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Olympus Optical Company, Ltd.

Eugene McGarry

Gordon Randall Perry

Joel Hoag

Peter G Lorenz

James G Costello

Anthony G Martin

Joseph K Leo

Hiroshi Tanoue

A remote visual inspection system having a video endoscope, a mounting post and a mount. The mount, to which a video monitor is attached, can also accommodate, at any one time, either the video endoscope or the mounting post. The video endoscope has an insertion tube and a scope body. The mount includes a sleeve which defines a central opening into which the scope body and mounting post may extend and has a slot, extending from a first end of the sleeve to a second end of the sleeve, through which the insertion tube may pass. The scope body is provided with a first part (e.g., a pin hole) of a locking mechanism and a first part (e.g., an alignment projection) of an alignment mechanism. The mounting post also has a first part (e.g., a pin hole) of the locking mechanism and a first part (e.g., an alignment projection) of the alignment mechanism. Complementary portions of the locking and alignment mechanisms are located on the sleeve. When the scope body is properly inserted and positioned in the sleeve, the corresponding portions of the locking and alignment mechanisms engage to align and lock the axial and rotational position of the scope body with respect to the mount. The locking and alignment mechanisms between the post and the sleeve similarly engage when the post is properly inserted and positioned in the sleeve to align and lock the position of the post with respect to the mount.

Video endoscope for use with a flexible video monitor assembly, a video

A device, having a case body and case lid, for use with a remote visual inspection system. The case body is adapted to accommodate a light source for providing light to the remote visual inspection system. The case lid is adapted to cover the case body, and to accommodate a video display monitor for displaying an image captured by the remote visual inspection system.

Portable remote visual inspection system and a case and a peripheral

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Greenlawn, NY, United States of America

Eugene McGarry