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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1995
Michael Eugene Francis, Warren, OH (US);
Dany Paul Delaporte, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Richard Charles Brennan, III, Canoga Park, CA (US);
Russell Mistretta Abbott, Riverside, CA (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Hughes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
An arrangement of an automotive lamp assembly is provided including a reflector housing with a central opening; a discharge light assembly mounted to the reflector through the opening; a base supporting the discharge light assembly in the reflector, the base having a concentric conductor connected to the discharge light assembly at one end and a pin first terminal on an opposite end of the first conductor, and the base having a second eccentric conductor connected to the discharge light assembly on one end with a collar connected on an opposite end; a socket sealed with the base, the socket having a concentric conductor for mating with the base concentric conductor, the socket concentric conductor having a collar terminal at a first end toward the base and a blade terminal at a second opposite end, the socket also having an eccentric conductor having a collar terminal at a first end toward the base and a blade end at a second opposite end; an annular high voltage insulation member surrounding the first end of the socket concentric conductor; first and second tubular passages respectively extending through the socket housing intersecting with the blades of the concentric and eccentric socket conductors; first and second high voltage insulated wire conductors with terminals for mating with the socket conductor terminals; and seal boots sealing the first and second lead wires.