Electricity: transmission to vehicles – Flexible extensions – Reels
Patent
1997-03-31
1999-01-05
Morano, S. Joseph
Electricity: transmission to vehicles
Flexible extensions
Reels
2423781, 2423964, H02G 1102
Patent
active
058552626
ABSTRACT:
A retractable external vehicle electric system includes a cord holder to be mounted inside a car's engine compartment, including a two-piece case, a spool rotatably disposed within the case for retractably holding a first electric cord, a reel shaft securing together the case and serving as the axis about which the spool rotates, a spring wrapped about the shaft for automatically retracting the first electric cord once it is pulled away from the spool, structure for connecting two electric cords together, and an automatic, temperature responsive switch for allowing electricity to flow from the first electric cord to a second electric cord when a car's engine compartment has an ambient temperature less than a predetermined temperature set within the switch, so that when electricity is permitted to flow to the second electric cord, it is capable of functioning as an electrical outlet.
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