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US 7,835,039 B2Granted
Image reading apparatus
AssigneeCreative Sensor Inc.
InventorsPen-Jung Lee, Chia-Wei Wang, Kun-Lin Tsai
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a housing, a rod lens array, a light module and a sensor board. The housing accommodates the rod lens array, the light module and the sensor board. The sensor board includes a plurality of light sensor chips. The light module includes a light guide, a light source and guide terminals extending from the light source. The guide terminals are electrically connected to the sensor board with resilient contacts.
Claims17
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a housing comprising several sets of thermal melting spots that are thermal plastic;
- a rod lens array attached to the housing;
- a light module attached to the housing and including a light guide, a light source and guide terminals extending from the light source, with the guide terminals being leaf springs;
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- a sensor board attached to the housing and comprising a plurality of light sensor chips, wherein the sensor board is adapted to be fixed to the housing by hot pressing the sets of thermal melting spots;
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- wherein the guide terminals are electrically connected to the sensor board with resilient contacts.
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An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a rod lens array attached to the housing;
- a light module attached to the housing and including a light guide, a light source and guide terminals extending from the light source, with the guide terminals being leaf springs, wherein the light source and the light guide are connected together with a detachable fastening mechanism;
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- a sensor board attached to the housing and comprising a plurality of light sensor chips, wherein the guide terminals are electrically connected to the sensor board with resilient contacts.
2 more elements
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a rod lens array attached to the housing,
- a light module attached to the housing and including a light guide, a light source and guide terminals extending from the light source, with the guide terminals being leaf springs, wherein the guide terminals are inverted hook-shaped leaf springs;
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- a sensor board attached to the housing and comprising a plurality of light sensor chips, wherein the guide terminals are electrically connected to the sensor board with resilient contacts.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.