Abstract: A lamp (10) is disclosed with a single or double-sided socket, whereby a bulb element (11) is arranged on the at least one socket (12), which surrounds a volume of space (14) and said lamp is provided with at least one LED element (13). An irradiation of the LED light into the bulb element occurs and, as a result of reflection, in particular total reflection, on the defining surfaces (16,17) of the bulb element a transmission of the LED light within the bulb element occurs.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 3, 2003
Date of Patent:
January 9, 2007
Assignee:
Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft für elektrische Glëhlapen mbH
Inventors:
Achim Hilscher, Harald Hofmann, Thomas Noll, Martin Zachau