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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2000
James Thomas Dakin, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Mark Elton Duffy, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Curtis Edward Scott, Mentor, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An electric lamp ( ) including a sealed light-transmissive lamp envelope ( ) having an interior space, a base fixed to the outer envelope ( ), a non-insulated main conductor wire ( ) within the outer envelope and connected to the base ( ) at one end, a light source ( ) capable of generating light within the outer envelope ( ), a shroud ( ) surrounding the light source ( ) and mounted adjacent the non-insulated main conductor wire ( ), and a first center support. The light source ( ) has first and second ends. The first end is electrically coupled to the non-insulated main conductor wire ( ), and the second end is coupled to a stem lead ( ). The first center support ( ) supports the shroud ( ) and the light source ( ) and mechanically couples the shroud ( ) and the light source ( ) to the non-insulated main conductor wire ( ).