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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1998
Kunimasa Mochiduki, Shizuoka, JP;
Masato Harazaki, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasuyoshi Numajiri, Shizuoka, JP;
Takeshi Fukuyo, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshitaka Ohshima, Shizuoka, JP;
Shinichi Irisawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An insulating plug for an electric discharge lamp apparatus, includes: a front portion includes an outer cylindrical portion and an inner cylindrical portion, the inner cylindrical portion having a substantially unique thickness and an opening to receive an arc tube of an electric discharge lamp; a focusing ring extending from the outer cylindrical portion of the front portion; and a rear portion having a rear-end cylindrical portion and a center portion. The front portion, the focusing ring and the rear portion are integrally molded by injecting a synthetic resin into a mold from a gate of the mold, the gate facing the rear-end cylindrical portion of the rear porition of the insulating plug. Furthermore, the electric discharge lamp apparatus in which an arc tube is inserted into the opening of the insulating plug described above.