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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gijsbert L. Von Morgen, Eindhoven, NL;
Gerardus H. A. M. Van Der Steen, Eindhoven, NL;
Josephus J. Timmermans, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 1/718 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 1/718 ;
Abstract
The electric lamp comprises a lamp vessel ( ) in which an electric element ( ) is arranged. The electric element ( ) is connected to feedthroughs ( ) that extend through the wall of the lamp vessel ( ). The respective feedthroughs ( ) comprise a metal shell ( ) and an internal current conductor ( ) connected thereto. The metal shell ( ), which has no knife edge, clamps around the neck-shaped end portion ( ) of the lamp vessel ( ), hence realizing the gastightness of the feedthrough.