Patent ID: 8492976
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
1. A high pressure discharge lamp comprising: a light emission section in which a pair of electrodes is arrange so as to face each other, sealing portions continuously formed from both ends of the light emission section, external leads, each of which is held at each sealing portion and extends from an outer end of each sealing portion, and a trigger wire provided near the light emission section, wherein the trigger wire includes a first coil portion, which is wound from a vicinity of a boundary between the light emission section and one of the sealing portions towards an outer end of the one of sealing portions, and a linear stretch-across portion, which extends from the first coil portion near the light emission section towards the external lead extending from an outer end of the other sealing portion and is fixed to the external lead, wherein a second coil portion is formed around the other sealing portion, and wherein the wire, which forms the stretch-across portion, is held between the second coil portion and the other sealing portion.