IP Library Granted Patent US 10,389,921
Granted Patent B2
US 10,389,921 · App. 15/710,364 · Granted Aug 20, 2019

Endoscope

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Patent No.
US 10,389,921
App. No.
15/710,364
Granted
Aug 20, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An endoscope includes at least one lens having a circular exterior shape in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis, an image sensor that has a square exterior shape in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and has one side whose length is same as length of a diameter of the lens, a sensor cover that has a square exterior shape in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and has one side whose length is same as one side length of the image sensor, a bonding resin portion that fixes the sensor cover to the lens, the optical axis of the lens coinciding with a center of the imaging area.

Claims (23)

1. An endoscope comprising:

a lens unit that accommodates a front group lens and a rear group lens, an aperture stop being disposed between the front group lens and the rear group lens;

an image sensor that has an imaging area covered with a sensor cover; and

a bonding resin portion that fixes the lens unit to the sensor cover, each optical axis of the front group lens and the rear group lens coinciding with a center of the imaging area,

wherein an end surface of an image side surface of the rear group lens and an outer circumferential surface of the rear group lens is formed by a rough surface portion.

2. The endoscope according to claim 1 ,

wherein average surface roughness of the rough surface portion falls within a range from 0.1 μm to 10 μm.

3. The endoscope according to claim 1 ,

wherein the rough surface portion formed in the end surface surrounds an image light emitting effective surface of an image side final surface of the rear group lens.

4. The endoscope according to claim 1 , further comprising;

a molded resin portion that covers the bonding resin portion and sensor cover.

5. The endoscope according to claim 1 ,

wherein the bonding resin portion fixes the rear group lens and an end surface portion of the lens unit to the sensor cover respectively.

6. The endoscope according to claim 5 , further comprising;

a molded resin portion that covers the bonding resin portion and sensor cover.

7. An endoscope comprising;

a lens unit that accommodates a front group lens and a rear group lens having an circular exterior shape in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of each of the front group lens and the rear group lens, an aperture stop being disposed between the front group lens and the rear group lens;

an image sensor that has a square exterior shape in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and has one side whose length is the same as a diameter of one of the front group lens and the rear group lens;

a sensor cover that covers an imaging area of the image sensor, has a square exterior shape in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and has one side whose length is the same as the length of the one side of the image sensor; and

a bonding resin portion that fixes the lens unit to the sensor cover, each optical axis of the front group lens and the rear group lens coinciding with a center of the imaging area,

wherein an end surface of an image side surface of the rear group lens and an outer circumferential surface of the rear group lens is formed by a rough surface portion.

8. The endoscope according to claim 7 ,

wherein a diagonal length dimension of the image sensor is 1.4 mm.

Assignments (7)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 16, 2023
From: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
To: I-PRO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063101/0966 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 16, 2023
From: I-PRO CO., LTD.
To: I-PRO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063102/0075 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Dec 31, 2020
From: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054883/0248 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 31, 2020
From: PSP HOLDINGS CO., LTD
To: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054883/0234 →
MERGER Recorded Dec 31, 2020
From: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
To: PSP HOLDINGS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 054883/0201 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE POSTAL CODE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 051327 FRAME 0516. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE THE POSTAL CODE SHOULD BE 812-8531 AND NOT BLANK. Recorded Dec 23, 2019
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051399/0888 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2019
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051327/0516 →