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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2004
Makoto Kai, Katano, JP;
Atsushi Utsubo, Hirakata, JP;
Makoto Kai, Katano, JP;
Atsushi Utsubo, Hirakata, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A high-pressure discharge lamp having a support structure for supporting a light emission tube so as to restrict its displacement in a direction perpendicular to the axis line thereof. A pair of thermal-stress generation members generates thermal stresses due to a temperature change at a time of switching the high-pressure discharge lamp from an on status to an off status. The thermal stresses acts as forces directed downward in a vertical direction and outward with respect to the light emission tube on side tube portions of the light emission tube arranged in a posture where the axis line extends in a horizontal direction.