IP Library Granted Patent US 12684208
Granted Patent B2
US 12684208 · App. 18/913,324 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Imaging apparatus

Inventors: Yujiro Kitagawa (Osaka, JP); Yuji Tominaga (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
H04N23/51H04N23/52H04N23/54
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Patent No.
US 12684208
App. No.
18/913,324
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image capturing device includes: a casing at least partially including a metal part, an outer surface of the casing including at least a part of which is formed by the metal part; a lens mount provided on a front surface of the casing; an image sensor provided inside the casing, the image sensor being positioned rearward of the lens mount; a thermally conductive sheet that transfers heat generated from the image sensor, to the metal part of the casing; and an elastic member biasing the thermally conductive sheet toward an inner surface of the metal part of the casing to maintain contact between the thermally conductive sheet and the inner surface.

Claims (30)

1 . An imaging apparatus comprising:

a casing at least partially including a metal part, an outer surface of the casing including at least a part of which is formed by the metal part;

a lens mount provided on a front surface of the casing;

an image sensor provided inside the casing, the image sensor being positioned rearward of the lens mount;

a thermally conductive sheet that transfers heat generated from the image sensor, to the metal part of the casing;

an elastic member biasing the thermally conductive sheet toward an inner surface of the metal part of the casing to maintain contact between the thermally conductive sheet and the inner surface; and

a retainer member provided inside the casing to face the inner surface at a distance from the inner surface, the retainer member receiving the elastic member,

wherein

the thermally conductive sheet includes a tip end portion entering between the inner surface and the retainer member,

the elastic member is arranged between the retainer member and the tip end portion of the thermally conductive sheet,

the retainer member is provided with a through hole through which the thermally conductive sheet passes, and

the tip end portion is arranged between the inner surface and the retainer member by bending a part of the thermally conductive sheet having passed through the through hole.

2 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the metal part forms at least a part of a bottom surface of the casing.

3 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the casing includes a bottom casing, the bottom casing including the bottom surface of the casing, the bottom casing being detachable, and

the metal part is the bottom casing.

4 . An imaging apparatus comprising:

a casing at least partially including a metal part, an outer surface of the casing including at least a part of which is formed by the metal part;

a lens mount provided on a front surface of the casing;

an image sensor provided inside the casing, the image sensor being positioned rearward of the lens mount;

a thermally conductive sheet that transfers heat generated from the image sensor, to the metal part of the casing;

an elastic member biasing the thermally conductive sheet toward an inner surface of the metal part of the casing to maintain contact between the thermally conductive sheet and the inner surface;

a board on which the image sensor is mounted;

a board holder holding the board; and

a main base holding the board holder such that the board holder is displaceable,

wherein the thermally conductive sheet includes a part affixed to the main base.

5 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the metal part forms at least a part of a bottom surface of the casing.

6 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

the casing includes a bottom casing, the bottom casing including the bottom surface of the casing, the bottom casing being detachable, and

the metal part is the bottom casing.