IP Library Granted Patent US 11,163,226
Granted Patent B2
US 11,163,226 · App. 17/027,869 · Granted Nov 2, 2021

Light source system and projection display apparatus

Inventor: Makoto Maeda (Nara, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
G03B21/2033F21V13/08G02B26/008G03B21/204G03B33/08H04N9/3102H04N9/3114H04N9/3144H04N9/3155H04N9/3158H04N9/3161G02B27/141G03B21/008G03B21/2066
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Patent No.
US 11,163,226
App. No.
17/027,869
Granted
Nov 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light source system includes an excitation light source, a fluorescent plate that emits fluorescence when exposed to the excitation light from the excitation light source, and a compartment storing the fluorescent plate. The compartment has a heat-receiving section and a heat-dissipation section thermally connected to each other. The heat-receiving section is located opposite a fluorescence light output side of the fluorescent plate, in the compartment. The heat-dissipation section is outside the compartment.

Claims (29)

1. A light source system comprising:

an excitation light source;

a fluorescent plate configured to emit fluorescence when exposed to excitation light from the excitation light source;

a compartment configured to store the fluorescent plate;

a lens which the excitation light is configured to pass through from an interior of the compartment to outside the interior of the compartment; and

an air-duct into which cooling air is configured to flow,

the compartment comprising a heat-receiving section having a heat-receiving surface and a heat-dissipation section thermally connected to each other,

the heat-receiving surface facing a fluorescence light output side of the fluorescent plate, in the compartment,

the heat-dissipation section being located outside the interior of the compartment and constituting a part of a surface of the compartment and constituting a part of a surface of the air-duct, and

the air-duct being located outside of and isolated from the compartment such that air does not flow from the air-duct to the compartment,

wherein the compartment includes a plurality of outer surfaces, and only one of the plurality of outer surfaces is facing the air-duct.

2. The light source system according to claim 1 , wherein both the heat-receiving surface and the lens are located on a same side with respect to the fluorescence light output side of the fluorescent plate.

3. The light source system according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorescent plate comprises phosphor on the fluorescence light output side, and the heat-receiving surface is adjacent to the phosphor.

4. The light source system according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorescent plate comprises phosphor on the fluorescence light output side, and the heat-receiving surface is located to face at least a front side of the phosphor.

5. The light source system according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-receiving surface is a surface of a heat absorber layer.

6. The light source system according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-receiving surface is a surface of a plated layer.

7. The light source system according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-receiving surface is a surface of an anodized layer.

8. The light source system according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-receiving surface and the heat-dissipation section are opposed to each other with respect to a partition wall of the compartment.

9. The light source system according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-receiving surface is planar and is connected at one end to the heat-dissipation section.

10. The light source system according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-dissipation section is heat radiator layer.

11. The light source system according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-receiving surface faces a surface outputting fluorescence light of the fluorescent plate.

12. The light source system according to claim 1 , further comprising a fan located outside of the compartment, wherein

the fan causes air flow through the air-duct.

13. The light source system according to claim 1 , wherein the lens is configured to transmit the fluorescence emitted by the fluorescence plate.

14. A projector apparatus comprising:

the light source system according to claim 1 ;

an illumination apparatus configured to equalize component light emitted from the light source system and to emit illumination light;

an imaging unit configured to modulate the illumination light emitted from the illumination apparatus with a video signal and to emit video light; and

a projection unit configured to project the video light emitted from the imaging unit on an enlarged scale.

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 JP2016-230888 · Nov 29, 2016 · national
JP JP2017-179279 · Sep 19, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15800076 · Nov 1, 2017
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