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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1998
Yukinobu Hiranaka, Shizuoka, JP;
Akiyoshi Ozaki, Shizuoka, JP;
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle head lamp which includes: a lamp body having a front side being opened; a lens mounted on the front side of the lamp body; a discharging lamp; a reflector being disposed within a space defined by the lamp body and the lens while supporting the discharging lamp, the reflector being tiltable with respect to the lamp body; a discharging lamp unit supplying a discharging voltage to the discharging lamp; and a connecting member. The connecting member includes, a plural number of connection cords connecting the discharging lamp and the discharging lamp unit, wherein one of the connection cords is a high voltage cord to which a high voltage is applied, a protecting tube covering the high voltage cord, and a cylindrical member being conductive and flexible wherein the cylindrical member covers the protecting tube as well as covers connection cords which are not covered with the protecting tube.