Patent ID: 8259223

Claim:
An imaging module, comprising: a rectangular imaging substrate configured to mount an imaging device for converting light from a subject into an electric signal; a substrate holding plate made of a rectangular platy material, one main surface thereof opposing to one main surface of the imaging substrate on which is mounted the imaging device, comprising: four substrate securing portions for securing the imaging substrate that are located opposing to four corners of the imaging substrate, respectively, an opening portion surrounded by the four substrate securing portions, and four holder securing portions that are located outwardly from the four substrate securing portions in a longitudinal direction of the substrate holding plate, respectively; a lens support barrel configured to support a lens for condensing subject light into the imaging device at an inside thereof; and a holder, which is formed integrally with the lens support barrel and opposes the other main surface of the substrate holding plate, comprising four plate securing portions configured to secure the four holder securing portions at positions opposed to the four holder securing portions of the substrate holding plate, respectively.