Patent ID: 7391146
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: H01K,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A halogen incandescent lamp comprising a transparent sealed bulb ( 2 ), a gas filling comprising an inert gas and a halogen additive, a luminous element ( 4 ) which is attached to a current supply system ( 7 , 8 , 9 ) extending in a pinched portion ( 3 ) of the bulb, and a mount ( 5 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ) extending from at least adjacent the outside of the pinched portion ( 3 ) into the bulb ( 2 ) and comprising at least one metal support wire ( 5 ) which retains the luminous element ( 4 ) in the vicinity of the end of the bulb ( 2 ) remote from the pinched portion ( 3 ), characterized in that the mount ( 5 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ) comprises a non-conducting part ( 9 , 10 ; 12 ) such that the outer end ( 11 ; 12 ) of the mount ( 5 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ) at or near the outside of the pinched portion ( 3 ) and the support wire ( 5 ) are electrically insulated from each other.