US 11,988,377 B2
Heating element
Tuanfang Liu, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to ASPIRE NORTH AMERICA LLC
Filed by Aspire North America LLC, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/168,137.
Claims priority of application No. 202011344634.0 (CN), filed on Nov. 26, 2020; and application No. 202022771045.2 (CN), filed on Nov. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0163195 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. F22B 1/28 (2006.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); H05B 3/06 (2006.01); H05B 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC F22B 1/284 (2013.01) [A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); H05B 3/06 (2013.01); H05B 3/16 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heating element for vaporizing an e-liquid, comprising a vaporizing body, a heating wire for generating heat and transferring heat to the vaporizing body, and two pins; wherein:
the vaporizing body is adapted to contain the e-liquid, and the vaporizing body is adapted to receive heat from the heating wire and vaporize the e-liquid to generate vapor;
the vaporizing body comprises a plate member, a columnar member, and a through hole;
the plate member comprises a first flat surface and a second flat surface opposite to the first flat surface;
the columnar member extends out from the first flat surface;
the heating wire has a flat structure and is attached to the second flat surface;
the through hole extends through the plate member and the columnar member, and is adapted to convey the vapor;
the two pins are disposed on two ends of the heating wire, respectively;
the shape of the columnar member is one of a cylinder, a cube, and a polygon; and the vaporizing body comprises quartz, mica, jade, or a combination thereof; and
the columnar member comprises a first flat end surface connected to the first flat surface, a second flat end surface opposite to the first flat end surface, and an annular recess indented from the second flat end surface towards the first flat end surface.