Patent ID: 6244737
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: H01J,H01K

Abstract:
An electric lamp having a lamp cap, a transparent lamp bulb (10), and having at least one luminous means (11) surrounded by the lamp bulb (10), in whichthe lamp has at least two supply lead wires (12, 13), projecting from the lamp bulb (10), for supplying power to the at least one luminous means (11),the lamp cap has a holder (14a, 14b, 14e) for the lamp bulb (10),the lamp cap has a plastic cap part (15), which is provided with electric connections (16, 17) of the lamp and in which the holder (14a, 14b, 14e) is anchored, andthe electric connections (16, 17) are constructed as at least two metal contact lugs (16, 17) which are connected in an electrically conducting fashion in each case to one of the supply lead wires (12, 13), characterized in thatthe at least two contact lugs (16, 17) in each case have a groove (16c, 17c) in which in each case a supply lead wire (12, 13) is fixed to the corresponding contact lug (16, 17) by a welded joint,the contact lugs (16, 17) have means (16f, 17f) for threading the supply lead wires (12, 13) into the respective groove (16c, 17c), andthe lamp cap has at least one cut-out (18) which serves the purpose of carrying out the welding of the supply lead wires (12, 13), arranged in the grooves (16c, 17c), to the contact lugs (16, 17).