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| Year | Description |
| 1998 | Invention patented by Gilles Thivet on January 5th, 1998. Abstract: A motor vehicle cigar lighter has an illuminating sleeve carrying an illuminating module which includes a light source and which surrounds the lighter socket or body. A connecting module is fixed to the rear of the lighter body. Temporary locking means, comprising tongues, are interposed between the connecting module and the illuminating sleeve. |
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