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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
May. 12, 2000
Osamu Miyata, Tokyo, JP;
Hisao Hirata, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhisa Yaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kunio Iwaki, Tokyo, JP;
Isamu Satoh, Tokyo, JP;
Stanley Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle discharge lighting unit can include a bulb mounting slot provided in a resin base. The mounting slot has a channel diameter that fits with an outer bulb of a lamp. A flange can be provided for mounting the resin base to a reflector. A burner band mounting section of the base can extend towards the lamp along a discharge chamber direction and project within the reflector. The driver case can also be separated into a front case and a rear case. The resin base and the driver case can therefore be most appropriately shaped while also having improved dielectric strength. When either of the base or the driver case is defective, only the part that is defective needs to be replaced.