# US 12,684,211 B2 · Image capturing device and heat dissipation unit > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,684,211 B2 - Document ID: US12684211B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/888,238 - Filed: 2024-09-18 - Published: 2025-03-27 - Granted: 2026-07-14 - Earliest claimed: 2023-09-25 - Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Norikazu Kaneda - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12684211B2 ## CPC - H04N 23/52: Elements optimising image sensor operation, e.g. for electromagnetic interference [EMI] protection or temperature control by heat transfer or cooling elements - H04N 23/51: Housings - H04N 23/531: {being rotatable or detachable} - H05K 7/20418: {the radiating structures being additional and fastened onto the housing} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ## Abstract An image capturing device includes: a casing; a heat source provided inside the casing; a monitor; a hinge provided to the casing and rotatably supporting the monitor; and a heat dissipation unit including a plurality of fins provided on an outer surface of the casing and thermally connected to the heat source. The monitor is configured to be rotatable by the hinge between a first position at which the monitor covers the plurality of fins of the heat dissipation unit, and a second position at which the monitor is away from the plurality of fins. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image capturing device comprising: a casing; a heat source provided inside the casing; a monitor; a hinge provided to the casing and rotatably supporting the monitor; and a heat dissipation unit that includes a plurality of fins provided on an outer surface of the casing and is thermally connected to the heat source, wherein the monitor is configured rotatable, by the hinge, between a first position at which the monitor covers the plurality of fins of the heat dissipation unit, the covered plurality of fins otherwise being exposed, and a second position at which the monitor is away from the plurality of fins. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The image capturing device according to claim 1, wherein the heat dissipation unit is attached detachably from the casing, the casing has a rear surface including a monitor seating surface on which the monitor is allowed to be seated while in a state where the heat dissipation unit is removed, and the heat dissipation unit is detachable from at least a part of the monitor seating surface while in a state where the monitor is separated from the monitor seating surface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The image capturing device according to claim 2, further comprising a heat transfer member provided inside the casing and in contact with the heat source, wherein the monitor seating surface includes a through hole through which the heat transfer member is exposed to outside, and the heat dissipation unit comes into contact with the heat transfer member through the through hole. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The image capturing device according to claim 2, further comprising a heat dissipation unit detection sensor that detects that the heat dissipation unit is attached to the casing. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The image capturing device according to claim 2, wherein the heat dissipation unit includes a heat sink that has the plurality of fins, and a heat sink cover that partially covers the heat sink, and the monitor is seated on the heat sink cover while avoiding contact with the heat sink. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The image capturing device according to claim 5, wherein each of the plurality of fins protrudes in a first direction intersecting with the monitor seating surface, the heat sink cover includes a wall surrounding the plurality of fins at least partially, in a view along the first direction, and the plurality of fins protrudes in the first direction but not beyond a top surface of the wall of the heat sink cover. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The image capturing device according to claim 6, wherein the top surface of the wall of the heat sink cover is inclined toward a rotational axis of the monitor so as to allow the monitor to be seated on the entire top surface. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The image capturing device according to claim 7, wherein the plurality of fins is arranged at intervals in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and to a second direction that is a direction in which the rotational axis extends, and in the plurality of fins, the fin further away from the rotational axis protrudes higher in the first direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The image capturing device according to claim 1, wherein the second position is a position at which a display unit of the monitor faces a front side of the casing. ### Claim 10 A heat dissipation unit detachably attached to an image capturing device, wherein the image capturing device includes: a casing; a heat source provided inside the casing; a monitor; and a hinge provided to the casing and rotatably supporting the monitor, the casing includes a monitor seating surface allowing the monitor to be seated, and the heat dissipation unit is detachably attached to the monitor seating surface, is thermally connected to the heat source, and includes an inclined surface allowing the monitor to be seated.