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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q / ; B32B / ; F21K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
362263 ; 362 61 ; 428380 ;
Abstract
The characteristic of a connection cord for use in a discharge lamp, such as the heat resistance, assembling easiness and adhesion facility, are intended to be improved while preventing generation of harmful gas even if heated, the connection cord also having humidity resistance. The connection cord is coated with at least two layers such that an inner sheath is made of soft resin having humidity resistance and an outer sheath is made of a rubber composition containing tetrafluoroethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer as the main component.