Patent ID: 7834531
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: H01J,H01K

Abstract:
1. A lamp comprising: a lamp capsule having a sealed end and a central longitudinal axis; a base formed from an electrically insulating material, having an end of the base with a wall defining a receptacle sized and shaped to receive, along an axis of the base, the sealed end of the lamp capsule; a first flange extending from a first side of the base, and transverse to the axis; the first flange having a first electrical contact exposed for electrical contact, the first electrical contact comprising on an upper surface thereof an upwardly facing first upper exposed contact region and on a lower surface thereof a downwardly facing first lower exposed contact region that is, in an axial direction, in register with the first upper exposed contact region and facing away from the first upper exposed contact region; a second flange extending from a second side of the base opposite the first side of the base, and extending transverse to the axis; the second flange having a second electrical contact exposed for electrical contact, the second electrical contact comprising on an upper surface thereof an upwardly facing second upper exposed contact region and on a lower surface thereof a downwardly facing second lower exposed contact region that is, in an axial direction, in register with the second upper exposed contact region and facing away from the second upper exposed contact region; and the lamp capsule being irremovably held in the receptacle and being electrically coupled via respective lead wires to the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact, each of the first and second contacts being wider, in a direction extending radially away from the lamp central longitudinal axis, than a lateral width of the respective said lead wire.