Patent ID: 9578214
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G02B,H04N

Claim:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising: an image pickup unit having an image sensing device; a circuit board with a plurality of circuit elements mounted thereon; an air cooling fan unit having an air inlet port and an air outlet port; a heat sink unit having an inlet portion for sucking air from outside, an opening corresponding to the air inlet port of the air cooling fan, and a plurality of fins disposed in a ventilation path from the inlet portion to the opening; and a pair of cover members disposed facing each other, providing left and right exteriors of the image pickup apparatus, wherein the image pickup unit, the air cooling fan unit, the heat sink unit, and the circuit board are disposed along an optical axis, wherein the air cooling fan unit is sandwiched between the image pickup unit and the heat sink unit, wherein the heat sink unit is sandwiched between the air cooling fan unit and the circuit board, and wherein each of the pair of cover members is directly fastened to the heat sink at both sides thereof in a lateral direction of the image pickup apparatus.