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US 9,883,068 B2Granted
Imaging unit, image reading device, and image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorAsato Tamura
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Abstract
An imaging unit includes an image pickup element extending along a surface parallel to an imaging surface, a circuit board including a circuit to drive the image pickup element, and a plurality of fixing members to fix the image pickup element and the circuit board. The circuit board includes at least one through hole on a straight line that extends in a longitudinal direction of the image pickup element and is provided with the plurality of the fixing members. The through hole is provided at a position between at least two of the plurality of the fixing members on the straight line.
Claims8
An imaging unit, comprising:
- an image pickup element;
- a circuit board including a circuit to drive the image pickup element;
- and
- a plurality of fixing members to fix the image pickup element and the circuit board to each other, wherein
- the circuit board includes at least one through hole on a straight line that extends in a longitudinal direction of the image pickup element and is provided with the plurality of the fixing members,
- the through hole is provided at a position between at least two of the plurality of the fixing members on the straight line, and
- a linear dimension of at least one of the through holes in a width direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the image pickup element is greater than a half of a linear dimension of the plurality of the fixing members in the width direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.