Patent ID: 6340861
Filing Date: 2002-01-22
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
A halogen incandescent lamp for automotive headlight reflectors, said lamp comprising at least one incandescent coil, an envelope including a pinched portion, electrodes projecting from said pinched portion, clamping saddles made of bent metal strips and being mounted on said pinched portion, each clamping saddle having a wing extending in a plane placed across the central axis of the lamp, said electrodes each being electrically connected to a clamping saddle, lead wires being cut to shape from metal strips of appropriate thickness and having an elongated shape in the direction of the central axis of the lamp, each being mechanically and electrically connected to said wing of said clamping saddle, one of the lead wires being formed in the plane of said wings without bending, while the other lead wire being bent so that the free end thereof raises from the plane of said wings at a distance corresponding at least to the radius of said envelope.