IP Library Granted Patent US 8,226,248
Granted Patent B2
US 8,226,248 · App. 12/652,078 · Granted Jul 24, 2012

Projection display device with shift mechanism for displacing an imager

Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,226,248
App. No.
12/652,078
Granted
Jul 24, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A projection display device includes an imager which modulates light from a light source based on an image signal; a projection optical system which enlarges and projects the light modulated by the imager onto a projection plane; and a shift mechanism which displaces the imager in a direction intersecting with an optical axis of the projection optical system. The projection optical system and the shift mechanism are co-mounted on a base member.

Claims (15)

1. A projection display device comprising:

an imager for modulating light from a light source based on an image signal;

a projection optical system for enlarging and projecting the light modulated by the imager onto a projection plane; and

a shift mechanism for displacing the imager in a direction intersecting with an optical axis of the projection optical system, wherein

the projection optical system and the shift mechanism are co-mounted on a base member,

wherein

the shift mechanism includes a fixing portion on which the imager is fixed, and a guide portion provided between the fixing portion and the base member, and for guiding the fixing portion in such a direction as to intersect with the optical axis of the projection optical system,

wherein

the base member has a wall-shaped support portion extending perpendicular to the optical axis, and

the fixing portion is displaceably mounted on a first side surface of the support portion through the guide portion, and the projection optical system is fixed to a side second surface of the support portion opposite to the first side surface,

wherein

the fixing portion includes a plate portion parallel to the first side surface, and a placement portion extending from the plate portion in a direction opposite to the first side surface, and for placing the imager thereon, and

the fixing portion further comprises a first reinforcing rib for preventing deformation of the placement portion.

2. The projection display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the plate portion is formed with a second reinforcing rib extending in a direction of displacing the fixing portion.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 074982/0479 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 074983/0494 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC PROJECTOR & DISPLAY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 074983/0875 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2010
From: AMANO, RYUHEI
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023732/0672 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-1330 · Jan 7, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100171938A1 · Jul 8, 2010