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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2001
Kenichi Takamatsu, Niigata, JP;
Takaaki Chuzawa, Osaka, JP;
Takao Miyai, Niigata, JP;
Kazuhiko Kinutani, Niigata, JP;
Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A lamp socket and a discharge lamp lighting device are enabled to be dimensionally minimized by forming a socket body of the lamp socket with an integral synthetic resin molding of a case housing therein a starting circuit section and socket and connector sections, disposing a plurality of lead frames in the case, connecting the lead frames to primary and secondary windings of a pulse transformer, thereafter housing in the case electronic parts with their terminals placed in recessed grooves of the lead frames, and connecting the lead frames and terminals to constitute the starting circuit section.