IP Library Granted Patent US 8,845,111
Granted Patent B2
US 8,845,111 · App. 13/576,382 · Granted Sep 30, 2014

Lens shifting device and projection display device including the same

Inventors: Kunitaka Furuichi (Tokyo, JP); Takayuki Okada (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.
G03B5/04G03B21/147G03B21/145
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,845,111
App. No.
13/576,382
Granted
Sep 30, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The lens shifting device includes: first plate through which video light passes; second plate connected to first plate via elastic member and having projection lens attached to a position into which the video light that passed through first plate enters; slider disposed to project from second plate and housed in first plate to be movable in a predetermined direction; and guide shaft attached to first plate in the state of being engaged with slider and rotated to move the second plate. Elastic member is disposed between first plate and second plate to connect first plate and second plate in the state of generating an elastic contraction force.

Claims (12)

1. A lens shifting device, comprising:

a first plate through which projected video light passes;

a second plate connected to the first plate via an elastic member and having a projection lens attached to a position into which the projected video light that passed through the first plate enters;

a slider disposed in the second plate and housed in the first plate to be movable in a predetermined direction intersecting a video optical axis where the projected video light advances; and

a guide shaft attached to the first plate in a state of being engaged with the slider to move the second plate according to rotation,

wherein the elastic member is disposed between the first plate and the second plate to connect the first plate and the second plate in a state of generating an elastic contraction force, and

wherein the lens shifting device further comprises:

a guide pin disposed in the second plate to project toward the first plate; and

a guide slit formed in the first plate to be long and thin in the predetermined direction, through which the guide pin is inserted when the first plate and the second plate are connected.

2. The lens shifting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a projected portion formed in the second plate to be brought into contact with the first plate when the first plate and the second plate are connected, wherein the projection length of the projected portion is longer than the natural length of the elastic member.

3. A projection display device comprising the lens shifting device according to claim 1 .

4. A projection display device comprising the lens shifting device according to claim 2 .

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 Aug 1, 2012
From: FURUICHI, KUNITAKA; OKADA, TAKAYUKI
To: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 028754/0899 →
Continuity (1)
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