US 11,877,430 B2
Imaging device
Yasutaka Matsumoto, Tokyo (JP); Makoto Saito, Kanagawa (JP); Yoshihisa Shimazu, Kanagawa (JP); and Keiichi Ujita, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed on May 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/743,981.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-086420 (JP), filed on May 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0377950 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/52 (2023.01)
CPC H05K 9/0009 (2013.01) [H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/52 (2023.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging device comprising:
a lens barrel incorporating into a lens;
a sensor board comprising an imaging element
a first case having electrical conductivity, the first case comprising a supporting portion supporting the lens barrel, a first side wall portion extending from the supporting portion and having a first inner surface, a second side wall portion extending from the supporting portion and having a second inner surface, a third side wall portion extending from the supporting portion and having a third inner surface, and a fourth sidewall portion extending from the supporting portion and having a fourth inner surface, at least part of the sensor board being between the first inner surface of the first sidewall portion and the third inner surface of the third sidewall portion, and at least part of the sensor board being between the second inner surface of the second side wall portion and the fourth inner surface of the fourth side wall portion;
a second case attaching to a first end portion of the first side wall portion of the first case, a second end portion of the second side wall portion of the first case, a third end portion of the third side wall portion of the first case, and a fourth end portion of the fourth side wall portion of the first case, the at least part of the sensor board being between the supporting portion and the second case;
an output mechanism configured to output a signal output from the imaging element; and
a shield member having a rectangular shape and electrically connecting to the output mechanism and disposed between the sensor board and the second case, the rectangular shape having a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, wherein the shield member comprises:
a first contact portion extending from a first part of the first side of the rectangular shape of the shield member, toward the supporting portion of the first case;
a second contact portion extending from a second part of the second side of the rectangular shape of the shield member, toward the supporting portion of the first case;
a third contact portion extending from a third part of the third side of the rectangular shape of the shield member, toward the supporting portion of the first case; and
a fourth contact portion extending from a fourth part of the fourth side of the rectangular shape of the shield member, toward the supporting portion of the first case;
wherein a first contact point of the first contact portion of the shield member contacts to the first inner surface of the first side wall portion of the first case,
a second contact point of the second contact portion of the shield member contacts to the second inner surface of the second side wall portion of the first case,
a third contact point of the third contact portion of the shield member contacts to the third inner surface of the third side wall portion of the first case, and
a fourth contact point of the fourth contact portion of the shield member contacts to the fourth inner surface of the fourth side wall portion of the first case.