Patent ID: 7633227

Claim:
A high-pressure discharge lamp comprising: an outer bulb in which a discharge vessel is arranged around a longitudinal axis, the discharge vessel enclosing, in a gastight manner, a discharge space provided with an ionizable filling, the discharge vessel having a first and a second mutually opposed portion forming a first and a second leadthrough through which a first and a second leadthrough conductor, respectively, extend to a pair of electrodes arranged in the discharge space, a lamp base of electrically insulating material supporting the discharge vessel via a first current supply conductor, having a weld with the first leadthrough conductor, and a second current supply conductor electrically connected to the second leadthrough conductor, forming a respective first and a second current path to the pair of electrodes, the lamp base also supporting the outer bulb, the outer bulb enclosing the first and second current supply conductors, and being connected to the lamp base in a gas-tight manner, wherein the first leadthrough conductor includes: a 1 st section extending from the 1 st leadthrough along the longitudinal axis towards the lamp base, a 2 nd section bended away extending effectively transverse to the longitudinal axis, wherein the 2 nd section of the first leadthrough conductor comprises two U-bends, and a 3 rd section extending towards the first contact member.