Patent ID: 8870391

Claim:
A projector, comprising: a plurality of light modulating devices configured to modulate each of a plurality of color lights, each light modulating device having a light-incident side end and a light-exiting side end; a light combining optical device having a plurality of light incidence planes that face a corresponding one of the light modulating devices, the light combining optical device configured to combine the color lights modulated by the plurality of light modulating devices; and fixing members configured to fix the light modulating devices to the light combining optical device, each fixing member having a plate-like base in which an opening is formed, a pair of rising sections extending in a direction perpendicular to the plate-like base from a pair of end edges on opposing ends of the plate-like base, and a pair of protruding sections of which a protruding section of one rising section protrudes toward the other rising section and a protruding section of the other rising section protrudes toward the one rising section, the light modulating devices are fixed to the fixing members by being inserted into the openings such that one of the light-incident side end or the light-exiting side end of each light modulating device abuts against the corresponding protruding sections.