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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:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 1/346 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 1/346 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a lighting system with a high-pressure discharge lamp and a control unit (W, FS, C , W) for the high-pressure discharge lamp ( ), where the lamp base ( ) has at least two housing parts ( ) which are connected to one another by a releasable closure ( ). The first housing part ( ) has fastening means ( ) for the at least one lamp vessel ( ). The high-voltage part (TR) of the ignition device (TR, FS, C ) is accommodated in the first housing part ( ), whilst the second housing part ( ) is provided with the electrical connections ( ) for the high-pressure discharge lamp ( ) and preferably contains the remaining components (FS, C ) of the ignition device and the voltage converter (W) of the control unit.