Patent ID: 7659656

Claim:
A vehicle headlight bulb comprising a lamp envelope, a light source arranged inside the lamp envelope, and a lamp base, wherein the lamp envelope has a sealed end which is essentially constructed to be cuboid formed by two mutually opposite broad faces and two mutually opposite narrow end faces, the lamp base has a metallic sleeve in which said sealed end of the lamp envelope is fixed, at least one of the narrow end faces of the sealed end and the metallic base sleeve are provided with matching means for a latch connection, and the metallic base sleeve has at least one opening in the area of the broad faces of said sealed end of the lamp envelope, wherein the metallic base sleeve has at least two plates which are molded on to two mutually opposite edges of said opening and rest against one of said broad faces of the sealed end of the lamp envelope, and wherein said sealed end is equipped with a molded-on pair of guide webs extending in the longitudinal direction of the lamp envelope, respectively, said guide webs sewing as a stop for the free ends of said at least two plates.