IP Library Granted Patent US 9,696,545
Granted Patent B2
US 9,696,545 · App. 14/796,517 · Granted Jul 4, 2017

Projector having holders arranged in a light emitting direction

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Patent No.
US 9,696,545
App. No.
14/796,517
Granted
Jul 4, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A projector includes a light source portion; and an optical scanning portion that scans light from the light source portion, wherein the light source portion comprises a first holder that holds a light source, and a second holder that holds an optical portion through which light from the light source is emitted, and the first holder and the second holder are arranged in that order from a light emitting direction.

Claims (28)

1. A projector comprising:

a light source portion; and

an optical scanning portion that scans light from the light source portion, wherein

the light source portion comprises a first holder that holds a light source, and a second holder that holds an optical portion through which light from the light source is emitted,

the first holder and the second holder are arranged in that order from a light emitting direction, and

one of the first holder or the second holder is made of light transmitting resin, and the other one is made of light absorbing resin.

2. The projector of claim 1 , wherein the first holder and the second holder are fixed by welding.

3. The projector of claim 2 , wherein the welding is laser welding.

4. The projector of claim 3 , wherein the laser welding is applied to a plurality of positions on the first holder and the second holder.

5. The projector of claim 4 , wherein the light source is sandwiched between the plurality of positions when viewed from an optical axis direction.

6. The projector of claim 1 , wherein the first holder is made of light transmitting resin, and the second holder is made of light absorbing resin.

7. The projector of claim 1 , wherein the light transmitting resin transmits 15% or more laser light of 800 nm to 1100 nm.

8. The projector of claim 5 , wherein

the first holder is made of light transmitting resin, and

the first holder comprises a protruding portion on the opposite side of a laser welding surface of the second holder.

9. The projector of claim 8 , wherein the protruding portion is a region corresponding to a laser welding region on the laser welding surface of the second holder.

10. The projector of claim 3 , wherein a thickness in an optical axis direction of a laser welding region of the first holder is thinner than a thickness of a laser welding region of the second holder.

11. The projector of claim 3 , wherein

the light source portion further comprises a housing holding the second holder, and

the second holder and the housing are fastened by a fastening member.

12. The projector of claim 3 , wherein the optical scanning portion scans light from the light source portion corresponding to a virtual image that a user views.

13. The projector of claim 10 , wherein the thickness in the optical axis direction of the laser welding region of the first holder is 0.2 to 10 mm.

14. The projector of claim 2 , wherein a gap exists around a laser welding region of the first holder and the second holder.

15. The projector of claim 14 , wherein the gap is 0 to 100 μm.

16. The projector of claim 3 , wherein

the light source portion further comprises a housing holding the second holder, and

the second holder and the housing are adhesively bonded by an adhesive.

17. The projector of claim 1 , wherein the optical portion comprises a collimator lens.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2025
From: FUNAI GROUP CO., LTD
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073121/0824 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2025
From: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. (F/K/A FE-TECH CO., LTD.)
To: FEC IP LLC
Reel/Frame 073121/0883 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2015
From: KOBAYASHI, TOMOHIRO
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036428/0919 →