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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2007
Filed:
May. 14, 2003
Norikazu Niimi, Kasugai, JP;
Norikazu Niimi, Kasugai, JP;
NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
An object of the invention is to reduce the adverse effects due to a difference of thermal expansion between a conductive sealing member and a light-emitting vessel and to provide a reliable high pressure mercury lamp, even when the lamp is operated at a high pressure. The lamp has a light-emitting vesselof quartz and having end portions, an electrode membercontained in the vessel, and a conductive sealing memberA. The sealing memberA is fixed in the end portion and connected to the electrode member. The conductive member is composed of a sintered body made from silica granules each having a coating of a metal or a metal compound. The sintered body has a conductive network structure made of the metal and having a content of the metal of not higher than 20 volume percent.