IP Library Patent Application 17704183
Patent Application
App. No. 17/704,183

ENDOSCOPE

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App. No.
17/704,183
Abstract

An endoscope includes an image-capturing module. The image-capturing module includes a lens barrel housing an optical system, an image sensor, a sensor holding member that relatively fixes the lens barrel and the image sensor, and a flexible substrate through which a signal of the image sensor is transmitted to a transmission cable. The flexible substrate is bendable at an arbitrary number of bending portion.

Claims (15)

1 . An endoscope comprising:

an image-capturing module that includes

a lens barrel housing an optical system,

an image sensor,

a sensor holding member that relatively fixes the lens barrel and the image sensor, and

a flexible substrate through which a signal of the image sensor is transmitted to a transmission cable,

wherein the flexible substrate is bendable at an arbitrary number of bending portion.

2 . The endoscope according to claim 1 ,

wherein when the image-capturing module is incorporated into a rigid portion having rigidity provided at a tip end of a flexible portion, the bending portion is in a bent state according to a shape of the rigid portion.

3 . The endoscope according to claim 2 ,

wherein in the image-capturing module, the bending portion is in a bent state such that an optical axis of the optical system is oriented in a same direction as an axis of the rigid portion.

4 . The endoscope according to claim 2 ,

wherein in the image-capturing module, the bending portion is in a bent state such that an optical axis of the optical system is oriented to be orthogonal to an axis of the rigid portion.

5 . The endoscope according to claim 2 ,

wherein in the image-capturing module, the bending portion is in a bent state such that an optical axis of the optical system is oriented to intersect an axis of the rigid portion.

Assignments (3)
ADDRESS CHANGE Recorded Nov 1, 2022
From: I-PRO CO., LTD.
To: I-PRO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061828/0350 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 31, 2022
From: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
To: I-PRO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061824/0261 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2022
From: KOHNO, HARUHIKO; SHIRAI, NAOMI
To: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059400/0135 →