Image pickup apparatus with air cooling unit

摘要

An image pickup apparatus is reduced in width and length dimensions. The image pickup apparatus has a heat sink-cum-duct disposed on a rear face side of an air cooling fan. Air sucked from an opening defined by an opening portion of the heat sink-cum-duct is guided to an air inlet port of the cooling fan through a ventilation path defined by plural fins of the heat sink-cum-duct and is discharged from an air outlet port of the cooling fan. A circuit board disposed on a rear face side of the heat sink-cum-duct is cooled and heat generated in the circuit board is radiated from a heat radiation plate. The image pickup unit, cooling fan, heat sink-cum-duct, circuit board, and heat radiation plate are each formed into a flat shape having a short dimension in optical axis direction and are substantially parallel to one another.

主权项

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 that is disposed perpendicular to the air inlet port; a heat sink having a plurality of fins that extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to an optical axis; and a heat radiation plate, wherein the image pickup unit, the air cooling fan unit, the heat sink, the circuit board, and the heat radiation plate are disposed along the optical axis, wherein the air cooling fan unit is sandwiched between the image pickup unit and the heat sink, wherein the heat sink is sandwiched between the air cooling fan unit and the circuit board, wherein the heat radiation plate is disposed on an opposite side of the image pickup unit with respect to the circuit board and spaced from the circuit board, wherein the air inlet port is disposed on a side of the air cooling fan unit facing the heat sink, and wherein the air outlet port is disposed on a side of the air cooling fan unit.