Ion generation apparatus and electric equipment including the same

An ion generation apparatus, comprising:

• a housing;
• a substrate accommodated in said housing;
• a needle electrode that generates ions through discharging, which is held by said substrate such that a tip end portion protrudes outside said housing;
• an insulating sealing portion insulating and sealing said substrate in said housing;
• and
• an electrode protection portion that protects said needle electrode outside said housing, the electrode protection portion being defined by a strip-shaped projection member having an arched shape,
• said housing being provided with an opening portion through which a side of the tip end portion of said needle electrode is inserted and which is sealed with said insulating sealing portion, and
• said electrode protection portion including a first protection portion and a second protection portion provided to protrude from said housing relative to the tip end portion of said needle electrode and opposed to each other at a distance from each other on opposing sides of said needle electrode.