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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2010
Yosuke Kano, Saitama, JP;
Nobuo Fukuda, Saitama, JP;
Makoto Ohkahara, Saitama, JP;
Yousuke Ishikawa, Saitama, JP;
Sumio Uehara, Saitama, JP;
Yosuke Kano, Saitama, JP;
Nobuo Fukuda, Saitama, JP;
Makoto Ohkahara, Saitama, JP;
Yousuke Ishikawa, Saitama, JP;
Sumio Uehara, Saitama, JP;
Iwasaki Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A starting light source for radiating the UV-light to a discharge chamber upon starting lighting of a high pressure discharge lamp includes a discharge tube for generating the UV-light by a starting voltage applied upon starting lighting the lamp, the discharge tube includes an internal electrode extended from a pinch seal portion formed at one end to a light-emitting portion thereof and an external electrode disposed close to or in contact with both of the light-emitting portion and the pinch seal portion, at least a portion of the external electrode disposed for the light-emitting portion includes a holder formed by bending fabrication of a metal sheet into such a shape of gripping and holding the discharge tube, and a terminal is formed to the holder for fixing and electrically connecting the external electrode to a conductor part having a polarity opposite to that of the internal electrode.