Patent ID: 6328455
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: H01J,H01K

Abstract:
An electric lamp comprising: a lamp cap and a transparent lamp bulb (10), and having at least one luminous means (11) surrounded by the lamp bulb (10), the lamp cap having a metal holder part (14a) in which the lamp bulb (10) is fixed, the lamp cap having a ring-shaped metal support sleeve (14b) connected to the holder part (14a) and a plastic cap part (15) which is provided with the electric terminals (16, 17) of the lamp and in which the support sleeve (14b) is anchored, the support sleeve (14b) having three reference noses (14c) lying in a common plane arranged perpendicular to the ring axis, the reference noses (14c) serving to engage in an opening (21), designed as a lampholder, of a reflector (20), and the ring-shaped support sleeve (14b) having a press-on spring (14d) which acts radially outwards and serves to fix the lamp in the opening (21) designed as a lampholder, of the reflector (20), the press-on spring (14d) being arranged below a first reference nose (14c), characterized in that on its outer side, below the second and third reference nose (14c), the ring-shaped support sleeve (14b) in each case has a depression (14f) or a cutout at a distance from the reference noses (14c) and along a surface (22a) to otherwise bear against the reflector.