Patent ID: 8829793

Claim:
A high pressure discharge lamp, comprising: a lamp axis, and a two-ended discharge vessel that surrounds a discharge volume, electrodes extending into the discharge volume enveloped by the discharge vessel, and a fill that includes metal halides being accommodated in the discharge volume, two capillaries extending outwards along the lamp axis in a direction opposite the electrodes, the discharge vessel being surrounded by an outer bulb with a base at one end and being held therein by a frame, wherein the frame comprises a short supply lead and a long supply lead, the long supply lead comprising two straight conductors with a winding part therebetween, the winding part executing at most 1.25 turns about the discharge vessel wherein the straight conductors extend from the capillary into the zone that lies between the end of the discharge volume and the tip part of the electrode wherein the straight conductors extend from the end of the discharge vessel up to at least the tip of the adjacent electrode.