Patent ID: 6031331
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: H01J,H01K

Abstract:
An lamp comprising:a quartz glass lamp vessel (1) which is sealed in a gastight manner and which is provided with a neck-shaped portion (2, 3) comprising a seal (4, 5) having a longitudinal axis (15) extending from a first end portion of said seal to a second end portion of said seal, a current supply conductor passing through said seal to an electric element (12) arranged in the lamp vessel;which current supply conductor comprises a metal foil (7, 10), an inner lead wire (6, 9), and an outer lead wire (8, 11), said metal foil being embedded in the seal in a gastight manner, while the inner lead wire connected to the electric element is connected to the metal foil in the first end portion and the outer lead wire is connected to the metal foil in the second end portion, characterized in that the second end portion has an end with an at least substantially closed fracture surface (14) transverse to the longitudinal axis, the outer lead wire issuing to the exterior through said substantially closed fracture surface.