Flashlight insert for an oil-type lighter

摘要

This invention is a removable flashlight insert for fitting into an oil-type cigarette lighter outer case. The flashlight insert contains an LED lamp module with a movable switch element and a battery module contained within a top chamber and a bottom chamber respectively of an outside metal shell. The outside metal shell provides a direct conduction path between a battery terminal in the bottom chamber and the movable switch element in the top chamber. The flashlight insert may contain two different LEDs, where either of the two LEDs may be user selected by a separate switch. A rechargeable flashlight insert is also shown having an electronic circuit contained inside the outer metal shell. Lamp and battery modules are also provided in a kit to transform an oil-type cigarette lighter insert into a flashlight insert.

主权项

1. A removable flashlight insert for fitting into an oil-type cigarette lighter outer case; where said flashlight insert has a thin walled outer metal shell of generally rectangular cross-section and formed into an open bottom chamber connected to an open top chamber; wherein said bottom chamber has planar inside surfaces and houses a removable battery module containing one or more batteries; wherein said battery module has a first battery terminal electrically insulated from said inside surfaces and a second battery terminal, of opposite polarity from said first battery terminal, touching one of said inside surfaces; wherein a LED lamp module containing one or more LEDs and a movable switch element is secured inside said top chamber; whereas an insulated electrical conductor assembly is electrically connected from said first battery terminal in said battery module to a first LED terminal in said lamp module, and said metal outer shell is physically and electrically in direct contact to said movable switch element in said lamp module and to said second battery terminal in said battery module; and said movable switch element is electrically connected to a second LED terminal in said lamp module; and said movable switch element is activated by the opening and closing of a hinged lid of said oil-type cigarette lighter outer case when said flashlight insert is installed in said outer case.