VEHICLE HEADLAMP

摘要

Vehicle headlamp provided with a metal halide lamp comprising a discharge vessel (1) surrounded with clearance by an outer envelope (7) and having a ceramic wall which encloses a discharge space containing xenon (Xe) and an ionizable filling, wherein in said discharge space two electrodes (4, 5) are arranged whose tips have a mutual interspacing EA so as to define a discharge path between them, wherein the discharge vessel (1) has an internal diameter Di at least over the distance EA, and wherein Di is smaller than or equal to 2 mm and the relation EA/Di is smaller than 6, with the special feature that said vehicle headlamp has not more than one band-shaped light-absorbing coating laterally of the discharge path.