IP Library Granted Patent US 11,307,377
Granted Patent B2
US 11,307,377 · App. 17/269,765 · Granted Apr 19, 2022

Light source device, projector and lighting device

Inventors: Masatoshi Arai (Kyoto, JP); Kazuo Shikita (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
G02B7/04F21V9/32F21V14/06G03B21/204G03B21/208G03B21/2066
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Patent No.
US 11,307,377
App. No.
17/269,765
Granted
Apr 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light source device includes an excitation-light light source which emits excitation light, a reflection member which reflects the excitation light, a lens which is arranged on an optical path of the excitation light which leads from the excitation-light light source to the reflection member and refracts the excitation light, a housing which houses the reflection member in a hermetically sealed internal space, an operation member which is exposed from the housing in a direction which intersects the optical path and is moved towards the inside and outside of the housing, and an adjustment mechanism which adjusts a length of an optical path between the reflection member and the lens in linkage with the operation member which is moved towards the inside and outside of the housing.

Claims (53)

1. A light source device comprising:

an excitation-light light source which emits excitation light;

a reflection member which reflects the excitation light;

a lens which is arranged on an optical path of the excitation light which leads from the excitation-light light source to the reflection member and refracts the excitation light;

a housing which houses the reflection member in a hermetically sealed internal space;

an operation member which is exposed from the housing in a direction which intersects the optical path and is moved towards the inside and outside of the housing; and

an adjustment mechanism which adjusts a length of an optical path between the reflection member and the lens in linkage with the operation member which is moved towards the inside and outside of the housing.

2. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment mechanism moves the lens along the optical path.

3. The light source device according to claim 2 , wherein

the housing is configured by a first housing and a second housing between which the internal space is formed by bringing peripheral edges thereof into close contact with each other, and

the lens, the operation member, and the adjustment mechanism are supported to the first housing.

4. The light source device according to claim 3 ,

wherein

a bolt hole which passes through in a direction which intersects the optical path is formed in the first housing,

the operation member is a bolt which is screwed into the bolt hole, and

the adjustment mechanism moves the lens along the optical path in linkage with the bolt which is moved towards the inside and outside of the first housing.

5. The light source device according to claim 4 ,

wherein

the adjustment mechanism includes

a rotation member which is supported to the first housing in a state of being rotatable around an axis line which extends in a direction of the optical path in linkage with the bolt which is moved towards the inside and outside of the first housing, and

a first energization member which is arranged on the opposite side of the rotation member with the lens being sandwiched therebetween and energizes the lens and the rotation member in the direction of the optical path,

wherein

one of a protruded portion and a recessed portion which accepts the protruded portion is formed on a wall face of the rotation member which is in contact with the first housing, and

the other of the protruded portion and the recessed portion is formed on a wall face of the first housing which is in contact with the rotation member, and

wherein

the rotation member rotates and the protruded portion runs on a peripheral edge of the recessed portion, and thereby the adjustment mechanism moves the lens in a direction which is opposite to the direction that the lens is energized by the first energization member.

6. The light source device according to claim 5 ,

wherein

the adjustment mechanism further includes a transmission member which is supported to the first housing to be rotatable around the axis line extending in the direction of the optical path, is composed of contact with both of the bolt and the rotation member so as to convert a linear motion of the bolt to a rotational motion, and transmits the rotational motion to the rotation member.

7. The light source device according to claim 6 ,

wherein

the adjustment mechanism further includes a second energization member which energizes the rotation member in a direction that the rotation member is pressed against the transmission member.

8. The light source device according to claim 6 ,

wherein

the bolt includes a first bolt and a second bolt, and

the transmission member includes

a first transmission member which converts the linear motion of the first bolt to the rotational motion and thereby rotates the rotation member clockwise or counterclockwise, and

a second transmission member which converts the linear motion of the second bolt to the rotational motion and thereby rotates the rotation member in a direction which is opposite to a rotation direction that the rotation member is rotated by the first transmission member.

9. The light source device according to claim 7 ,

wherein

the bolt includes a first bolt and a second bolt, and

the transmission member includes

a first transmission member which converts the linear motion of the first bolt to the rotational motion and thereby rotates the rotation member clockwise or counterclockwise, and

a second transmission member which converts the linear motion of the second bolt to the rotational motion and thereby rotates the rotation member in a direction which is opposite to a rotation direction that the rotation member is rotated by the first transmission member.

10. The light source device according to claim 1 , further comprising a fixing member which fixes the operation member after adjustment of optical path length by the adjustment mechanism.

11. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein

the reflection member is a wavelength conversion member which includes a phosphor layer which converts the excitation light to fluorescent light and reflects the fluorescent light.

12. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein

the reflection member is a diffusion plate which diffuses and reflects the excitation light.

13. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein

the lens is the closest to the reflection member among a plurality of lenses which are arranged on the optical path which leads from the excitation-light light source to the reflection member.

14. A projector, comprising the light source device according to claim 1 .

15. A lighting device, comprising the light source device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 3, 2021
From: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058666/0407 →
MERGER Recorded Nov 29, 2021
From: MAXELL, LTD.
To: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058255/0579 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2021
From: ARAI, MASATOSHI; SHIKITA, KAZUO
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 055719/0679 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-155675 · Aug 22, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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