OPTICAL ENGINE FOR PROJECTOR

• US 20110279783A1
• Filed: 05/09/2011
• Published: 11/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Young Optics, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Young Optics, Inc.
• Inventors: Lin, Wei-Szu, CHANG, Chi-Wei
• Application Number:
  US13/103,483
• Publication Number:
  US 20110279783A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 353/52
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/16 Cooling; Preventing overheating
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/28 Reflectors in projection beam in illumination beam G03B21/2066
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3141 Constructional details thereof details not peculiar to the presence of an electronic spatial light modulator G03B21/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3173 wherein the projection device is specially adapted for enhanced portability

Abstract

An optical engine includes a chassis, a light source module, a light combination module, a light-homogenizing module and a projection lens module. The chassis has different positioning parts, and a part of members of each of the light source module, light combination module, light-homogenizing module, and projection lens module are inserted into a corresponding positioning parts of the chassis to achieve accurate positioning.

Claims

1. An optical engine for a projector, comprising:

a chassis having at least a first positioning part, a second positioning part, a third positioning part and a fourth positioning part;

a light source module disposed on the chassis and comprising at least a condenser lens, wherein at least two flanges are respectively formed on two sides of the condenser lens, the first positioning part comprises a plurality of slots corresponding to the flanges, and the flanges are inserted into the slots to position the light source module on the chassis;

a light combination module disposed on the chassis and comprising a plurality of dichroic mirrors, wherein the second positioning part comprises a plurality of positioning elements, and the dichroic mirrors are inserted into gaps formed by the positioning elements to position the light combination module on the chassis;

a light-homogenizing module disposed on the chassis and comprising at least a lens array and a relay lens, wherein at least two flanges are respectively formed on two sides of the lens array, at least two flanges are respectively formed on two sides of the relay lens, the third positioning part comprises a plurality of slots corresponding to the flanges of the lens array and the relay lens, and the flanges of the lens array and the relay lens are inserted into the slots to position the light-homogenizing module on the chassis; and

a projection lens module disposed on the chassis and confined in the fourth positioning part, wherein the projection lens module comprises at least a lens unit and at least one pillar structure penetrating through the lens unit, the fourth positioning part comprises at least one pilot hole corresponding to the pillar structure, and the pillar structure is inserted into the pilot hole to confine the projection lens module.

2. The optical engine for a projector as claimed in claim 1, further comprising at least one alignment pin penetrating through the light source module and inserted into the chassis.

3. The optical engine for a projector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the positioning elements comprises a plurality of positioning walls and a plurality of positioning bumps.

4. The optical engine for a projector as claimed in claim 3, wherein at least one first gap is formed between the positioning walls, at least one second gap is formed between the positioning walls and the positioning bumps, and the dichroic mirrors are inserted into the first gap and the second gap.

5. The optical engine for a projector as claimed in claim 3, wherein the positioning bumps comprises first positioning bumps located on a first area and second positioning bumps located on a second area of the chassis, the first area is different to the second area, first sides of the dichroic mirrors lean against the first positioning bumps, and second sides of the dichroic mirrors lean against the second positioning bumps.

6. The optical engine for a projector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the positioning elements are formed by molding and brought out by a single slide block.

7. The optical engine for a projector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the slots are formed by stripping molding at a draft angle of zero degree.

8. The optical engine for a projector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pilot hole is defined by an arc-shaped base and a blanket structure formed on the arc-shaped base, the pillar structure is inserted into the pilot hole, and the blanket structure covers a part of the pillar structure.

9. The optical engine for a projector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the projection lens module comprises two pillar structures penetrating through two sides of the lens unit.

10. The optical engine for a projector as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a copper heat sink covering a part of the chassis.

11. The optical engine for a projector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the volume of the optical engine is smaller than or equal to 7 cm³.