Patent ID: 7268335

Claim:
An imaging device, comprising: a carrier having a first surface, a second surface generally opposite the first surface, and carrier contacts, the carrier contacts being carried on the second surface of the carrier; a conductive deformable gasket element; and an image sensor module having light sensing elements and a support, the support having a first surface, a second surface generally opposite the first surface, and support contacts, the support contacts being carried on the first surface of the support, the light sensitive elements being coupled to the first surface of the support and located relative to the support at least approximately opposite the second surface of the support, the image sensor module being located relative to the carrier so that a portion of the first surface of the support faces a portion of the second surface of the carrier with the conductive deformable gasket element positioned between at least one of the carrier contacts and at least one of the support contacts to operably couple the at least one support contact to the at least one carrier contact, at least a portion of the image sensor module extending away from the support past the first and second surfaces of the carrier.