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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
313623 ; 313624 ; 313625 ;
Abstract
A discharge lamp arc tube comprises: a glass tube having a linear extension portion, a closed glass bulb, and pinch seal portions at both sides of the closed glass bulb; and electrode assemblies, each having an electrode rod, a molybdenum foil and a lead wire integrally series-connected, the molybdenum foil having oxide films thereon, wherein the electrode assemblies are inserted into the glass tube and pinch-sealed such that the molybdenum foils are positioned at the respective pinch seal portions.