Patent ID: 6095866
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
An electric lamp comprising: a lamp cap which has a metal holding part (52) in which the bulb (50) of the lamp is fixed,the lamp cap having a metal support sleeve (53), connected to the metal holding part (52), and a plastic cap part (54), which is provided with electric terminals (55) of the lamp and in which the metal support sleeve (53) is anchored,the metal support sleeve (53) being constructed in the shape of a ring and having a cutout (53b),the lamp cap being fitted with at least one pressure spring (1) being constructed as a cambered leaf spring,the ends (11, 12) of the leaf spring (1) bearing against the inner wall of the support sleeve (53),the at least one leaf spring (1) having an outwardly cambered section (10) which reaches through the cutout (53b), andthe at least one leaf spring (1) having two inwardly cambered sections (13, 14) which respectively connect the outwardly cambered section (10) to one of the leaf spring ends (11, 12),wherein the outwardly cambered section (10) of the at least one leaf spring (1) has a region (100) constructed in the shape of a V, at least the connecting piece (103) which connects the two V limbs (101, 102) of the V-shaped region (100) reaching through the cutout (53b) in the support sleeve (53).