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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2001
Pieter Dirk Melis Van Duivendijk, Roosendaal, NL;
Frank Gerardus Cornelis De Bot, Roosendaal, NL;
Antonius Johannes Spaapen, Roosendaal, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An electric lamp has a cap, which is secured to a light-transmitting lamp vessel having an electric element. The lamp cap has a projecting contact pin. An electric conductor is connected to the electric element and the contact pin. The contact pin is unilaterally deformed in an inward direction so as to form an indentation for fixing the electric conductor. The electric conductor in the contact pin does not extend substantially beyond a boundary of the indentation. The indentation has a pinch portion. The pinch portion deepens at an angle a with respect to the axis, where 25°≦&agr;≦45°. In addition, the indentation has a press portion for fixing the electric conductor in the contact pin.