IP Library Granted Patent US 9,645,393
Granted Patent B2
US 9,645,393 · App. 14/851,600 · Granted May 9, 2017

Imaging device

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Patent No.
US 9,645,393
App. No.
14/851,600
Granted
May 9, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A imaging device includes: a lens unit which is rotatable about an optical axis thereof; an adjusting gear unit which includes an adjusting gear that rotates the lens unit; a case which accommodates the lens unit and the adjusting gear unit and has a penetration hole through which a portion of the adjusting gear protrudes outward from an accommodation space; and a cover which covers a portion of the case including the penetration hole from outside of the case.

Claims (18)

1. An imaging device comprising:

a lens unit which is rotatable about an optical axis thereof;

an adjusting gear unit which includes an adjusting gear that rotates the lens unit according to rotation of the adjusting gear;

a case having an accommodation space that accommodates the lens unit and the adjusting gear unit;

a cover which covers a portion of the case including a penetration hole, from outside of the case, the penetration hole provided in the case through which an outer portion of the adjusting gear protrudes outwardly from the accommodation space, the outer portion of the adjusting gear being rotatable for rotating the lens unit when the cover is removed from the case; and

a blocking portion provided on the cover that surrounds the outer portion of the adjusting gear, in conjunction with the penetration hole, when the cover is on the case.

2. The imaging device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the cover has a protrusion which meshes with the adjusting gear and restricts rotation of the adjusting gear when the cover is on the case.

3. The imaging device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the penetration hole of the case is provided with an annular cover packing which accommodates the adjusting gear, and

wherein the blocking portion provided on the cover presses against an annular end surface of the annular cover packing and surrounds the adjusting gear in an air-tight manner.

4. The imaging device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an annular cover packing through which the outer portion of the adjusting gear is accommodated, the annular cover packing being provided between the penetration hole provided on the case and the blocking portion provided on the cover when the cover is on the case.

5. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the blocking portion comprises an annular projection extending from a surface of the cover.

6. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the cover comprises:

an inner periphery; and

an outer periphery,

wherein the blocking portion is arranged closer in a radial direction to the inner periphery than to the outer periphery.

Assignments (7)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 16, 2023
From: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
To: I-PRO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063101/0966 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 16, 2023
From: I-PRO CO., LTD.
To: I-PRO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063102/0075 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Dec 31, 2020
From: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054883/0248 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 31, 2020
From: PSP HOLDINGS CO., LTD
To: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054883/0234 →
MERGER Recorded Dec 31, 2020
From: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
To: PSP HOLDINGS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 054883/0201 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2019
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051369/0172 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2015
From: OKAMURA, SHINICHIRO; NANBA, TAKASHI; YAMANAKA, HIROKI; ITO, TOSHIAKI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036805/0760 →