Koito Manufacturing Company, Ltd.

Koito Seisakusho Co., Ltd.

Yukio Wakimizu

Masakazu Nagasawa

Shinichi Irisawa

Hirohiko Ohshio

Masami Handa

Kunimasa Motiduki

Yonemasa Yoshida

Goichi Oda

Nobuo Ohkawai

Yasuyoshi Numajiri

Saburo Watanabe

Yasuo Hirozumi

Masaya Shidoh

Osami Saitoh

Susumu Kanematsu

Norio Saguchi

Hideki Ishii

Yoshiaki Sakakibara

An electrical discharge lamp device in which an ultraviolet filtering globe tightly encloses a sealed glass bulb of an arc tube containing a pair of oppositely disposed electrodes to thereby form a unitary body. The rear end part of the arc tube extending from the ultraviolet filtering globe is supported by an insulating base, and the forward end part of the arc tube is supported by a lead support extending forward from the insulating base. An extending part is formed on the front face of a base main body made of synthetic resin, and the rear part of the ultraviolet filtering globe is supported by the tubular extending part. In this construction, stress is not concentrated on the portion of the arc tube supported by the base main body of the arc tube, and hence the durability of the arc tube is improved.

Electrical discharge lamp with ultraviolet filtering globe having rear

An insulating base for a discharge lamp device which provides good insulation between a lead support connected to a front end lead of an arc tube and a lead disposed on the rear side of the arc tube. The insulating base includes a base main body formed of synthetic resin. The base main body is a disk-shaped injection molding which includes a lead support insertion hole in the form of a first longitudinal through hole for mounting a lead support supporting the front end portion of an arc tube and acting as a current path to a lead disposed on the front side of the arc tube, and a lead insertion hole in the form of a second longitudinal through hole for insertion of a lead disposed on the rear end side of the arc tube. The base main body is molded in such a manner that a separation wall area between the lead support insertion hole formed in the front surface of the base main body and the lead insertion hole faces molten resin injection gates provided in base main body molding metal molds, thereby preventing a weld portion from being produced in the separation wall area between the two holes.

Insulating base for discharge lamp device

A discharge lamp apparatus in which an insulating base for supporting a lead support base end portion maintains its dielectric strength over long periods of use, and which is simple to assemble. A lead support acting as a current path is projectingly provided on a front surface of a synthetic-resin insulating base, which is a lamp holder, a front end portion of an arc tube, which is a discharge lamp body, is supported by the lead support, a rear end portion of the arc tube is fixedly supported in an engagement concave portion formed in the insulating base, and the lead support is covered with a ceramic insulating cylindrical body. In accordance with the invention, a base end portion of the insulating cylindrical body is integrated with the insulating base through insert molding.

Discharge lamp apparatus

In a discharge lamp unit in which a discharge lamp (10), which is formed by pinch-sealing (13a, 13b) a glass tube in such a manner as to define a closed glass ball (12) forming an electric discharge region substantially at the middle of the ball and in which discharge electrodes (15a, 15b) are arranged confronted with each other, is supported at both ends by metal supports (30, 40) which are welded to a short lead support (22) and a long lead support (24) protruding from an insulating base (20) in such a manner that the lead supports (22, 24) are parallel to one another with a predetermined distance therebetween and are parallel to the discharge axis of the lamp. The metal support (30) which supports the rear end portion of the discharge lamp has a discharge lamp holding portion (34) which is arcuate, and the part (14) of the rear end portion of the discharge lamp which is held by the discharge lamp holding portion of the metal support is circular in cross section. Thus, the metal supports which support the discharge lamp can be manufactured readily, and the discharge lamp is high in durability and can be easily adjusted in position.

Discharge lamp unit having improved discharge tube mount

A discharge lamp device having an insulator base made of a synthetic resin integrally bonded to a globe holding member made of ceramic wherein a discharge lamp is attached. Also provided is a pair of lead supports for supporting the discharge lamp at its opposite ends. The discharge lamp and lead supports are completely surrounded by an ultraviolet ray shielding globe which is fixed to globe holding member. The globe effectively absorbs harmful ultraviolet rays having a wavelength in a predetermined wavelength range.

