Patent ID: 8199377

Claim:
An image sensor comprising a rod-shaped light source for irradiating light to an original placed on an original glass plate, an imaging optics for focusing light reflected on the original, and a light-receiving element for receiving light passing through the imaging optics, the light-receiving element being positioned at a predetermined location on a substrate which is provided with through holes for terminals of lead frames of the rod-shaped light source, characterized in that the terminals of lead frames of the rod-shaped light source are bent toward the center of the substrate to be connected with the through holes via an electrical conductor, and wherein a metal thin-walled hood having a slit for passing the light reflected on the original is provided between the original and the imaging optics, the metal hood being accommodated in a housing together with the rod-shaped light source, the imaging optics and the substrate on which the light-receiving element is provided.