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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:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Matthew A. Bugenske, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 6/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 6/104 ;
Abstract
A ceramic metal halide lamp assembly (A) includes an elongated support or member wire ( ) that provides both electrical connection and centering of the arctube within the lamp assembly. The support wire has at least one bent region ( ) that extends over at least ninety degrees of the inner circumference of the capsule. Preferably, the bent region is disposed between the pinch seal region and the arc chamber so that it does not adversely impact on the desired beam pattern of the lamp assembly.