Abstract: A high pressure discharge lamp of the present invention is provided with a light-emitting bulb comprising a light-emitting part and sealing sections; metal foils embedded within the sealing sections; and a pair of electrodes having one end protruding into the light-emitting part and having the other end embedded in the corresponding sealing section and joined to the corresponding metal foil. An embedded length L (mm) of the electrodes that is defined by the length between a light-emitting part side end of the metal foil and the border section between the protruding section and the embedded section of the electrode, and the temperature T (° C.) at the joint region of the electrode and the metal foil are set to satisfy 1.8?2.8 and T?970.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to high intensity discharge (“HID”) lamps which have an electrically insulating arc tube including a central portion with an interior discharge region and two legs each extending from an end of the central portion, the central portion being a larger size than the legs. Electrical conductors extend through each of the legs and are ending in electrode components which are spaced apart from each other in the discharge region. A light transmitting envelope encloses the arc tube, and a frame member is electrically attached to one of the electrical conductors. Pursuant to some embodiments, an ignition aid is provided which includes an electrically conductive element disposed on one of the legs. The ignition aid includes a conductive layer that extends from the electrically conductive element to the central portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a ceramic tube for a high-intensity discharge lamp, comprising a hollow member and a plug member. The hollow member contains a substantially cylindrical body and a closure for closing one end of the body, and the plug member is inserted into an insertion opening formed at the other end of the body. Before the insertion of the plug member, the insertion opening has a tapered portion with a diameter decreasing in the direction from the open end to the inside at least in an area into which the plug member is inserted. After the insertion of the plug member, an outer wall of the plug member is bonded to an inner wall of the insertion opening.

Abstract: A low watt ceramic metal halide lamp has a body with a discharge chamber disposed therein. First and second hollow legs extend from the discharge chamber and received first and second electrode assemblies, respectively, therethrough with first ends of the electrode assemblies disposed in spaced relation in the discharge chamber. Use of thin legs limits heat flux from the discharge chamber. Preferably, thin legs are defined by a load dissipation factor of the ceramic part being less than 0.065 mm2/watt. In addition, thermal conductance along the leg is controlled via a load dissipation factor of the molybdenum mandrel portion of the electrode assembly being maintained less than 0.0008 mm2/watt.

Abstract: A high pressure discharge lamp has an electric discharge container with sealing portions formed at both ends of a light emission section, and electrodes made of tungsten. The electrode has a base end which is buried in the sealing portion. Tips of the electrodes face each other in the light emission section. Purity of the tungsten is 99.99% or more. The electrode has a large diameter portion formed at the tip of the electrode and an axis portion whose diameter is smaller than that of the large diameter portion. A part of a surface of the large diameter portion has a concavo-convex structure where a portion having grooves in a circumference direction and a portion having no groove are asymmetrically formed with respect to an axis of the electrode.

Abstract: A lamp device and a light source module are provided. The lamp device includes a lamp body and a coil connecting tube. The lamp body has an end portion and a lead wire extends from the end portion. The coil connecting tube is disposed corresponding to the end portion of the lamp body and electrically connecting to the lead wire for power supply purpose. The coil connecting tube winds about an axial direction of the lamp body and is capable of stretching or compressing along the axial direction. The light source module includes the lamp device and a lamp connector which has a power source portion being coupled to the coil connecting tube for power supply.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a discharge lamp may include a lamp vessel that includes a discharge vessel enclosing a discharge medium and two lamp shafts each extending coaxially at opposite ends of the discharge vessel, two outer power-feed sections each extending to the outside from one of the lamp shafts, two electrodes each consisting of an electrode rod and electrode head, with the electrode rods being arranged along the lamp shafts such that the two electrode heads are located mutually opposite inside the discharge vessel, a sealed section in each of the two lamp shafts by which a gas-tight electricity passage is formed between the two outer power-feed sections on the one hand and the two electrodes on the other, a narrow section in each of the two lamp shafts that is arranged between the respective sealed section and the electrode head of the associated electrode, with the narrow section closely surrounding the electrode rod, and a damping/guiding element arranged between the narrow section of a lamp shaft

Abstract: The invention relates to a ceramic metal halide lamp having a ceramic discharge vessel, characterized in that the discharge vessel encloses a discharge space which comprises an electrode, which electrode is electrically connected to a conductor outside the discharge vessel by means of a feedthrough comprising an Ir wire, the feedthrough being gas-tight mounted in an extended plug, also referred to as vup, of the discharge vessel, the feedthrough comprising an electrode—feedthrough combination made up of at least three parts with a W or W—Re rod or a Mo or Mo alloy wire extending out of the vup for burner mounting, which W or W—Re or MO or MO alloy wire is welded to the Ir wire.

