Patent ID: 7625237

Claim:
A lamp base for a high-pressure discharge lamp, the lamp base comprising a housing with an interior and a cover which closes the housing, and a printed circuit board, which is arranged in the housing interior, the printed circuit board is populated with electrical component parts and is provided with conductor tracks for making electrical contact with the component parts, at least one electrical contact for a power supply line of the high-pressure discharge lamp being arranged on the printed circuit board, at least one partition is provided for electrical insulation purposes between the at least one electrical contact or the power supply line and the conductor tracks of the printed circuit board and wherein said at least one partition protrudes out of the plane of said printed circuit board, is arranged between said at least one electrical contact for the power supply line and one or more conductor tracks, only partially surrounds said at least one electrical contact for the power supply line, and forms a chamber which is open on one side.