110 results about "Cigarette lighter receptacle" patented technology

A child car seat with electronic entertainment features is herein disclosed, comprising an integral sound system with pre-recorded sounds or music, and a pair of speakers embedded in the car seat near the child's head. Also, a plurality of flashing lights that can be synchronized with the music is provided along a perimeter region. Finally, a vibrating mechanism in the base of the seat may operate in a synchronous manner with the music or provide a soothing and comforting effect thereto the child to lull the child to sleep. The seat is capable of manual or automatic operation as selected using a front-mounted switch control panel or may be controlled remotely via a handheld wireless controller. The car seat is powered by connection to a cigarette lighter socket within the vehicle.

Power connectors and power adapters for various vehicles including motorcycles, snowmobiles, golf carts, and other off-road vehicles to provide easy access to an electrical system on the vehicle to plug in various accessories, including cell phones, laptop computers, audio systems, communications systems, and the like. Connecting wires with power connectors include various standard-size connectors, including DIN 4165 connectors, SAE two-pin connectors, and cigarette lighter sockets, for example. Specific mounting brackets are disclosed to be utilized in locations on various motorcycles and other off-road vehicles for easy access to the power outlet socket attached to the mounting bracket. Further, various adapter wiring harnesses for changing from one type of connector to another are disclosed, as well as a piece of luggage for carrying all of the accessories, and the luggage piece incorporates a power outlet in the side of the luggage bag. Many embodiments of the above are also disclosed.

A portable emergency vehicle battery charger has a portable case, a battery and a circuit board. The battery and circuit board are mounted in the portable case. The case mainly has a power out socket connected to the battery through the circuit board, a power input socket connected to the battery and a power supply switch connected between the circuit board and the battery. The power output socket is a cigar-lighter socket. When a vehicle battery does not have sufficient charge to start an engine, the driver uses a jumper cable connected between a cigar-lighter in the vehicle and the power output socket to charge the battery. Then the driver turns the power supply switch on to provide a constant current to the vehicle battery.

A package (5) for retail distribution of cigarettes forms a container to receive and dispense cigarettes. The container includes a cigarette lighter receptacle (15) disposed on an outer surface of a wall of the container (10). The cigarette lighter receptacle includes at least an outer wall (45) that is connected to the container by a pair of spaced side walls (50). These side walls are inwardly foldable so as to position the outer wall substantially flush with the container wall (35), when the receptacle is not being used, and outwardly deployable so as to form the cigarette lighter receptacle (15). Reverse foldable portions are separated from the remainder of the receptacle (15) by a slit to define a bottom stop (60) for the lighter (17). The receptacle is preferably supplied with the cigarette package, but also can be a separate item attachable to any convenient surface.

A mobile signal light set is disclosed to include three warning signal bars collapsibly arranged on a base to form a light-emitting warning triangle, which base holding a dry battery and a rechargeable battery on the inside, a lamp bulb at one end, a battery charging/discharging control switch, a warning signal bar on/off switch for controlling on/off status of the LEDs of the warning signal bars, a lamp bulb on/off switch for controlling on/off status of the lamp bulb, a cable with AC adapter connector for converting city power supply into AC power supply for charging the rechargeable battery, a cable with car DC connector connectable to the socket for cigarette lighter of a car for charging the battery of the car with the battery power supply of the rechargeable battery or charging the rechargeable battery with the battery of the car subject to the control of the battery charging/discharging control switch.

A holding device which can be attached to a standard cigarette lighter receptacle which is located in the dashboard of an automobile.The holding device comprises: 1) a support member which is inserted into the cigarette lighter receptacle; and 2) an elongated holding member which can accept an object such as a cigar for storage; or a test-tube shaped container which is capable of holding water and one flower or a small floral arrangement.The elongated holding member can have various artistic designs on its outer wall surface which will add to the pleasing aesthetics of the holder in an automobile.

