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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunori Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus that curbs an increase in size thereof while performing forced air cooling of a substrate includes a camera unit, a first unit configured to rotatably support the camera unit around an axis in a first direction, a second unit configured to rotatably support the first unit around an axis in a second direction, a first substrate configured to be fixed to the first unit, and a radiating unit configured to be fixed to the second unit and to allow heat generated by at least the first substrate to be dissipated to an outside of the image capturing apparatus, in which at least one inlet port and an exhaust port are formed in the heat dissipation unit, and the inlet port is configured to face the first unit and the exhaust port is disposed on a side surface of the second unit, in which the first unit has a base portion, a support portion configured to protrude toward the camera unit and formed on a first surface of the based portion, and at least one protrusion portion configured to protrude toward the second unit and formed on a second surface that is a surface on an opposite side to the first surface of the base portion.