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Connector for high pressure lamps

US4712040A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 19, 1985
Grant dateDec 8, 1987
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Expiry dateNov 19, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J61/36
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A high pressure discharge lamp having a wire connected to at least one of the electrode assemblies of its arc tube. The wire is formed with two separated legs joined at a common point. The legs are both bent toward the common point. The distance between the legs of the wire contracts and expands to compensate for the expansion and contraction of the lamp's arc tube as the lamp is turned on and off.

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