Patent ID: 6457840
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: F21L,F21V

Abstract:
A rechargeable flashlight comprisinga body having a cavity for receiving at least one battery; a lamp bulb; contacts for receiving the lamp bulb at a first end of said body; a tailcap mounted at the other end of the body and including a negative contact region having an outer contact region mounted about the periphery of the tailcap, a positive contact region having an outer contact region mounted about the periphery of the tailcap and is electrically insulated from the negative contact region, a switch contact located centrally within the tailcap and extending from the tailcap toward the interior of the body, a first cavity between the switch contact and the negative contact region, a diode within the first cavity and a ball detent within the first cavity, the diode and the ball detent being in compression between the negative contact region and the switch contact, the negative contact region and the switch contact being in one way electrical communication through the diode and the ball detent.