Electronic cigarette

Abstract

An electronic cigarette includes a battery assembly, an atomizer assembly and a cigarette bottle assembly. An external thread electrode is located in one end of battery assembly. An internal thread electrode is located in one end of atomizer assembly. The battery assembly and the atomizer assembly are connected by the screwthread electrode. The cigarette bottle assembly is inserted into the other end of the atomizer assembly and both form a cigarette type or cigar type body.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A vaporizing device comprising:
 a battery assembly comprising a battery, an LED and a microcircuit electrically connected to a circuit board within a battery assembly housing;   a first electrode at an end of the battery assembly housing;   an atomizer assembly comprising an atomizer and a liquid supply in an atomizer assembly housing;   the atomizer including a metallic heating body extending across a surface of a porous body, the heating body perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the atomizer assembly housing;   the heating body and the surface of the porous body in an airflow path through the atomizer assembly housing leading to a suction nozzle;   wherein air passes across the heating body and the surface of the porous body;   a second electrode at an end of the atomizer assembly housing; and   the battery assembly and the atomizer assembly electrically connected by engagement of the first electrode with the second electrode, and with electricity conducted from the battery to the heating body through the first and second electrodes.   
     
     
         2 . The vaporizing device of  claim 1  wherein the porous body comprises a ceramic material. 
     
     
         3 . The vaporizing device of  claim 2  wherein the porous body comprises a foamed ceramic material. 
     
     
         4 . The vaporizing device of  claim 1  wherein the metallic heating body comprises a wire. 
     
     
         5 . The vaporizing device of  claim 1  further including a sensor electrically connected to the circuit board. 
     
     
         6 . The vaporizing device of  claim 1  wherein the porous body comprises a ceramic material component configured to absorb a liquid from the liquid supply and to move the liquid towards the metallic heating body via capillary action. 
     
     
         7 . The vaporizing device of  claim 1  wherein the metallic heating body comprises a sintered material. 
     
     
         8 . The vaporizing device of  claim 1  wherein the heating body comprises a sintered electrode. 
     
     
         9 . The vaporizing device of  claim 1  wherein a first portion of the porous body is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the atomizer assembly housing and a second portion of the porous body is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the atomizer assembly housing. 
     
     
         10 . A vaporizing device comprising:
 a battery assembly comprising a battery, a sensor, an LED and a microcircuit electrically connected to a circuit board within a battery assembly housing;   a first electrode on the battery assembly housing;   an atomizer assembly comprising a capillary impregnation atomizer and a liquid supply in an atomizer assembly housing;   the capillary impregnation atomizer including a metal heating body on a porous ceramic body, the metal heating body perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the atomizer assembly housing;   the capillary impregnation atomizer between an air intake hole and a suction nozzle on the atomizer assembly housing; and   a second electrode on the atomizer assembly housing.   
     
     
         11 . The vaporizing device of  claim 10  wherein the metal heating body comprises a wire. 
     
     
         12 . The vaporizing device of  claim 10  wherein the metallic heating body comprises a sintered material. 
     
     
         13 . The vaporizing device of  claim 10  wherein the heating body comprises a sintered electrode. 
     
     
         14 . The vaporizing device of  claim 10  wherein the porous ceramic body comprises a foamed ceramic material. 
     
     
         15 . The vaporizing device of  claim 10  wherein a first portion of the porous ceramic body is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the atomizer assembly housing and a second portion of the porous ceramic body is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the atomizer assembly housing. 
     
     
         16 . The vaporizing device of  claim 10  wherein the battery assembly and the atomizer assembly are electrically connected by engagement of the first electrode with the second electrode, and wherein electricity is conducted from the battery to the heating body through the first and second electrodes.