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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7465905 | Method and device for connecting objects by means of at least one plasticisable connecting element A method and a device for connecting objects by means of a connecting element which can be plasticised by heat, on which connecting element a rivet head is formed by means of a heatable cap having a small-volume configuration. The cap is heated by a heating element ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7216622 | Wiring harness with integrated component heat shield A heat shield and heat shield assembly for protecting components exposed to heat are disclosed. The heat shield includes a shroud shaped to cover the component, the shroud having heat reflective layers and a heat insulating layer. The shroud is attached to a clip fo... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7193182 | Heating electric cigar lighter plug and the arrangement of a cigar lighter comprising this plug A heating plug for an electric cigar lighter, in particular for a cigar lighter equipping a motor vehicle, has a plug body designed to be inserted axially in a complementary female socket body equipped with electrical connection terminals. A push button is mounted s... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7145103 | Car cigarette lighter with light indicator A car cigarette lighter with a light indicator includes a power socket and a cigarette lighter. The car cigarette lighter is characterized in attaching an external sleeve to a bottom tube of a handle, and installing a circuit board in electric connection with a circ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7063447 | Illuminating device for a cigar lighter or multi-function electric socket The object of the invention is an illumination device for a cigar lighter comprising: an illuminating ring on which an illuminating module is mounted, the said illuminating module comprising: at least one printed circuit provided with at least one light-emitting dio... | 06/20/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7033225 | Multipurpose power point for vehicular use A multipurpose power point for use by, and accessible to, the driver or other occupant of a vehicle, includes a generally cylindrical terminal housing having center terminal and at least one detent for retaining a ignitor plug within the terminal housing. An overtra... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6943661 | Quick-connect positive temperature coefficient of resistance resistor/overload assembly and method A positive temperature coefficient of resistance resistor/overload (PTCR/OL) resistor assembly that can be quickly and easily electrically connected and disconnected from equipment without the need for special tools or equipment. In some arrangements of the present ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6740850 | Electric cigar lighter assembly A cigar lighter comprising heating unit and socket in which heating unit is slidably received; heating unit having housing and further comprising switch having a first switch contact connected to a second end of a heating element, the switch further having second sw... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6563088 | Plug connector-switch assembly with bi-metallic unit An electrical plug-like connector, in particular a socket or cigar(ette) lighter in motor vehicles having a sleeve-like guide part for axially accepting a cigar(ette) lighter or a connector plug of an electrical device. A first fixed contact is arranged i... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6476359 | Cigar lighter with thermal safety device The present invention relates to a cigar lighter, especially for a motor vehicle, comprising a heating body and a knob intended to be engaged in the heating body, this knob including a heating resistance element located in a cup and able to be supplied wi... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6414272 | Control device with several stable positions, especially for a cigar lighter A control device with several stable positions, has a cam and a finger, the finger traveling along a cam track around the cam, when the finger and the cam are moved with respect to one another in translation. The cam track has curvature about an axis of r... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6130409 | Cigar lighter with a safety blade terminal, in particular for motor vehicle The invention relates to a cigar lighter, comprising a removable heating plug and a lighting body including a lighting socket in which the heating plug is accommodated along an assembly direction and the bottom of which carries a bimetallic strip with ele... | 10/10/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5998763 | Electrical accessory for vehicles and the like An electrical power-operated accessory for automobiles and other vehicles, comprises an automatic electrical cigar lighter or power outlet device consisting of a holder structure which includes a socket having electrical contacts, and either an ignitor pl... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5932126 | Cigarette lighter body with two bimetal members mounted head to tail The lighter body comprises a lighter, a connecting bimetallic strip and a safety bimetallic strip mounted head to tail in relation to the connecting bimetallic strip and having two safety blade able to cooperate with convex contact parts belonging to a po... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5928539 | Cigar lighter with locking means, especially for motor vehicles A motor vehicle cigar lighter has an illuminating sleeve carrying an illuminating module which includes a light source and which surrounds the lighter socket or body. A connecting module is fixed to the rear of the lighter body. Temporary locking means, c... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5900172 | Lighter with illuminating ring attached to masking socket The lighter body comprises a lighter socket, a masking socket, surrounding the lighter socket and an illuminant ring surrounding the masking socket. The ring has at least one attachment lug of a fixed wall and bears a lighting source. An attachment struct... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5831246 | Lighter body for a cigar lighter, especially for motor vehicles A lighter body (10) having a sleeve (11) with a base portion (12), a first electrical supply member (4), a safety element (1) with a safety tongue (9), a second electrical supply member (7), and a second electrical insulating member (3), whereby the safet... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5796073 | Connector receptable construction for electric cigar lighters A cigar lighter receptacle construction includes a well part and a separate safety connector cartridge part adapted to be disconnectably carried at the rear of the well part. The parts have electrical connector structures forming engageable pairs of conta... