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Ignition apparatus for a discharge lamp

US6049172A · kind A · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fur elektrische Gluhlampen mbH · DE

Inventors

Guenther Hirschmann · Munich, DE
Juergen Becker · Reichertshofen, DE
Gerhard Behr · Riedlingen, DE
Christian Wittig · Munich, DE
Peter Helbig · Sontheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 8, 1998
Grant date	Apr 11, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 8, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF21S41/192
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an ignition apparatus for a discharge lamp, in picular high-pressure discharge lamp for motor vehicle headlights. The ignition apparatus, which is preferably designed as a pulse ignition device, is accommodated in the lamp base. According to the invention, it has; a plate (1), which is composed of an electrically conductive material, is matched to the geometry of the base and on which at least the ignition capacitor (C1) and the spark gap (F1) are fastened, at least one first electrical connection of the ignition capacitor (C1) and at least one first electrical connection of the spark gap (F1) being electrically conductively connected to the plate (1).

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