Patent ID: 7587727

Claim:
A pickup device, comprising: a flexible circuit member including a main circuit portion on which an electric or electronic component is mounted, and a sub-circuit portion connected to the main circuit portion; and a housing on which the flexible circuit member is mounted, wherein the main circuit portion has a single-sided structure and includes a ground portion; the sub-circuit portion has a single-sided structure and includes a ground portion; the main circuit portion includes a component-mounting segment on which the electric or electronic component is mounted; the component-mounting segment comprises a first component-mounting segment on which a first electric or electronic component is mounted; the ground portion of the sub-circuit portion includes a first planar segment provided corresponding to the first component-mounting segment; the component-mounting segment further comprises a second component-mounting segment on which a second electric or electronic component is mounted; the ground portion of the sub-circuit portion further includes a second planar segment provided corresponding to the second component-mounting segment; the sub-circuit portion is folded with respect to the main circuit portion, and the flexible circuit member is mounted on the housing while the main circuit portion and the sub-circuit portion are held in an overlapping arrangement; and the first component-mounting segment is folded with respect to the second component-mounting segment while the first planar segment is placed in an overlapping arrangement with the second planar segment.