Patent ID: 6483273
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: H01M,H01R,H02J,Y02E

Abstract:
An AC-powered charging/recharging device for charging electronic devices or their charging adapters which are adapted for insertion into the cigarette lighter of a vehicle, comprising:a housing having an interior space; an electrical circuitry system positioned within said interior space of said housing for converting AC power; a pair of electrical prongs extending from said housing and being adapted for ID insertion in an electrical outlet source of AC power, said prongs having a defined axis extending through and along the length of said prongs; and a charging port sized to receive a cigarette lighter-adapted (DC) end of an electronic device and having a longitudinal axis extending through the length thereof, said longitudinal axis of said charging port being positioned in a non-parallel orientation relative to said defined axis of said prongs.