IP Library Granted Patent US 12,082,339
Granted Patent B2
US 12,082,339 · App. 18/048,622 · Granted Sep 3, 2024

Image pickup apparatus

Inventors: Kentaro Watanabe (Tokyo, JP); Kenji Ishii (Kanagawa, JP); Takashi Yoshida (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
H05K1/147H04N23/52H04N23/54H05K1/0203H05K7/20136H04N23/687H05K2201/10151
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Patent No.
US 12,082,339
App. No.
18/048,622
Granted
Sep 3, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor, a first circuit board on which the image sensor is mounted, a second circuit board facing the first circuit board, a flexible board that electrically connects the first circuit board and the second circuit board, and a fan. The image sensor moves within a movable range of the image sensor in a direction different from an optical axis direction. The flexible board includes a bent portion that is located closest to a side of the flexible board connected to the first circuit board. The flexible board is bent in an area overlapping the movable range of the image sensor in the optical axis direction. As viewed from the optical axis direction, an inner surface of the bent portion is disposed to be outside a range of a blowing direction of an airflow discharged from a vent of the fan.

Claims (35)

1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

an image sensor configured to move within a movable range of the image sensor in a direction different from an optical axis direction;

a first circuit board on which the image sensor is mounted;

a second circuit board facing the first circuit board;

a first flexible board configured to electrically connect the first circuit board and the second circuit board; and

a fan,

wherein the first flexible board includes a bent portion that is located closest to a side of the first flexible board connected to the first circuit board,

wherein the first flexible board is bent in an area overlapping the movable range of the image sensor in the optical axis direction, and

wherein, as viewed from the optical axis direction, an inner surface of the bent portion of the first flexible board is disposed to be outside a range of a blowing direction of an airflow discharged from a vent of the fan.

2. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a magnet configured to move the image sensor within the movable range,

wherein the bent portion closest to the side of the first flexible board connected to the first circuit board is disposed at a position facing the magnet across a connection portion connecting the first circuit board and the first flexible board.

3. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein, as viewed from the optical axis direction, a center of the vent of the fan is located between the bent portion closest to the side of the first flexible board connected to the first circuit board and the magnet.

4. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a position of the first flexible board in the optical axis direction is located within the range of the blowing direction of the airflow discharged from the vent of the fan.

5. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first flexible board is a flexible board or a graphite sheet.

6. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

an image sensor configured to move within a movable range of the image sensor in a direction different from an optical axis direction;

a first circuit board on which the image sensor is mounted;

a second circuit board facing the first circuit board;

a first flexible board configured to electrically connect the first circuit board and the second circuit board; and

a fan,

wherein the first flexible board includes a bent portion that is located closest to a side of the first flexible board connected to the first circuit board,

wherein the first flexible board is bent in an area overlapping the movable range of the image sensor in the optical axis direction,

wherein a position of the first flexible board in the optical axis direction is located within a range of a blowing direction of an airflow discharged from a vent of the fan, and

wherein a thickness direction of the bent portion of the first flexible board is orthogonal to the blowing direction of the airflow discharged from the vent of the fan.

7. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

an image sensor configured to move within a movable range of the image sensor in a direction different from an optical axis direction;

a first circuit board on which the image sensor is mounted;

a second circuit board facing the first circuit board;

a first flexible board configured to electrically connect the first circuit board and the second circuit board; and

a fan,

wherein the first flexible board includes a bent portion that is located closest to a side of the first flexible board connected to the first circuit board,

wherein the first flexible board is bent in an area overlapping the movable range of the image sensor in the optical axis direction,

wherein a position of the first flexible board in the optical axis direction is located within a range of a blowing direction of an airflow discharged from a vent of the fan, and

wherein a bending direction of the bent portion of the first flexible board is orthogonal to the blowing direction of the airflow discharged from the vent of the fan.

8. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the blowing direction is a longitudinal direction of the image sensor, and the bending direction is a direction of the image sensor that is shorter than the longitudinal direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2023
From: WATANABE, KENTARO; ISHII, KENJI; YOSHIDA, TAKASHI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 062593/0537 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-191536 · Nov 25, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230164918A1 · May 25, 2023