Cigarette lighter plug of automobile tire repairing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12021334-B2
Application number	US-202117322775-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 17, 2021
Priority date	May 13, 2020
Publication date	Jun 25, 2024
Grant date	Jun 25, 2024

Abstract

A cigarette lighter plug of an automobile tire repairing device, the tire repairing device contains: a box for receiving an air pump. The cigarette lighter plug is inserted into a power supply. The cigarette lighter plug includes a first housing, a second housing, and a power cord. The power cord includes a positive-electrode power part and a negative-electrode power part, the second housing includes a post, a first accommodation chamber, a column, a second accommodation chamber, a semi-arch flexible element. The second housing further includes a wing, a third accommodation chamber defined between the wing and the column, and a fourth accommodation chamber defined between a conductive foot of the semi-arch flexible element and the column so as to receive the power cord. The first housing is engaged with the second housing, and the power cord is not winded or is bent in an S shape.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cigarette lighter plug of an automobile tire repairing device, the tire repairing device comprising:
a box in which an air pump is received, and the cigarette lighter plug being inserted into a power supply so as to receive electricity; wherein
the cigarette lighter plug includes a first housing, a second housing, and a power cord;
wherein the power cord includes a positive-electrode power part and a negative-electrode power part, the second housing includes a post extending adjacent to a holder, a first accommodation chamber defined between the holder of the second housing and the post, a column proximate to the post, a second accommodation chamber defined between the column and the post, a semi-arch flexible element received on a side of the second housing, the second housing further includes a wing extending therefrom opposite to the semi-arch flexible element, a third accommodation chamber defined between the wing and the column, and a fourth accommodation chamber defined between a conductive foot of the semi-arch flexible element and the column so as to receive the power cord, wherein the first housing is engaged with the second housing, and the power cord is not winded or is bent in an S shape.

2. The cigarette lighter plug as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first housing further includes a first through orifice adjacent to an end seat, and the second housing further includes a second through orifice proximate to the holder, wherein the cigarette lighter plug comprises a pull ring, and the pull ring includes a first pulling portion formed on a first end thereof and inserted to the first through orifice, a first pulling portion formed on a second end of the pull ring and inserted to the second through orifice of the second housing, wherein the pull ring is engaged with a first trough of the end seat of the first housing and a second trough of the holder of the second housing, and the pull ring further includes a first bend section formed on a connection portion of the first pulling portion and the pull ring, a second bend section formed on a connection portion of the second pulling portion and the pull ring, wherein a central point is defined on a central axis of the first pulling portion of the pull ring, and a distance is defined between the central point and a bending section.

3. The cigarette lighter plug as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first housing is semi-cylindrical and includes a first extension and an end seat, the first extension has a first semicircular orifice defined thereon, and the end seat has a first retainer, the first housing includes two locking orifices formed on an inner wall thereof adjacent to the first extension, multiple first partitions formed on the inner wall of the first housing, and at least one positioning orifice formed on the inner wall of the first housing; the multiple first partitions have a first contact sheet and a second contact sheet, the first housing includes a first cutout adjacent to the end seat, and the first housing further includes a first notch connected with the end seat;
wherein the second housing is semi-cylindrical and includes a second extension and a holder, the second extension has a second semicircular orifice defined thereon and corresponding to the first semicircular orifice of the first housing, and the holder has a second retainer, the second housing further includes two lock tabs extending from an inner wall thereof and corresponding to the two locking orifices of the first housing, multiple second partitions formed on the inner wall of the second housing, at least one bolt corresponding to the at least one positioning orifice of the first housing.

4. The cigarette lighter plug as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the multiple second partitions of the second housing have a first L-shaped sheet, a second L-shaped sheet, an arched sheet, a first support sheet, a column, a second support sheet, a post, a third L-shaped sheet, and an extending sheet;
wherein the first L-shaped sheet is spaced from the second L-shaped sheet oppositely, the two lock tabs are connected with two short segments of the first L-shaped sheet and the second L-shaped sheet, and the second semicircular orifice is connected with two long segments of the first L-shaped sheet and the second L-shaped sheet, wherein the arched sheet is defined between the first L-shaped sheet and the second L-shaped sheet, the first support sheet extends from the inner wall of the second housing and is defined between the first L-shaped sheet and the holder of the second housing, the column extends upward from the first support sheet proximate to a center of the second housing, and the second support sheet is formed on the inner wall of the second housing and is defined between the first support sheet and the holder of the second housing, the post extends upward between the second support sheet and the holder of the second housing, the first accommodation chamber is defined between the holder of the second housing and the post, and the second accommodation chamber is defined between the column and the post, the third L-shaped sheet extends from the inner wall of the second housing opposite to the first support sheet, and the extending sheet extends upward from the third L-shaped sheet and the holder of the second housing; the second housing further includes a second cutout defined adjacent to the holder, and the wing extends from the second housing opposite to the first cutout; the third accommodation chamber is defined between the wing and the column, and the fourth accommodation chamber is defined between the third L-shaped sheet and the column, wherein the second housing includes a second notch connected with the holder and defined between the post and the holder of the second housing;
wherein the power cord is fixed on the second support sheet from the second notch of the second housing via the first accommodation chamber, and the power cord is further inserted through the second accommodation chamber and the third accommodation chamber to be positioned on the first support sheet, then the power cord is inserted into the fourth accommodation chamber from the first support sheet, wherein the power cord includes the positive-electrode power part and the negative-electrode power part which are not winded or are bent in an S shape, the positive-electrode power part has a positive-electrode pin, and the negative-electrode power part has a negative-electrode pin.

5. The cigarette lighter plug as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the cigarette lighter plug of the automobile tire repairing device is in a small size so as to be stored in a receiving groove of the box of the air compressor;
wherein the cigarette lighter plug further comprises a positive-electrode conductive stem, and the positive-electrode conductive stem includes an intermediate section and two external segments, wherein a diameter of the intermediate section is less than a diameter of the two external segments, the positive-electrode conductive stem further includes a fixing foot extending from a first end thereof, a head formed on a second end of the positive-electrode conductive stem, a spring fitted onto the positive-electrode conductive stem from the fixing foot and abuts against the spring; the positive-electrode pin of the positive-electrode power part contacts with the fixing foot of the positive-electrode conductive stem, the positive-electrode conductive stem is received between the first L-shaped sheet and the second L-shaped sheet of the second housing and is mounted on the arched sheet, wherein the positive-electrode power part is accommodated in the multiple second partitions of the second housing;
wherein the semi-arch flexible element is made of conductive material, the semi-arch flexible element includes a flank extending

Assignees

• Chou Wen San
• Chou Cheng Hsien

Inventors

• Chou Wen-San
• Chou Cheng-Hsien

Classifications

• H01R13/5833

  the cable being forced in a tortuous or curved path, e.g. knots in cable (H01R13/582 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01R24/28

  Coupling parts carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts and secured only to wire or cable · CPC title

• B60R16/03

  for supply of electrical power to vehicle subsystems {or for (circuit arrangements for charging batteries H02J7/00)} · CPC title

• B60S5/00

  Servicing, maintaining, repairing, or refitting of vehicles (vehicles adapted to carry a workshop for servicing or maintenance B60P3/14; servicing rail locomotives B61K) · CPC title

• B29C73/166

  Devices or methods for introducing sealing compositions into articles · CPC title