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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2007
Raghu Ramaiah, Euclid, OH (US);
Benton Bartley Oukrop, Jeffersonville, IN (US);
Matthew Bugenske, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Gary W. Utterback, University Heights, OH (US);
Tom Boyle, Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Balaji Parthasarathy, Bangalore, IN;
Karthik Sivaraman, Mayfield Village, OH (US);
Ronald D. White, Crestwood, KY (US);
Raghu Ramaiah, Euclid, OH (US);
Benton Bartley Oukrop, Jeffersonville, IN (US);
Matthew Bugenske, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Gary W. Utterback, University Heights, OH (US);
Tom Boyle, Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Balaji Parthasarathy, Bangalore, IN;
Karthik Sivaraman, Mayfield Village, OH (US);
Ronald D. White, Crestwood, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Discharge tubes for a lamp include a body portion with a first end, a second end, and a tubular member defining an interior area. The tubular member extends along an elongated axis between the first end and the second end. The discharge tube further includes a first end portion provided at the first end of the body portion. The first end portion includes a first tubular extension having a first through passage in communication with the interior area. The first end portion further includes a first transition section connected between the first tubular extension and the body portion.