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US 2006/0066241 A1Published application
Ignition Aid for High Intensity Discharge Lamp
AssigneeOsram Sylvania Inc.
InventorsScott Butler, Arlene Hecker
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Abstract
An arc tube for a high intensity discharge lamp comprising a translucent body defining a discharge space and including spaced-apart electrodes; an arc generating and sustaining medium within the discharge space; and a starting aid contained within the discharge space, the starting aid comprising an electrically conductive stripe formed from a mixture of an electrically conductive material and the high temperature material.
Claims7
An arc tube for a high intensity discharge lamp comprising:
- a translucent body formed from a high temperature material, the translucent body defining a discharge space and including spaced-apart electrodes;
- an arc generating and sustaining medium within said discharge space;
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- a starting aid contained within said discharge space, said starting aid comprising an electrically conductive stripe formed from a mixture of an electrically conductive material and the high temperature material.
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An arc tube for a high intensity discharge lamp comprising:
- a translucent body formed from a high temperature material, the translucent body defining a discharge space and including spaced-apart electrodes;
- an arc generating and sustaining medium within said discharge space;
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- a starting aid contained within said discharge space, said starting aid comprising an electrically conductive stripe of a cermet selected from a group consisting of tungsten and alumina and molybdenum and alumina.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.