Patent ID: 8482201

Claim:
A gas discharge lamp with a gas discharge tube ( 12 - 1 ) having a cylindrical discharge region ( 12 - 4 ) with a cylinder axis, and having two electrodes ( 12 - 2 , 12 - 3 ) which are arranged at an outer side of the gas discharge tube ( 12 - 1 ), wherein each electrode ( 12 - 2 , 12 - 3 ) has a planar disc shaped holding section ( 12 - 6 , 12 - 7 ) which each have a respective opening ( 12 - 8 , 12 - 9 ), and wherein the cylindrical discharge region ( 12 - 4 ) is received in the openings ( 12 - 8 , 12 - 9 ) in a shape matched manner and the cylinder axis lies perpendicular to the planar holding sections ( 12 - 6 , 12 - 7 ).