Xiang
  • Publication number: 20170215484
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette (100) and a charging method therefor, comprising an atomizer (110), a charging port (120), a battery (130), an airflow sensing component (140), and a charging component (150). The charging method comprises: when the charging port (120) is connected to an external power source, a first charging current is provided to the battery (130) via the airflow sensing component (140) and a second charging current is provided to the battery via the charging component (150). By charging the battery (130) concurrently with the first charging current and the second charging current, the charging current of the battery (130) is increased, and the charging time of the battery is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Zhiyong XIANG
  • Patent number: 9700076
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an atomizer assembly, an electronic cigarette equipped with such atomizer assembly and a method for assembling the atomizer assembly. Wherein, an atomizer assembly configured to be connected with a battery assembly to form an electronic cigarette comprises an atomizer base, wherein, the atomizer assembly further comprises a marking element sheathed on the atomizer base and fixedly connected to the atomizer base, and the marking element is configured to be twisted off when the electronic cigarette is used. In this way, users can judge whether the electronic cigarette has been used or not. Therefore, the using process of the electronic cigarette is more healthy and can avoid diseases transmitting reciprocally between different users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Zhiyong Xiang
  • Patent number: 9682800
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette case with sterilization function is provided in the present invention, said electronic cigarette case comprises a microcontroller and a power supply module that are both built in the electronic cigarette case; wherein, the electronic cigarette case further comprises a sterilization module connected with the microcontroller; wherein, said sterilization module is configured to sterilize under the control of said microcontroller, and said sterilization module includes an ozone generator or a negative ion generator; said microcontroller is configured to control said sterilization module to start working or stop working. When implementing the electronic cigarette case with sterilization function, the following advantageous effects can be achieved: the electronic cigarette case, and electronic cigarettes and cigarette holders stored in the electronic cigarette case can be sterilized, which ensures the safety of users of the electronic cigarette case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventor: Zhiyong Xiang
  • Publication number: 20170127726
    Abstract: The present application discloses a control circuit, an electronic cigarette and method for controlling the electronic cigarette. A control circuit comprises at least one airflow sensor, a microcontroller, a battery, an audio module and an indication unit; the airflow sensor for collecting an airflow signal, converting the airflow signal into a smoking signal and sending the smoking signal to the microcontroller, the microcontroller is used for controlling the audio module to give out hookah-simulating water sounds according to the received smoking signal and simultaneously controlling the indication unit to display a smoking color; and the microcontroller is further used for controlling the indication unit to display different indication colors according to different charging states of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Zhiyong XIANG
  • Publication number: 20170118584
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information interaction method and system applying to electronic cigarettes, used for at least two electronic cigarettes transmitting information by using electromagnetic wave signals to perform information interaction within a preset distance. Beneficial effects of implementing the present invention are: the information interaction can be performed between the electronic cigarettes, thereby greatly facilitating information exchange and obtaining between each other and helping in establishing social communication between users; statistics collection and processing on electronic cigarette information can offer a help for the users to select the electronic cigarettes suiting themselves. In addition, a vibration sensor is used to detect vibration signals of the electronic cigarettes themselves, thereby proving beneficial effects of easy use and flexible operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicants: KIMREE HI-TECH INC., KIMREE HI-TECH INC.
    Inventor: Zhiyong Xiang
  • Patent number: D805028
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventors: Qiuming Liu, Zhiyong Xiang, Jianhua Niu, Zhilin Wei
  • Patent number: D806943
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventors: Qiuming Liu, Zhiyong Xiang, Jianhua Niu, Zhilin Wei
  • Patent number: D807576
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventors: Qiuming Liu, Zhiyong Xiang, Jianhua Niu, Zhilin Wei
  • Patent number: D809192
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: HUIZHOU KIMREE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. SHENZHEN BRANCH
    Inventors: Qiuming Liu, Zhiyong Xiang, Jianhua Niu, Zhilin Wei