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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1989
Paul A Cunningham, Attleboro, MA (US);
Frederick G Grise, Osterville, MA (US);
Other;
Abstract
An electrical heater, to be powered from an automotive-type cigarette lighter socket, includes a heating element, a plug configured to be inserted into the cigarette lighter socket, and a pair of conductors permanently connecting the heating element to the plug. The plug has a flat substrate and a pair of conductors mounted on the substrate. An electrical plug, for a lighter socket of the kind having an inner wall of a predetermined diameter and a pair of electrical contacts, includes a flat assembly having a flat dielectric base having a width corresponding to the predetermined diameter, and a pair of flat conductors attached to the base for touching the pair of electrical contacts in the socket.