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High-pressure discharge lamp having a starting aid

US8860308B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

OSRAM GmbH · DE

Inventors

Thomas Brauner · Berlin, DE
Martin Fornalski · Berlin, DE
Juergen Kellerer · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 12, 2010
Grant date	Oct 14, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 12, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01J61/34
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In various embodiments, a high-pressure discharge lamp including a starting aid and a longitudinal axis having a ceramic discharge vessel that is housed in an outer bulb, the discharge vessel having two ends having including capillaries with electrodes fastened therein, wherein a frame having a hanger wire holds the discharge vessel in the outer bulb and the hanger wire is configured so that it includes a plate-like starting aid toward the capillary of the opposite-pole electrode, with the plate-like starting aid being configured as a foil or metal sheet and the plate-like starting aid further including a means for purely mechanical fastening to at least the capillary.

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