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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2005
Joshua Ian Rintamaki, Westlake, OH (US);
Paul Kuester, Willoughby, OH (US);
Andrew Podevels, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Joshua Ian Rintamaki, Westlake, OH (US);
Paul Kuester, Willoughby, OH (US);
Andrew Podevels, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A metal halide lamp () includes a discharge vessel () which may be formed of a ceramic material. The vessel defines an interior space (). An ionizable fill () is disposed in the interior space. The ionizable fill includes an inert gas, mercury, and a halide component. The halide component includes an alkali metal halide, an alkaline earth metal halide component, and optionally at least one of a rare earth halide and a Group IIIA halide. The alkaline earth metal halide component includes at least one of a barium halide and a strontium halide. At least one electrode () is positioned within the discharge vessel so as to energize the fill when an electric current is applied thereto. The lamp having a wall loading, when energized, which is sufficient to maintain an active tungsten halogen cycle.