Abstract: A high pressure discharge lamp includes a light emission section in which a pair of electrodes is arranged, sealing portions formed from both ends of the light emission section, external leads, and a trigger wire provided near the light emission section. 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. A second coil portion is formed around the other sealing portion. The wire, which forms the stretch-across portion, is held between the second coil portion and the other sealing portion.

Abstract: A high intensity discharge lamp includes an electrically insulating arc tube. A sealed shroud encloses the arc tube. An electrically conductive frame member is disposed inside the shroud and is electrically connected to an electrical conductor that extends in the arc tube. Electrically conductive foil is fastened to the frame member and forms a closed loop that encircles a leg of the arc tube by an angle in a range of at least 270 degrees to 360 degrees. The foil can be connected to the frame member and to itself. A distance from an outer surface of a flange of the arc tube leg to a proximal edge of the foil can range from 1.5 to 8 mm. A width of the foil can range from 1 mm to 4 mm.

Abstract: The high-pressure discharge lamp comprises an outer bulb having two tubular sections which are axially aligned, wherein a first section is arranged at the first end of the outer bulb and comprises a cylindrical zone having an outside diameter (d1), and wherein a second section having a diameter (d2) which is smaller than (d1) is attached thereto.

Abstract: A vehicle discharge lamp includes: an arc tube including a light emitter, a cathode side fine tube and an anode side fine tube; a cathode side connecting rod; an anode side connecting rod; a cathode side electrode and an anode side electrode disposed within the arc tube. The anode side fine tube includes an expansion portion and an insertion portion formed continuously with the expansion portion, a portion of the anode side electrode is situated within the expansion portion with a clearance, the expansion portion includes a uniform diameter portion with its inside diameter set uniform in an anode side electrode's axial direction, the light emitter includes a flat portion with its axial direction set coincident with the anode side electrode's axial direction, and an inside diameter of the uniform diameter portion is set larger than that of the insertion portion and smaller than that of the flat portion.

Abstract: In a mercury-containing arc discharge device for converting electrical energy into resonance radiation energy, the isotopic distribution of the mercury in the device is altered from that of natural mercury so as to reduce imprisonment time of resonance radiation and thereby increase the efficiency of conversion of electrical energy into resonance radiation. The mercury-199 isotope content of the mercury is lower than that in natural mercury and the mercury-201 and/or mercury-204 isotopes are greater than those in natural mercury.

Abstract: A discharge lamp includes an airtight tube including a light-emitting unit in which a space is formed and seal portions formed at least on one end of the light-emitting unit, a discharge medium including a metal halide and a rare gas sealed in the light-emitting unit, a metal foil sealed into the seal portion, and a pair of electrodes one ends of which are overlapped and connected to the metal foil and the other ends of which are provided such that they are led into the space of the light-emitting unit and arranged in opposition to each other. A concavity is formed on at least a portion of the back surface side of the metal foil on which the electrode is overlapped, and a compression distortion is formed on the seal portion in the vicinity of the concavity.

Abstract: A lamp device and a light source module are provided. The lamp device includes a lamp body and a coil connecting tube. The lamp body has an end portion and a lead wire extends from the end portion. The coil connecting tube is disposed corresponding to the end portion of the lamp body and electrically connecting to the lead wire for power supply purpose. The coil connecting tube winds about an axial direction of the lamp body and is capable of stretching or compressing along the axial direction. The light source module includes the lamp device and a lamp connector which has a power source portion being coupled to the coil connecting tube for power supply.

Abstract: A high-pressure discharge lamp may include an elongate ceramic discharge vessel, at the ends of which an electrode system with an electrode tip pointing towards the discharge is mounted in a seal, the seal being tubular, the discharge vessel having an aspect ratio of at least 1.5, the discharge vessel having a metal halide fill and a wall load of more than 25 W/cm2, wherein the lamp is configured for operation with longitudinal acoustic modulation, the specific rated power of the entire outer surface area of the discharge vessel lying between 17 and 22 W/cm2, while at the same time the wall load in a subregion of the surface area, which extends between the tips of the electrodes, lies in the range of between 28 and 40 W/cm2.

