Patents by Inventor Kazuyuki Iinuma

Kazuyuki Iinuma has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10754233
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an electronic device main body and an accommodation apparatus accommodating the electronic device main body. The accommodation apparatus includes a first enclosure forming an internal space and having a first intake port and a first discharge port, a partitioner partitioning the internal space into a first space and a second space, and a first intake fan sending the air into the first space. The electronic device main body includes a second enclosure having a second intake port and a second discharge port, and a second intake fan sucking air into the electronic device main body. The second intake port is disposed in the first space. The second discharge port is disposed in the second space. The amount of air sent by the first intake fan into the first space is greater than the amount of air sucked by the second intake fan into the second enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Iinuma
  • Publication number: 20200033706
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an electronic device main body and an accommodation apparatus accommodating the electronic device main body. The accommodation apparatus includes a first enclosure forming an internal space and having a first intake port and a first discharge port, a partitioner partitioning the internal space into a first space and a second space, and a first intake fan sending the air into the first space. The electronic device main body includes a second enclosure having a second intake port and a second discharge port, and a second intake fan sucking air into the electronic device main body. The second intake port is disposed in the first space. The second discharge port is disposed in the second space. The amount of air sent by the first intake fan into the first space is greater than the amount of air sucked by the second intake fan into the second enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuyuki IINUMA
  • Patent number: 10073329
    Abstract: An optical compensation element adjusting mechanism capable of adjusting an inclination of an optical compensation element with high accuracy and a projector. The mechanism includes an optical compensation element which optically compensates a liquid crystal panel and an adjusting frame which adjusts an angle of the element to the liquid crystal panel. The adjusting frame includes an approximately rectangular holding portion which holds the optical compensation element, a pair of fixing portions which respectively extends from positions, which become a diagonal, of the holding portion in a direction intersecting with the holding portion and which is respectively fixed to a first holding member to which the adjusting frame is attached, and an adjusting portion which is disposed at a position away from the pair of fixing portions and which inclines the optical compensation element by inclining the holding portion around a virtual line connecting the pair of fixing portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Iinuma
  • Publication number: 20170307967
    Abstract: An optical compensation element adjusting mechanism capable of adjusting an inclination of an optical compensation element with high accuracy and a projector. The mechanism includes an optical compensation element which optically compensates a liquid crystal panel and an adjusting frame which adjusts an angle of the element to the liquid crystal panel. The adjusting frame includes an approximately rectangular holding portion which holds the optical compensation element, a pair of fixing portions which respectively extends from positions, which become a diagonal, of the holding portion in a direction intersecting with the holding portion and which is respectively fixed to a first holding member to which the adjusting frame is attached, and an adjusting portion which is disposed at a position away from the pair of fixing portions and which inclines the optical compensation element by inclining the holding portion around a virtual line connecting the pair of fixing portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuyuki IINUMA
  • Patent number: 8967813
    Abstract: A lens frame configured to hold a lens of an optical system of a projector comprising: a holder being formed along the periphery of the lens, holds the lens which is inserted by an elastic force of the frame main body, the holder includes a first holding portion configured to hold a peripheral end surface of the lens, and a second holding portion configured to hold a luminous flux incidence surface and luminous flux exit surface of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Fumihide Sasaki, Kazuyuki Iinuma, Hiroshi Abe
  • Patent number: 8267529
    Abstract: An optical device includes: a housing; and a reflection member disposed at a predetermined position within the housing, the housing includes a receiving opening through which the reflection member is inserted to be accommodated in the housing, and an attachment unit to which the reflection member is attached, the reflection member includes a front portion which has a reflection area for reflecting supplied light, a back portion positioned on the side opposite to the front portion, and a fixing unit positioned within the surface of the back portion and fixed to the attachment unit, and the fixing unit has an opening into which a position control jig inserted in an attachment direction of attaching the reflection member to the attachment unit through the receiving opening is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shohei Fujisawa, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Toshihiro Hieda, Kazuyuki Iinuma
  • Patent number: 7972019
    Abstract: An optical device includes a plurality of light modulating devices for forming optical images and a color combining optical device. The optical device includes a first fixed member and a second fixed member for mounting the light modulating devices so as to face light flux incoming end surfaces of the color combining optical device. The first fixed member includes a plate-shaped first base portion mounted to oppose the light flux incoming end surface and having an opening for transmitting the light flux. The second fixed member includes a plate-shaped second base portion having an opening for transmitting the light flux. The first fixed member and the second fixed member are assembled in such a manner that the first base portion and the second base portion are opposed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Kitabayashi, Kazuyuki Iinuma, Nobuo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7819532