Discharge lamp device

An electric discharge lamp assembly including a lamp bulb having two lead wires, and a lamp base supporting two lead support members with respective tip ends thereof being connected respectively to the lead wires of the lamp bulb. One of the lead support members is formed to have an elongated length and is covered by an insulating tubular member substantially. The rear end portion of the insulating tubular member is fitted on and secured to a tubular portion of the lamp base which portion is integrally formed with the lamp base. Whereby the electric discharge between the two support members is prevented effectively, and the insulating tubular member is secured to the lamp base reliably.

Discharge lamp assembly with insulating tubular member and metal band

The vehicular headlamp of the projection type in which a projection unit is installed within a lamp body, the projection unit including an elliptic reflector, a discharge lamp as a light source disposed at a first focal position of the elliptic reflector, an ultraviolet-rays shield glove for covering the discharge lamp, and a projection lens disposed at a forward location of the elliptic reflector, the projection lens collimating and projecting forward the light reflected from the elliptic reflector. The headlamp is improved in that the ultraviolet-ray shield glove is a tubular member which is opened at the fore end and includes a inner lens, disposed between the discharge lamp and the projection lens, for intercepting the ultraviolet rays.

Vehicular headlamp of the projection type

A discharge lamp unit in which a pair of terminal and lead support assemblies (A, B), composed of a pair of metal connector terminals (123, 125) and a pair of metal lead supports (122, 124), are fixedly held by a molded resin lamp holder (120) in such a manner that the connector terminals (123, 125) extend from the rear surface of the lamp holder while the lead supports (122, 124) extend from the front surface of the lamp holder to support a discharge lamp (110). The lamp holder has an axial through-hole formed therein during the molding of the lamp holder in a metal mold in such a manner that the axial through-hole is located between the connector terminals of the terminal and lead support assemblies, whereby the lamp holder is enhanced in dielectric strength.

Discharge lamp unit

A discharge lamp has a lamp assembly including a discharge lamp unit with a pair of lamp leads extending therefrom, and a base assembly including a pair of base leads electrically connected to the pair of lamp leads and mechanically supporting the lamp unit in position with respect to the base assembly. The base assembly comprises a hollow base structure of electrically insulating material molded in one piece with a partition dividing the interior thereof into a pair of completely isolated spaces. Electrically connected to the base leads, a pair of sheet metal conductors are received with clearances in the respective isolated spaces in order to preclude the possibility of an electric discharge taking place between the pair of conductors within the base structure.

Discharge lamp base construction

An electric lamp assembly comprises a lamp unit of generally conventional design, and a base subassembly coupled thereto both mechanically and electrically. The lamp unit may take the form of a halogen cycle lamp of the baseless type terminating in a pinch seal, with lead support wires extending outwardly therefrom. The base subassembly includes a metal made, dislike lamp holder apertured for the passage of the lamp unit seal therethrough and firmly engaging the same for holding the lamp unit. The lamp holder further engages one end of a metal made, tubular coupling, the other end of which is received with a sliding fit in one end of a substantially tubular base unit molded of plastics material. Extending through the coupling, the lead support wires are electrically and mechanically coupled as by welding to connectors mounted to a partition within the base unit. The plastic base unit is easier and less expensive to fabricate to close dimensionsal tolerances than the conventional metal base.

Electric lamp assembly with a molded plastic base

A sealed beam lamp assembly, suitable for use as a motor vehicle headlight, has an incandescent lamp mounted within an inert-gas-filled, molded-glass housing integrally comprising a reflector and a control-lens cover. For supporting the lamp in position within the housing, a metal-made support rod extends forwardly from one of ferrules on the reflector and has its front end preformed into the shape of a U to provide a rearwardly directed fold. Welded to this fold of the support rod is a metal band rigidly encircling the base of the lamp. The lamp position relative to the reflector is therefore adjustable as required by manually turning the fold of the support rod about its main straight portion. The support rod serves also to provide electrical connection between the ferrule and one of the lamp leads.

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Shizuoka, Japan

Yukio Wakimizu