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US 9,386,183 B2Granted
Image sensor
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorsDaisuke Ohama, Akiko Fujiuchi, Seiichi Matsumura, Atsushi Ito, Masaru Imaizumi
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Abstract
An image sensor including: light guides for irradiating light onto an irradiated object; a lens that focuses reflected light that was reflected by the irradiated object; a sensor that receives the reflected light that was focused by the lens; and a housing. The housing houses or holds the light guides, the lens, and the sensor, and is formed by integrating a housing metal portion and a housing resin portion.
Claims20
An image sensor, comprising:
- a light guide that extends in a main scanning direction and that emits light onto an irradiated body;
- a lens that focuses reflected light that has been reflected by the irradiated body;
- a light receiver that receives the reflected light that was focused by the lens;
- and
- a housing that houses or holds the light guide, the lens, and the light receiver, and that comprises a metal portion and a resin portion that are formed into one housing;
- wherein
- the metal portion comprises:
- a first bottom section in which a slit section is formed in order for the reflected light that passed through the lens to pass through, and is formed that extends in the main scanning direction;
- and
- the resin portion comprises:
- a lens holder that has an opening formed therein, and by fitting the lens inside the opening, holds the lens;
- and
- a second bottom section that has light-receiver-board holder that holds a light-receiver board on which the light receiver is mounted.
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An image sensor, comprising:
- a light guide that extends in a main scanning direction and that emits light onto an irradiated body;
- a lens that focuses reflected light that has been reflected by the irradiated body;
- a light receiver that receives the reflected light that was focused by the lens;
- and
- a housing that houses or holds the light guide, the lens, and the light receiver, and that comprises a metal portion and a resin portion that are formed into one housing, wherein
- a light-receiver board on which the light receiver is mounted and in which a hole section is formed;
- and
- a gate that is inserted in the hole section is formed on the housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.