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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8022336 | Method and an apparatus for controlling glow plugs in a diesel engine, particularly for motor-vehicles A method is provided for controlling a glow plug (GP) associated with a cylinder chamber of a Diesel engine. The method includes, but is not limited to the steps of driving in an on-off manner in a period of time an electronic switch (M) connected essentially in ser... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7928342 | Metal sheathed heater with solid state control device A metal sheathed heater includes a solid state control device that allows the metal sheathed heater to be more efficiently operated. The control device supplies or terminates power to the heater according to certain conditions. Further, the control device uses prede... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7300276 | Safety control switch for an ignition device A safety control switch comprises a slide base movably mounted on the housing of a gas-fired ignition device, a push button positioned in a through hole of the slide base, a brake block fixed to the push button for inserting into a space between the slide base and t... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7254790 | Method of moment computations in R(L)C interconnects of high speed VLSI with resistor loops A moment computation technique for general lumped R(L)C interconnect circuits with multiple resistor loops is proposed. Using the concept of tearing, a lumped R(L)C network can be partitioned into a spanning tree and several resistor links. The contributions of netw... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7148454 | Systems for regulating voltage to an electrical resistance igniter Systems and methods for energizing an electrical resistance igniter include determining the line voltage into the system and controlling the voltage being applied to the electrical resistance igniters so a first voltage is applied initially and for a time period and... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7060938 | Double-disk assembly for a cigar or cigarette lighter A double-element assembly for a cigar lighter, having a bimetallic disk, and a metal disk that is not bimetallic, the disks being riveted to one another in a center region of each disk. ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7025588 | Utility lighter The present invention relates to a lighter including a housing having a handle at one end and a nozzle at another end and including a fuel supply connected for selective fluid communication with the nozzle. A release member is cooperatively connected to the housing ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6217312 | Ignition system for a gas appliance An ignition system for a gas appliance comprises an ignition controller that receives a current from a power source. The ignition controller is also coupled to an ignitor and to a current actuated valve that releases a flow of gas when the current is grea... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6051814 | Cigar lighter with PTC thermal protection An electric cigar lighter includes a receptacle for receiving and energizing an igniting unit of an automatic electric cigar lighter, the receptacle having a pair of circuits having respectively a grounding contact and a polarizing contact both of which a... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5726421 | Protective and cigarette ejection system for an electrical smoking system An ejection system is provided which has a mechanism such as a plunger which is positioned to eject at least a portion of a cigarette from the lighter cavity upon actuation by a smoker. The plunger is also positionable to occlude the lighter opening to pr... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5416300 | Electric igniter actuator with network voltage clocking to pass only a portion of the wave trains to the igniter An automatic furnace comprises an actuator for an electric igniter. The electric igniter has a distinctly lower standard voltage, e.g., 120 V, than the network voltage, e.g., 230 V and is operated by the network voltage. The network voltage is fed into th... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5412179 | Push button ignition switch for controlling gas flow and igniter in an ignition gun A push button type ignition switch for controlling the operation of an electronic igniter operated flame ignition type ignition gun, whereby the electronic igniter of the ignition gun is turned on to produce sparks as the button of the switch is depressed... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5235157 | Battery powered cigarette lighter having recessed heating element and normally open pivotally actuated switch A portable electric cigarette pocket cigarette lighter has a pair of mating housing halves of plastic defining a hollow parallelpiped housing in which is disposed a pair of AA penlight batteries in side-by-side relation and electrically connected through ... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5223695 | Electric cigarette lighter The electric cigarette lighter combines the handling advantages of rotating operation with the contacting advantages of pressing operation. A shaft is rotationally fixed to a rotary knob but axially slidable with respect thereto. A heater body affixed to ... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5199865 | Structurre of foldable safety lighter A foldable safety lighter is provided having a locating block for securing a nozzle tube to a casing at either a first position, permitting the nozzle tube to be longitudinally extended outward from the casing, or a second position, permitting the nozzle ... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5182436 | Portable bench-type electric ignite for gas welding torches A portable gas torch igniter includes a housing having a flame duct formed therein for the introduction of a gas torch. The flame duct is open at its rear end and has a front portion arranged substantially horizontally and has an open front end into which... | 01/26/1993 |
| 4762982 | Method and device for supplying electric current to ceramic heaters Method and device for supplying electric current to ceramic heaters comprising heating resistors embedded in ceramic sintered bodies, being characterized in that direct current is supplied from a direct current supply circuit as the first current supply s... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4621649 | Cigarette packet with electric lighter The cigarette packet has an electric lighter for the cigarettes contained in the packet. The lighter is arranged at the closed end of the packet, which is positioned opposite the end from where the cigarettes are pulled out of the packet, and comprises an... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4456817 | Cigar lighter A cigar lighter, particularly for motor vehicles, comprising a plug body, which is insertable into a socket provided with current supply connections and in which an electrical heating element is mounted. An actuating device for switching current on, an in... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4429212 | Disposable electric lighter The present invention provides an ignition device for tobacco associated items such as cigars and cigarettes which is activated by a battery and only upon activation of a switch which connects the heating grid for the tobacco item and the battery which pr... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4356380 | Electric cigarette lighter A cigarette lighter which uses household current features automatic operation by manipulation of the cigarette only. The cigarette lighter includes a housing having an ashtray portion and an upper housing portion having a passage defining a chimney overly... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4342902 | Automatic cigarette lighting case A cigarette case including a row of tubular sockets in which cigarettes are fitted, an electric circuit inside the case including a spiral heating coil positioned adjacent one end of each cigarette, the coil being mounted on a slide block having an extern... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4207455 | Automatic electric cigar lighter with base switch An automatic electric cigar lighter for automobiles and the like having a socket and an ignitor plug receivable in the socket. The plug comprises a manually operable part carrying an electric heating element which can be electrically connected to the sock... | 06/10/1980 |
| 3943327 | Cigarette dispenser and an electric lighter A housing is provided including an upper portion for storing a plurality of cigarettes and a lower portion including cigarette support and ignition structure for supporting and igniting a cigarette dispensed thereto by gravity from the upper portion. The ... | 03/09/1976 |
