Patent ID: 6040659
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
A discharge lamp lighting device having a housing with a power supply socket integrally formed therein and accommodating therein a discharge-lamp lighting-circuit assembly comprising a printed circuit board with wiring patterns and circuit components comprising a lamp lighting circuit thereon, a coil case mounted on the printed circuit board and connected to said lamp lighting circuit, said coil case having a primary coil formed by plural plate-conductors formed in parallel to each other at an outer surface of said coil case and a discharge lamp socket integrally formed on said coil case, a secondary-coil wound bobbin with a core inserted in a hollow center of said bobbin, wherein said discharge-lamp lighting-circuit assembly is mounted in said housing with a top portion of said discharge lamp socket projecting from an open-end of said housing and is connected at an output terminal of said coil case to said power supply socket formed in said housing and potted in said housing with insulating resin poured in a melted state and solidified therein to form a single solid device.