US 7,478,928 B2
Light source device
Shinichi Ushijima, Hyogo (Japan); Atsuji Nakagawa, Hyogo (Japan); and Toshitaka Fujii, Hyogo (Japan)
Assigned to Phoenix Electric Co Ltd, Toyotomi-Cho Himeji-Shi Hyogo (Japan)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/560,408.
Claims priority of application No. 2006-114951 (JP), filed on Apr. 18, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2007/0242456 A1, Oct. 18, 2007
Int. Cl. F21V 7/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 362—261  [362/344] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A light source device, comprising:
an arc tube of a high pressure discharge lamp; and
a reflector, which is in a suitable thickness to prevents cracking due to thermal stresses,
wherein a cover glass is externally fitted and fixed to the rear of the reflector at opposite ends thereof with a buffering space gap therebetween.