US 12,292,672 B2
Supporting apparatus for imaging device, and imaging apparatus
Takahiro Saito, Yokosuka (JP)
Assigned to NIFCO INC., Yokosuka (JP)
Appl. No. 18/021,069
Filed by NIFCO INC., Yokosuka (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 9, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/033146
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 13, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/065051, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 31, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-158808 (JP), filed on Sep. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0296967 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 11/04 (2006.01); G03B 17/55 (2021.01); G03B 17/56 (2021.01)
CPC G03B 17/55 (2013.01) [B60R 11/04 (2013.01); G03B 17/561 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A supporting apparatus for an imaging device having a lens, for supporting the imaging device, comprising:
a bracket supporting the imaging device and including
a notch housing therein the lens of the imaging device and exposing the lens, and
a light shielding wall on both sides of the notch for shielding an incident light,
a unit detachably attached to the bracket and located between the light shielding wall and a heating subject and exposing a front face of the unit toward the heating subject,
wherein the unit comprising:
a heating device having a heat generating portion, and
a supporting portion for supporting the heating device from a rear surface, the supporting portion including a first surface facing (a) the lens of the imaging device and (b) the heating subject and a second surface on the other side of the first surface, and
a reflection suppressing sheet on the rear surface of the heating device,
wherein the heating device is provided on the first surface of the supporting portion,
the first surface of the supporting portion includes one or a plurality of non-contact portions which do not contact the heat generating portion, and
the light shielding wall of the bracket is configured to reflect radiant heat from the heating device.