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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 1977
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1977
Marvin B Rudin, Mountain View, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
An electrical power take-off unit which includes an adaptor for insertion into the cigarette lighter socket of a vehicle wherein the adaptor has means for tapping off electrical power from the electrical terminals in the socket so as to be able to supply electrical power to accessories, such as calculators, clocks, computers and the like, carried in the vehicle. The adaptor may be provided with a socket itself for receiving the cigarette lighter. Means can also be provided on the adaptor to directly mount an accessory, such as a digital clock, thereon. The adaptor can also be used even when an accessory is mounted directly on the instrument panel of a vehicle. In such a case, electrical conductors extending from the adaptor to the accessory can be concealed in a decorous manner.