Abstract: A light source device having a large cooling action on the base member of a discharge lamp. A connector on the sides of the power supply and the air blower and the base-side connector of a discharge lamp are connected to each other through a connection cable having a power cable in which an air blow pipe is contained. An electric power is supplied from the power supply to a base part through the power cable of the connection cable, the base-side connector and a flow passage bending member. The cool air from the air blower is supplied to the groove part of the base part through the air blow pipe of the connection cable, the base-side connector and an air blow passage in the flow passage-bending member.

Abstract: An arc tube for a discharge bulb, comprising a sealed glass bulb in which luminous materials are sealed; a plurality of pinch-sealed portions made of quartz glass and formed at both end portions of the sealed glass bulb; a plurality of molybdenum foils each pinch sealed in the corresponding pinch-sealed portion; a pair of electrode rods provided in the sealed glass bulb so as to face each other, wherein each of electrode rods extends from the sealed glass bulb to the corresponding pinch-sealed portion and is connected to one end of the corresponding molybdenum foil; and a plurality of lead wires each connected to the other end of the corresponding molybdenum foil, wherein the molybdenum foils comprise a plurality of closed cavities therein.

Abstract: A High Intensity Discharge lamp and method of making same having an arc tube defining a discharge chamber with opposite ends of the tube each receiving an electrode extending into the discharge chamber and define an axial gap therebetween. A thermal shield extends from each opposite end of the arc tube and defines a radial gap with the tube. The thermal shields in some embodiments extend from end plugs in the arc tube; and, in another embodiment use formed, integrally with one arc tube sections and the tube sections joined.

Abstract: It is provided a burner (12) for automotive lamps (10), particularly HID lamps, comprising a discharge vessel (14) for generating light by means of a discharge arc. A first electrode (16) terminates in the discharge vessel (14). A second electrode (18) terminates in the discharge vessel (14) for generating the discharge arc in cooperation with the first electrode (16). A glass body (20) for protecting the discharge vessel (14) is provided. The glass body (20) comprises a shaft (22) for being inserted into a socket (24). The first electrode (16) is led through the shaft (22) out of the glass body (20) in a proximal direction (32) and the second electrode (18) is led spaced to the first electrode (16) outside the shaft (22) in proximal direction (32). The shaft (22) comprises at least one insulation pocket (26) for receiving a rib (36) of the socket (24) and for insulating the first electrode (16) outside the glass body (20).

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to an integrated gas discharge lamp including a lamp base, a gas discharge lamp burner and an ignition electronics, wherein the integrated gas discharge lamp includes an operation electronics for operating the gas discharge lamp burner, and the gas discharge lamp burner, the ignition electronics, and the operation electronics are unseparably coupled with each other.

Abstract: To prevent bending of an electrode shaft portion by a method which requires minimum increase in production cost, in an electrode mount for a high pressure discharge lamp. A manufacturing method of an electrode mount for the high pressure discharge lamp includes: a process of subjecting the electrode mount to a heat treatment, the electrode mount including an electrode and a metal foil which are welded to each other; and an oxidation process of producing an oxide on a surface of the electrode shaft portion of the electrode by laser irradiation to form an oxidation portion on the surface, wherein a laser irradiation position is determined such that a whole or part of the oxidation portion is included in a sealing portion of the high pressure discharge lamp when the electrode mount is embedded in the sealing portion.

Abstract: A lamp includes a discharge vessel comprising a body portion defining a discharge space and leg members extending therefrom. Electrode assemblies include conductors carried by bores of the respective leg members. At least one of the conductors is bonded directly to the respective leg member within the bore, without the need for a sealing material, to form an airtight seal. Electrodes are electrically connected to the conductors and extend into the discharge vessel. An ionizable fill is sealed within the vessel.

Abstract: A thick-walled electroded lamp (11) has molybdenum cup seals (10) attached to both ends. The seals have tungsten electrodes (14) extending into the void (15) formed by the bore of the thick walled tube. Further the seals comprise molybdenum cups (16) having feather edges (17) set in the ends of short thin wall quartz tubes (18) fused to the ends of the thick walled quartz tube (12). The electrodes are brazed to the cups at joints (19). The lamp can be filled with its noble gas and metal halide charge, or other excitable material fill through an auxiliary exhaust tube (20) attached just in front of the cupped seal.

