US Patent Issued to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management on July 14 for "Image capturing device and heat dissipation unit" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,211, issued on July 14, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Image capturing device and heat dissipation unit" was invented by Norikazu Kaneda (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image capturing device includes: a casing; a heat source provided inside the casing; a monitor; a hinge provided to the casing and rotatably supporting the monitor; and a heat dissipation unit including a plurality of fins provided on an outer surface of the casing and thermally connected to the heat source. The monitor is configured to be rotatable by the hinge between a first position at which the...