Patent ID: 7545456

Claim:
An optical device, comprising: plural light modulators to form optical images by modulating plural color lights with respect to each color light according to image information; a light combining device having plural luminous flux incident end surfaces opposed to the respective light modulators to combine the optical images formed in the respective light modulators; fixing members located opposite the luminous flux incident end surfaces of the light combining device between the plural light modulators and the light combining device, and the fixing members being fixed to the light combining device; and holding members provided to the fixing members to hold the light modulators, and the holding members being located between the plural light modulators and the light combining device, the fixing members being formed to have C-shaped sections, the fixing members including base portions opposed to the luminous flux incident end surfaces and formed of rectangular plates in which opening portions to transmit luminous fluxes are formed and, the fixing members further including pairs of standing pieces extending from outer peripheral edges of the base portions and extending along substantially an entire length of the outer peripheral edges toward the light modulators and the pairs of standing pieces being opposed to each other, the holding members being formed to have C-shaped sections, the holding members including base portions formed of rectangular plates in which opening portions to transmit luminous fluxes are formed and to which the light modulators are mounted, and the holding member further including pairs of standing pieces extending from outer peripheral edges of the base portions and extending along substantially an entire length of the outer peripheral edges toward the luminous flux incident end surfaces and the pairs of standing prices being opposed to each other, and the light modulator being a separable piece that is fixed to the pairs of standing pieces of the fixing members and the pairs of standing pieces of the holding members, the pairs of standing pieces of the fixing members and the pairs of standing pieces of the holding members being slidingly fit together.