A vehicular adapter system is described having wireless local area network (WLAN) capabilities. The adapter system includes an adapter configured to plug into a cigarette lighter socket of a vehicle. The adapter has a WLAN module contained therein, and is configured to electrically couple the WLAN module to a wireless communication device. The WLAN module is operable to communicate with other WLAN-enabled devices in the vehicle, such as a head unit with another embedded WLAN module. The interoperability of the WLAN modules provide hands-free audio operation of a radiotelephone that is not WLAN-enabled using existing vehicular audio transducers.

AN MP3 broadcasting device, which can be used via plugging in a cigarette-lighter socket inside a car, has a cigarette-lighter plug, a frequency modulation (FM) radio module, a transmission module, a playing module, a control module and a frequency-setting module. The cigarette-lighter plug is used to obtain a first electric power from the cigarette-lighter socket and convert the first electric power into a second electric power suitable for the MP3 broadcasting device. The transmission module is used to connect with an external electronic device capable of outputting music signals to obtain the music signals. The playing module is used to process and play the received music signals, and then transmits the playing music via the FM radio module. Therefore, a user can use a radio inside the car to listen to music transmitted by the MP3 broadcasting device.

The invention provides a portable power adaptor charging system and kit comprising wire connectors having specialized ends to create a variety of configurations for charging batteries and consumer electronic devices using motorcycles and other recreational vehicles not equipped with traditional cigarette lighter sockets. The invention provides a portable power adaptor charging system comprising (a) at least one wire having first and second ends; (b) the first end having at least one double-pin quick connect socket; (c) the second end having at least one terminal to connect to a power source; and (d) the wire having an in-line fuse and fuse housing.

A driver alarm for preventing children from being left in a car comprises a power device, a voltage measuring device, an inputting device, a prompting device and a controlling device. The power apparatus has a plug, which can be inserted into a cigarette-lighter socket in the car to become a power source for the driver alarm. The voltage measuring device is used to measure voltage of the cigarette-lighter in the car, the voltage rises when the car is started up and the voltage declines when the engine is turned off. The voltage measuring device reports to the controlling device about voltage rising or voltage declining. The inputting device is designed for a driver to report to the controlling device about whether children are in the cars or not. The promoting device is used to warn driver that there are children inside of the car when the car are started up or when the engines are turned off. Based on information provided by the voltage measuring device and the inputting device, the controlling device follows designed program to control the prompting device to warn the drivers that there are children inside of the cars when starting up car and when turning off engines.

A vacuum cleaner system is mounted inside the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle and includes a hose that is retractable into a housing for storage and a power cord that is also retractable into the housing for storage and which also includes a connector for connecting the motor of the system to the power of the vehicle via a cigarette lighter receptacle of the motor vehicle.

The present invention discloses a Bluetooth satellite receiver device powered by a cigarette lighter socket, which comprises: a cigarette lighter plug module, inserted into a cigarette lighter socket to obtain power from a vehicle; a power supply module, electrically coupled to the cigarette lighter plug module, and supplying power to the device; a satellite receiver module, electrically coupled to the power supply module; and a Bluetooth communication module, electrically coupled to the power supply module. The satellite receiver module receives the signals from a satellite in an orbit and then decodes the signals into a latitudinal and longitudinal information and sends the latitudinal and longitudinal information to the Bluetooth communication module. The Bluetooth communication module receives the latitudinal and longitudinal information and sends it out wirelessly. The user utilizes a portable electronic device having the Bluetooth receiver function to receive the abovementioned information. The present invention provides a resident vehicle Bluetooth satellite receiver device, which implements a Bluetooth portable electronic device to receive the information from a satellite for navigation or other GIS application.

Battery powered portable electric grill is an electric grill for cooking food. The system will include dual heating elements with a lid and basin, attached to a battery. Rechargeable batteries and an AC or cigarette lighter receptacle cable powers the heating elements to allow for greater ease of use. The heating elements will be contained within an entire grilling system and stand on wheels for maximum portability.