IP Library Granted Patent US 7,982,377
Granted Patent B2
US 7,982,377 · App. 11/577,436 · Granted Jul 19, 2011

High-pressure gas discharge lamp

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Patent No.
US 7,982,377
App. No.
11/577,436
Granted
Jul 19, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A high-pressure gas discharge lamp includes at least a lamp tube and two electrodes. The two electrodes are each attached to the lamp tube by a sealed area and, outside the sealed area, each electrode has a perpendicular minimum distance, with respect to its longitudinal axis, from the lamp tube.

Claims (4)

1. A high-pressure gas discharge lamp, at least comprising a lamp tube and two electrodes, wherein the two electrodes are each attached to the lamp tube by a respective sealed area, wherein a length RA between grooves that are located where each of the two electrodes enters the respective sealed area from a discharge chamber side of the lamp and a maximum perpendicular internal diameter ID of the lamp tube is selected such that a product of RA and ID is 25 mm 2 , wherein a product of the ID and a difference of the RA and the EAR is at least 10 mm 2 , wherein a spacing between the electrodes is an X-rayed electrode spacing EAR and the EAR is between 3.6 mm to 3.7 mm, and wherein the maximum perpendicular internal diameter ID is between 2.4 and 2.7 mm.

2. The lamp as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the lamp filling is Hg-free.

3. The lamp as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the lamp and lamp constituents are free of thorium.

4. A front headlamp for cars, comprising at least one high-pressure gas discharge lamp as claimed in claim 1 .

Assignments (6)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2025
From: SOUND POINT AGENCY LLC
To: LUMILEDS LLC; LUMILEDS HOLDING B.V.
Reel/Frame 070046/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2023
From: LUMILEDS LLC; LUMILEDS HOLDING B.V.
To: SOUND POINT AGENCY LLC
Reel/Frame 062299/0338 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 31, 2018
From: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
To: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Reel/Frame 047368/0237 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CONVEYING PARTY DATA PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 044931 FRAME: 0651. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Aug 13, 2018
From: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
To: LUMILEDS LLC
Reel/Frame 047304/0203 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2017
From: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
To: LUMILEDS LLC
Reel/Frame 044931/0651 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2017
From: LUMILEDS LLC
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 043108/0001 →