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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007

Filed:

May. 09, 2005
Applicant:

Manabu Kika, Kamakura, JP;

Inventor:

Manabu Kika, Kamakura, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 13/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An embodiment of a discharge lamp lighting apparatus of the present invention includes a socket inserted with a discharge bulb, a transformer having a coil including a secondary side winding connected at one end to the socket, connected at the other end to a first drive wire, and a primary side winding connected at one end to a second drive wire, connected at the other end to a third drive wire through a discharge gap, a core inserted into the coil, and a resin filled between the core and the primary side winding, the secondary side winding, and a capacitor connected between the second drive wire and the third drive wire, wherein the transformer and the socket are aligned side by side.


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