US 12,219,718 B2
Imaging apparatus having a rotation drive unit connected to a fixed unit through wiring
Ayumu Nemoto, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/484,692.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-161439 (JP), filed on Sep. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0104366 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H01R 35/02 (2006.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01)
CPC H05K 5/0047 (2013.01) [H01R 35/025 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging apparatus comprising:
a movable cylinder configured to support a lens barrel;
a support cylinder configured to support the movable cylinder rotatably around a panning rotation axis;
a flexible wire connecting to a panning control circuit board in the support cylinder; and
a storage area communicating with the movable cylinder and the support cylinder and containing the flexible wire,
wherein the flexible wire includes a first connector connected to the movable cylinder and a first fixed part fixed to the movable cylinder, and a second connector connected to the support cylinder and a second fixed part fixed to the support cylinder;
wherein the first connector and the first fixed part are separated,
wherein the second connector and the second fixed part are separated,
wherein, in the storage area, the first fixed part is made of a cushion and is mechanically fixed to the movable cylinder,
wherein, in the storage area, the second fixed part includes a bush member and is mechanically fixed to the support cylinder via the bush member, which is integral with the flexible wire,
wherein, in the movable cylinder, the first connector is electrically connected to a connector of the movable cylinder,
wherein, in the support cylinder, the second connector is electrically connected to a connector of the support cylinder, and
wherein the second fixed part is fixed along the panning rotation axis of the movable cylinder in the storage area of the support cylinder, and the first fixed part is fixed not along the panning rotation axis of the movable cylinder in the storage area of the movable cylinder.