Patent ID: 7909495
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
1. A vehicle headlight comprising: a discharge lamp as a light source in a lighting chamber comprising a lamp body, a fitting portion having a fitting opening on a rear end portion of the lamp body, and a front cover for covering a front side of the lamp body, and further comprising: a back cover including a cover main body fitted into the fitting portion of the lamp body and made of resin material, and connection terminals embedded in the cover main body except a part of the terminals and made of metal material, and in which the cover main body and the connection terminals are molded integrally, component inlaying portions for the cover main body, wherein electronic components that constitute a lighting circuit of the discharge lamp and are connected electrically to the connection terminals are inlaid in the component inlaying portions, wherein a part of the connection terminals protruding from the cover main body provides connector terminal portions of a power supply connector for supplying power to the discharge lamp and wherein the connection terminals made of the metal material are insert-molded in the cover main body made of the resin material; a radiator body fitting portion in the cover main body and an installing hole passing through longitudinally, and a radiator body directly attached to electronic circuit components that constitute the lighting circuit, the electronic circuit components being arranged on a lighting chamber side, wherein the radiator body is fitted to the radiator body fitting portion to close the installing hole.