Patent 7965042 was granted and assigned to Panasonic on June, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A metal halide lamp according to the present invention includes: an outer tube 2; an inner tube 3 that is provided in the outer tube 2, has a sealing portion 10 in at least one end portion, and is made of quartz glass; an inner tube 3 provided in the outer tube 2; and an arc tube 4 provided in the inner tube 3, wherein assuming that the outer tube 2 has a maximum outer diameter A (mm), the inner tube 3 has a maximum outer diameter B (mm), and the metal halide lamp 1 consumes P (W) of power, the following relationships are satisfied:0.06P+15.8≦A≦25,0.05P+9.0≦B, and1.14≦A/B,where P satisfies 20 W≦P≦130 W.