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Granted Patent B2
US 12,638,671 · App. 17/956,047 · Granted May 26, 2026

Color wheel unit, light source device, and projection display apparatus

Inventors: Kohei Ueyama (Osaka, JP); Shuichiro Yamada (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC PROJECTOR & DISPLAY CORPORATION
G02B26/008G03B21/204G03B21/54
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Patent No.
US 12,638,671
App. No.
17/956,047
Granted
May 26, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A color wheel unit includes a color wheel assembly, a rod integrator, and a holder. The holder includes a first base configured to be attached to a housing of a projection display apparatus, a second base protruding from the first base, and a third base protruding from the second base and to which the rod integrator is attached. The third base includes a first guide wall and a second guide wall configured to guide the color wheel assembly. The color wheel assembly includes a color wheel, a motor configured to rotationally drive the color wheel, and a support part configured to rotatably support the color wheel. The support part includes a first restricting part configured to have a movement thereof restricted and guided by the first guide wall, and a second restricting part configured to have a movement thereof restricted and guided by the second guide wall.

Claims (26)

1 . A color wheel unit comprising:

a color wheel assembly including a color wheel;

a rod integrator where light having passed through the color wheel is to be incident; and

a holder to which the color wheel assembly and the rod integrator are attached,

wherein the holder includes:

a first base configured to be attached to a housing of a projection display apparatus;

a second base protruding from the first base; and

a third base protruding from the second base and to which the rod integrator is attached,

wherein the third base includes a first guide wall and a second guide wall configured to guide the color wheel assembly in a case that the color wheel assembly is attached to the holder,

wherein the color wheel assembly includes:

a motor coupled to the color wheel and configured to rotationally drive the color wheel;

a support part configured to rotatably support the color wheel; and

a sensor configured to detect a rotation phase of the motor, and

wherein the support part includes: (i) a first restricting part configured to have a movement thereof restricted and guided by the first guide wall; (ii) a second restricting part configured to have a movement thereof restricted and guided by the second guide wall in the case that the color wheel assembly is attached to the holder; and (iii) a light shielding wall between the rod integrator and the sensor.

2 . The color wheel unit according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first restricting part is a flat plate; and

the first guide wall is a plane parallel to the first restricting part.

3 . The color wheel unit according to claim 1 , wherein:

the second restricting part is a convex part;

the second guide wall is a concave part fitted to the second restricting part; and

the concave part is recessed in a direction in which light is to be incident on the color wheel.

4 . The color wheel unit according to claim 1 , further comprising a guide piece configured to be inserted into in a guide part defined in the housing of the projection display apparatus.

5 . The color wheel unit according to claim 1 , wherein the holder is configured to: (i) be accommodated in an attachment opening on a side of a surface of the housing of the projection display apparatus; and (ii) cover the attachment opening.

6 . The color wheel unit according to claim 1 , further comprising a handle part configured to grip the holder, the handle part being on a first side opposite to a second side where the support part of the holder is attached.

7 . The color wheel unit according to claim 1 , wherein, in the first base, a sheet is configured to be disposed at a position corresponding to a periphery of an opening of the housing of the projection display apparatus on a side attached to the housing of the projection display apparatus.

8 . A projection display apparatus comprising the color wheel unit according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2025
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC PROJECTOR & DISPLAY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072510/0667 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2022
From: UEYAMA, KOHEI; YAMADA, SHUICHIRO
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062205/0687 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-170315 · Oct 18, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230118868A1 · Apr 20, 2023
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