    Abstract: A projector includes a light source device, a light modulation device, and an exterior casing. The projector is arranged so as to be installed in a desktop mount position and a ceiling suspension position. The light source device includes an elliptic reflector having a nearly ellipsoidal reflection surface and converging and outputting a luminous flux radiated from a light source lamp in a certain direction, and a parallelizing lens that parallelizes the converged light of the elliptic reflector, and a lens supporting part that supports the parallelizing lens and makes a position of the parallelizing lens relative to the light source device main body changeable according to the position of the projector is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Iinuma, Katsuyuki Uehara, Masaki Uchida
  • Publication number: 20100208218
    Abstract: An optical device includes: a housing; and a reflection member disposed at a predetermined position within the housing, the housing includes a receiving opening through which the reflection member is inserted to be accommodated in the housing, and an attachment unit to which the reflection member is attached, the reflection member includes a front portion which has a reflection area for reflecting supplied light, a back portion positioned on the side opposite to the front portion, and a fixing unit positioned within the surface of the back portion and fixed to the attachment unit, and the fixing unit has an opening into which a position control jig inserted in an attachment direction of attaching the reflection member to the attachment unit through the receiving opening is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shohei FUJISAWA, Hidetoshi HASHIZUME, Toshihiro HIEDA, Kazuyuki IINUMA
  • Patent number: 7775667
    Abstract: An optical device is provided which includes a plurality of optical modulation devices, a plurality of optical elements, and a prism having a plurality of luminous flux incidence surfaces positioned on a luminous flux irradiation-side of each optical element. The optical device includes a holding member which holds at least one of the plurality of optical modulation devices and a pair of light-transmissive substrates. In one implementation, an irradiation-side substrate disposed on the luminous flux irradiation-side of the optical element has a dimension larger than that of the optical element, and the irradiation-side substrate is secured to the luminous flux incidence surface of the prism, an aperture is formed in the holding member, and the holding member is attached to the irradiation-side substrate so as to cover the optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Iinuma, Hiroaki Yanai, Gaku Nishizawa, Takanori Fukuyama
  • Publication number: 20100188645
    Abstract: A lens frame configured to hold a lens of an optical system of a projector comprising: a holder being formed along the periphery of the lens, holds the lens which is inserted by an elastic force of the frame main body, the holder includes a first holding portion configured to hold a peripheral end surface of the lens, and a second holding portion configured to hold a luminous flux incidence surface and luminous flux exit surface of the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Fumihide Sasaki, Kazuyuki Iinuma, Hiroshi Abe
  • Patent number: 7545456
    Abstract: To provide an optical device by which the ease of assembly, and image quality and cooling performance an optical device includes light modulators and a light combining device to combine optical images includes fixing members opposing located to the luminous flux incident end surfaces of the light combining device and fixed to the light combining device and holding members provided to the fixing members to hold the light modulators. The fixing members and the holding members are formed to have C-shaped sections having base portions formed of rectangular plates in which opening portions to transmit luminous fluxes and pairs of standing pieces standing from the outer peripheral edges of the base portions and are opposed to each other. The pairs of standing pieces of the fixing members and the pairs of standing pieces of the holding members are slidingly fit together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Iinuma, Takashi Saegusa
  • Patent number: 7357518
    Abstract: A projector includes a light source; an optical modulator; a projection lens, which has a lens barrel containing plural lenses, for projecting the optical image; as well as a structure showing a substantially L-shaped lateral contour and including an inner horizontal section, to which the optical modulator is attached, and an outer vertical section, to which the projection lens is attached; and a lens shifting mechanism for shifting the projection lens along the outer vertical section. The lens barrel has a flange projecting to the outside of the lens barrel at the base end side of the projection direction so that the lens barrel is fitted to the outer vertical section. The outer vertical section has a lens contacting surface projected and curved in accordance with curvature amount of the image forming surface on the base end side of the projection lens so as to contact the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Iinuma
  • Patent number: 7303644
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an optical device includes an optical component housing operation S1 for housing a plurality of optical components in a casing body, an optical component positioning operation S2 for adjusting the positions of the optical components by shifting the optical components to position by positioning members at predetermined positions on an illumination optical axis of a light beam irradiated by a light source, and an optical component position fixing operation S3 for fixing the positions of the optical components on the casing body after the optical component positioning operation S2. The optical component housing operation further includes a positioning member inserting process for inserting the positioning members to holes on the casing body, an optical component housing process for housing the optical components in the casing body, and a positioning member abutting process by which the positioning members abut on the optical components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Kitabayashi, Hideo Yamaguchi, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Shohei Fujisawa, Kazuyuki Iinuma
