Patent ID: 7733408

Claim:
An optical device module comprising: an imaging unit including a solid-state image sensor having a pixel area, a transparent cover provided opposite to said pixel area, and an adhesive portion for adhering said transparent cover to said solid-state image sensor; an optical path fixing device which includes an optical component, a holding material for holding said optical component, an elastic material fixed to said holding material and a support material for supporting said elastic material, and fixes the optical path between said optical component and said pixel area; said holding material being connected to said support material via said elastic material; and combining means for fixedly combining said optical path fixing device to said imaging unit; wherein said imaging unit comprises a sealing portion that is molded with a synthetic resin to seal said solid-state image sensor with said transparent cover, wherein a part of or all of said transparent cover is exposed, said combining means fixedly combines said optical path fixing device to said imaging unit so that said optical path fixing device is positioned with respect to said imaging unit in a state where said holding material comes into contact with the exposed portion of said transparent cover outwardly of said sealing portion; and wherein said optical path fixing device is fixedly combined to said imaging unit by said combining means, said holding material is pressed down against said transparent cover by the action of said elastic material while said holding material remains in contact with the one surface of said transparent cover.