Abstract: In various embodiments, an electric lamp with an outer bulb and with a base fastened by means of a plate-like stand and a built-in lamp with a longitudinal axis, the outer bulb surrounding the built-in lamp, which is equipped with pinch seal with two narrow and two broad sides, two outer power supply lines protruding out of pinch seal being electrically conductively connected to feedlines leading to the base, built-in lamp being held without cement by a holding clip, wherein the holding clip has at least one clip part, including a basic body bent in the form of a U, two spring tongues being arranged on the basic body such that they embrace the broad sides of the pinch seal, a docking station for a feedline attached to the basic body, and contact being made between the basic body and an outer power supply line.

Abstract: A lamp is provided with an axially and radially graded structure to reduce the possibility of thermal stresses, cracks, and other defects in the lamp. In one embodiment, a system includes a ceramic lamp having a ceramic arc envelope and an end structure coupled to the ceramic arc envelope, wherein the end structure is graded both axially and radially into a plurality of regions. In another embodiment, a system includes a lamp having a layered end structure with a plurality of layers disposed one over another and that extend in both axial and radial directions relative to an axis of the lamp, wherein the plurality of layers include different materials having different coefficients of thermal expansion, Poisson's ratios, or elastic moduli, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: To provide a flickerless discharge lamp which can remove hydrogen by a simple and safe means even if the lamp is a large discharge lamp with high pressure when lit, the discharge lamp has a pair of electrodes and a hydrogen getter (4) in the interior of an arc tube, the hydrogen getter (4) being formed of a container (41) made of metal which is hydrogen permeable and a hydrogen absorbent body (42) that is composed of a metal which can absorb hydrogen that is enclosed inside of the container (41) and is fixed to an inside wall of the container (41).

Abstract: The invention describes an electrode (1) for use in a lamp (3) comprising a quartz glass envelope (30) enclosing a chamber (31), which electrode (1) comprises a tip for extending into the chamber (31) and base for embedding in a sealed portion (33) of the quartz glass envelope (30), characterized in that the base comprises a plurality of essentially smooth concave channels (2) arranged around the body of the electrode (2) and wherein the depth (dch) of a channel (2) is preferably at most 8 percent, more preferably at most 5 percent, most preferably at most 3 percent of a diameter (De) of the electrode (2).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a high pressure discharge lamp that includes a pair of electrodes, which face each other in an electric discharge space. Further, an electrode axis of one of the electrodes is joined to a metallic foil in a sealing portion, and two or more grooves are formed in an axis direction on a portion corresponding to the sealing portion on the electrode axis. Furthermore, a remaining portion that lacks grooves is left on the electrode axis in a metallic foil side thereof, and the metallic foil side ends of the grooves are not aligned with each other in the axis direction thereof.

Abstract: A discharge lamp bulb includes an arc tube having: a pair of electrodes that are opposed to each other inside a luminous tube; an outer tube having the luminous tube therein; a pair of lead wires connected to the electrodes; and a metal band mounted on an outer periphery of the outer tube, a support plug having: a plug body having a hollow, inner cylindrical section therein that opens at a front end; an arc-tube support portion mounted on a front-end edge of the inner cylindrical section; and a flange, and a lead support wire extending outside the outer tube in the longitudinal direction and connecting one of the lead wires with the support plug, wherein a front-end face of the inner cylindrical section is substantially flush with a front-end face of the flange or positioned on a back-end side with respect to the front-end face of the flange.

Abstract: A discharge lamp may include a substantially ellipsoidal discharge vessel that surrounds an anode and a cathode that are respectively fixed by current-carrying electrode holders, the latter being guided through bulb shafts arranged diametrically on the discharge vessel, there being provided around the electrode holders at the transition from the discharge vessel to the bulb shafts constrictions that form a connecting channel between the discharge space, surrounded by the discharge vessel, and in each case the bulb shaft spaces surrounded by the bulb shafts, wherein at least one of the discharge vessel, the constrictions and the anode coating is designed in such a way as to reduce or avoid blackening of the discharge vessel in the light-emitting region.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a discharge lamp comprising at least two tubes or bulbs is disclosed.

Abstract: An electrical lead assembly for devices such as electrical lamps having a metallic foil for providing an electrically conducting path through a hermetic seal formed by pinch sealing a vitreous material. The metallic foil includes an oxidation-inhibiting coating of silica. In another aspect of the invention, methods of coating metallic foils with silica are disclosed. In yet another aspect of the present invention, an electrical lead assembly for lamps is provided wherein the metallic foil is extended to form an outer electrical lead for the lamp.

