Electric cigar lighter, universal power socket and accessory plug

US8546730B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CASCO PRODUCTS CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Ronald Schwarzbach · Frankfurt, DE
• Steven Cai · Chesterfield Township, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 19, 2011
• Grant date: Oct 1, 2013
• Expiry date: Jan 12, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N3/14
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An electrical socket for powering an electrical/electronic accessory device having an electrical plug that is received in the socket, comprising: an electrically conductive socket well for slidably receiving the electrical plug of the electrical/electronic device; an electrical connector portion disposed distally on the socket well and comprising an insulator fastened to the socket well at a distal end thereof and having at least two electrical terminals for connecting to a vehicle electrical power source; a plurality of first electrical contacts disposed at a distal end of said socket well and extending radially and proximally from the center of said well and being electrically connected to a first of said electrical terminals of said electrical connector portion; a second of said electrical terminals of said electrical connector portion being electrically connected to said socket well; and said plurality of first electrical contacts being adapted to electrically slidably engage with an inner periphery of a hollow cylindrical electrical contact of said electrical plug.