Patent ID: 6191526
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: H01J,H01K

Abstract:
An electric lamp comprising:a lamp bulb;at least one incandescent coil filament disposed in the lamp bulb; andelectric current leads connected to the incandescent coil filament;wherein at least one of the current leads is a current lead-in wire;wherein one end portion of the current lead-in wire is flattened and is U-shaped so as to define a U-shaped end segment having a flattened free leg and a flattened further leg extending from a non-flattened portion of the current lead-in wire;wherein the at least one incandescent coil filament has a coiled end which is arranged transverse to the flattened legs and which is disposed in a seat defined by a gap between the flattened legs;wherein the gap has a width which is determined by a degree of flattening of the legs and which is smaller than an outside diameter of the coiled end of the at least one incandescent coil filament.