IP Library Granted Patent US 12,501,130
Granted Patent B2
US 12,501,130 · App. 18/229,217 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Imaging apparatus

Inventors: Tatsuya Sato (Osaka, JP); Takuya Amano (Osaka, JP); Yuuji Matsuo (Osaka, JP); Norikazu Kaneda (Osaka, JP); Shunsuke Itaya (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
H04N23/52H05K7/20463H05K7/20481
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,501,130
App. No.
18/229,217
Filed
Aug 2, 2023
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3763
USPC
165/80.2
Abstract

An imaging apparatus includes an object to be cooled, a heat dissipation member, a first heat conductive sheet including a first heat absorbing part that absorbs heat from the object to be cooled and a first heat dissipating part that dissipates heat to the heat dissipation member, a second heat conductive sheet including a second heat absorbing part that absorbs heat from the object to be cooled and a second heat dissipating part that dissipates heat to the heat dissipation member, and an elastic member that biases the first heat absorbing part and the second heat absorbing part and maintains connection between the first heat absorbing part and the object to be cooled and between the second heat absorbing part and the object to be cooled. The elastic member biases the first heat absorbing part and the second heat absorbing part overlapping each other toward the object to be cooled.

Claims (24)

1 . An imaging apparatus comprising:

an object to be cooled;

a heat dissipation member;

a first heat conductive sheet including a first heat absorbing part that absorbs heat from the object to be cooled and a first heat dissipating part that dissipates heat to the heat dissipation member;

a second heat conductive sheet including a second heat absorbing part that absorbs heat from the object to be cooled and a second heat dissipating part that dissipates heat to the heat dissipation member;

and an elastic member that biases the first heat absorbing part and the second heat absorbing part and maintains connection between the first heat absorbing part and the object to be cooled and between the second heat absorbing part and the object to be cooled, wherein

the elastic member biases the first heat absorbing part and the second heat absorbing part overlapping each other toward the object to be cooled.

2 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the object to be cooled includes a first contact surface and a second contact surface on opposite sides, and

the elastic member is disposed between the first heat absorbing part and the second heat absorbing part and biases the first heat absorbing part toward the first contact surface and the second heat absorbing part toward the second contact surface.

3 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first heat conductive sheet and the second heat conductive sheet are different portions of a single heat conductive sheet, and the first heat dissipating part and the second heat dissipating part are a shared portion of the single heat conductive sheet.

4 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first heat conductive sheet and the second heat conductive sheet are graphite sheets.

5 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising

a heat source that generates heat, wherein

the object to be cooled is a heat source supporting member that supports the heat source and absorbs heat of the heat source, and

the heat source supporting member is displaceable with respect to the heat dissipation member.

6 . An imaging apparatus comprising:

an object to be cooled;

a heat dissipation member;

a first heat conductive sheet including a first heat absorbing part that absorbs heat from the object to be cooled and a first heat dissipating part that dissipates heat to the heat dissipation member;

a second heat conductive sheet including a second heat absorbing part that absorbs heat from the object to be cooled and a second heat dissipating part that dissipates heat to the heat dissipation member;

and an elastic member that biases the first heat dissipating part and the second heat dissipating part and maintains connection between the first heat dissipating part and the heat dissipation member and between the second heat dissipating part and the heat dissipation member, wherein

the elastic member biases the first heat dissipating part and the second heat dissipating part overlapping each other toward the heat dissipation member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2023
From: SATO, TATSUYA; AMANO, TAKUYA; MATSUO, YUUJI; KANEDA, NORIKAZU; ITAYA, SHUNSUKE
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065822/0682 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-126625 · Aug 8, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240048828A1 · Feb 8, 2024
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