Patent ID: 7177056

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a sensor frame for an image sensor, wherein said sensor frame includes; a sensor substrate mount portion; a light passageway; a lens array holding portion; and a frame support portion, said sensor substrate mount portion being opened for mounting a sensor substrate thereon, said light passageway being provided to communicate with said sensor substrate mount portion so that light reflected by a manuscript is transmitted to said sensor substrate through a rod lens array, said lens array holding portion being provided to communicate with said passageway for holding said rod lens array, said frame support portion being provided to support transversely upper ends of said lens array holding portion; said method comprising the steps of: integrally forming said sensor frame by extrusion molding of either metal or resin, and removing said frame support portion by machining while leaving longitudinal parts of said frame support portion located at said upper ends of said lens array holding portion.