Patent ID: 6621214
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: H01K

Abstract:
A lamp comprising a bulb which has a bulb axis and encloses a main coil and an auxiliary coil whose coil axes are directed parallel to the bulb axis, and comprising a base means (20) for mounting said lamp in a lampholder in a defined position, characterized in that the bulb axis is vertically as well as horizontally displaced with respect to the coil axis of the auxiliary coil (18) and the coil axis of the main coil (16), said auxiliary coil (18) being arranged such that it is positioned a distance laterally of a vertical plane in which the bulb axis is situated, and said main coil (16) being arranged such that it is positioned a distance laterally of said vertical plane at a side of said vertical plane opposite said auxiliary coil, and wherein both main coil and auxiliary coil are situated below a horizontal plane comprising the bulb axis.