Abstract: This invention describes a method for manufacturing a conductive connection of a metallic electrode wire (1) and a metallic lead-in wire (3) for a gas discharge lamp (11), preferably a ceramic discharge metal halide lamp. The method includes a bending step, whereby an end portion (4) of the lead-in wire (3) is bended and folded over such that a first section (15) of the end portion (4) at the tip of the lead-in wire (3) overlaps a second section (16) of the end portion (4). Furthermore, the method includes the placement of the electrode wire (1) in-between the first section (15) and the second section (16) of the folded-over end portion (4) of the lead-in wire (3).

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: A light assembly includes a metal halide light source having an arc tube with first and second legs extending from a discharge chamber. A light transmissive capsule surrounds the light source. A reflector is received in the capsule and has a large diameter, annular first portion that receives light from the discharge chamber and is dimensioned to operatively engage an inner surface of the capsule to mount the reflector assembly and light source relative to the capsule. In addition, a small diameter portion of the reflector assembly is received around the first leg. By electrically interconnecting the reflector with the second electrode assembly, namely the support leg, and positioning the small diameter portion closer to the first electrode assembly than the dimension between the electrode terminal ends allows the reflector to also serve as an ignition aid.

Abstract: A high pressure discharge lamp with a capacitive starting aid is provided. The high pressure discharge lamp may include an outer bulb; a discharge vessel that is accommodated in the outer bulb, the discharge vessel comprising at least one end with a seal in which an electrode system is fastened; a frame holding the discharge vessel in the outer bulb; and a starting aid fastened on the seal. The starting aid may have two functional parts.

Abstract: This cold cathode tube lamp comprises a glass tube (11) into which at least a rare gas is filled and a discharge tube composed of a pair of an electrode (21) and an electrode (22) disposed facing each other at both ends inside the glass tube (11). In the respective electrode (21) and electrode (22), lead terminals (31a, 31b, 31c) and lead terminals (32a, 32b, 32c), one end of each of which is connected to the electrode and the other end of each of which is led out to the outside of the glass tube (11) are provided.

Abstract: An arc tube for a discharge bulb includes: an electrode assembly that has an electrode bar and a molybdenum foil, wherein an overlapping portion of an end portion of the electrode bar and a molybdenum foil is joined by spot welding; a pinch seal portion that seals a part of the electrode assembly, the part including at least the molybdenum foil; and a closed glass bulb, into which a tip of the electrode bar protrudes, the closed glass bulb forming a discharge light-emitting portion, wherein the size of a recess, which is a weld mark, in the molybdenum foil on the side opposite to a joint portion, at which the molybdenum foil and the electrode bar are joined with each other, is within a range from 0.07 mm2 to 0.25 mm2.

Abstract: In a high pressure discharge lamp having electrode rods with grooves formed in a part thereof and embedded and sealed in sealing parts of a discharge vessel, breakage of the sealing parts because of the grooves is prevented without impairing the mechanical strength of the electrode rods, in which the grooves are formed, by the high pressure discharge lamp comprising: a discharge vessel having a light emitting part and sealing parts connected to both ends of said light emitting part; and electrodes comprising electrode rods and electrode tip end parts arranged oppositely to each other in the light emitting part, said electrode rods being embedded in a respective one of said sealing parts, and axially directed grooves being formed in at least part of the surface of said electrode rods, wherein a diameter measured at groove bottom parts of the grooves of said electrode rods is larger than a diameter of the electrode rods in a part where no grooves are formed.

Abstract: A ceramic discharge lamp in which an electric discharge gas is enclosed in an arc tube which is made up of a ceramic member and a metal member. The ceramic discharge lamp includes a first brazing material, which is formed so as to be fixed on a surface of the ceramic member without being covered with the metal member; a titanium layer, which is formed between the first brazing material and the ceramic member; and a second brazing material, which is continuously formed from the first brazing member, that covers part of the metal member so that the ceramic member and the metal member are airtightly joined to each other.

Abstract: A high-pressure discharge lamp having a discharge vessel with a central part that bulges out and which defines a lamp axis with a sealing part being attached to each end of the discharge vessel. The shaft of in each case one electrode, comprising a head and a shaft, is sealed in the sealing part, and a capillary tube closely surrounding the shaft of the electrode is between the central part of the discharge vessel and the sealing part. A tubular neck is integrally formed as a component of the discharge vessel between the central part and the capillary tube, and is separated from the shaft.

