When was the cigarette lighter socket for cars invented?
James Kilburg is credited for the original invention. “James Kilburg was a career mechanical engineer who perfected his craft and knack for ingenuity while living in his native Luxembourg. After moving to America, Kilburg devoted his life to creating innovations such as the car cigarette lighter (still in use today) the first automatic dialing telephone, as well as an automated Maraschino Cherry pit remover.” Although Kilburg’s invention was a decade or so previous, the first lighters that came as options on autos were in the mid to late twenties. .
