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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:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Horst Wittmann, Stadtbergen, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 5/48 ; H01J 5/50 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 5/48 ; H01J 5/50 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a compact low-pressure discharge lamp comprising a discharge vessel (,) with electrodes and supply leads (,), and a base (,) assembled from a cap (,), housing (,) and mounting plate (,) with a ballast arrangement. The mounting plate (,) with the ballast arrangement is installed in the interior of the base housing (,) and has terminals (,) for the electric connection of the supply leads (,) to the mounting plate (,). In this case, the supply leads (,) are pressed against the electric terminals (,) of the mounting plate (,) by means of a spring element (,).