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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:
Nov. 14, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph P Gallant, Winchester, KY (US);
Peter R Gagnon, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
Osram Sylvania Inc., Danvers, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
31331801 ; 31331809 ; 31331811 ;
Abstract
A lamp such as a PAR lamp is provided wherein a metal base shell is attached to a neck portion of a reflector by three or more peens which extend into respective peen holes. In a preferred embodiment, respective of the peen holes are located (a) at opposite regions of the neck portion and (b) on opposite sides of a medial plane of the neck portion. The peen holes of such embodiment extend into the neck portion in a direction other than radially towards the axis which forms the centerline of the neck portion.