Abstract: A high-pressure discharge lamp with a starting aid has a discharge vessel, the discharge vessel being held in an outer bulb by means of a frame. A UV enhancer which is fixed directly by means of the frame is used as the starting aid.

Abstract: A short arc high-pressure discharge lamp has an arc tube 1 made of quartz glass including a light-emitting portion 2 that fills mercury inside thereof and has a pair of electrodes arranged so as to face each other, and a sealing portion 3 connected to the light-emitting portion. The pair of electrodes have an electrode bar 5a, one end of the electrode bar is located in an internal space of the light-emitting portion, and the other end of the electrode bar is embedded in the sealing portion and bonded to a conductive metal-foil 7 sealed in the sealing portion. In at least a part of a portion of the electrode bar embedded in the sealing portion, the entire outer peripheral surface thereof is covered tightly with a metal-foil sleeve 7a.

Abstract: A metal halide lamp (MHL) includes: a light-transmitting hermetic vessel made of quartz glass, including: a surrounding portion having a discharge space formed therein; and at least one sealing portion joined to the surrounding portion; electrodes sealed within the discharge space of the light-transmitting hermetic vessel; a discharge medium filled within the discharge space of the light-transmitting hermetic vessel; and at least one sealed metal foil connected to proximal ends of the electrodes and hermetically embedded within the sealing portion, the sealed metal foil being formed with height-differentiating portions comprised of laser traces on at least one of surfaces of the metal foil.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for manufacturing a high-pressure discharge lamp including: a spherical portion forming a light-emitting portion (1a); sealing portions that are connected with both ends of the spherical portion; an electrode (2a) that is sealed to each of the sealing portions; and a metal foil (3a) that is connected with a rear end of each electrode. A vessel provided with a cylindrical glass tube (8) on both ends of the spherical portion is used, a connection structure of the metal foil and the electrode are disposed in the glass tube such that a front end of the electrode is positioned in the spherical portion, and the glass tube is melted by heat and shrunk for sealing the metal foil and the electrode so as to form the sealing portion. An inner diameter ? of the glass tube before the heat-melt processing and a distance L from an edge of the metal foil to the internal space of the spherical portion are set to satisfy a relationship of L/??1.

Abstract: A discharge lamp configured to suppress temperature increases in the electrode on the opening part side of a reflective mirror is described. The discharge lamp includes an F electrode and an R electrode having shapes before forming the melt electrodes that satisfy at least one of the following conditions (a) to (c): (a) The diameter of the core wire of the F electrode is d1f, and the diameter of the core wire of the R electrode is d1r, then d1f>1.2×d1r; (b) The wire diameter of the coil of said F electrode is d2f, and the wire diameter of the coil of the R electrode is d2r, then d2f>1.2×d2r; (c) the number of windings of the coil of the F electrode is nf, and the number of windings of the coil of the R electrode is nr, then nf>1.2×nr.

Abstract: A high intensity discharge light source includes an arc tube having a longitudinal axis and a main central discharge chamber formed therein. The arc tube includes first and second electrodes having inner terminal ends spaced from one another along the longitudinal axis. Each electrode extends at least partially into the main central discharge chamber or reaches the end portions of the main central discharge chamber. The arc tube includes first and second sub-chambers located at opposite ends of a main central discharge chamber. The sub-chambers are located entirely axially outward from the inner terminal ends of the electrodes to form cold spot locations for the dose pool outside the main central discharge chamber.

Abstract: An extra-high pressure mercury lamp includes an arc tube made of quartz glass. The lamp includes an arc tube portion and sealing portions connected to the arc tube portion, and encloses 0.15 mg/mm3 or more of mercury. A pair of electrodes are disposed face to face in the arc tube. Each electrode has a rod portion and a base end portion. The base end portion of each electrode is embedded in one of the sealing portions. One of the pair of electrodes serves as a cathode and includes a head portion, which has a larger diameter than the rod portion. A cylinder portion is connected to a rear end portion of the head portion. The cylinder portion extends in the axis direction of the electrode and surrounds the rod portion. The cylinder portion has an inner surface separated from the rod portion.

Abstract: A high-pressure discharge lamp with an ignition aid has a discharge vessel which is mounted in an outer bulb, the discharge vessel comprising two ends having seals in which electrodes are secured, and a frame having a clip wire retaining the discharge vessel in the outer bulb. The clip wire comprises a plate-like part acting as an ignition aid and facing the seal of the opposite pole electrode.