Vehicle lamp having a molded lamp cap with integral current-supply

Abstract

The capped vehicle headlight lamp has a solid lamp cap with integral current supply conductors. The first ends of the current-supply conductors form lamp contacts. The current-supply conductors extend parallel to the lamp cap center line and have portions at right angles to the center line and at right angles to each other. The lamp vessel has current lead-through conductors, which are arranged diametrically opposite to each other and extend at least substantially along the center line of the lamp cap. The lamp may comprise a dipping cap, which is connected without a seam to the lamp cap and in whose wall a current supply conductor is included. The invention renders it possible to firmly secure the lamp vessel and the lamp cap to each other in an aligned position, while the construction of the lamp is nevertheless simple and reliable. Furthermore, a conductor not conveying current can be included in the dipping cap. This conductor and the current supply conductors may have a rectangular cross-section in order to obtain a larger thermal contact with the dipping cap.