E-VAPOR DEVICE INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE OF A BAYONET CONNECTOR AND A CONNECTOR WITH A KNURLED PATTERN FOR FORMING A WELDED JUNCTION

摘要

An e-vapor device may include a vaporizer assembly that is detachably coupled to a battery assembly via a connector. The connector may include a male connecting portion and a female connecting portion. The male connecting portion may include mating arms extending from a rim of the male connecting portion. The female connecting portion may include an inner surface and lugs on the inner surface. The mating arms of the male connecting portion are configured to engage the lugs of the female connecting portion so as to electrically couple the vaporizer assembly and the battery assembly. A knurled pattern may also be provided on an outer surface of the male connecting portion and/or female connecting portion so as to conformally interface with a reversed pattern on an inner surface of the vaporizer assembly and/or the battery assembly.

主权项

1. An e-vapor device comprising:
a vaporizer assembly configured to heat a pre-vapor formulation to generate a vapor; a battery assembly configured to power the vaporizer assembly; a male connecting portion secured to one of the vaporizer assembly and the battery assembly, the male connecting portion including a pair of mating arms extending from a rim of the male connecting portion, the pair of mating arms and the rim defining a pair of angled slots therebetween, a terminus of each of the pair of angled slots including an enlarged socket end; and a female connecting portion secured to the other of the vaporizer assembly and the battery assembly, the female connecting portion including an inner surface and a pair of lugs on the inner surface, the female connecting portion configured to longitudinally and rotationally receive the pair of mating arms of the male connecting portion so as to engage each of the pair of lugs of the female connecting portion within the enlarged socket end of each of the pair of angled slots of the male connecting portion to electrically couple the vaporizer assembly and the battery assembly.