Patent · US Expired

Lighting system with a high-pressure discharge lamp

US6462476B1 · kind B1 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fur elektrische Gluhlampen mbH · DE

Inventors

Guenther Hirschmann · Munich, DE
Bontcho Gotchev · Munich, DE
Arnulf Rupp · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 22, 1999
Grant date	Oct 8, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 22, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01J61/82
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a lighting system with a high-pressure discharge lamp and a control unit (W, FS, C1, W) for the high-pressure discharge lamp (1), where the lamp base (10) has at least two housing parts (10a, 10b) which are connected to one another by a releasable closure (22). The first housing part (10a) has fastening means (24) for the at least one lamp vessel (11). The high-voltage part (TR) of the ignition device (TR, FS, C1) is accommodated in the first housing part (10a), whilst the second housing part (10b) is provided with the electrical connections (20) for the high-pressure discharge lamp (1) and preferably contains the remaining components (FS, C1) of the ignition device and the voltage converter (W) of the control unit.

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