Vaporizer and electronic cigarettes having the vaporizer

Abstract

Certain aspects of the present invention relate to an electronic cigarette. In certain embodiments, electronic cigarette has: electronic cigarette body, top connecting assembly, vaporizer, middle connecting assembly, lower connecting assembly, electric connector assembly, air adjustment assembly, and mouthpiece assembly. The electronic cigarette body has an e-liquid storage tank inside. Top connecting assembly connects vaporizer to mouthpiece assembly. Middle and lower connecting assembly connects vaporizer to air adjustment assembly. Air adjustment assembly allows the user to adjust the amount of air intake to the electronic cigarette. When a user fills e-liquid storage tank with e-liquid, e-liquid flows to an e-liquid medium through e-liquid conduit openings, and is vaporized by a heating element when the user connects an electric power supply to heating element. The vaporized e-liquid in the vaporizer is provided to a user through a vaporizing chamber, a vapor discharge and an air passage to mouthpiece.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A vaporizer for electronic cigarette comprising:
 a circular vaporizer connector having an upper end, and an opposite lower end, wherein the circular vaporizer connector defines a center hollow air passage through the lower end to the upper end;   a cylindrical e-liquid medium disposed on the upper end of the circular vaporizer connector, wherein the cylindrical e-liquid medium has an inside wall and an outside wall and defines a circular vaporizing chamber having a lower end connected to the center hollow air passage of the circular vaporizer connector, and an upper end forming a vapor discharge;   a heating element disposed on and in contact with the inside wall of the cylindrical e-liquid medium, wherein the heating element has a first terminal, and a second terminal; and   a vaporizer tube disposed on and in contact with the outside wall of the cylindrical e-liquid medium, wherein the vaporizer tube has a lower end and an opposite, upper end defines a plurality of e-liquid conduit openings configured to allow e-liquid from an e-liquid storage tank outside of the vaporizer to flow into the cylindrical e-liquid medium,   
       wherein when a user fills the e-liquid storage tank with e-liquid, the e-liquid from the e-liquid storage tank flows to the cylindrical e-liquid medium through the plurality of e-liquid conduit openings, and is vaporized by the heating element when the user connects an electric power supply to the first terminal and the second terminal of the heating element. 
     
     
         2 . The vaporizer for electronic cigarette of  claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical e-liquid medium comprises:
 cotton fibers;   polypropylene fibers;   terylene fibers;   nylon fibers; and   porous ceramic materials.   
     
     
         3 . The vaporizer for electronic cigarette of  claim 1 , wherein the vaporizer tube comprises upper end threads configured to connect to a top connecting assembly, and a vaporizer tube sealing ring configured to seal the connection with the top connecting assembly. 
     
     
         4 . The vaporizer for electronic cigarette of  claim 1 , wherein the circular vaporizer connector comprises lower end threads configured to connect to a lower connecting assembly. 
     
     
         5 . The vaporizer for electronic cigarette of  claim 4 , wherein the lower connecting assembly comprises an upper inside threaded portion threadedly coupled to the lower end threads of the circular vaporizer connector, and a lower outside threaded portion threadedly coupled to an air adjustment assembly. 
     
     
         6 . The vaporizer for electronic cigarette of  claim 5 , wherein the air adjustment assembly comprises:
 an air adjustment assembly base having an upper tubular portion threadedly connected to the lower outside threaded portion of the lower connecting assembly, an air adjustment chamber defined inside of the air adjustment assembly base, and a plurality of first air vents;   an air adjustment ring disposed outside of the upper tubular portion of the air adjustment assembly base, wherein the air adjustment ring comprises a plurality of second air vents; and   a sealing ring configured to prevent air leak from the air adjustment assembly,   
       wherein when the user rotates the air adjustment ring around the upper tubular portion of the air adjustment assembly base, and when the locations of the plurality of second air vents of the air adjustment ring match the locations of the plurality of first air vents, air flow from outside to the air adjustment chamber reaches maximum capacity, and when the user further rotates the air adjustment ring around the upper tubular portion, the air flow decreases, and when the locations of the plurality of second air vents of the air adjustment ring completely misalign with the locations of the plurality of first air vents, the air flow stops. 
     
     
         7 . The vaporizer for electronic cigarette of  claim 1 , wherein the heating element comprises a heating wire wound in a spiral shape. 
     
     
         8 . An electronic cigarette comprising:
 a cylindrical electronic cigarette body having an e-liquid storage tank inside the cylindrical electronic cigarette body, a vaporizer body support having an upper end thread configured to threadedly connect to a mouthpiece assembly, and a lower end thread configured to threadedly connect to a middle connecting assembly;   a vaporizer disposed inside the cylindrical electronic cigarette body;   a top connecting assembly defining a vapor passage in the center of the top connecting assembly configured to allow vaporized e-liquid from the vaporizer to pass through to the mouthpiece assembly;   the middle connecting assembly having an outside thread at an upper end configured to threadedly connect to the cylindrical electronic cigarette body; and   an air adjustment assembly configured to allow a user to adjust the amount of air intake to the electronic cigarette.   
     
