General Electric Company

Zsolt Vincze

Lajos Reich

Zolt&aacute;n Nagy

An adapter ( ) for a discharge lamp which comprises a socket portion ( ) and a plug portion ( ). The socket portion is suitable for receiving electrical contacts of a first discharge lamp which includes a discharge tube disposed substantially in a planar zone having a principal plane. The socket portion has an associated socket contacting plane where the socket contacting plane is defined as the principal plane of the discharge tube of the first discharge lamp when the latter is inserted into the socket portion. The plug portion is insertable into an external female socket which is suitable for receiving a second discharge lamp including a planar tube configuration. The plug portion also has an associated plug contacting plane. This plug contacting plane is defined as the principal plane of the tube configuration of the second discharge lamp when this latter is inserted into the external female socket. The adapter further comprises a connecting portion for connecting the socket portion and the plug portion. The connecting portion provides a substantially rigid connection between the socket portion and the plug portion so that the socket contacting plane substantially coincides with the plug contacting plane.

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Döge, Hungary

Zsolt Vincze