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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2008
Shin-ichiro Takagi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kazuhisa Miyaguchi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Shin-ichiro Takagi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kazuhisa Miyaguchi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
An intraoral sensorincludes: a casehaving a first plate-shaped portionand a second plate-shaped portionthat face each other; a photodetecting elementcontained in the caseso that a light incident surface faces the first plate-shaped portion; a cover, arranged on the outer surface of the second plate-shaped portion, for covering an opening; and fixing membersand, arranged between the second plate-shaped portionand the cover, for fixing to the casea signal cableconnected to the photodetecting elementextending via the openingfrom the inside to the outside of the case. This enables improvement of a connection strength between the case of the imaging device and the signal cable extending from an opposite side of the imaging surface.