Patent ID: 6400077
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: H01K

Abstract:
An electric incandescent lamp comprising:a quartz glass lamp vessel with a wall enclosing a space in a gastight manner, which lamp vessel has a U shape with a first leg and a second leg situated substantially parallel next to each other and connected to each other via an intermediate part, said legs defining a plane and a longitudinal axis of the lamp; a first portion and a second portion of an incandescent body accommodated in the first leg and the second leg, respectively, and connected to each other via an intermediate portion of the incandescent body; seals having respective feedthroughs comprising metal foils embedded in the wall, the feedthroughs being connected to the respective first portion and second portion of the incandescent body and extending to the exterior, wherein the lamp vessel is formed to the U shape by two kinks in the intermediate part of the lamp vessel.