Patent ID: 7208879
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
1. A discharge lamp lighting apparatus, comprising: a socket adapted to receive a discharge bulb; a transformer having a coil including a secondary side winding connected at one end to the socket and connected at the other end to a first drive wire, and a primary side winding connected at one end to a second drive wire and 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 and 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, and wherein the primary side winding is wound on the secondary side winding, the secondary side winding protruding from the core at a high voltage generating side of the secondary side winding, and at least the high voltage generating side of the core and the secondary side winding being covered with the resin.