Patent ID: 8861101

Claim:
A lens mounting structure comprising: a first projection configured to position a lens; a second projection which has a height set to be lower than a height of the first projection including a mounting surface configured to support the lens; an adhesive applied between the lens and the second projection, wherein the adhesive has one surface facing the second projection and the other surface facing the lens, the one surface and the other surface each having a substantially same area, wherein a part of the one surface is configured to be one bonding surface between the adhesive and the mounting surface and a substantially entirety of the other surface is configured to be the other bonding surface between the adhesive and the lens, wherein a plurality of holes is recessed into the mounting surface of the second projection, and wherein a sum of peripheral lengths of the holes recessed into the mounting surface of the second projection is configured to be at least ½ of an outer peripheral length of the other bonding surface facing the lens.