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High-pressure discharge lamp with starting aid

US9111744B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

OSRAM GmbH · DE

Inventors

Thomas Brauner · Berlin, DE
Johannes Buttstaedt · Falkensee, DE
Sascha Piltz · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 26, 2010
Grant date	Aug 18, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 26, 2030

Classification

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

Abstract

A high-pressure discharge lamp having an ignition aid, mounted in an outer bulb, wherein the discharge vessel comprises two ends having seals in which electrodes are mounted and wherein a frame having a clip wire retains the discharge vessel in the outer bulb. The clip wire is bent toward the seal of the opposite pole electrode until the bent part formed thereby acts as an ignition aid.

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