Image pickup apparatus, on-vehicle image pickup apparatus, method and apparatus for manufacturing image pickup apparatus

An image pickup apparatus comprising:

• a first member holding a lens, the first member having a recess portion in an outer side surface thereof;
• a second member holding an image pickup element converting an image formed via the lens into an electric signal, the first and the second members being bonded,
• wherein the second member has a rectangular shape and includes two arc-shaped location cutout portions at respective diagonal corners thereof,
• wherein the first and second members are bonded via an indirect bonding structure portion where the first and second members are bonded via a fixing member with an ultraviolet curable adhesive and a filler bonding structure portion where the first and second members are bonded by supplying a thermosetting adhesive therebetween,
• wherein the fixing member includes a cross section of an L-shape, and
• wherein the first member and the second member are respectively disposed such that an outer edge of the second member does not project beyond the recess portion in the outer side surface of the first member in an outward direction.

An image pickup apparatus comprising:

• a first member holding a lens, the first member having a recess portion in an outer side surface thereof;
• and
• a second member having a rectangular shape and holding an image pickup element converting an image formed via the lens into an electric signal,
• wherein the first and the second members are bonded via an indirect bonding structure portion where the first and second members are bonded via a fixing member with a first adhesive and a filler bonding structure portion where the first and second members are bonded by supplying a second adhesive therebetween,
• wherein the fixing member includes a cross section of an L-shape, and
• wherein the first member and the second member are respectively disposed such that an outer edge of the second member does not project beyond the recess portion in the outer side surface of the first member in an outward direction.