IP Library Granted Patent US 10,474,019
Granted Patent B2
US 10,474,019 · App. 16/196,457 · Granted Nov 12, 2019

Phosphor disc, phosphor wheel, light source device, projection display apparatus, and manufacturing method of phosphor disc

Inventors: Takashi Ikeda (Osaka, JP); Masafumi Tanaka (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,474,019
App. No.
16/196,457
Granted
Nov 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The phosphor disc disclosed here includes the following structural elements: a disc-shaped metal plate; a phosphor layer disposed circumferentially on the metal plate; and a bonding layer for bonding the phosphor layer to the metal plate. The metal plate curves convexly toward the phosphor layer.

Claims (31)

1. A fluorescent light emitter comprising:

a substrate including a reflection surface for reflecting light;

a bonding layer disposed on the reflection surface and including silicone resin; and

a phosphor layer disposed on the bonding layer, wherein

the substrate is curved toward a side of the reflection surface.

2. The fluorescent light emitter according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the substrate is metal.

3. The fluorescent light emitter according to claim 2 , wherein the metal is aluminum, and the phosphor layer is made of inorganic phosphor.

4. A phosphor wheel device comprising:

the fluorescent light emitter as defined in claim 1 ; and

a motor mounted to a side of the substrate for rotating the fluorescent light emitter.

5. A light source device comprising:

an excitation light source;

the phosphor wheel device as defined in claim 4 ; and

an optical system configured to guide outgoing light from the excitation light source to the phosphor layer,

wherein the outgoing light from the excitation light source prompts the phosphor layer to emit fluorescent light.

6. A projection display apparatus comprising:

the light source device as defined in claim 5 ; and

a projection optical system configured to project the emitted light from the phosphor layer.

7. The fluorescent light emitter according to claim 1 , wherein the silicone resin is a thermosetting resin.

8. A light source device comprising:

a phosphor wheel device including a fluorescent light emitter and a motor, the fluorescent light emitter including a substrate having a reflection surface for reflecting light and a phosphor layer disposed on the reflection surface, wherein the motor is mounted to the substrate for rotating the fluorescent light emitter;

an excitation light source configured to prompt the phosphor layer to emit fluorescent light; and

an optical system configured to guide outgoing light from the excitation light source to the phosphor layer,

wherein the substrate is curved toward a last element of the optical system.

9. The light source device according to claim 8 , wherein a material of the substrate is metal.

10. The light source device according to claim 9 , wherein the metal is aluminum, and the phosphor layer is made of inorganic phosphor.

11. A projection display apparatus comprising:

the light source device as defined in claim 8 ; and

a projection optical system configured to project the emitted fluorescent light of the phosphor layer.

12. The light source device according to claim 8 , wherein substrate includes a bonding layer disposed on the reflection surface, and the bonding layer includes silicone resin.

13. The light source device according to claim 12 , wherein the silicone resin is a thermosetting resin.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC PROJECTOR & DISPLAY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 074988/0945 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 074984/0429 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2016-148144 · Jul 28, 2016 · national
JP 2017-077970 · Apr 11, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15646628 · Jul 11, 2017
Related Publication 20190086780A1 · Mar 21, 2019