IP Library Granted Patent US 8,474,988
Granted Patent B2
US 8,474,988 · App. 13/242,304 · Granted Jul 2, 2013

Projector

Inventors: Yusuke Yamamoto (Osaka, JP); Toshihiro Saruwatari (Kishiwada, JP); Chao Wang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignees: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.; SANYO Technology Center (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,474,988
App. No.
13/242,304
Granted
Jul 2, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A projector to which a ceiling suspension attachment is fixed. The projector accommodates an internal device. The projector is provided with an outer case including a bottom wall that defines an outer bottom surface and an inner bottom surface of the outer case. Insert nuts are arranged on the bottom wall. Each insert nut includes a threaded hole to which a first coupling screw is fastened and a second coupling screw can be fastened. The first coupling screw couples the attachment to the outer bottom surface of the bottom wall, and the second coupling screw is fastened to the threaded hole from a side opposite to the first coupling screw. The second coupling screw is fastened at least one of the insert nuts to couple the inner device to the inner bottom surface of the bottom wall.

Claims (18)

1. A projector to which a ceiling suspension attachment is fixed, wherein the projector accommodates an internal device, the projector comprising:

an outer case including a bottom wall that defines an outer bottom surface and an inner bottom surface of the outer case;

a plurality of insert nuts arranged on the bottom wall, wherein each of the insert nuts includes a threaded hole to which a first coupling screw is fastened and a second coupling screw can be fastened, the first coupling screw couples the attachment to the outer bottom surface of the bottom wall, and the second coupling screw is fastened to the threaded hole from a side opposite to the first coupling screw,

wherein the second coupling screw is fastened to at least one of the insert nuts to couple the inner device to the inner bottom surface of the bottom wall.

2. The projector according to claim 1 , wherein the internal device includes a shield plate coupled to the inner bottom surface of the bottom wall.

3. The projector according to claim 2 , wherein

the internal device further includes an internal component arranged in the outer case, and

the shield plate and the internal component are both fastened by the same second coupling screw to the at least one of the insert nuts.

4. The projector according to claim 2 , wherein

the internal component includes a power supply unit, and

the shield plate includes an electromagnetic wave shield plate and a power supply unit shield plate.

5. The projector according to claim 3 , wherein

the at least one of the insert nuts is fastened with the first coupling screw to couple the ceiling suspension attachment to the outer bottom surface of the bottom wall and the second coupling screw to fix the shield plate to the inner bottom surface of the bottom wall, and

a further one of the insert nuts is fastened with the first coupling screw to couple the ceiling suspension attachment to the outer bottom surface of the bottom wall and the second coupling screw to couple the shield plate and the internal component to the inner bottom surface of the bottom wall.

6. The projector according to claim 1 , wherein

the bottom wall includes a plurality of sleeves respectively receiving the insert nuts,

each of the insert nuts includes an end portion, which extends outward from a distal end of the corresponding sleeve when the insert nut is received in the sleeve, and a flange, which is formed integrally with the end portion and adjacent to the distal end of the sleeve, and

when the internal device is coupled to the insert nuts facing the inner bottom surface of the bottom wall, the flange of each of the insert nuts is arranged between the distal end of the corresponding sleeve and the internal device.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 074982/0479 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 074983/0494 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC PROJECTOR & DISPLAY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 074983/0875 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2011
From: YAMAMOTO, YUSUKE; SARUWATARI, TOSHIHIRO; WANG, CHAO
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.; SANYO TECHNOLOGY CENTER (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026991/0984 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-219833 · Sep 29, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120075597A1 · Mar 29, 2012