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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a high-intensity discharge lamp excellent in starting performance which can be obtained stably with simple work, without utilizing a starting performance improving material. SOLUTION: The high-intensity discharge lamp is provided with: a light-emission tube 30 comprising a pair of narrow tube sections 46 on the two ends of a main tube section; and a contact conductor 78 that has a band-shaped metal sheet. In the contact conductor 78, the part of the metal sheet from the lengthwise middle thereof to just before one end is a grip section 92 shaped so as to be able to grip the outer surface of one of the narrow tube sections 46. One end of the grip section 92 is free. The grip section 92 is provided around the outer circumference of the narrow tube section 46, in contact with the outer surface thereof, and can elastically deform in accordance with increases in the diameter of the narrow tube section 46. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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