US 12,244,915 B2
Imaging device with upper mounted fan accommodation portion
Norikazu Kaneda, Osaka (JP); Hiroyuki Kuroki, Osaka (JP); Hiroki Kasugai, Osaka (JP); and Yuuji Matsuo, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Dec. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/074,484.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-010084 (JP), filed on Jan. 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0239555 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/52 (2023.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 23/52 (2023.01) [H05K 7/20145 (2013.01); H05K 7/20172 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging device comprising:
an imaging main body;
a fan accommodation portion provided in an upper portion of the imaging main body;
a cooling fan disposed in the fan accommodation portion; and
an intake port and an exhaust port for the cooling fan to perform intake and exhaust,
wherein the fan accommodation portion is a protruding portion having multiple surfaces formed by protruding from the imaging main body at the upper part of the imaging main body,
wherein the multiple surfaces include an upper surface, a pair of side surfaces, and a front surface that cover the cooling fan,
wherein the intake port and the exhaust port are provided on a surface of the fan accommodation portion different from the upper surface, and
wherein air inhaled via the intake port is discharged from the exhaust port to the outside of the fan accommodation portion.