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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2007
Susumu Aoki, Ibaraki, JP;
Ikuo Shinta, Ibaraki, JP;
Susumu Aoki, Ibaraki, JP;
Ikuo Shinta, Ibaraki, JP;
Hitachi Maxell, Ltd., Ibaraki-shi, JP;
Abstract
A camera module includes a sensor for converting incident light incident thereto into an electric signal and outputting the electric signal therefrom, a glass cover for transmitting therethrough light to the sensor, the light being the incident light; a flexible printed circuit for receiving as an input thereto the electric signal outputted from the sensor, a lens unit for focusing the incident light onto the sensor, and a pedestal for holding the lens unit, the pedestal including a sidewall section which includes a lower end surface being fixed onto the flexible printed circuit by use of adhesive. A depression is formed along the sidewall section of the mount to discard the adhesive therein.