Abstract: In various embodiments, a high-pressure discharge lamp including a starting aid and a longitudinal axis having a ceramic discharge vessel that is housed in an outer bulb, the discharge vessel having two ends having including capillaries with electrodes fastened therein, wherein a frame having a hanger wire holds the discharge vessel in the outer bulb and the hanger wire is configured so that it includes a plate-like starting aid toward the capillary of the opposite-pole electrode, with the plate-like starting aid being configured as a foil or metal sheet and the plate-like starting aid further including a means for purely mechanical fastening to at least the capillary.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a high-pressure discharge lamp including a starting aid and a longitudinal axis having a ceramic discharge vessel that is housed in an outer bulb, the discharge vessel having two ends having including capillaries with electrodes fastened therein, wherein a frame having a hanger wire holds the discharge vessel in the outer bulb and the hanger wire is configured so that it includes a plate-like starting aid toward the capillary of the opposite-pole electrode, with the plate-like starting aid being configured as a foil or metal sheet and the plate-like starting aid further including a means for purely mechanical fastening to at least the capillary.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for connecting a contact plate (2) a lamp cap to the supply conductor wire (4) which is passed through an aperture (2a) in the contact plate (2). With the aid of a wire (5) which serves as filler, the supply conductor wire (4) and the contact plate (2) are soldered together, by generating an arc between the additional wire (5) and the supply conductor wire (4) or the contact plate (2). The solidified molten material of the additional wire (5) closes off the aperture (2a) and produces a reliable soldered join between the supply conductor wire (4) and the contact plate (2). The polarity of the electric voltage used to generate the arc is advantageously such that the additional wire (5) acts as an anode and the contact plate (2) or the supply conductor wire (4) acts as a cathode. The soldering process according to the invention advantageously takes place under an inert-gas atmosphere.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for connecting a contact plate (2) a lamp cap to the supply conductor wire (4) which is passed through an aperture (2a) in the contact plate (2). With the aid of a wire (5) which serves as filler, the supply conductor wire (4) and the contact plate (2) are soldered together, by generating an arc between the additional wire (5) and the supply conductor wire (4) or the contact plate (2). The solidified molten material of the additional wire (5) closes off the aperture (2a) and produces a reliable soldered join between the supply conductor wire (4) and the contact plate (2). The polarity of the electric voltage used to generate the arc is advantageously such that the additional wire (5) acts as an anode and the contact plate (2) or the supply conductor wire (4) acts as a cathode. The soldering process according to the invention advantageously takes place under an inert-gas atmosphere.