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Single-ended discharge lamp

US6005337A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 29, 1997
Grant dateDec 21, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J61/327
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a single-ended discharge lamp comprising a discharge tube, inleads connected to the electrodes of the discharge tube and embedded in the sealed portions thereof, a connection member connected to the inleads directly or through an adapter circuit and suitable for connecting the discharge lamp to a power supply, and a housing having a shell supporting the discharge tube as well as a cap mounted on the connection member. At least one primary inlead support member (23) and at least one secondary inlead support member (24) is provided on the inner side of the shell (21), each of the inlead support members (23, 24) has at least one fixing member (23a, 24a) for clamping the inleads (16, 17, 18, 19) and at least some of the inleads are clamped in the fixing member(s) (23a) of the primary inlead support member(s) (23) and some but not all of the inleads are clamped in the fixing member(s) (24a) of the secondary inlead support member(s) (24). The number of the inleads (16, 17) clamped in the fixing member(s) (24a) of the secondary inlead support member(s) (24) is smaller than but at maximum equal to the number of the inleads (16, 17, 18, 19) clamped in the fixing mem…

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