Patent ID: 7880796

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus, comprising: a base board; an image pickup element fixed on the base board and including a photoelectrically converting section and an upward-facing contact surface; an optical member including a lens section to form an image of an object on the photoelectrically converting section of the image pickup element, a leg section to support the lens section and a downward-facing contact surface provided to the leg section so as to be brought in contact with the upward-facing contact surface of the image pickup element; a lens frame fixed to the base board so as to surround the optical member and having an opening section; a cover member having an aperture through which light enters the lens section of the optical member and fixed on the opening section of the lens frame such that a space is provided between the cover member and the optical member; and an elastic member provided in the space between the optical member and the cover member so that when the cover member is fixed on the lens frame, the elastic member presses the optical member toward the image pickup element with an elastic force and the downward-facing contact surface of the optical member is in pressure contact with the upward-facing contact surface of the image pickup element.