  • Publication number: 20070206157
    Abstract: An optical device is provided which includes a plurality of optical modulation devices, plurality of optical elements, and a prism having a plurality of luminous flux incidence surfaces positioned on a luminous flux irradiation-side of each optical element. The optical device includes a holding member which holds at least one of the plurality of optical modulation devices and a pair of light-transmissive substrates. In one implementation, an irradiation-side substrate disposed on the luminous flux irradiation-side of the optical element has a dimension larger than that of the optical element, and the irradiation-side substrate is secured to the luminous flux incidence surface of the prism, an aperture is formed in the holding member, and the holding member is attached to the irradiation-side substrate so as to cover the optical element. Detailed information is provided in the Description of Exemplary Embodiments below, and the inventions are defined by the appended claims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Iinuma, Hiroaki Yanai, Gaku Nishizawa, Takanori Fukuyama
  • Publication number: 20070121079
    Abstract: An optical device includes: a plurality of light modulating devices for forming optical images by modulating a plurality of color lights into image information for each color light and a color combining optical device having a plurality of light flux incoming end surfaces opposing the respective light modulating devices for combining optical images formed by the respective light modulating devices, wherein the optical device includes a first fixed member and a second fixed member for mounting the light modulating devices so as to face the light flux incoming end surfaces of the color combining optical device, wherein the first fixed member includes a plate-shaped first base portion mounted to oppose the light flux incoming end surface and having an opening for transmitting the light flux and a pair of first upright strips extending upright from an outer peripheral edge of the first base portion toward the light flux incoming side and oppose to each other, wherein the second fixed member includes a plate-shape
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Kitabayashi, Kazuyuki Iinuma, Nobuo Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20070121083
    Abstract: A projector includes: a light source device; a light modulation device that modulates a luminous flux output from the light source device; a projection optical device that magnifies and projects the luminous flux modulated in the light modulation device; and an exterior casing that accommodates the light source device, the light modulation device, and the projection optical device arranged within, the projector is arranged so as to be installed in a desktop mount position in which the projector is mounted on a predetermined location and a ceiling suspension position in which the projector is provided opposite in the vertical direction relative to the desktop mount position, the light source device includes a light source device main body having a light source lamp in which discharge emission is performed between a pair of electrodes and an elliptic reflector having a nearly ellipsoidal reflection surface and converging and outputting a luminous flux radiated from the light source lamp in a certain direction,
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki IINUMA, Katsuyuki UEHARA, Masaki UCHIDA
  • Patent number: 7222976
    Abstract: An optical device is disposed with: a swollen portion that is attached to the underside of a reflective surface of a reflective mirror, swells in an outward direction of the reflective mirror and is configured as part of a spherical surface. A mirror orientation adjustment lever that is attached to the underside of the reflective surface of the reflective mirror, extends along the underside of the reflective mirror, and protrudes from an end edge of the reflective mirror when seen planarly. The reflective mirror is disposed along a side wall of an optical parts-use casing. The side wall includes, at the position where the reflective mirror is disposed, a spherical concave portion corresponding to a spherical surface of the swollen portion, and when the reflective mirror is disposed at the disposition position, the swollen portion is supported by the spherical concave portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Kitabayashi, Kazuyuki Iinuma, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Hidetoshi Hashizume
  • Patent number: 7210796
    Abstract: An optical apparatus with plural optical components, including a reflection mirror provided in an optical path of light beams emitted from a light source, and a case for housing the optical components in a predetermined position with respect to the light beams. The optical apparatus has a convex curved surface protruding to the surface of the reflection mirror, and a pair of fixing parts mounted to the back surface of the reflection mirror to sandwich the protruded part therebetween. The case is formed from a component housing member having an opening through which the plural optical components are housed and a lid member for closing the opening. The side wall is provided with fixing grooves to house the reflection mirror in the case and to guide the pair the of fixing parts in placing the reflection mirror in the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Iinuma, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7152982
    Abstract: An optical component casing (25) having a plurality of holes penetrating toward the inside thereof includes a casing body which is constituted of a container (25A), in which a plurality of optical components are housed and arranged therein, and a lid (25B), and a plurality of positioning members (253) for positioning the plurality of optical components at predetermined positions in the casing body. The plurality of positioning members (253) abut on the optical components by being inserted through the plurality of holes to position the optical components at the predetermined positions on an illumination optical axis of light beam irradiated by a light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Kitabayashi, Hideo Yamaguchi, Hidetoshi Hashizume, Shohei Fujisawa, Kazuyuki Iinuma