Optical reading device with improved gasket
AssigneeHand Held Products, Inc.
InventorColleen P. Gannon
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Abstract
An optical reading device is described having an image sensor having a sensor array of pixels which are exposed to an image; a printed circuit board (PCB) for carrying the image sensor; a lens assembly for focusing light on the sensor array; a lens retainer for retaining the lens; a support assembly integral with the lens retainer, the support assembly having a containment section for containing the image sensor; and a thermally and electrically conductive elastomeric gasket disposed between the containment section and the image sensor and for contacting the image sensor.
Claims21
An optical reading device comprising:
- an image sensor having a sensor array of pixels which are exposed to an image;
- a printed circuit board (PCB) for varying the image sensor;
- a lens assembly for focusing light on the sensor array;
- a lens retainer for retaining the lens;
- a support assembly integral with the lens retainer, the support assembly having a containment section for containing the image sensor;
- and,
- a thermally and electrically conductive elastomeric gasket within the containment section and contacting the image sensor wherein the optical reading device is an optical indicia reading device for extracting data from information bearing indicia.
An optical reading device comprising:
- an image sensor having a sensor array of pixels which are exposed to an image;
- a printed circuit board (PCB) for carrying the image sensor;
- a lens assembly for focusing light on the sensor array;
- a lens retainer for retaining the lens;
- a support assembly integral with the lens retainer, the support assembly having a containment section for containing the image sensor;
- a conductive elastomeric gasket within the containment section and contacting the image sensor;
- and,
- a housing configured for hand held operation for supporting the image sensor, PCB, lens assembly, lens retainer, support assembly and elastomeric gasket wherein the optical reading device is an optical indicia reading device for extracting data from information bearing indicia.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.