Multi-Function Rotary Switch for Vaporizer Pod

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a smoker's aerosol-generating device, generally a vaporizer pod, that provides a multi-function rotary switch that allows the user to select which of several cartridges is to be activated when the user draws air from the nozzle of the cartridges. The vaporizer pod comprises an upper housing and a lower housing. The upper housing is configured to receive one or more cartridges and comprises a battery, an interface circuit board that engages with the cartridges, and a traces circuit board that interfaces with a connector found in the lower housing. As the user rotates the lower housing, the connector switches between different circuits on the traces circuit board, causing the connection and disconnection of cartridges from the battery. The user may also activate a mode by moving the lower housing closer to the upper housing, whereby all the cartridges can be connected to the battery simultaneously.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A device for vaporizing smokable materials for personal inhalation by a user, the device comprising:
 two or more cartridges capable of vaporizing smokable materials contained therein;   an upper housing capable of receiving said cartridges, comprising
 a power source, 
 an interface circuit board to electrically receive said cartridges, and 
 a traces circuit board comprising a substrate with a plurality of traces on its upper surface, a plurality of traces on its lower surface, and a plurality of through-holes connecting said traces; and 
   a lower housing axially adjacent to said upper housing whereby the user of said device may change its angular rotation or its axial proximity as to said upper housing, said lower housing comprising a connector capable of creating circuits from traces on said traces circuit board.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein said device further comprises a power switch to connect or disconnect said power source from any circuit created by said connector. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein said circuits created by said connector will select from any one or two of said cartridges, depending upon the angular rotation of said lower housing to said upper housing. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein said circuits created by said connector will select from every said cartridge, overriding any angular rotation of said lower housing by decreasing the axial proximity of said lower housing to said upper housing. 
     
     
         5 . A device for vaporizing smokable materials for personal inhalation by a user, the device comprising:
 two or more vaporizer pods, each comprising
 a nozzle; 
 an upper housing comprising
 a vaporizable substance, 
 an air switch, and 
 a heating element; 
 
 a lower housing axially adjacent to said upper housing comprising a power source,
 one or more magnets to join said vaporizer pods together, 
 a charging port for the power source, and 
 a switch to select the vaporizer pod; 
 
   such that when said vaporizer pods are joined together, the appearance is given that the said vaporizer pods are a single unit.