Patent ID: 7172317
Filing Date: 2007-02-06
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
1. A reflector lamp comprising, in combination: an outer envelope formed as a reflector with a neck portion at one end and a light transmitting cover or lens at the opposite end, said neck portion having a bottom wall facing the lens at the opposite end of the envelope, a base fixed on the neck portion overlying said bottom wall, said reflector, base and neck portion shaped generally rotationally symmetrically around a longitudinal axis; a light capsule disposed within the envelope between, the lens and said bottom wall, a light transmitting tubular shield within the envelope surrounding the capsule and extending from adjacent the lens to said bottom wall, first and second electrical leads fixed in said base and extending through said bottom wall, said first lead electrically connected to the end of the capsule adjacent said bottom wall and said second lead electrically connected to the end of the capsule adjacent the lens with said first and second leads cooperatively supporting the capsule within the shield, said second lead shaped and proportioned to engage the shield adjacent the lens and urge the shield against said bottom wall of the neck portion, and said shield being open at the end adjacent said lens and said second lead extending through such open end of the shield and bearing against such end urging the shield against said bottom wall.