US4500774A
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Car cigar lighter
Assignee: Niles Parts Co Ltd
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Filing: 1984-01-05
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Granted: 1985-02-19
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Expires: 2004-01-05
Abstract
Abstract 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 positioning projection are formed on a socket by processing and on the other hand, at the center of a plug housed into said socket, a circular groove is formed and at the skirt portion of said plug, a ringed projection is formed respectively to enable controlling the sinking action of the knob by engaging the component members mentioned above with each other and also, with a base holder fixed into the cavity of the knob, a push nut secured to the base shaft of shaft body is press-fitted into the base holder to stick the knob easily to the shaft body. Further at the opening edge of a flange, a heat insulating resin ring is fitted to cover the edge, whereby any person who uses the cigar lighter can be prevented from getting burned.
Inventors
- 👤 Kazumi Honjo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 17:32
CPC Classifications
F; F23; F23Q; F23Q7/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S362/00; Y10S362/802
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
255 words
A car cigar lighter substantially comprising a plug assembly having a knob and a socket assembly having as bimetal, wherein a flange is fitted to the front end of a cylindrical shell portion of a plug housing, said knob of the plug assembly with a ringed groove provided almost at the center of said shell portion of the plug, a ringed projection provided at a skirt portion of the shell of said plug with a heat insulating resin ring covering the periphery of the opening edge of said flange formed at the edge as an integral piece, a spring controlling the movement of the foregoing knob and supported by a spring bearing seat having one end coming in contact with the inner wall of said knob and the other end contacting the inner wall of the aforesaid ringed groove, and at a SET position, a positioning projection provided on the inner wall of a socket contacts the tip of said ringed projection to control the inserting position of the plug and, at the same time, a holder in the socket grips the outer wall of said plug with pressure, at an ON position, the outer circumference of a heater cap of the foregoing plug assembly is retained engaging with said bimetal of the socket assembly and further, at an OFF position, said plug assembly pops out because of the resilient force of said spring and because said holder in the socket comes into contact with the outer wall of said ringed projection to halt thereat.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
255 words
A car cigar lighter substantially comprising a plug assembly having a knob and a socket assembly having as bimetal, wherein a flange is fitted to the front end of a cylindrical shell portion of a plug housing, said knob of the plug assembly with a ringed groove provided almost at the center of said shell portion of the plug, a ringed projection provided at a skirt portion of the shell of said plug with a heat insulating resin ring covering the periphery of the opening edge of said flange formed at the edge as an integral piece, a spring controlling the movement of the foregoing knob and supported by a spring bearing seat having one end coming in contact with the inner wall of said knob and the other end contacting the inner wall of the aforesaid ringed groove, and at a SET position, a positioning projection provided on the inner wall of a socket contacts the tip of said ringed projection to control the inserting position of the plug and, at the same time, a holder in the socket grips the outer wall of said plug with pressure, at an ON position, the outer circumference of a heater cap of the foregoing plug assembly is retained engaging with said bimetal of the socket assembly and further, at an OFF position, said plug assembly pops out because of the resilient force of said spring and because said holder in the socket comes into contact with the outer wall of said ringed projection to halt thereat.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
A car cigar lighter according to claim 1, wherein a plug assembly is made by fitting a base holder into the cavity of said knob and pressing a push nut secured to the end of a base shaft fixed onto a shaft body into said base holder for fixing.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
A car cigar lighter according to claim 1, wherein said spring bearing seat has a plurality of corrugated spring pieces formed at the inner circumferential face thereof and the spring pieces are in contact with the foregoing shaft body.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
A car cigar lighter according to claim 1, wherein said positioning projection and said holder are formed as an integral piece by processing the said socket.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
A car cigar lighter according to claim 1 or claim 4, wherein an illuminating ring is provided.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1988-02-19 | 1988-08-20 | 1989-02-19 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1992-02-19 | 1992-08-20 | 1993-02-19 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1996-02-19 | 1996-08-20 | 1997-02-19 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |