Patent ID: 8106953

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: a plate type fixed portion; a spring portion formed by notching an inside of the fixed portion; a movable portion supported in the fixed portion so as to be capable of moving through the spring portion; a micro-motion element which moves the movable portion; an imaging element which is provided on the movable portion and which enables high definition imaging to be carried out by a micro-motion operation of the movable portion; a cooling element having a cooling surface that is in contact with a back side of the imaging element through a heat sink; a highly thermal conductive member which is interposed between the movable portion and the housing and which has an elasticity such that the micro-motion operation of the movable portion with respect to the housing is not adversely affected; and a housing which accommodates the fixed portion, the movable portion, the micro-motion element, the imaging element, the cooling element and the highly thermal conductive member, and which discharges heat conducted from a heat generating surface of the cooling element through the movable portion and the highly thermal conductive member.