IP Library Granted Patent US 9,022,574
Granted Patent B2
US 9,022,574 · App. 13/496,478 · Granted May 5, 2015

Display device

Inventors: Yoshifumi Nishimura (Tokyo, JP); Takayuki Okada (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.
G03B21/16G03B21/22
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Patent No.
US 9,022,574
App. No.
13/496,478
Granted
May 5, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a projection type display device that has dust-proof and coolable optical components. According to an aspect of the present invention, the display device includes a case, a dust-proof structure that has a plurality of walls surrounding a plurality of optical components to prevent dust, and which is located in the case, and suction ports ( 7 b and 7 b ′) formed in the case and configured to suck cooling air along one wall of the dust-proof structure to cool the optical components. The suction ports are separated into first suction port ( 7 b ) and second suction port ( 7 b ′) with a position of one wall set as a reference. First suction port ( 7 b ) is located to blow the cooling air to the dust-proof structure, while second suction port ( 7 b ′) is located to prevent direct blowing of the cooling air to the dust-proof structure. An area of first suction port ( 7 b ) is smaller than that of second suction port ( 7 b ′).

Claims (39)

1. A display device, comprising:

a case;

a dust-proof structure having a plurality of walls surrounding a plurality of optical components to prevent dust, and which is located in the case; and

suction areas configured to suck cooling air in a direction along one wall of the dust-proof structure from one surface of the case to cool the optical components,

wherein, in a plan view, with respect to a line that extends along the one wall of the dust-proof structure, the suction areas are separated into:

a first suction port on a side of the line where the dust-proof structure is located; and

a second suction port on a side of the line where the dust-proof structure is not located,

wherein an area of the first suction port is smaller than an area of the second suction port, and

wherein the one wall includes a substrate mounting a component having heat inside the dust-proof structure, and a heat radiation component radiating the heat of the component outside the dust-proof structure.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the one surface of the case includes at least one third suction port on a side farther from a position of the one wall than the first suction port.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the one surface of the case includes at least one fourth suction port on a side farther from the position of the one wall than the second suction port.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein a sum of areas of the second suction port and the fourth suction port is larger than a sum of areas of the first suction port and the third suction port.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a cooling fan sucking the cooling air in a center inside the case.

6. The display device according to claim 2 , further comprising a cooling fan sucking the cooling air in a center inside the case.

7. The display device according to claim 3 , further comprising a cooling fan sucking the cooling air in a center inside the case.

8. The display device according to claim 4 , further comprising a cooling fan sucking the cooling air in a center inside the case.

9. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the case includes a surface in which a projection lens projecting a video is located,

the device further comprising an exhaust port exhausting the cooling air in the surface in which the projection lens projects.

10. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the case includes a surface in which a projection lens projecting a video is located,

the device further comprising an exhaust port exhausting the cooling air in the surface in which the projection lens projects.

11. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the case includes a surface in which a projection lens projecting a video is located,

the device further comprising an exhaust port exhausting the cooling air in the surface in which the projection lens projects.

12. A display device, comprising:

a case;

a dust-proof structure having a plurality of walls surrounding a plurality of optical components to prevent dust, and which is located in the case;

suction areas configured to suck cooling air in a direction along one wall of the dust-proof structure from one surface of the case to cool the optical components,

wherein, in a plan view, with respect to a line that extends along the one wall of the dust-proof structure, the suction areas are separated into:

a first suction port on a side of the line where the dust-proof structure is located; and

a second suction port on a side of the line where the dust-proof structure is not located, and

wherein an area of the first suction port is smaller than an area of the second suction port,

a cooling fan sucking the cooling air in a center inside the case, the case including a surface in which a projection lens projecting a video is located, and an exhaust port exhausting the cooling air in the surface; and

a light source supplying light to the projection lens,

wherein the light source is located between the cooling fan and the exhaust port, and a blowing direction of the cooling fan is toward the light source.

13. The display device according to claim 12 , further comprising a third suction port in a surface different from the one surface of the case,

wherein an area of the third suction port is smaller than a sum of areas of the suction ports formed in the one surface of the case.

14. The display device according to claim 13 , further comprising a power source supplying power to the dust-proof structure,

wherein a part of the power source is located near the third suction port.

15. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein the one surface of the case and the surface including the third suction port are not adjacent to each other.

16. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein the one surface of the case and the surface including the third suction port face each other.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 8, 2021
From: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
To: SHARP NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 055256/0755 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2012
From: NISHIMURA, YOSHIFUMI; OKADA, TAKAYUKI
To: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 027976/0591 →
Continuity (1)
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