Patent ID: 7771096

Claim:
A lighting device in combination with a cigar lighter or a multifunction socket, said lighting device comprising a single-piece component that receives said cigar lighter or multifunction socket and that is made from material at least partially transmitting light, said single-piece component comprising an illuminating ring and a housing for receiving a printed circuit provided with at least one light-emitting diode and electrical connection means for connecting the printed circuit to the cigar lighter or the multifunction socket, said housing further comprising an intermediate light guide integral with said illuminating ring, said intermediate light guide having an entry face for receiving light from said at least one light-emitting diode, said at least one light-emitting diode becoming positioned in operative relationship with said entry face after said printed circuit is received in said housing, wherein said illuminating ring, said intermediate light guide and said housing are an integral one-piece molded construction so that light from said at least one light-emitting diode is received in said entry face and travels through said intermediate light guide of said housing and through said illuminating ring.