ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,176, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Imaging element unit and imaging device" was invented by Takuro Abe (Saitama, Japan), Kouhei Awazu (Saitama, Japan), Yuta Abe (Saitama, Japan) and Yuta Watanabe (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging element unit that is built in a housing of an imaging device includes an imaging element that includes an imaging surface imaging a subject and a back surface opposite to the imaging surface, an anti-vibration function that moves the imaging element in plane directions of the imaging surface, and a first heat conductive member to which driving heat of the...