Patent ID: 6505958
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: F21V,H01J

Abstract:
An electric lamp/reflector unit comprising:a molded reflector body provided with a reflector portion having an optical axis, and with an outer surface, and integrally with said outer surface a hollow neck-shaped portion around the optical axis; a concave reflecting inner surface between the neck-shaped portion and a light emission window transverse to the optical axis; an electric lamp provided with a light-transmitting lamp vessel which is closed in a vacuumtight manner and has a cavity in which an electric element is arranged, the electric element having a first and a second end portion in mutual opposition, the length of the electric element between the first and second end portions being substantially aligned with the optical axis, each said first and second end portion having a seal through which a respective first and second current conductor connected to the electric element are passed from the lamp vessel to the exterior, the second current conductor being guided through an opening in the reflector portion to the outer surface and being connected to a contact member provided on the outer surface, while the electric lamp is fixed in the reflector body, with the first end portion in the neck-shaped portion of the cavity within the reflector portion, the first current conductor extending to the exterior of the lamp through the neck shaped portion, wherein a further contact member, to which the first current conductor is connected, is provided on the outer surface of the reflector body.