ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,379, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image pickup apparatus" was invented by Hideaki Momose (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image pickup apparatus includes a movable unit that holds an image sensor, a fixed unit that supports the movable unit movably in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis direction, and a first heat conductive member configured to radiate heat from the movable unit. The movable unit includes a restricting member. The fixed unit has a contact portion configured to come into contact with the restricting member to restrict the movable unit from moving. The first heat cond...