Projector

• US 9,952,487 B2
• Filed: 05/03/2016
• Issued: 04/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qisda Corporation
• Original Assignee: Qisda Corporation
• Inventors: Lin, Chi-Cheng
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, BAO-LUAN Q
• Application Number:
  US15/144,897
• Publication Number:
  US 20160330419A1
• Time in Patent Office: 721 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/145 Housing details, e.g. position adjustments thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/16 Cooling; Preventing overheating
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3144 Cooling systems cooling of liquid crystal cells in general G02F1/133382; cooling of projectors not peculiar to the presence of an electronic spatial light modulator G03B21/16

Abstract

A projector includes a casing having a top plate and a bottom plate, an optical engine disposed in the casing and between the top and bottom plates, and a plurality of heat sinks disposed around the optical engine. The top plate and the bottom plate have a plurality of top holes and bottom holes, respectively. Each heat sink has a plurality of fins and a plurality of air channels formed between the fins, wherein the top holes are aligned and communicate with the bottom holes through the air channels straightly.

Claims

1. A projector, comprising:

a casing having a top plate and a bottom plate, the top plate having a plurality of top holes, the bottom plate having a plurality of bottom holes;

an optical engine disposed in the casing and between the top plate and the bottom plate, the optical engine comprising a light source module, an image-forming module, and a light pipe connected between the light source module and the image-forming module;

a plurality of heat sinks disposed around the optical engine, each heat sink having a plurality of fins and a plurality of air channels formed between the fins of the plurality of heat sinks, the plurality of heat sinks including a first heat sink, a second heat sink, and a third heat sink respectively disposed on three sides of the light source module, so that the plurality of fins of the plurality of heat sinks are arranged parallel to each other along the three sides, wherein the top holes are aligned and communicate with the bottom holes through the air channels straightly; and

an auxiliary heat sink disposed on top of the image-forming module, the auxiliary heat sink having a plurality of fins parallel to each other and extending toward the top plate to form a plurality of auxiliary air channels between the fins of the auxiliary heat sink.

2. The projector of claim 1, wherein the light source module comprises a plurality of light-emitting units attached to the plurality of heat sinks, respectively.

3. The projector of claim 1, further comprising a main circuit board and a power supply circuit board, wherein the light source module is disposed on one side of the image-forming module, the main circuit board is disposed under the light source module, and the power supply circuit board is disposed on another side of the image-forming module.

4. The projector of claim 1, further comprising at least one extending heat sink, wherein the extending heat sink extends from one side of the auxiliary heat sink toward the bottom plate to be located on the side of the image-forming module, the extending heat sink has a plurality of fins disposed parallel to each other and along the side of the image-forming module to form a plurality of extending air channels between the fins of the extending heat sinks, and at least one of the top holes is aligned and communicates with at least one of the bottom holes through the extending air channels straightly.

5. The projector of claim 3, wherein with respect to the bottom plate, the power supply circuit board is disposed upright, and the main circuit board is disposed horizontally.

6. The projector of claim 3, further comprising a driving circuit board, wherein the driving circuit board is disposed between the light source module and the main circuit board.

7. The projector of claim 6, further comprising a metal conductor, wherein the metal conductor comprises a body and an extension part, the body is located between the driving circuit board and the main circuit board to substantially isolate the driving circuit board and the main circuit board, and the extension part bends from the body and extends to overlap at least one of the first heat sink, the second heat sink, and the third heat sink.

8. The projector of claim 7, further comprising a thermal conductive material, wherein the thermal conductive material fills at least one of between the driving circuit board and the metal conductor and between the main circuit board and the metal conductor.

9. The projector of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of thermal insulators disposed on an external surface of the top plate.

10. The projector of claim 9, wherein the external surface of the top plate has a plurality of grooves, and the plurality of thermal insulators are partially inserted into the plurality of grooves.

11. The projector of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of circuit boards, wherein the plurality of circuit boards are disposed upright with respect to the bottom plate, so that at least one of the top holes is aligned and communicates with at least one of the bottom holes through space adjacent to the plurality of circuit boards straightly.

12. A projector, comprising:

a casing having a top plate and a bottom plate, the top plate having a plurality of top holes, the bottom plate having a plurality of bottom holes, an external surface of the top plate having a plurality of grooves;

an optical engine disposed in the casing and between the top plate and the bottom plate;

a plurality of heat sinks disposed around the optical engine, each heat sink having a plurality of fins and a plurality of air channels formed between the fins, wherein the top holes are aligned and communicate with the bottom holes through the air channels straightly; and

a plurality of thermal insulators partially inserted into the plurality of grooves.

13. A projector, comprising:

a casing having a top plate and a bottom plate, the top plate having a plurality of top holes, the bottom plate having a plurality of bottom holes;

an optical engine disposed in the casing and between the top plate and the bottom plate;

a plurality of heat sinks disposed around the optical engine, each heat sink having a plurality of fins and a plurality of air channels formed between the fins, wherein the top holes are aligned and communicate with the bottom holes through the air channels straightly; and

a plurality of circuit boards disposed upright with respect to the bottom plate, so that at least one of the top holes is aligned and communicates with at least one of the bottom holes through space adjacent to the plurality of circuit boards straightly.