Patent · US Expired

Projector provided with cooling mechanism

US6793343B2 · kind B2 · utility

18Cited by
5References
3Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJan 16, 2003
Grant dateSep 21, 2004
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 16, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B21/18
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A light source is disposed at an end of an optical unit (4) formed approximately in planarly-viewed L-shape and an axial-flow fan (6A) is disposed so that suction surface thereof opposes the light source, where an exhaust duct (6B) connected with the axial-flow fan (6A) and extending toward a front side of a projector (1) along a side of a lower case is disposed on the exhaust side of the axial-flow fan (6A), so that the axial-flow fan (6A) is spaced apart from an exhaust hole formed on the front side of the projector (1) and the exhaust flow from the axial-flow fan (6A) becomes parallel to an image projecting direction of a projection lens.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.