     
         9 . The electronic cigarette of  claim 8 , wherein the vaporizer comprises:
 a circular vaporizer connector having an upper end, and an opposite lower end, wherein the circular vaporizer connector defines a center hollow air passage through the lower end to the upper end;   a cylindrical e-liquid medium disposed on the upper end of the circular vaporizer connector, wherein the cylindrical e-liquid medium has an inside wall and an outside wall and defines a circular vaporizing chamber having a lower end connected to the center hollow air passage of the circular vaporizer connector, and an upper end forming a vapor discharge;   a heating element disposed on and in contact with the inside wall of the cylindrical e-liquid medium, wherein the heating element has a first terminal, and a second terminal; and   a vaporizer tube disposed on and in contact with the outside wall of the cylindrical e-liquid medium, wherein the vaporizer tube has a lower end and an opposite, upper end defines a plurality of e-liquid conduit openings configured to allow e-liquid from the e-liquid storage tank outside of the vaporizer to flow into the cylindrical e-liquid medium,   wherein when the user fills the e-liquid storage tank with e-liquid, the e-liquid from the e-liquid storage tank flows to the cylindrical e-liquid medium through the plurality of e-liquid conduit openings, and is vaporized by the heating element when the user connects an electric power supply to the first terminal and the second terminal of the heating element.   
     
     
         10 . The electronic cigarette of  claim 9 , wherein the cylindrical e-liquid medium comprises:
 cotton fibers;   polypropylene fibers;   terylene fibers;   nylon fibers; and   porous ceramic materials.   
     
     
         11 . The electronic cigarette of  claim 9 , wherein the vaporizer tube comprises upper end threads configured to connect to a top connecting assembly, and a vaporizer tube sealing ring configured to seal the connection with the top connecting assembly. 
     
     
         12 . The electronic cigarette of  claim 11 , wherein the circular vaporizer connector comprises lower end threads configured to connect to a lower connecting assembly. 
     
     
         13 . The electronic cigarette of  claim 12 , wherein the lower connecting assembly comprises an upper inside threaded portion threadedly coupled to the lower end threads of the circular vaporizer connector, and a lower outside threaded portion threadedly coupled to the air adjustment assembly. 
     
     
         14 . The electronic cigarette of  claim 13 , wherein the air adjustment assembly comprises:
 an air adjustment assembly base having an upper tubular portion threadedly connected to the lower outside threaded portion of the lower connecting assembly, an air adjustment chamber defined inside of the air adjustment assembly base, and a plurality of first air vents;   an air adjustment ring disposed outside of the upper tubular portion of the air adjustment assembly base, wherein the air adjustment ring comprises a plurality of second air vents; and   a sealing ring configured to prevent air leak from the air adjustment assembly,   
       wherein when the user rotates the air adjustment ring around the upper tubular portion of the air adjustment assembly base, and when the locations of the plurality of second air vents of the air adjustment ring match the locations of the plurality of first air vents, air flow from outside to the air adjustment chamber reaches maximum capacity, and when the user further rotates the air adjustment ring around the upper tubular portion, the air flow decreases, and when the locations of the plurality of second air vents of the air adjustment ring completely misalign with the locations of the plurality of first air vents, the air flow stops. 
     
     
         15 . The electronic cigarette of  claim 14 , further comprising an electric connector assembly, wherein the electric connector assembly comprises:
 an electric connector base attached to the air adjustment assembly and adapted for connecting an electric power supply to the heating element of the vaporizer, wherein the electric connector base comprises an outer thread configured to electrically connect a first terminal of the electric power supply to the first terminal of the heating element;   an electrode configured to electrically connect a second terminal of the electric power supply to the second terminal of the heating element; and   an insulation cover positioned between the electric connector base and the electrode to provide insulation between the first and the second terminals of the electric power supply.   
     
     
         16 . The electronic cigarette of  claim 9 , further comprising an e-liquid storage assembly, wherein the e-liquid storage assembly comprises:
 an e-liquid storage top sealing ring configured to seal the top of the e-liquid storage assembly;   an e-liquid storage bottom sealing ring configured to seal the bottom of the e-liquid storage assembly;   a transparent e-liquid storage tube configured to allow the user to measure the remaining e-liquid in the e-liquid storage assembly; and   the vaporizer body support,   
       wherein the e-liquid storage tank is defined inside of the e-liquid storage assembly vertically between the e-liquid storage bottom sealing ring and the e-liquid storage top sealing ring, and horizontally between the vaporizer tube and the transparent e-liquid storage tube. 
     
     
         17 . The electronic cigarette of  claim 9 , wherein the mouthpiece assembly comprises:
 a mouthpiece having a hollow center air passage connected to the vapor passage of the top connecting assembly and configured to provide vaporized e-liquid to the user;   a mouthpiece connector having a threaded lower portion threadedly connected to the vaporizer body support; and   a mouthpiece sealing ring configured to prevent the vaporized e-liquid to leak from the mouthpiece connector.   
     
     
         18 . The electronic cigarette of  claim 9 , further comprising an e-liquid refill sealing element disposed on the top connecting assembly and configured to seal the e-liquid storage tank when the mouthpiece connector is installed and allow the user to refill the e-liquid into the e-liquid storage tank through the transparent e-liquid storage tube when the mouthpiece connector is removed. 
     
     
         19 . The electronic cigarette of  claim 9 , wherein the heating element comprises a heating wire wound in a spiral shape. 
     
     
         20 . The electronic cigarette of  claim 9 , further comprising an electric power switch configured to allow the user to turn on and off the electronic cigarette.