Patent ID: 7461959
Filing Date: 2008-12-09
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A cigarette lighter, comprising: a main unit having a substantially cylindrical heating insert, and a substantially sleeve-like lighter body for receiving the heating insert, the sleeve-like body including a substantially annular attachment of transparent and light-guiding material which is slidable onto the main unit for illuminating a region of the cigarette lighter which is visible to a viewer when the cigarette lighter is in the installed state, the attachment having an entry opening for light to couple light into the attachment to enable the attachment to be illuminated; a lighting unit, fastened to the attachment, having a one piece receiving unit to receive a lighting insert, the lighting insert having at least one light-producing means, the receiving unit having at least one aperture serving as an exit opening for light; a first housing part for receiving a printed circuit board; a second housing part which acts as a housing cover; and a film joint forming a closing hinge coupled to the first and second housing parts to enable the second housing part to rotate on the first housing part, wherein the lighting insert is arranged in the receiving unit between the entry opening for light in the attachment and the exit opening for light in the receiving unit, the at least one light-producing means facing towards the entry opening for light in the attachment and/or the exit opening for light in the receiving unit.