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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2010
Mitsuru Nakajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Takemoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Norihiko Sasaki, Iwate, JP;
Yasuhiko Andou, Iwate, JP;
Shinobu Kanatani, Kanagawa, JP;
Hayato Yoshida, Iwate, JP;
Kohei Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuru Nakajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Takemoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Norihiko Sasaki, Iwate, JP;
Yasuhiko Andou, Iwate, JP;
Shinobu Kanatani, Kanagawa, JP;
Hayato Yoshida, Iwate, JP;
Kohei Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disclosed image pickup apparatus includes a first member holding a lens, and a second member holding an image pickup element converting an image formed via the lens into an electric signal, the second member having an approximately rectangular shape and two approximately arc-shaped location cutout portions at respective diagonal corners of the approximately rectangular shape. In the image pickup apparatus, the first and the second members are bonded via an indirect bonding structure portion where the first and second members are bonded via a fixing member with an ultraviolet curable adhesive and a filler bonding structure portion where the first and second members are bonded by supplying a thermosetting adhesive therebetween.