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5780813 | Lighter body for cigar lighter, with axially oriented protuberancess allowing movement of bimetallic blades A lighter body (10) having a sleeve (11) carrying, on the inside, a bimetallic device (5) provided with axially oriented blades (51). The sleeve is locally pressed outwards in line with the blades (51) to form axially oriented protuberances forming a spac... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5493098 | Electric cigar lighter having combined assembler and connector plug at its rear A motor vehicle electric cigar lighter in the form of a metal receptacle shell is adapted to receive a lighter plug, and a combined assembler and connector plug is attached to the rear of the shell. A bimetallic clip in the shell engages and energizes a u... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5424049 | Device for reducing odors in the interior of a motor vehicle A device for reducing odors in the interior of a motor vehicle comprises a hollow body of polymer material adapted to contain the extractable cigarette-lighter. The heating of the latter results in the emission of active anti-odor substances contained in ... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5403996 | Connector receptacle construction for electric cigar lighters A cigar lighter receptacle construction includes a well part and a separate safety connector cartridge part adapted to be disconnectably carried at the rear of the well part. The parts have electrical connector structures forming engageable pairs of conta... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5233162 | Electric cigar lighter with a bimetallic snap-action disc for overload protection An electric lighter for a vehicle includes a lighter plug insertable into a dashboard socket having a bimetallic yoke engageable with an end of the plug for energizing the glow coil of the plug. An overload protective device is disposed in the socket and ... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5227945 | Thermic protection device for vehicle lighters A thermic protection device for vehicle lighters in which the electric contact holder base (16) is provided with a first bimetallic lamina (15) for thermic protection against superheating that causes a short circuit allowing the lighter to be reutilized. ... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5173593 | Electric cigar lighter having a thermal safety fuse A car-borne electric cigar lighter includes a receptacle having a spring contact for receiving the heater element of the lighter for energization. A pair of spaced electrially conductive connecting plates form part of the electrical circuit to the spring ... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5144111 | Electric cigar lighter with bimetallic snap active temperature controlled switching off An electric cigar lighter for installation in a dashboard of a motor vehicle, has an electrically conductive lighter plug containing an electrically conductive glow coil dish with a glow coil having one end electrically connected to the glow coil dish and... | 09/01/1992 |
| 4549070 | Combined cigarette and chart/map lighter A combined cigarette and chart/map lighter includes a elongated plug body which is adapted to cooperate with a socket connected to a source of electrical energy. An ignitor coil and cup are formed at a first end of the plug body, and a lamp socket, for re... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4527048 | Multi-piece clamping shell for electric cigar lighters A two-piece metal clamping shell for electric cigar lighters of the type employed in automobiles and other vehicles wherein a socket is carried in an aperture of the vehicle dashboard or other panel and an igniting unit or plug is receivable in the socket... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4500774 | Car cigar lighter The car cigar lighter of the present invention has such construction that it can easily be mounted on the panel nearby the driver's seat of a car and is superior in the operating ease and safety. Namely, it is characterized in that a holder and a position... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4459464 | Electric cigar lighter The present disclosure relates to an electric cigar lighter for use, for example in vehicles, having a circuit breaker. The circuit breaker includes an elongated fuse member having a fuse and a tube for covering the fuse. The tube has a melting point slig... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4449036 | Electric cigar lighter with a snap disk forming a bimetallic switch An electric cigar lighter, such as used in a motor vehicle, has a bimetallic switch in the form of a snap disk positioned within a socket. When using commercial appliance plugs with such a snap disk, the diameter of the socket does not need to be enlarged... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4431904 | Electric cigar lighter The disclosure relates to an electric cigar lighter for use, for example in vehicles, having an improved circuit breaker which includes at least two thermostatic contacts mounted on a bottom of a tubular holder for receiving an igniting unit, an end cap s... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4387292 | Electric lighter for motor vehicles and the like The electrical resistance hot-plate of the plug of the lighter comprises a holder which houses and retains a heating element in the form of a metal strip shaped, for example, in accordion-pleated folds or a coil, so as to have consecutive turns which toge... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4255645 | Electric cigarette-lighter device An electrical cigarette-lighter device for mounting on a vehicle dashboard has a fixed hollow body part and a removable elongate candle part normally stowed in the body part. The candle part includes an electrically-energizable burner and a surrounding ou... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4237367 | No-relight cigar lighter socket The bimetallic clamping member of a cigar lighter socket is expanded and lengthened to completely disengage the burner cup when the cigar lighter is pressed fully into its socket. An insulating coating on a stop member ensures that no electrical circuit i... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4236061 | Quick-acting electric cigar lighter A quick-acting electric cigar lighter employing a bimetallic disk constituting an electric switching member. The disk is secured in place by a mounting stud, utilizing a welding procedure. The welding does not adversely effect the functioning of the switc... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4230931 | Electric cigar lighter An electric cigar lighter for automobiles and the like, comprising a holder device presenting an outwardly facing socket, and an ignitor plug receivable in the socket. The plug comprises a manually operable part, and carries a heating element which is ele... | 10/28/1980 |
| 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 |
