Patent ID: 8432098
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: B60Q,F21S,H05K

Abstract:
1. A lighting device for a motor vehicle comprising; gas discharge lamp for emitting light; a housing made from metal; a starting device for providing a starting voltage for starting the gas discharge lamp; and a control device for providing an input voltage for the starting device and an operating voltage for operation of the gas discharge lamp, the control device being combined with and an integral part of the starting device; wherein the combined starting and control has a plug element for connecting a vehicle power supply system voltage, the plug element being in the form of a printed circuit board plug, which is formed by conductor tracks guided at an edge of a printed circuit board of the starting and control device and the combined starting and control device is an integral part of the gas discharge lamp connected undetectably to a glass bulb and a lamp base of the gas discharge lamp, the gas discharge lamp and all of the electrical components for performing the starting device function and the control device function are accommodated within the housing in a multilayered printed circuit board, electronic components of the starting and control device circuit accommodated in interlayers of the printed circuit board.